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ISSUE DATE: February 24, 2003
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U.S. EDITION
Full Table of Contents
Cover Story
Up Front
Readers Report
Books
Technology & You
Economic Viewpoint
Economic Trends
Business Outlook
News: Analysis & Commentary
In Business This Week



Washington Outlook
International Business
International Outlook
Corporate Scoreboard
People
Finance
Information Technology
Management
Legal Affairs
BusinessWeek Investor
Dividends
The Barker Portfolio
Inside Wall Street
Figures of the Week
Editorials


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



COVER STORY

Taming the Oil Beast
A sensible, step-by-step energy policy is within our reach. Here's what to do
COVER IMAGE:  Getting Smart about Oil
GRAPHIC:  Curbing America's Oil Addiction
GRAPHIC:  Without New Policies: Oil Consumption Will Keep Growing...
GRAPHIC:  Why Worry about Oil Prices?
ONLINE EXTRA:  ExxonMobil's Boss on Energy Security


INTERNATIONAL -- ASIAN COVER STORY

The Politics of Peril
South Korea's untested Roh Moo Hyun faces a bizarre and dangerous foreign policy crisis. Is he up to it?
COVER IMAGE:  Korea: The Politics of Peril
Korea's Young Lions
GRAPHIC:  Roh's Youth Appeal
GRAPHIC:  Korea's New Power Generation
Q&A: "I Want a New Culture to Take Root"
The Web Site That Elected a President
ONLINE EXTRA:  A Talk with America's Man in Seoul


UP FRONT

Talk Show

Getting in on the Ground Floor

Did the GOP Lobby the Lobbyists?

Nike May Need an Heir Jordan

CEO Pay: Pain, but Still Plenty of Gain

The New Hurry to Foil Hackers


READERS REPORT

What Happens When American Jobs Slip Away?

The FCC's Chance to Ease the Way for Broadband

The Consequences of Metaphor

Who Thought Up "What Would Jesus Drive?"

Canadians Fought--and Died--to Rout the Taliban, Too


BOOKS

The Man Who Brought Ice to the Masses


TECHNOLOGY & YOU

The Best-Laid Plans of Copyright Law...


ECONOMIC VIEWPOINT

There's a Lot to Like about Bush's Tax Plan


ECONOMIC TRENDS

Spending Levels of Rich and Poor

Inflation vs. Unemployment

The Real Value of Dividends


BUSINESS OUTLOOK

U.S.: Tech Is Looking Up--but It Won't Kick-Start Recovery

Britain: An Ounce of Prevention against Global Risk


NEWS: ANALYSIS & COMMENTARY

Bush's Tax Cut: Attacked from All Sides
Q&A: A Talk with the Treasury Secretary (extended)

Commentary: Greenspan Lets Fly at Washington Math

The Investors' Dream Act of 2003

Commentary: Sprint's Board Needs a Good Sweeping, Too

Hacking Away--at Tax Shelters

DirecTV: How This Dish Got Reheated

Target: The Cool Factor Fizzles

What's Making Toyland Buzz


IN BUSINESS THIS WEEK

Douglas Daft: A Quenching Quarter

NASDAQ: Marooned by Archipelago

A Revival from Phoenix?

Deere Is Pulling in Bucks Again

Unlikely Allies in Asbestos

Putting the Squeeze on Brazil

Et Cetera...

Happy Ending


WASHINGTON OUTLOOK

Expensing Options: This Time, Silicon Valley Can't Shout Down FASB

Pitt's Last Licks


INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS

Pumping Up BP


INTERNATIONAL OUTLOOK

Why Bush, Blair & Co. Won't Go It Alone On Iraq--Just Yet
Sandy Berger on the Iraq Showdown

Crackdown in Colombia?

London Drivers Beware


CORPORATE SCOREBOARD

The More You Look, the Weaker Earnings Look
The Dead Weight of Debt

Interactive Fourth Quarter & Full Year 2002 Corporate Scoreboard

Fourth Quarter & Full Year 2002 Corporate Scoreboard (.pdf)


PEOPLE

A Towering Vision for New York


FINANCE

These Workers Were Wiped Out


INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

Expedia: Changing Pilots in Mid-Climb

Europe Might Not Let Bill Gates Off So Lightly


MANAGEMENT

A Battle Royal against Regal Paychecks


LEGAL AFFAIRS

Meltdown of a Highflier


BUSINESSWEEK INVESTOR

Fire and Ice

Maharaja Treatment

Belize: An Ecotourist's Eden

On the Azalea Trail

Buenos Aires for a Song


DIVIDENDS

January Effect?

Cheese Wiz

Light Ball

Analyst Analysis


THE BARKER PORTFOLIO

Converse Rocks. Will Its IPO?


INSIDE WALL STREET

Viacom: Cash Machine

Why Sears Is in the Basement

Asta Turns Red Ink into Black


FIGURES OF THE WEEK

Figures of the Week (.pdf)


EDITORIALS

A Very Risky Fiscal Policy

Time to Modernize the U.N. and NATO


INTERNATIONAL -- READERS REPORT

Italy's Environmental Nightmare Isn't the Only One

Better Ways for the U.S. to Boost Growth--and Equality

An Education in Ethics Begins at Home


INTERNATIONAL -- EUROPEAN BUSINESS

Why SAP Is Sailing


INTERNATIONAL -- FINANCE

Bond Bubble in Europe?
Investors are snapping up government and corporate issues, but a crash could be coming

Rising Star in the City of Light
France's Eurazeo has become a feisty private equity player

An Economy Only a Dealmaker Could Love


INTERNATIONAL -- INT'L FIGURES OF THE WEEK

International Figures of the Week (.pdf)


INTERNATIONAL -- EDITORIALS

North Korea: Talking Won't Do the Trick
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Asian Cover Photograph by Kim Jangwook/Gamma

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