COVER STORY
Confused about Earnings?
You're not alone. Here's what companies should do--and what investors need to know
COVER IMAGE: Confused about Earnings?
CHART: The Big Bath
CHART: Earnings Chaos
TABLE: High-Gloss Glossary
Navigating the Numbers
ONLINE EXTRA: Q&A: Words of Warning from the SEC
INTERNATIONAL -- INT'L COVER STORY
Inside Saudi Arabia
The Kingdom copes with the fallout from terrorism
SPECIAL REPORT
The Info Tech 100
EDITOR'S MEMO
Nothing Dismal about These Guys
UP FRONT
Talk Show
Hewlett's Hue and Cry
Paying the Freight for Safer Skies
Is Linux Catching the Big Mo?
Online Flag Waving
Free and Clear of Enron's Woes
G.I. Joe Heroics at Hasbro
As the Downturn Turns
READERS REPORT
Is Privacy, Too, a Victim of Terrorism?
Weaning the West off Middle East Oil
What Should Strike Terror in Drugmakers' Hearts
Seeking an End to Qwest's Stock Slide
Not All Agencies Are the Same
The Coming Wave of Satellite-Directed Aircraft
CORRECTIONS & CLARIFICATIONS
"The FTC Refuses a Potent Cocktail" (In Business This Week, Nov. 5, 2001)
LETTER FROM WYOMING
So Much for Those Wide Open Spaces
BOOKS
Tracking an Assassin of Memory
Sacks' Awakening
Timely Wisdom
TECHNOLOGY & YOU
Microsoft: The Battle Isn't Over
ECONOMIC VIEWPOINT
The Airline Bailout Sets a Bad Precedent
ECONOMIC TRENDS
Are Banks Ready for Deadbeats?
College-Town Confidential
Inflation Fears May Be Inflated
BUSINESS OUTLOOK
U.S.: That's Not Deflation Ahead, Just Slower Inflation
Canada: Uh-Oh. The Loony Is Looking Limp
NEWS: ANALYSIS & COMMENTARY
The Rush of Victory
A Hard Slog for Financial "Special Forces"
Western Union: Where the Money Is--In Small Bills
A Test for the House of Saud
Airlines: The Clouds Keep Getting Thicker
No Jingle Bells on These Registers
Microsoft: Not So Fast, Mr. Gates
The Car Guys Take Charge at General Motors
Who's behind the Wheel at Audi?
IN BUSINESS THIS WEEK
Ron Zarrella: The Vision Thing at Bausch & Lomb
Culture Shock at CSFB
AOL, Sony, and the Connected Home
A Car Rental Titan Runs Low on Gas
VF Cuts a New Pattern
The Last Cha-Cha for Chiquita?
Et Cetera...
Feeling Poorly
WASHINGTON OUTLOOK
John Ashcroft Speaks Loudly and Carries a Big Stick
The New Bipartisanship
A Settlement Fit to Print
We Want Rudy
INTERNATIONAL OUTLOOK
U.S.-Russia: Just How Far Will the Love-In Go?
Self-Rule for Kosovo?
MANAGEMENT
The Case of the Corporate Spy
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
A Venerable Biotech Eyes the New World
DEVELOPMENTS TO WATCH
Keeping Cockpit Controls out of Hijackers' Hands
One Way to Keep Up with the Bugs: Gene Cocktails
A Bicycle You Can Read By
Rats, Children, and the Riddle of Ritalin
GOVERNMENT
Commentary: Why States Will be a Drag on Recovery
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Squabbling among the Rich and Famous
SOCIAL ISSUES
Commentary: Already, a Crush at the Soup Kitchens
FINANCE
What'll Bloomberg Do with Bloomberg?
Investment Banks: No Deal Too Small
Profiteer or Persecuted Entrepreneur?
SPORTS BUSINESS
A Frantic Search for the Next Tiger
THE CORPORATION
All Eyes on the Enron Prize
The Other Instant Powerhouse in Energy Trading
At Honeywell, It's Larry the Knife
PEOPLE
Tidying Up at Home Depot
RESUME: Robert Louis Nardelli
THE WORKPLACE
Is Boeing Cutting Too Close to the Bone?
BUSINESSWEEK LIFESTYLE
Topping This Year's Gift List...
The Inside Story on the Latest DVDs
A Cornucopia for the Coffee Table
Raise High the 3D Roof Beam
BUSINESSWEEK INVESTOR
Turning a Bad Year into Tax Savings
THE BARKER PORTFOLIO
Getting the Most When You Give
INSIDE WALL STREET
CDI Sniffs an Upturn
An Enticing Aroma from Panera Bread
Genentech Passes Some Tough Tests
FIGURES OF THE WEEK
Figures of the Week (.pdf)
EDITORIALS
End the Numbers Game
The Case for Economic Optimism
INTERNATIONAL -- READERS REPORT
Is Privacy, Too, a Victim of Terrorism?
Economic Diversity Is Only Part of the Story
Good Things Come in Small Packages
A Novel Approach to Terrorism Insurance
INTERNATIONAL -- CORRECTIONS & CLARIFICATIONS
"You want security? They've got security" ("Privacy in an age of terror," Special Report, Nov. 5, 2001)
INTERNATIONAL -- THE CONFLICT
Fighting the Good Fight
INTERNATIONAL -- ASIAN BUSINESS
A Greater Hong Kong?
ONLINE EXTRA: Q&A with Hong Kong's Donald Tsang
Cracking Korea Inc.'s Glass Ceiling
INTERNATIONAL -- EUROPEAN BUSINESS
Is the Corruption Crusade Over?
Italy: Making It Easier to Skirt the Law
3G's Latest Snafu: Hellacious Handsets
INTERNATIONAL -- LATIN AMERICA
Turning Greenbacks into Greenhouses
INTERNATIONAL -- ECONOMICS
Commentary: Don't Use the IMF to Push U.S. Foreign Policy
Indonesia: Last in the Money Chase
INTERNATIONAL -- INT'L FIGURES OF THE WEEK
International Figures of the Week (.pdf)
INTERNATIONAL -- EDITORIALS
Can the House of Saud Save Itself?
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