COVER STORY
A New Cable Giant
AT&T Comcast will be unprecedented in size and influence--but must win over skeptical investors and sell unproven services
COVER IMAGE: The Cable Guy
CHART: Bad Reception
GRAPHIC: The Cable Industry by the Numbers
GRAPHIC: AT&T Comcast: Not Just Broadband
GRAPHIC: Trouble Signals
GRAPHIC: Your Digital Future: It Won't Be Cheap
GRAPHIC: Brian Roberts
INTERNATIONAL -- INT'L COVER STORY
Mega Europe
25 states, 450 million citizens. The EU expansion will challenge both East and West. Is bigger better?
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UP FRONT
Talk Show
What Does "May" Mean, Anyway?
The UAW Answers a Cry for Help
Slow Boat to California
The NJSE? Fuhgedaboutit
Have We Got a Deal for You: Office Space
EDITOR'S MEMO
Making Your Life Even Richer
READERS REPORT
So Long, Silicon Valley?
Instant Runoff Voting: An Idea Whose Time Has Come
CORRECTIONS & CLARIFICATIONS
"My favorite mutual fund" (BusinessWeek Investor, Nov. 4, 2002)
"Why Veridian hasn't bombed" (Inside Wall Street, Nov. 11, 2002)
BOOKS
Coming on the Net: People Power
TECHNOLOGY & YOU
The Microsoft Pen Is a Mite Clunky
ECONOMIC VIEWPOINT
So Much for Cracking Down on the Accountants
ECONOMIC TRENDS
Less Chance to Rise in Life
Money-Market Meltdown?
Chipping Away at Paper Checks
INDUSTRY INSIDER
Q&A: Why Atomic Energy Burns Brighter Than Ever
ONLINE EXTRA: Renewed?
BUSINESS OUTLOOK
U.S.: After a Soft Fourth Quarter, the New Year Should Be Happier
Japan: Widespread Weakness Spells More Job Cuts
NEWS: ANALYSIS & COMMENTARY
Bush's Big Sweep
Online Extra: "Less Government and Less Taxes"
State Initiatives: Mostly Saying No to Change
Commentary: How Bush Outwitted the Dems
The Democrats' Deepening Dilemma
Online Extra: Republicans Win. "Break Out the Aspirin"
Commentary: What the Next SEC Chief Needs: A Passion for Reform
What's a Microsoft Rival to Do Now?
COMMENTARY: Uncle Sam's Trustbusters: Outgunned--and Outmoded
IN BUSINESS THIS WEEK
Jeffrey Barbakow: The Auditor Is in
One Cingular Sensation?
The Fog Lifts for United
WorldCom: The Rot Keeps Spreading
Now, FASB May Get Tough on Options
Isn't It Funny, How an Heir Likes Money?
Et Cetera...
Short Circuit
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS
Japan's Quick Studies in Survival
Commentary: Is the Sun Setting on Hong Kong's Freedom?
Mexico's Farmers Are Getting Plowed Under
INTERNATIONAL OUTLOOK
Israel: A Newcomer with a Bold Peace Platform
ONLINE EXTRA: Q&A: "A Palestinian State Is in Israel's Interest"
A New Reform Era in Turkey?
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
A Direct Hit to Parkinson's?
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Lou Gerstner Takes the Gloves Off
A No-Nonsense Book--with a Few Gaps
THE CORPORATION
Mattel's New Toy Story
DEVELOPMENTS TO WATCH
Highway Cameras That Can Direct Traffic
Putting a Gloss on the Right Stuff
Multiple Sclerosis: A New Line of Attack
Innovations
CORPORATE SCOREBOARD
Can Earnings Stay on the Recovery Track?
Why We Regrouped
What's Ailing Companies: Medical Bills
Third-Quarter 2002 Interactive Corporate Scoreboard
Third-Quarter 2002 Corporate Scoreboard (.pdf)
GOVERNMENT
Labor Chieftans' Secret Stock Deal
FINANCE
LBOs: Embracing Barbarians at the Gate
The Gensler Twins: Identical? Don't You Believe It
Commentary: J.P. Morgan: Pierpont Would Not Approve
WORKING LIFE
Revenge of the Retirees
BUSINESSWEEK INVESTOR
The Suit Is Back in Business
Maxing Out for Mini Efficiency
Add a House to Your IRA
Don't Toss Those Analyst Reports
Q&A: Why T-Bonds Are Risky
Throw Me in, Coach
DIVIDENDS
Clever Camera
That Wasn't Me!
Trains Get Their Day
Hedge Heaven
THE BARKER PORTFOLIO
So You Think Stock Picking Is a Fool's Game
INSIDE WALL STREET
A New Millennium
H&R Block Is Getting Sued--So the Shares Are a Buy
Bursting with Energy at Suncor
FIGURES OF THE WEEK
Figures of the Week (.pdf)
EDITORIALS
What Victory Means for the GOP
INTERNATIONAL -- READERS REPORT
China: Cheap Labor and Foreign Investment Aren't Enough
The View from the Top of Citigroup's Board
The Urge to Merge Isn't Always Misguided
Setting the Record Straight on Megawati
INTERNATIONAL -- ASIAN BUSINESS
A Global Shopping Spree for the Chinese
Commentary: Could It Happen in Singapore?
INTERNATIONAL -- FINANCE
Mediobanca: A Titan Trembles
Vivendi: The Stakes Go Up
INTERNATIONAL -- INT'L FIGURES OF THE WEEK
International Figures of the Week (.pdf)
INTERNATIONAL -- EDITORIALS
Will Mega Europe Move Forward?
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