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Cover Story
Special Report
Up Front
Readers Report
Corrections & Clarifications
Technology & You
Media Centric
Business Outlook
The Business Week
News & Insights



Global Business
Info Tech
Finance
Corporation
Marketing
Science & Technology
Developments to Watch
Entertainment
Executive Life
Executive Life -- Parker on Wine
Personal Finance
Inside Wall Street
Figures of the Week
Ideas -- Books
Ideas -- Face Time with Maria Bartiromo
Ideas -- The Welch Way



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  SPECIAL REPORTS
The IT 100
Emerging-market cellular players, wireless phone and gear makers, and Web giants are this year's stars

Math's New Era
More math geeks are calling the shots in business. Is your industry next?

Tech Trends 2006
The war for the digital home, social networks, Vista, game consoles, tech hiring, and more

Dream Machines
Auto makers are innovating at full speed -- and giving buyers the power to shape their vehicles

2006 Investment Outlook
Prospects are basically positive: Growth is brisk and corporate profits are climbing

Battling Global Warming
How top companies are reducing emissions of CO2 and other greenhouse gases

What's Hot at CES
What's on tap at the big Consumer Electronics Show? A slew of new flat-panel sets and falling prices

Tech Buying Guide
Products for the digital home: HDTV, Wi-Fi cameras, iPod-run home audio and more

Next for Apple...
How can Jobs & Co. keep its lead? Here are some possibilities

Best of the Web
No longer for idle wanderings or passive viewing, the Web is about socializing, sharing -- and creating

Open Source:
The Next Generation

Now it's an ecosystem -- and VCs are eager to help

Global Brands
The companies that best built their images -- and made them stick

Europe's Hot Growth
Companies

High taxes, rigid rules, and elusive capital aren't stopping these powerhouses

China and India
The balance of power will shift to the East as China and India evolve

Stars of Europe
25 leaders at the forefront of change

Stars of Asia
The 2005 lineup reflects the growing importance of China and India

EMBA Rankings
Northwestern's Kellogg School solidified its hold on the No. 1 spot

Head of the Class
Ranking B-school executive education

Winners
The best product designs of 2005 from the Industrial Design Excellence Awards

Hot Growth
Talent, teamwork, and creativity powered this year's list of the 100 best small companies

The BW50
Our 2005 picks for the top performers among the S&P 500

More Special Reports

International Business News, Business News, Technology Industry News
COVER STORY

Controlling The Damage At HP
Since he replaced Carly Fiorina, Mark Hurd has led an amazing turnaround. But can he keep HP humming in the face of a bruising scandal?
COVER IMAGE:  HP: Controlling The Damage
GRAPHIC:  HP: The Carly Years, Recovery, And Scandal
GRAPHIC:  Four Keys To A Turnaround
Mark Hurd: "I Should Have Figured It Out"

Corporate Snoops
As the HP scandal shows, some gumshoes will do what most executives either can't or won't
GRAPHIC:  Dogged Digging
ONLINE EXTRA:  The Bigger, Better, Less Secure Company
ONLINE EXTRA:  What Garbage: His PI Caught Their PI's on Video


SPECIAL REPORT

Top Innovation & Design Programs
BusinessWeek's first-ever survey of the D-Schools around the world that are producing the most creative talent


UP FRONT

Talk Show

A Web Fraud Squad For Advertisers

Failing On The Fundamentals

Cars That Know When To Say When

Searching For Spies

Innovation Hub

Where CEOs Are Coming Up Short

Prostate Cancer's Higher Profile

Counting Cash, Not Votes

When The Boss Won't Share

Question Of The Week


READERS REPORT

Launching A Career: Insights And Indignation

Options Fraud: Who Didn't See It Coming?

Tech Executives Should Stand On Their Own Two Feet

In The East Or The West, Big Brother Requires Hardware

Credit For A Green Building Where Credit Is Due

The New Safeway, For Better Or For Worse


CORRECTIONS & CLARIFICATIONS

"A Shot In The Arm For Cleveland BioLabs" (Inside Wall Street, Oct. 2, 2006)


TECHNOLOGY & YOU

A Smarter Math Machine


MEDIA CENTRIC

No Slick Way Out For Tribune


BUSINESS OUTLOOK

U.S.: Consumers Aren't Sweating The Housing Slump Yet

A Job Growth Indicator Gets Iffy


THE BUSINESS WEEK

Running Bulls

Oops, More Smoke

The HP Way Out

A $4 Rx

Hoosegow Watch

Angry J&J

Does GM Want A Dowry?

The Mother Of All IPOs

A Spiffier System At The SEC

Kobi Cornered

Good Deed Of The Week


NEWS & INSIGHTS

The Downside Of Cheaper Oil

UnitedHealth vs. HCA: It's Ugly

Hot Asian Cars, Designed In Detroit


GLOBAL BUSINESS

Fed Up With Fakes
Take That, You Pirates

Potations From Chairman Mao

The Russian Towers Are Coming
ONLINE EXTRA:  Slide Show: Moscow's Rising Skyline


INFO TECH

How Yahoo! Gave Itself A Face-Lift


FINANCE

Amaranth's Loss, Wall Street's Gain


CORPORATION

Beyond The "Strip And Flip"


MARKETING

Wal-Mart, Please Don't Leave Me
Creativity Supercharged


SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Boston Scientific's Double Bypass

"No One Wanted To Hear"


DEVELOPMENTS TO WATCH

A Cleaner Way To Make Steel

The Vexing Success Of Avandia

Now, That's A Power Plant

Of Einstein's Accuracy And Carbon Monoxide Cures


ENTERTAINMENT

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EXECUTIVE LIFE

Working Out With...
Slide Show: Meyer's Training Menu

Slide Show: Hybrid Goes High Class

Lassie, Come To Houston
Doggie Show


EXECUTIVE LIFE -- PARKER ON WINE

From Northern Spain, Seafood's Soulmate
ONLINE EXTRA:  Slide Show: Elegant Albari駉s


PERSONAL FINANCE

An ETF For Every Nest

Battle For The Index Investor


INSIDE WALL STREET

Goodyear: Ready To Roll?

Reinforced With Cash At Steel Dynamics

Calm Those Fears About NeuroMetrix


FIGURES OF THE WEEK

Figures of the Week (.pdf)

Online Extra: Production Index Components


IDEAS -- BOOKS

One World, Two Blueprints

Online Extra: Slide Show: The BusinessWeek Best-Seller List

Online Extra: The BusinessWeek Best-Seller List (.pdf)


IDEAS -- FACE TIME WITH MARIA BARTIROMO

Inside The HP Case


IDEAS -- THE WELCH WAY

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