COVER STORY
The Education of Jeff Immelt
The Jack Welch era is history. Suddenly, running GE is a whole new ball game
COVER IMAGE: The Education of Jeff Immelt
TABLE: A Raft of Troubles for GE
TABLE: What GE Watchers Want to Know
CHART: What the Numbers Show
COMMENTARY: Was Jack Welch's Run All It Was Cracked Up to Be?
ONLINE EXTRA: Q&A with GE's Jeff Immelt
ONLINE EXTRA: The Days of Welch and Roses?
SPECIAL REPORT -- WIRELESS INTERNET
All Net, All the Time
In Hot Pursuit of the Wi-Fi Wave
RESUME: Sky Dylan Dayton
You Say You Want a Wireless Revolution?
ONLINE EXTRA: Welcome to Wi-Fi World
EDITOR'S MEMO
The New Numbers Game
UP FRONT
Talk Show
Board Members Become Pariahs
Hot Wheels
Shareholders Get Steamrolled
No Jump-Starting These Batteries
Getting a Leg Up on Those Footnotes
A Shepherd for Little Lost Laptops
What's Missing in Washington? Kids
Retiring in Style
READERS REPORT
The Future of Cadillac
Another Look at Variable Life Insurance
CORRECTIONS & CLARIFICATIONS
"DoubleClick Take Two" (e.biz, Feb. 18, 2002)
"The besieged banker" (Cover Story, Apr. 22, 2002)
BOOKS
The Loneliness of the High-Powered Woman
TECHNOLOGY & YOU
An E-Mailer Out to Squash Blackberry
ECONOMIC VIEWPOINT
Don't Throw Out Options Because Investors Took a Bath
ECONOMIC TRENDS
Health Care's Economic Payoff
A Learning Gap Slows Growth
Still a Helluva Town
INDUSTRY INSIDER
Working on the Railroad: A Q&A with John Krenicki
BUSINESS OUTLOOK
U.S.: The Forward Spin from a Backward Glance at GDP
Sweden: The Riksbank Breaks Ranks to Battle Inflation
NEWS: ANALYSIS & COMMENTARY
Israel: The Economic Cost of War
An Economy Left in Ruins
Bush Starts Falling Back to Earth
Commentary: How Prosperous Are We?
Trying to Build a Wall on Wall Street
Commentary: Don't Mess with Sergeant Pitt
Everything You Need to Know about Cloning
IN BUSINESS THIS WEEK
James Houghton: Through the Revolving Door
HP and Compaq: It's Official--Almost
Why Uncle Sam's Wallet Looks Thin
Maybe Mike Ovitz Needs an Agent
Sighs of Relief in Silicon Valley
IBM and Hitachi: Team Drivers
Et Cetera...
A Spurt at Sprint
WASHINGTON OUTLOOK
Accounting: Congress Only Looks Like It's Getting Tough
The Energy Lobby Hits Pay Dirt
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS
Messier's Mess
Vivendi's outspoken boss has fired a popular TV mogul, taken a huge write-off, and watched the company stock drop sharply
Commentary: This @?#%! Digital Car Won't Drive
A surfeit of gizmos is leading to glitches and hurting performance in the latest generation of autos
The Decline of the Maquiladora
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
Commentary: LCDs: A World That's Flat--and Unprofitable
DEVELOPMENTS TO WATCH
Calming the Tremors of Parkinson's
Windows You Can Hold in Your Hand
Copier, Spare That Tree
Turf Toe May Soon Be a Thing of the Past
FINANCE
Commentary: Still Spooked by the Market
Can Toxic Mold Spoil a Stock Offering?
Commentary: Mutual Funds: Investors Are Still in the Dark
INDUSTRIES
Commentary: What's Weighing Down the Big Carriers
THE CORPORATION
A Speedy Makeover at Penney's
PEOPLE
A New Kind of Marlboro Man
RESUME: Louis C. Camilleri
MEDIA
Commentary: Media Mergers: The Danger Remains
SOCIAL ISSUES
Does Universal Preschool Pay?
BUSINESSWEEK INVESTOR
A World of Opportunity outside the U.S.
Emerging Markets: No Longer Down and Out
Many of these bourses have regained their shine -- with South Korea, Mexico, and Russia leading the way
It's a Small-Cap World After All
The Road to the Governor's Mansion
THE BARKER PORTFOLIO
Is JetBlue Flying Too High?
INSIDE WALL STREET
Gillette's New Edge
Just Idling at DaimlerChrysler
Set to Thrive at TheraSense
FIGURES OF THE WEEK
Figures of the Week (.pdf)
EDITORIALS
A Ripe Time for Reform
The Cost of Media Consolidation
INTERNATIONAL -- READERS REPORT
Tech's Myopia Shut It out of the Top 50
How to Improve U.S. Wireless Service
A Crooked Cop Is Even Worse Than a Crooked Robber
INTERNATIONAL -- ASIAN BUSINESS
China's Big Bet on Gas
Indonesia: Foreign Telcos Are Ringing Off
Commentary: Japan Can't Get School Reform Right, Either
INTERNATIONAL -- EUROPEAN BUSINESS
Calling All High Rollers--to the Web
Suddenly, online gambling is big business in Europe -- with British punters leading the way
INTERNATIONAL -- LATIN AMERICA
"There Are No Magic Solutions"
INTERNATIONAL -- INT'L FIGURES OF THE WEEK
International Figures of the Week (.pdf)
INTERNATIONAL -- EDITORIALS
The Atlantic Alliance Needs Tending
ARTICLES PREVIOUSLY PUBLISHED IN INTERNATIONAL EDITIONS
April 22, 2002
Landing an Airport on Time--and on Budget
Q&A: A Bargain Hunter Scans Europe
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