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SPECIAL REPORTS
Best Global Brands
These 100 brands are among the world's most recognized—and most valuable
Best Places to Launch a Career
We canvassed career-services directors, employers, and students to rank the best companies for recent graduates
BusinessWeek 50
Our picks of the top-performing companies from the S&P 500. Plus, regional rankings for Asia and Europe:
Asia's BusinessWeek 50
Europe's BusinessWeek 50
Customer Service Champs
Companies that excel at pleasing customers, based on J.D. Power & Associates customer satisfaction data and our own reader survey
Hot Growth 100
From young, upstart companies to those that have been around for centuries: Plus, regional rankings of top-performing small businesses in Asia and Europe:
Asia's Hot Growth 100
Europe's Hot Growth 100
Info Tech 100
Emerging-market cellular players, wireless phone and gear makers, and Web giants are this year's stars
World's Most Innovative Companies
Nurturing, creative cultures allow these companies to wow customers with innovative products and services
More Special Reports
COVER STORY
Emerging Giants Multinationals from China, India, Brazil, Russia, and even Egypt are coming on strong. They're hungry -- and want your customers. They're changing the global game.
COVER IMAGE: The New Multinationals
GRAPHIC: The New Contenders
GRAPHIC: Fighting Back
Embraer: An Ugly Duckling Finds Its Wings
Techtronic: "We Have The Vision To Be No. 1"
Haier: Taking A Brand Name Higher
Orascom: This Mobile Upstart Really Gets Around
Why It's A Small World After All
ONLINE EXTRA: 100 New Players to Watch
ONLINE EXTRA: Embraer Helps to Educate Brazil
ONLINE EXTRA: Slide Show: Ten To Watch
UP FRONT
Talk Show
Companies Are Showing Their Hands
From Steel To Slot Machines
Bean Counters At The Gate
Take A Seat
Will Apple Answer Sony's Call?
Data By Design
Uranium Prices Go Nuclear
Thanks For The Rally, Kids
Out, Damned Trans Fats!
READERS REPORT
Spread The Word: Embrace Your Mistakes
Target Says Its Strategy Is Spot On
Advice From A Disappointed Googler
Bought-And-Paid-For "News" Is Nothing New
Hedge Fund Heirs Is More Like It
When It Comes To Medications, One Size Does Not Fit All
TECHNOLOGY & YOU
Cool Player, Tepid DVDs
MEDIA CENTRIC
Counting Every Last Eyeball
BUSINESS OUTLOOK
U.S.: If Oil Keeps Flowing, Growth Will, Too
Profit Margins: The Big Squeeze Is On
THE BUSINESS WEEK
Attack, Counterattack
Fast-Food Fuel
Encouraging Ben
Bully For Brokers
Winging It
Divided On Stem Cells
GM Watch
Power Surge
Take That, Steve Jobs
Look Who's Talking
Air Travel Delay Of The Week
NEWS: ANALYSIS & COMMENTARY
Can't Stop Guzzling
The Hazards Of Hitting The Gas
Continental's Surprising Ascent
Behind Iran's Defiant Face
It's On The Tip Of Your Tongue
MySpace: The Young And The Vicious
GLOBAL BUSINESS
Why Russians Love GazpromNo Matter What The World Thinks
ONLINE EXTRA: The Lines That Bind
ONLINE EXTRA: Can Gazprom Keep the Gas On?
ESSAY
The Phone Companies Still Don't Get It
ONLINE EXTRA: WiFi Eyes the Empty Airwaves
ONLINE EXTRA: Should Net Companies Pay More for Speed?
GOVERNMENT
When Outsourcing Turns Outrageous
CORPORATION
Renault-Nissan: Say Hello To Bo
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
AOL: For Once, A Smart Shopper
Intel Sharpens Its Offensive Game
ENTERTAINMENT
The Show Within A Show At NBC
ENTREPRENEURS
A Little Money Goes A Long Way
MARKETING
For Your Eyes Only
Fashion Emergency At Wal-Mart
SOCIAL ISSUES
A New Twist On Retiree Health Care
HEALTH
Family Diary: Preventive Care Gone Batty
EXECUTIVE LIFE
Vroom Rooms
ONLINE EXTRA: Slide Show: Super Garages
Envy Of The Explorers Club
ONLINE EXTRA: Slide Show: More Useful Than Ever
Spanish Reds, Incomparable Value
ONLINE EXTRA: Slide Show: Great Values from Spain
PLUS
Cashing In On The Barrel Head
The Spa, "Starbucked"
Golf 911
A New Spin On Peanut Butter
PERSONAL FINANCE
The Best E-Broker For You
ONLINE EXTRA: Slide Show: How The Web Brokers Stack Up
FIGURES OF THE WEEK
Figures of the Week (.pdf)
Online Extra: Production Index Components
INSIDE WALL STREET
ConocoPhillips: Surging
Genentech Is More Robust Than It Looks
A Sitting Duck In Memphis?
IDEAS -- BOOKS
Workers As Self-Managers
IDEAS -- OUTSIDE SHOT
Hedge Funds To The Rescue
IDEAS -- THE WELCH WAY
Outsourcing Is Forever