COVER STORY
Drug Prices: What's Fair?
How can we encourage research and still keep prices within reach...for Cipro and beyond?
COVER IMAGE: Drug Prices: What's Fair?
TABLE: The Forces That Move Drug Costs
CHART: How Drug Spending Is Rising
TABLE: Tomorrow's Blockbusters
TABLE: Rx for Drug Costs
Fifty Ways to Keep Your Patent
INTERNATIONAL -- ASIAN COVER STORY
Gaijin at the Gate
Financier Tim Collins is so sure he knows how to fix Japan Inc. that he's betting billions on it
COVER IMAGE: Gaijin at the Gate
TABLE: Ripplewood's World
TABLE: Eastward Ho!
RESUME: Tim Collins
BUSINESS WEEK SMALLBIZ
BusinessWeek Small Biz
In our final supplement: What's next for small business in finance, technology, labor, the economy, and more
UP FRONT
Talk Show
A War the Drug Smugglers Hate
Polaroid Brass: "Me First"
Soothing the Savage Traveler
The Subway Is Gonna Get Noisier
It Really Will Be a Sold-Out Game Now
As the Downturn Turns
READERS REPORT
What Mankind Needs: Less Whining from Scott McNealy
Write the Right Laws to Rein in Software Makers
There's Nothing Wrong with Accounting Principles
Will Merrill Lynch Still Welcome Small Accounts?
One Vocal TIAA-CREF Investor Is No Proxy for All
CORRECTIONS & CLARIFICATIONS
"A boffo season for video games?" (Up Front, Nov. 19, 2001)
"Up a creek--with lots of cash" (News: Analysis & Commentary, Nov. 12, 2001)
BOOKS
The Best Business Books of 2001
Idea Killers
Diamond Dogs
TECHNOLOGY & YOU
Bringing the Stacks to the Students
ECONOMIC VIEWPOINT
Is Prosperity Next to Godliness?
ECONOMIC TRENDS
Office Space: A Nasty Hangover
EC Austerity Is Backfiring
Venture Capital's Turning Point?
BUSINESS OUTLOOK
U.S.: Good News: Mild Recession. Bad News: Mild Recovery
VIDEO: The R Word Is Official
France: Europe's Bright Light Will Soon Burn Out
NEWS: ANALYSIS & COMMENTARY
Commentary: A Slow Road to Recovery
Hot Spots in a Cold Job Market
The Tricky Business of Being Mr. Popularity
Commentary: A Ban Won't Make Cloning Go Away
Commentary: Terror Insurance: How to Stop the Coming Crisis
Endgame in Afghanistan
IN BUSINESS THIS WEEK
Stephen Wolf: Piloting US Airways...Again
Microsoft to Europe: Let's Talk
Pharmacia Farms Out Monsanto
The Burden Grows Heavier at Lloyd's
AOL's Sprint into Long Distance
Providian's New Prince of Plastic
Et Cetera...
Holiday Rush
WASHINGTON OUTLOOK
The Nuclear Waste Debate: All Over but the Shouting?
So Much for Hedging Bets
High Tech: Friendly Fire?
Extra Special Interests
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS
Gaijin at the Gate
Show Time at Softbank
Twilight for a German Banking Titan?
INTERNATIONAL OUTLOOK
Mexico: The Fox Revolution Is Spinning Its Wheels
Britons Brace for Tax Hikes
No Winner in Taiwan Poll
GOVERNMENT
Welfare Reform's Toughest Test
SOCIAL ISSUES
Going to the Head of the Class
DEVELOPMENTS TO WATCH
A Good Catch of Antibiotics--from Fish
This Balloon May Be a Record Buster
On the Way: Digital Photos That Talk--or Sing
Innovations
MARKETING
Retail Reckoning
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Big Blue's Big Bet on Free Software
FINANCE
Enron: Running on Empty
Skilling: The Man Who Knew...How Much?
VIDEO: The View from BW's Gene Marcial
Do Household's Numbers Add Up?
BUSINESSWEEK INVESTOR
When the Old Age Home Is Your Own
Making a House Safe for Seniors
Peace of Mind Never Gets Old
A Paycheck in the Mail Every Month
VIDEO: Immediate Annuities
Work Still Does a Body Good
THE BARKER PORTFOLIO
Weight Watchers: A Little Debt-Heavy?
INSIDE WALL STREET
Heart-Pounding News
At MCSi, Screens Are Lighting Up
Is Discovery About to Be Discovered?
FIGURES OF THE WEEK
Figures of the Week (.pdf)
EDITORIALS
The Road to Recovery
VIDEO: The View from BW's Bruce Nussbaum
How to Control Drug Costs, Simply
INTERNATIONAL -- LETTER FROM UZBEKISTAN
A B&B Takes on the Powers That Be
INTERNATIONAL -- READERS REPORT
Maybe It's Time for French Companies to Say au Revoir
When Beijing Should Stay out of the Stock Market
In the WTO, China and Taiwan Will Be Equals
Pakistan's Main Problem Is Lack of Education
INTERNATIONAL -- CORRECTIONS & CLARIFICATIONS
"A bond market headed for the junk heap?" (International Business, Oct. 22, 2001)
"Planes that know how to bomb" (The Conflict, Nov. 19, 2001)
INTERNATIONAL -- ASIAN BUSINESS
Show Time at Softbank
An Inventor Takes on Japan Inc.
Is Mahathir Finally Cracking the Whip?
INTERNATIONAL -- EUROPEAN BUSINESS
Autumn of a Banking Titan
Will Volvo Become Just Another Ford?
Lean and Hungry in Hungary
INTERNATIONAL -- INT'L FIGURES OF THE WEEK
International Figures of the Week (.pdf)
INTERNATIONAL -- EDITORIALS
The Euro Bloc Needs Britain
VIDEO: The View from BW's Bob Dowling
ARTICLES PREVIOUSLY PUBLISHED IN INTERNATIONAL EDITIONS
December 3, 2001
Letter From Japan: A Mosaic in the Making
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