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ISSUE DATE: November 25, 2002
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U.S. EDITION
Full Table of Contents
Cover Story
BusinessWeek Investor
Up Front
Readers Report
Corrections & Clarifications
Books
Technology & You
Economic Viewpoint
Business Outlook
News: Analysis & Commentary

In Business This Week
Washington Outlook
International Business
International Outlook
Special Report -- Europe
Social Issues
Marketing
Legal Affairs
Information Technology
Management

People
Working Life
Science & Technology
Special Report
Sports Business
Finance
Dividends
The Barker Portfolio
Inside Wall Street
Figures of the Week

Editorials


INTERNATIONAL EDITIONS
International -- To Our Readers
International -- Readers Report
International -- Corrections & Clarifications
International -- Asian Business
International -- European Business
International -- Finance
International -- Int'l Figures of the Week



COVER STORY

Will Sun Rise Again?
While investors worry about the company's very survival, CEO McNealy is plotting a path to supremacy
COVER IMAGE:  Will Sun Rise Again?
CHART:  Sun Microsystems Stock Price
GRAPHIC:  The Problem
GRAPHIC:  The Solution
GRAPHIC:  Tough Decisions for Sun
GRAPHIC:  Sun's El Dorado
ONLINE EXTRA:  McNealy: "Computing Is Ridiculously Complex"
VIDEO:  Scott McNealy at the 92nd St. Y
ONLINE EXTRA:  Q&A: Can N1 Make Sun No. 1?
ONLINE EXTRA:  Sun's New Software Horizon


BUSINESSWEEK INVESTOR

Finding a Financial Adviser
This Special Report will help you do that and more, such as planning for life-changing events, how to avoid scamster advisers, and understanding adviser regulations


UP FRONT

Talk Show

The Skeleton in Frank Zarb's Closet

A Bitter Pill for Biotech

This Year, It's Comdex Lite

Dark Days for Dirty Money

Cooling on the Boys of Summer

Q&A: Facing Our Inner Weasels
VIDEO:  Weasel Patrol


READERS REPORT

How to Raise Profits without All That Pain

Speaking Up for Peregrine's Roudebush

An "Obscene" Paycheck for This HMO Boss

Give Public Schools a Break

Losses in a Winning Stadium


CORRECTIONS & CLARIFICATIONS

"Chips on monster wafers" (Science & Technology, Nov. 4, 2002)


BOOKS

Sex and the Street


TECHNOLOGY & YOU

The Liberation of Laptop Design?


ECONOMIC VIEWPOINT

An Attack on Saddam Won't Send Oil Sky-High


BUSINESS OUTLOOK

U.S.: Productivity Gains: The Good News and the Good News

South Korea: A Slowdown, but Not a Stall-Out


NEWS: ANALYSIS & COMMENTARY

How Bush Will Stoke the Engine
COMMENTARY:  What If You Had to Fix the Mess?

Capital Spending's Split Personality

Commentary: What It Will Take to Police the Street

An Iraq Attack: What Are the Chances Now?

A Power Company Tries to Break Loose

Paging Dr. Capellas

A Scandal-Ridden Tenet Stands by Its Man


IN BUSINESS THIS WEEK

Sanford Weill: The Trouble with Sandy

Content Is King at AOL

Vivendi's New "Co-Producer"

Yes, Penney, There Is a Santa Claus

Can Nasser Develop Polaroid?

Energy Regulators in the Woodshed

Et Cetera...

Smoke Bomb


WASHINGTON OUTLOOK

The SEC: No Boss. No Accounting Cop. Where Does It Go from Here?

Go Canada

Lost in Space?

Now That's Hungry


INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS

Commentary: A Key Mission for Germany: Beef Up the Military

In Mexico's Drug War, Fox Is Actually Winning Some Battles


INTERNATIONAL OUTLOOK

Can Horse-Trading Win the Saudis a Voice on Iraq?

A New Look for NATO


SPECIAL REPORT -- EUROPE

Mega Europe


SOCIAL ISSUES

Why Johnny Can't Fail


MARKETING

Has Target's Food Foray Missed the Mark?


LEGAL AFFAIRS

Making a Federal Case Out of Overseas Abuses


INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

A Topsy-Turvy Info Tech 100
Out in Front
The IT 100/200 Interactive Scoreboard

Online Extra: Homeland Security Is CACI's Domain

Online Extra: An "Undiscovered Company" Breaks Out

Online Extra: eBay: Is Its Stock Too Hot to Touch?

Online Extra: VimpelCom's Wireless Russian Frontier

Online Extra: Favorable Omens for Oracle


MANAGEMENT

A New Blueprint for B-Schools?


PEOPLE

Rebuilding Trust in Tyco


WORKING LIFE

Mommy Is Really Home from Work


SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Commentary: The Battle over Boeing's Radical New Plane


SPECIAL REPORT

Cancer: A Realistic Assessment
ONLINE EXTRA:  What's Fueling the Cancer Epidemic
ONLINE EXTRA:  The Miracle of Early Detection
ONLINE EXTRA:  Different Drugs for Different Patients


SPORTS BUSINESS

Superagent Leigh Steinberg: Pro Football's Real Wild Man

Commentary: Basketball: How Much Is Too Much?


FINANCE

The Cracks in Credit Scoring

Vanguard's Embarrassment of Riches and Risk

Ameritrade's Joseph Moglia Is One Tough Trader


DIVIDENDS

The Stat

The Zagats Break Par

Bruised by Bonds

Bush Bets

From Ice to Fire


THE BARKER PORTFOLIO

Is This a Dream Cruise for Investors?


INSIDE WALL STREET

Sparkle at Tiffany's?

Alaska Air Looks Like a Highflier

An Appetizing Aroma from O'Charley's


FIGURES OF THE WEEK

Figures of the Week


EDITORIALS

Eliot Spitzer's Bad Idea

The Right Economic Stimulus


INTERNATIONAL -- TO OUR READERS

The Team Watching Bush


INTERNATIONAL -- READERS REPORT

Most Turks Look toward the West

Almost Nirvana in Italy

Brazil: Debt Default Is Not an Option

Note to Barro: Don't Confuse Economics with Real Life


INTERNATIONAL -- CORRECTIONS & CLARIFICATIONS

"Stirring Up Singapore Inc." (Asian Business, Sept. 9, 2002)


INTERNATIONAL -- ASIAN BUSINESS

Commentary: Are China's Banks Caught in Quicksand?
The Other Specter: Labor Unrest

Wipro: The Live Wire in Indian High Tech

Commentary: Korea's Looming Pension Debacle


INTERNATIONAL -- EUROPEAN BUSINESS

Wireless Web, Take Two
New and improved mobile services are starting to hit Europe's markets, but will they sell?

Commentary: Why Vivendi Should Hang Up on Cegetel

Dashed Hopes for Ukraine's Economy?

High Hopes for a Wooden Performance


INTERNATIONAL -- FINANCE

Germany's Budget Gap Sets a Bad Example

Q&A: Why Hambro's Stuart Mitchell Is Bullish on Europe


INTERNATIONAL -- INT'L FIGURES OF THE WEEK

International Figures of the Week (.pdf)


ARTICLES PREVIOUSLY PUBLISHED IN INTERNATIONAL EDITIONS

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