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ISSUE DATE: April 15, 2002
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U.S. EDITION
Full Table of Contents
Cover Story
Special Report
Up Front
Readers Report
Corrections & Clarifications
Books
Technology & You
Economic Viewpoint
Economic Trends
Business Outlook

News: Analysis & Commentary
In Business This Week
Washington Outlook
International Business
Information Technology
The Corporation
Science & Technology
Developments to Watch
Finance
Industrial Management

Economics
Sports Business
BusinessWeek Investor
The Barker Portfolio
Inside Wall Street
Figures of the Week
Editorials


INTERNATIONAL EDITIONS
International -- Int'l Cover Story
International -- Readers Report
International -- Corrections & Clarifications
International -- Asian Business
International -- European Business
International -- Int'l Outlook
International -- Finance
International -- Int'l Figures of the Week
International -- Editorials



COVER STORY

The Economic Strain on the Church
Legal liabilities from the sex scandal threaten a U.S. Catholic Church already beset by systemic financial problems
COVER IMAGE:  The Church
CHART:  A Financial Squeeze on the U.S. Catholic Church
TABLE:  The U.S. Catholic Church: How It Works
TABLE:  The U.S. Catholic Church: How It Works (.pdf)
Q&A: A Talk with the Vatican's Moneyman


INTERNATIONAL -- INT'L COVER STORY

The Americanization of a Japanese Icon
Toyota's quandary: Should it concentrate on its U.S. success or shift focus to markets sorely in need of help?


SPECIAL REPORT

Executive Pay
Getting a Better Handle on Total Compensation
The Interactive BusinessWeek Executive Compensation Scoreboard
The BusinessWeek Executive Compensation Scoreboard (.pdf)


UP FRONT

Talk Show

Smoothing the Way for Segway

Suddenly, the Scarlet Leather

Out of the Frying Pan, into the Fire

At Risk from Smoking: Your Job

Making Dough for the Girl Scouts

The Way to Reach an Italian? Not E-Mail


READERS REPORT

Putting Accountability Back into Accounting

A Sweeter Assessment of Perfumania

Let's Be Fair to the Clinton Presidency

GM's Health Benefits Are Far from Perfect


CORRECTIONS & CLARIFICATIONS

"Is Bristol-Myers takeover bait?" (In Business This Week, Apr. 1, 2002)

"Can GM save an icon?" (Cover Story, Apr. 8, 2002)


BOOKS

The Seduction of a Campaign Reporter


TECHNOLOGY & YOU

GPS and Handhelds...Better Bring a Map


ECONOMIC VIEWPOINT

The Market Can't Soar above the Economy Forever


ECONOMIC TRENDS

Equipment Is Going Cheap

Behind the Housing Boom

Who Keeps Cool on the Street?


BUSINESS OUTLOOK

U.S.: Forget the Double Dip--This Recovery Has Legs

Japan: Touching Bottom--and Staying There


NEWS: ANALYSIS & COMMENTARY

What Junior Wants to Drive

Wal-Mart Is Eating Everybody's Lunch

There Goes the Cheap Money

Andersen: Now You See It...

Commentary: Bush Trade Policy: Crazy-Quilt Like a Fox

A Cable Clan on Thin Ice


IN BUSINESS THIS WEEK

Joseph Nacchio: Another Quagmire at Qwest

Oil Prices Feel the Mideast Heat

Hyundai Is Alabama-Bound

Restating History at Xerox

Harvey Golub Nurses a Sick Fund

Will the FCC Relax Its Merger Rules?

Et Cetera...

PeopleSofter


WASHINGTON OUTLOOK

Dancing with Hardhats: Bush's Strategy Starts to Work

Campaign Reform Loophole

Chicken Dinner Primary

Stealth Health


INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS

Wanted: A Mideast Endgame
COMMENTARY:  The Lone Ranger Returns


INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

Can IBM Keep Earnings Hot?


THE CORPORATION

Pharmacia Is Feeling Woozy


SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Human Tissue: Handle with Care
Pieces of You: How the Business Works


DEVELOPMENTS TO WATCH

The Vision Thing Gets Closer for Computers

Putting the Planet under Much Closer Scrutiny

A New Weapon against World Hunger?

X-Ray Technology Enters a New Dimension


FINANCE

Off-the-Rack Portfolios at Custom Prices

Commentary: The Hidden Cost of Shelf Space

Back to Square One at Conseco

Commentary: Audit Committees' New Duck-and-Cover


INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT

Fuel Cells Are Getting Hotter


ECONOMICS

Commentary: Hybrid Cars: Less Fuel but More Costs


SPORTS BUSINESS

Commentary: All Right All You Lawyers, Play Ball!


BUSINESSWEEK INVESTOR

Spin-Offs: Gems among the Trash?

Reckoning the Cost of Stock Options

Reading the Future?

Make Divorce a Less Taxing Time


THE BARKER PORTFOLIO

How to Clean Up the Options Mess


INSIDE WALL STREET

Sea Containers: A Buy

Poised for a Bonus at Acres Gaming

NexMed: Unbowed Despite CPA Doubts


FIGURES OF THE WEEK

Figures of the Week (.pdf)


EDITORIALS

Don't Blame the Stock Options

Balancing Privacy and Biotechnology


INTERNATIONAL -- READERS REPORT

Forging Ahead on Steel

What Iran's Reformers Really Want

Condemn Reagan, Not Clinton

Putting Accountability Back in Accounting


INTERNATIONAL -- CORRECTIONS & CLARIFICATIONS

"Monti's moment" (European Business, Mar. 25, 2002)


INTERNATIONAL -- ASIAN BUSINESS

A Tale of Two Indias

Under Suspicion in Thailand

DoCoMo: Are Its Glory Days a Thing of the Past?


INTERNATIONAL -- EUROPEAN BUSINESS

Ford: Europe Has a Better Idea
Can Detroit replicate at home its winning European strategy of cost-cutting and revamping factories?

This Little Chip Designer Wields Big Clout
Processors based on ARM's blueprints are dominating high-end gizmos

From Jeans King to Retail Czar?
Russia's Vladimir Melnikov wants to parlay his popular Gloria Jeans brand into a store empire


INTERNATIONAL -- INT'L OUTLOOK

The Two Koreas: What's Behind a Break in the Ice

France's Pre-Vote Sell-Offs

Tokyo's Latest Flap


INTERNATIONAL -- FINANCE

UBS's Mr. Fix-It
Predictions of the banking giant's demise were premature, as President Peter Wuffli has it on track again
A Harsh New World for Old Swiss Banks

Argentina: Foreign Banks May Head for the Exits


INTERNATIONAL -- INT'L FIGURES OF THE WEEK

International Figures of the Week (.pdf)


INTERNATIONAL -- EDITORIALS

The World's Poor Need More Than Aid
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International Cover (Digital Imaging) by Richard Michiel

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Though the turmoil has troubled the market of late, the outlook remains positive, says Gene Marcial, who also offers his picks for the week


Upbeat, but Worried
Concerns over the Mideast, energy prices, and Japan overhang the economy's strong numbers, says BW's Kathleen Madigan


Don't Outlaw Options
Stock options are under fire after Enron. BW's Bruce Nussbaum says eliminate the excesses but keep them as an incentive to managers


The Spin on Spin-Offs
Many times, the new company has no clear plan for growth -- and that can be bad news for investors, says BW's Susan Scherreik

  SPECIAL REPORTS
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