COVER STORY
 Henry Yuen: TV Guy The founder of Gemstar-TV Guide wants to take control of your television
COVER IMAGE: Henry Yuen: TV Guy
TABLE: The Gemstar-TV Guide Constellation
TABLE: A Cluster of Foes
RESUME: Henry C. Yuen
Will 500 Channels Kill TV Guide?
CHART: As Print Circulation Falls...
TABLE: ...The Brand Branches Out
E-Books: The Next Chapter
PHOTO: Gemstar's E-Book
 
INTERNATIONAL -- ASIAN COVER STORY
 China's Money Mess Can Beijing repair its banks and bourses?
 
SPECIAL REPORT
 How Bad Will It Get?
In Today's Corporate America, Cash Is King
These Kids Don't Scare So Easily
COMMENTARY: Hey, Chicken Littles, the Sky Isn't Falling
Global Markets: Wall Street Casts a Mighty Long Shadow
Investing: Throw Out the Old Rule Book
 
UP FRONT
 Talk Show
 Did Microsoft Catch a Break?
 Such Intimidating Prices on eBay
 Nike Trips over Its Laces
 Throw Another Cob on the Fire
 Cookies and High Tech
 Slow Going for Euro-Preneurs
 Footnotes
 
READERS REPORT
 A Closer Look at Carly Fiorina's Track Record
 Who Is Best Equipped to Spend the Surplus?
 Wireless Advocates Must Stand Up and Be Counted
 Nuclear Power Has Stood the Test of Time
 Lessons from California's Power Crisis
 The Dangers of Allowing Patients to Sue
 To Manage Diabetes, You Need Adequate Insurance
 
CORRECTIONS & CLARIFICATIONS
 "How Tinmen smelt a quick profit" (Up Front, Feb. 26, 2001)
 
BOOKS
 Being a Mother Just Doesn't Pay
 The Making of a Casino Nation
 
TECHNOLOGY & YOU
 It's Time to Can the Spam
 
ECONOMIC VIEWPOINT
 This Slump Could Be Bad News for Bush
 
ECONOMIC TRENDS
 ...And the Home of the Poor
 Can Recession Be Avoided?
 The Net Hauls in a Big Catch
 
BUSINESS OUTLOOK
 U.S.: The Fed's New Worry: Irrational Pessimism
 Spain: Slower Growth--and Louder Calls for a Rate Cut
 
NEWS: ANALYSIS & COMMENTARY
 Let the Budget Wars Begin
 Microsoft's Reversal of Misfortune?
 Dead Dot-Coms Can Still Cause Havoc
 
IN BUSINESS THIS WEEK
 Robert Hubbard: He Majors in Tax Cuts
 Cendant: A Blast from the Past
 EC Trustbusters Slow GE Down
 An Ill Wind for Business
 The Feds Go Poking Around at Squibb
 UAL Thinks Its US Air Deal Is Done
 Et Cetera...
 Just Didn't Do It
 
WASHINGTON OUTLOOK
 The Furor Ahead over Fat Tax Breaks for Energy
 Medicare Point Man
 Wanted: FDA Chief
 Taking Aim at Ergo
 
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS
 GM Tries to Show Who's Boss
 A Saudi Offer Big Oil Can't Refuse
 Taiwan's Big Squeeze
 
INTERNATIONAL OUTLOOK
 Chilly with China, Cozy with Japan: Will Bush's New Line Pay Off?
 Delaying Britain's Vote
 Another Moscow Shakeup?
 
LEGAL AFFAIRS
 Revenge of the "Managers"
 
MEDIA
 Tribune Co.: Ad Slump? What Ad Slump?
 
THE CORPORATION
 Can Procter & Gamble Clean Up Its Act?
 
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
 Commentary: Nortel: Optimism or Hubris?
An Iron Fist in a Velvet Glove
 
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
 STMicroelectronics: From Niche Player to Goliath
 
DEVELOPMENTS TO WATCH
 A Way to Test Drugs on Fetuses--without the Fetus
 Tracking Crops from Field to Store
 Glasses That Change with Your Prescription
 Innovations
 
THE WORKPLACE
 Office Violence: After the Shooting Stops
 
BUSINESSWEEK INVESTOR
 College Savings Plans Come of Age
 A Guide to Lead You through the College Maze
 For a Knockout Essay, Get Thee to an Editor
 Keeping College Freshmen on Course
 Wise Ways to Help a Grandkid Pay Tuition
 How to Cash Out Junior's College Fund
 
THE BARKER PORTFOLIO
 Learning to Love the Little Guy
 
INSIDE WALL STREET
 Park Is Set to Bloom
 Getting Warmer at Thermo
 Cendant: Ready to Climb Again?
 
FIGURES OF THE WEEK
 Figures of the Week (.pdf)
 
EDITORIALS
 Needed: A Faster, Fairer Income-Tax Cut
 The New Economy's New Reality
 
INTERNATIONAL -- LETTER FROM BOMBAY
 Indian High Tech: Somehow, It All Clicks
 
INTERNATIONAL -- SPOTLIGHT ON SCOTLAND
 A Fishing Ban Jolts Fishermen...But Farming Could Fill the Void
 
INTERNATIONAL -- READERS REPORT
 Laying the Blame at Somebody Else's Feet
 How to Take Advantage of Disaster
 A To-Do List for Peru's Next President
 Korea's Ssangyong Cement Is Worth Saving
 Give Up Your Patents, Microsoft
 Lessons from California's Power Crisis
 
INTERNATIONAL -- ASIAN BUSINESS
 Taiwan's Big Squeeze
 A Korean Banker Who Actually Makes Money
 Broadband in Japan: The Brawl Begins
 
INTERNATIONAL -- EUROPEAN BUSINESS
 GM Tries to Show Who's Boss
 Commentary: The French Right Should Dump Chirac
 Commentary: Firing the Boss Won't Fix Deutsche Telekom
 
INTERNATIONAL -- LATIN AMERICA
 Is Brazil Growing Too Fast?
ONLINE EXTRA: Q&A: Brazil's Central Banker "Knew What We Had to Do"
 This Argentine Scandal Couldn't Come at a Worse Time
 
INTERNATIONAL -- INT'L FIGURES OF THE WEEK
 International Figures of the Week (.pdf)
 
INTERNATIONAL -- EDITORIALS
 It's Showtime for Herr Schrempp
 China Must Speed Financial Reform

ARTICLES PREVIOUSLY PUBLISHED IN INTERNATIONAL EDITIONS
February 12, 2001
Letter From California: Stealing a Wedge from Wisconsin
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