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Full Table of Contents
 Cover Story
The Future of Tech
Up Front
Up Front -- Analyze This
Readers Report
Technology & You
Media Centric
Business Outlook
The Business Week
News & Insights



Global Business
The Corporation
Media
Managing
Finance
People
Health
B-Schools
Workplace
Deals
Executive Life
Executive Life -- Parker on Wine
Personal Finance
Figures of the Week
Inside Wall Street
Ideas -- Books
Ideas -- Face Time with Maria Bartiromo
Ideas -- The Welch Way
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  SPECIAL REPORTS
Best Global Brands
These 100 brands are among the world's most recognized—and most valuable

Best Places to Launch a Career
We canvassed career-services directors, employers, and students to rank the best companies for recent graduates

BusinessWeek 50
Our picks of the top-performing companies from the S&P 500. Plus, regional rankings for Asia and Europe:
Asia's BusinessWeek 50
Europe's BusinessWeek 50

Customer Service Champs
Companies that excel at pleasing customers, based on J.D. Power & Associates customer satisfaction data and our own reader survey

Hot Growth 100
From young, upstart companies to those that have been around for centuries: Plus, regional rankings of top-performing small businesses in Asia and Europe:
Asia's Hot Growth 100
Europe's Hot Growth 100

Info Tech 100
Emerging-market cellular players, wireless phone and gear makers, and Web giants are this year's stars

World's Most Innovative Companies
Nurturing, creative cultures allow these companies to wow customers with innovative products and services

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COVER STORY

The Soul Of A New Microsoft
Edgy thinkers like J Allard are looking far beyond Windows for the next big thing
COVER IMAGE:  The Soul Of A New Microsoft
Slide Show: Microsoft: The Change Agents
CHART:  A Tale Of Two Microsofts
Bio: J Allard
Polishing The Windows, Spiffing Up The Office
ONLINE EXTRA:  Video Q&A with Executives in Charge of Windows and Office


THE FUTURE OF TECH

Upward Mobility
Where Opportunity Is Knocking For Small Business
ONLINE EXTRA:  Slide Show: The Many Faces Of Mobile
ONLINE EXTRA:  Slide Show: The New M-Commerce Barons
ONLINE EXTRA:  Bang & Olufsen Makes the Call


UP FRONT

Talk Show

A Revival May Not Be In Store

Guess Who's Cutting Deals

Newspapers' New Online Delivery Boy

Corner Office Crawl

Japan's Friend No. 1

What Spitzer Leaves Behind

Ads People Play

A Big Blue Brain


UP FRONT -- ANALYZE THIS

Getting Steamed By The Small Stuff


READERS REPORT

Brickbats And Kudos For Jeff Bezos

SarbOx: More Paperwork But Few Prosecutions

It Doesn't Have To Be The End Of The Line For Coal

Maybe Universities Shouldn't Rush To Beef Up Biotech

Don't Fire Productive Workers Who Need Help—Coach Them

If Illegals Could Travel Freely, More Might Head Home


TECHNOLOGY & YOU

PlayStation 3: It's Got Game


MEDIA CENTRIC

London's New Media Lessons


BUSINESS OUTLOOK

U.S.: The Housing Grinch Won't Steal Christmas

A Good Time To Ask Santa For A New House


THE BUSINESS WEEK

Deals, Deals, Deals

A Bid For A Bourse

Schwab Unloads A Unit

Freeport Wants Phelps

Yahoo! And The Dailies

Implants Get The Nod

Rupert Regrets

Options Watch

Tempest In A Dollhouse

Obituary Of The Week


NEWS & INSIGHTS

Catalogs, Catalogs, Everywhere

Big Brawls Overs Malls

Did Sam Zell Get The Right Price?

What's Behind The Buyout Binge
Slide Show: Merger Monday

There's Not Enough "Me" In MySpace

Commentary: If Google Shopped Until It Dropped


GLOBAL BUSINESS

Power Play At VW

Up Against The Wall In The City

Public Scorn For Private Equity


THE CORPORATION

Six Sigma Still Pays Off At Motorola


MEDIA

You Oughta Be In Webcasts


MANAGING

Flight Plan


FINANCE

Duane Reade: An LBO On The Critical List


PEOPLE

Lighting A Fire Under Campbell
Graphic: The Key Ingredient At Campbell: People


HEALTH

A Shock To The System


B-SCHOOLS

China MBAs: Most Likely To Fall Short


WORKPLACE

*!#@ The E-Mail. Can We Talk?


DEALS

Snuggling In The Voile Sheets


EXECUTIVE LIFE

Big, Powerful, And Smooth

Slide Show: The Gift Of Time

The Making Of A Jazz Classic


EXECUTIVE LIFE -- PARKER ON WINE

A Reason To Veer Off The Chianti Trail


PERSONAL FINANCE

Don't Wait Till April

A Dearth Of Deals

Taking Stock Of Taxes


FIGURES OF THE WEEK

Figures of the Week (.pdf)

Online Extra: Production Index Components


INSIDE WALL STREET

Boyd: Buyout In Vegas?

Armor's Defenses Are Looking Formidable

Ripe For Progress At Sangamo


IDEAS -- BOOKS

Walt's Not-So-Wonderful World

The BusinessWeek Best-Seller List

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


IDEAS -- FACE TIME WITH MARIA BARTIROMO

Romano Prodi Opens Up


IDEAS -- THE WELCH WAY

Don't Play The Office Cop 

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