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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
The Soul Of A New Microsoft Edgy thinkers like J Allard are looking far beyond Windows for the next big thing
COVER IMAGE: The Soul Of A New Microsoft
Slide Show: Microsoft: The Change Agents
CHART: A Tale Of Two Microsofts
Bio: J Allard
Polishing The Windows, Spiffing Up The Office
ONLINE EXTRA: Video Q&A with Executives in Charge of Windows and Office
THE FUTURE OF TECH
Upward Mobility
Where Opportunity Is Knocking For Small Business
ONLINE EXTRA: Slide Show: The Many Faces Of Mobile
ONLINE EXTRA: Slide Show: The New M-Commerce Barons
ONLINE EXTRA: Bang & Olufsen Makes the Call
UP FRONT
Talk Show
A Revival May Not Be In Store
Guess Who's Cutting Deals
Newspapers' New Online Delivery Boy
Corner Office Crawl
Japan's Friend No. 1
What Spitzer Leaves Behind
Ads People Play
A Big Blue Brain
UP FRONT -- ANALYZE THIS
Getting Steamed By The Small Stuff
READERS REPORT
Brickbats And Kudos For Jeff Bezos
SarbOx: More Paperwork But Few Prosecutions
It Doesn't Have To Be The End Of The Line For Coal
Maybe Universities Shouldn't Rush To Beef Up Biotech
Don't Fire Productive Workers Who Need Help—Coach Them
If Illegals Could Travel Freely, More Might Head Home
TECHNOLOGY & YOU
PlayStation 3: It's Got Game
MEDIA CENTRIC
London's New Media Lessons
BUSINESS OUTLOOK
U.S.: The Housing Grinch Won't Steal Christmas
A Good Time To Ask Santa For A New House
THE BUSINESS WEEK
Deals, Deals, Deals
A Bid For A Bourse
Schwab Unloads A Unit
Freeport Wants Phelps
Yahoo! And The Dailies
Implants Get The Nod
Rupert Regrets
Options Watch
Tempest In A Dollhouse
Obituary Of The Week
NEWS & INSIGHTS
Catalogs, Catalogs, Everywhere
Big Brawls Overs Malls
Did Sam Zell Get The Right Price?
What's Behind The Buyout Binge
Slide Show: Merger Monday
There's Not Enough "Me" In MySpace
Commentary: If Google Shopped Until It Dropped
GLOBAL BUSINESS
Power Play At VW
Up Against The Wall In The City
Public Scorn For Private Equity
THE CORPORATION
Six Sigma Still Pays Off At Motorola
MEDIA
You Oughta Be In Webcasts
MANAGING
Flight Plan
FINANCE
Duane Reade: An LBO On The Critical List
PEOPLE
Lighting A Fire Under Campbell
Graphic: The Key Ingredient At Campbell: People
HEALTH
A Shock To The System
B-SCHOOLS
China MBAs: Most Likely To Fall Short
WORKPLACE
*!#@ The E-Mail. Can We Talk?
DEALS
Snuggling In The Voile Sheets
EXECUTIVE LIFE
Big, Powerful, And Smooth
Slide Show: The Gift Of Time
The Making Of A Jazz Classic
EXECUTIVE LIFE -- PARKER ON WINE
A Reason To Veer Off The Chianti Trail
PERSONAL FINANCE
Don't Wait Till April
A Dearth Of Deals
Taking Stock Of Taxes
FIGURES OF THE WEEK
Figures of the Week (.pdf)
Online Extra: Production Index Components
INSIDE WALL STREET
Boyd: Buyout In Vegas?
Armor's Defenses Are Looking Formidable
Ripe For Progress At Sangamo
IDEAS -- BOOKS
Walt's Not-So-Wonderful World
The BusinessWeek Best-Seller List
Online Extra: Slide Show: The BusinessWeek Best-Seller List
IDEAS -- FACE TIME WITH MARIA BARTIROMO
Romano Prodi Opens Up
IDEAS -- THE WELCH WAY
Don't Play The Office Cop
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