2002

  (October)

   

one • Closed West Coast ports confound Japan's carmakers • Did Global Crossing's former chief know quite a bit? • NY sues telecom execs - like the former Qwest CEO • Buy Dad a London taxi: Affordable gifts from Neiman Marcus • Rio's organized crime flexes its muscles
two • Andrew Fastow does the perp' walk • FERC doesn't want another CA power crisis • Does insurance industry need much help? • WTC sector stabilized: but for how long? • VISA restrictions: less foreigners for Mayo
three • Rotten apples: tangible consequence of port shutdown • Quid pro quo: operating phrase from dot-com IPO-fest • Higher insurance: worse than Hurricane Lili • Campaign to improve financial literacy • Owning a sports team...not really a hot prospect?
four • Port lockout: Asia crunches the numbers • Truckers, railroads brace for fallout • Figures don't tell whole story about job market • Music biz to ISP Verizon: ID the online music-sharer! • Brazil: prez front-runner changes minds
seven • How would you revive the telecom industry? • Is Taft-Hartley Act on the way? • Can copyright extension be unconstitutional? • Want just a taste of med school?
eight • Investors turn to defense stocks • Taft-Hartley Act: not the end of the problem? • Poverty rate: worse than we thought? • China: most popular country for foreign investment? • Cocoa price spike due to...Choc-finger?
nine • When will the ports return to normal? • War costs with different numbers • Merrill Lynch's stock dump: hidden costs? • Fiscal 2003 spending: what's the hold-up? • Robert Reich: campaign season advice
ten • Thumbs up to digital radio! • Ports: differences of opinion play out • Ad industry: playing catch-up again • How much does a baby really cost? • Insurance rates clobber smaller theaters
eleven • World Tango Festival and the Argentine economy • Retailers worry consumers will keep wallets shut • Household International forks over $500 million • China: DVD makers play by the rules • Marketing machine pumps up The King
fourteen • Internet economy, part 1: winners, losers, failures • NASDAQ's "Supermontage:" really necessary? • Widespread economic effects of the Bali attack • Boeing suffers another setback in rivalry with Airbus • Maxa: Airline ticket/frequent flyer changes
fifteen • Firms shuttered for illegally filling U.S. sand demand • ImClone's ex-CEO Waksal pleads guilty • S&P-500 ranking: few 9's; mostly 6's • Will gum be a major part of our healthcare? • Internet economy, part 2: dot-com bust
sixteen • Microsoft red-faced over Apple's "switch" • Arthur Andersen: paying-the-piper day • CALPERS: campaign against bloated exec pay • Lockout: uninsured companies suffer • Internet economy, part 3: why failure?
seventeen • Will Andersen ruling prevent scandals? • N. Korea nukes: all about economics? • Another day, another blow, or two, to Tyco • Vietnam: How much would you pay for water? • CDC: new national health "radar" system
eighteen • Gov. credit card bills are huge! • New $100 billion terrorism insurance • No national budget? belt-tightening... • Ireland to vote on Treaty of Nice • Angels: celebs = higher franchise asking price
twenty-one • Only USDA-certified farmers can label food "organic" • Bush chocks one up for generic drugs • New rules: will your 401 (k) notice the difference? • Beijing: new $900 million theme park coming • Picking stocks? Do your homework...
twenty-two • Martha's Wells Notice from the SEC: Not a good thing • WorldCom...and new exec bonuses • Working parents: businesses help out • China: teachers burdened with tax-collecting quotas • Biz & scandals: up to its old tricks
twenty-three • he said, they said: Citigroup CEO Weill and The Journal • Does trade deficit cost more than Bush says? • Budget crunch: Terry Nichols trial too costly? • U.S. museums launch online catalog for art stolen by Nazis • Reich: No sustained recovery until investors can trust Wall Street
twenty-four • Soft money deadline prompts flurry of giving • AOL Time Warner, Tyco restate results • How to make the stock research biz credible again? • NEA: Bush to nominate a Calif. poet as next chairman • Did Martha violate the Pumpkin Masters?
twenty-five • SEC's Accounting Oversight Board: a dog without sharp teeth? • Gov. balance sheet: record downswing • New salvo in war on Net song-swapping • Where are refinancing savings going? • TV sinks lower: ABC's "The Will"
twenty-nine • U.S. consumers spooked by the economy • Have law firms become tangled in web of legal challenges? • Cigs marketing: flame's still burning • Are employers lobbying employees? • AARP runs "get out the vote" campaign
thirty • S. Dakota: more bang for your political bucks • No more misleading pro forma results • Will independent research houses avoid conflicts of interest? • Biggest tax code overhaul since Reagan? • Why are so many taking to road in RVs?
thirty-one • R.J. Reynolds: cigarette smuggler? • GDP grows 3.1 percent: sustainable? • Euro airlines lose government insurance help • Japan to relieve crushing bank debt • Biz helps with employees' economic stress

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