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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 Pet Economy Americans spend an astonishing $41 billion a year on their furry friends
COVER IMAGE: The Pet Economy
CHART: Reigning Cats And Dogs: Where The Money Goes
Why We Spoil Spot So
When To Let Go
ONLINE EXTRA: Narrated Slide Show: Reporter's Journal
ONLINE EXTRA: The Battle to Be Top Dog
ONLINE EXTRA: Slide Show: Americans Love To Spoil Their Pets
ONLINE EXTRA: Video: Pet Economy
ONLINE EXTRA: A Short Leash on Pet Luxuries?
SPECIAL REPORT
The Best Global Brands Companies that demonstrate the right way to stage a comeback: Nintendo, Audi, Hewlett-Packard, Burberry, and Citibank
UP FRONT
Talk Show
Harry Potter And The Logistical Nightmare
Google's Eastern Exposure
From Batter Up To Fill 'Er Up
Going Short On Long Island
Stanford, German-Style
Alien Planets, Princesses, And PSATs
Approaching An Unhappy Milestone
UP FRONT -- ANALYZE THIS
Nobody Loves A Tattletale
READERS REPORT
North Carolina's Google Gambit: The Rest Of The Story
Prepaid Phone Cards Don't Care Where You're From
If You Import From China, You Pay The Price
BP's True Operating Problem
A Tale Of Two Beetles
CORRECTIONS & CLARIFICATIONS
"The High Cost Of Wooing Google" (Government, July 23, 2007)
TECHNOLOGY & YOU
TiVo, Minus The Tangle
MEDIA CENTRIC
Guarding The Gray Lady
BUSINESS OUTLOOK
Credit Is TighteningAnd That's Fine
Come Fall, Relief At The Pump
THE BUSINESS WEEK
Housing Woes Broaden
Barclays Sweetens A Bid
A New Hat For Cerberus
A Minimum Raise
Siemens Shift Gears
Bookselling Wizardry
Black Gold Merger
The Mighty Amazon
Radio à la Carte
Two-Hit Wonder
Wal-Mart Refashions
Mobile Phone Of The Week
NEWS & INSIGHTS
Redstone: "Legacies Are For Dead People"
Let The Blame Begin
Where Have All The Checkbooks Gone?
In-House Attorneys, Watch Your Step
When Medical Studies Collide
GLOBAL BUSINESS
Luxury's Rising Son
Fad Marketing's Balancing Act
ECONOMICS
Rise Of The Rupee
Iran: The Buck Stops Here
A Lot Of Drama, Just A Little Danger
ONLINE EXTRA: Slide Show: Vacations Get the Dollar Doldrums
FEEDBACK
A Slipping Dragon?
WORKPLACE
Dispatches From The War On Stress
Playbook: Chilling Out The Performance Culture
ONLINE EXTRA: Video: Workplace Angst
DESIGN
Better Living At 30,000 Feet
ONLINE EXTRA: Slide Show: A Dreamline Come True
INFO TECH
The Back Roads To IT Growth
EXECUTIVE LIFE
The Wrist Watchers
ONLINE EXTRA: Slide Show: Watches for "Weenies"
Putting A Translator Through Its Paces
EXECUTIVE LIFE -- PARKER ON WINE
White Delights From Spain
PERSONAL FINANCE
Stockpicking: Follow That Guru
Time To Swap Piggybanks?
INSIDE WALL STREET
Starbucks: Set To Perk?
Why Elekta May Be A Stockholm Standout
Banco Bilbao Looks Like Buyout Bait
FIGURES OF THE WEEK
Figures of the Week (.pdf)
Online Extra: Production Index Components
IDEAS -- BOOKS
Space: The Private Frontier
Online Extra: The BusinessWeek Best-Seller List
Online Extra: The BusinessWeek Best-Seller List (.pdf)
Online Extra: Slide Show: Business Best-Sellers
IDEAS -- THE WELCH WAY
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