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Full Table of Contents
Cover Story

The Business Week -- News You Need to Know

The Business Week -- Business Outlook

The Business Week -- Numbers

The Business Week -- The Next Business Week

The Business Week -- BTW

The Business Week -- Facetime

News

In Depth

In Depth -- Second Careers

In Depth -- Second Careers Tips

What's Next -- Managing

What's Next -- Taxes

What's Next -- The Web

What's Next -- Advertising

What's Next -- Food

What's Next -- Transportation

What's Next -- Finance

What's Next -- Energy

What's Next -- Scitech

Personal Business -- Investing

Personal Business -- Parker on Wine

Opinion -- Tech & You

Opinion -- Media Centric

Opinion -- Inside Wall Street

Opinion -- Feedback

Opinion -- Corrections & Clarifications

Opinion -- Books

Opinion -- The Welch Way




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COVER STORY

Fresh Pain for the Uninsured
As doctors and hospitals turn to GE, Citi, and smaller rivals to finance patient care, the sick pay much more
COVER IMAGE:  Fresh Pain for the Uninsured


THE BUSINESS WEEK -- NEWS YOU NEED TO KNOW

Is China Clamping Down on Banks?

Fie on Freddie and Fannie

No One to the Rescue?

Google Wants Spectrum

Another CEO Falls

Call It Books 3.0

Bad-Mouthing the Dollar

Legal Eagle Magic

Writedowns in Europe

Wanted: Flying Partner

Cashing In Some Chips

Medical Bills On Steroids

Comcast Clamps Down

They'll Have a Grolsch

Riding High on Joe…

…And Not So High

Bummer for Hummer

Xerox Spreads Wealth

No Lights, No Camera…

Defibrillator Decision

Funny Joint Business?

Come Back, Cerberus

SAP's Albatross


THE BUSINESS WEEK -- BUSINESS OUTLOOK

Looking Hard at Inflation—All of It


THE BUSINESS WEEK -- NUMBERS

Slide Show: Unions: Less Impact and a Lower Profile

Online Extra: Figures of the Week (.pdf)


THE BUSINESS WEEK -- THE NEXT BUSINESS WEEK

BusinessWeek.com

BusinessWeek TV

Calendar


THE BUSINESS WEEK -- BTW

Get a Grip

Juicy Perks at Apple

The ABX: About to Expire?

The Shirts off Their Backs

Super Mario's Halo Effect

More On Bear's Hedge Fund Flailing


THE BUSINESS WEEK -- FACETIME

Roger Altman On the Pain Ahead and Election 2008


NEWS

Why United Is Ready to Unite

Is the Hip Bone Connected To a Fee?

Proxies: The SEC's Stopgap Solution

Users to Comcast: Hands Off

The Coming Commodity Clash

Bottom-Fishing in Spain

This Race May Be Tata's to Lose


IN DEPTH

Struggles of a Mad Man
ONLINE EXTRA:  Narrated Slide Show: Madison Ave.'s Internet Dilemma


IN DEPTH -- SECOND CAREERS

A Thirst for Change

Why Settle for Just One Line of Work?

Time Out Well Spent

Online Extra: Video: Your Next Career


IN DEPTH -- SECOND CAREERS TIPS

How to Pick a Winner

The Reengineered Résumé


WHAT'S NEXT -- MANAGING

Toyota's All-Out Drive to Stay Toyota


WHAT'S NEXT -- TAXES

The Taxman Barely Cometh
Slide Show: Lowest Corporate Taxpayers
ONLINE EXTRA:  Interactive Table: Corporate Taxes: Who Pays the Least


WHAT'S NEXT -- THE WEB

Amateur Hour Is Over


WHAT'S NEXT -- ADVERTISING

Pitching Between the Lines


WHAT'S NEXT -- FOOD

Salt Could Soon Be on the Fed's Hit List


WHAT'S NEXT -- TRANSPORTATION

Paving a 'Road to Russia's Future'


WHAT'S NEXT -- FINANCE

Solar's Newest Resource


WHAT'S NEXT -- ENERGY

Here Comes Pond Scum Power


WHAT'S NEXT -- SCITECH

Mobile Phones, Immobile Cars

Can Japan's Steel Industry Kick the Coke Habit?

Balloons That Get Blood to the Brain


PERSONAL BUSINESS -- INVESTING

Big Opportunities at Small Banks


PERSONAL BUSINESS -- PARKER ON WINE

Lofty Whites from Down Under


OPINION -- TECH & YOU

A New Chapter for the E-book?


OPINION -- MEDIA CENTRIC

Google and Other People's Content


OPINION -- INSIDE WALL STREET

After a Long Gallop, Is Google Winded?

Hot Licenses for Clean Diesel

Cytori: Stem Cells from Fat Tissue


OPINION -- FEEDBACK

The Long Wait for Tailor-Made TV

Telling a Boss the Harsh Truth

Big MAC and Chicago Machinations

Lower Rates for Fund Managers

With a Credit Card, You Don't Feel the Pain

New Jobs? Yeah—Flipping Burgers

Israel's Woes Sound Like America's

The Fastest-Growing PR Firm

Ranking Executive MBA Programs

Absences Make Up for Unpaid Overtime

The Push for Quick and Dirty Cost Cuts


OPINION -- CORRECTIONS & CLARIFICATIONS

"Why Not Larry Fink" (News, Nov. 26, 2007)


OPINION -- BOOKS

The Making of a Stock Market Society

The BusinessWeek Best Seller List

The BusinessWeek Best Seller List (.pdf)

Online Extra: Slide Show: Business Best Sellers


OPINION -- THE WELCH WAY

How to Really Shake Things Up

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