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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
Nightmare Mortgages They promise the American Dream: A home of your own -- with ultra-low rates and payments anyone can afford. Now, the trap has sprung
COVER IMAGE: How Toxic Is Your Mortgage?
GRAPHIC: Dubious Options
GRAPHIC: Home Disadvantage
Worst Practices
GRAPHIC: A Loosening Of Standards?
Phantom Profits
GRAPHIC: The ARMs Race
ONLINE EXTRA: Residential Options ARMs Lending Table
ONLINE EXTRA: Slide Show: Home Disadvantage
ONLINE EXTRA: Map of Misery
ONLINE EXTRA: Spreadsheet on Foreclosures
SPECIAL REPORT
The Future Of Tech The latest innovations mean bad news for shoplifters and good news for honest citizens looking for more convenience in their lives
9/11 FIVE YEARS LATER
A Tale Of Renewal
ONLINE EXTRA: Slide Show: Surviving September 11
UP FRONT
Talk Show
So, Um, How About Last Night's Game?
Sticking Oil With Ethanol's Bill
A Strategy That Isn't In The Book
Running Commentary
A Bonnie Bit Of Networking
Sneeze And You'll Miss These Ads
Booking A Room In Cyberspace
I'd Like To Postpone A Toast...
Question Of The Week
EDITOR'S MEMO
What's Your Problem?
READERS REPORT
Visceral Responses To The "Valley Boys"
The National Slavery Museum's Circuitous Route To Reality
A Little Wage Inflation Would Be Welcome
A Blade Too Far—For Some Shavers, At Least
CORRECTIONS & CLARIFICATIONS
"Fixing Ford Is Now Job One" (News & Insights, Sept. 4, 2006)
"Seeing Cracks In The VA's Medical Model" (Readers Report, Aug. 14, 2006)
TECHNOLOGY & YOU
The Truth About Fiery Laptops
MEDIA CENTRIC
The Strange Case Of lonelygirl15
BUSINESS OUTLOOK
U.S.: Picking Up The Slack From Housing
Housing: The Slump Begins To Hit Payrolls
THE BUSINESS WEEK
Statistics As Weapons
Web Titans Team Up
Apple's Power Failure
Merger, Italian-Style
Guilty Pleas
BP: Another Stain?
From Coke To Clorox
Kinder Morgan Says Yes
New Rules For Going Broke In China
For Sale By Owner
Merck Reverse
Fugitive Of The Week
NEWS & INSIGHTS
The LBO Gang Storms The Valley
Online Extra: General Electric, the Immelt Way
The Empire Strikes Back
Shrimp Burgers To The Rescue
Big Tobacco's Showdown In The West
Commentary: How The Options Mess Got So UglyAnd Expensive
Online Gaming: Korea's Gotta Have It
While You Were Away...
And Now That You're Back...
FINANCE
Staying Ahead Of The Scam Artists
ENVIRONMENT
The Greenest House On The Planet
ONLINE EXTRA: Slide Show: Anatomy of a Green House
The Green Stamp Of Approval
MEDIA
Going Big By Going Digital
MARKETING
Street Stunts On The Digital Highway
MANAGING
Speed Dating For Suits
EXECUTIVE LIFE
Feed Your Mind
ONLINE EXTRA: Slide Show: Cutting-Edge Chefs
ONLINE EXTRA: Slide Show: Inside Dufresne's Brain
Which Way To The Autobahn?
Luggage: Leave Home Without It
Train With Gizmos The Pros Use
ONLINE EXTRA: Slide Show: Cycle Like a Pro
EXECUTIVE LIFE -- PARKER ON WINE
Don't Tell Them It's From Washington
ONLINE EXTRA: Slide Show: Wonderful Washington Wines
PERSONAL FINANCE
Taking Stock Of Your Adviser
INSIDE WALL STREET
AMR: Above The Storms
Did Scholastic Deserve That Punishment?
Zenith Is Still "Best-in-Class" For Workers' Comp
FIGURES OF THE WEEK
Figures of the Week (.pdf)
Online Extra: Production Index Components
IDEAS -- BOOKS
Grand Expectations
IDEAS -- FACE TIME WITH MARIA BARTIROMO
The Trials Of Dick Grasso
IDEAS -- THE WELCH WAY
How To Be A Talent Magnet
TODAY'S MOST POPULAR STORIES
MARKET INFO