Business week
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SPOTLIGHT ON BRAZIL - Campinas, just 110 kilometers from Sao Paulo, is turning into a high-tech boomtown--and its reputation is drawing a flood of poor migrants
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READERS REPORT
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CORRECTIONS & CLARIFICATIONS
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BOOKS - The Color of Truth: McGeorge Bundy and William Bundy: Brothers in ArmsBird et al.
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TECHNOLOGY & YOU - Digital video on a laptop is a particular delight at 40,000 feet
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ECONOMIC VIEWPOINT - Garten: "Cultural imperialism" is no joke
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ECONOMIC TRENDS - Small-business confidence, suicide rates, part-timers' sparse health plans
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BUSINESS OUTLOOK - Argentina: Help from Brazil's bailout? . U. S.: The Fed takes out some insurance
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BOSSES UNDER FIRE - Mutual-fund managers and international investors have become increasingly vocal in their demands on European CEOS to boost shareholder value. After years of complacency, top execs are listening and taking action--and those who aren't are getting the ax
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THE NETHERLANDS - In the wake of major failures at Philips, Cor Boonstra is an unpopular CEO
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COMMENTARY: CORPORATE REFORM - Don't believe all you hear from executives singing the shareholder-value tune
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COMMENTARY: EUROPEAN TV - Public stations need to stick to cultural and educational programming
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CHINA - So much for competition--price supports are back
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COMMMENTARY: ASIA - Gore's harsh message at the APEC summit could do more good than harm
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TAIWAN - The Kuomintang weighs whether to bail out crony-run companies
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INTERNATIONAL OUTLOOK - How Europe's right can find its way out of the desert
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COMMENTARY: SOCIAL SECURITY - Despite all the hair-tearing, the system doesn't need an overhaul, just a few simple repairs
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FLYING TOO CLOSE TO SUN - Microsoft loses a big battle over Sun's Java programming language
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BUILDING THE MICROSOFT CASE - Little by little, Justice is presenting evidence of abuses of power
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BIG, YES. BLUE, NO - IBM'S hardware, online, and outsourcing businesses are thriving
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THE SUM OF IBM'S PARTS - Its computer component sales are going from zero to 6 billion
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COMMENTARY: MONSANTO - The agri giant's life-sciences plans may pay off, but the short term looks rough
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REVIVING A VENERABLE PAPER - The Christian Science Monitor woos readers with a new format
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A NEW ECONOMIC MODEL? - As the financial crisis spreads to the vaunted corporate sector, serious national debate has begun on how to stop the rot
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ELECTRONICS SHAKEOUT - While some of Japan's major players in the industry struggle, a few nimble ones surge ahead
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ANXIOUS GRADUATES - Does Tokyo U. give them the skills to reinvent the economy?
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ENTER THE RISK-TAKER - As Japan's financial mastodons totter and deregulation looms, the bold and the restless seek new opportunities
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COMMENTARY: JAPAN AND THE U.S. - Japan's billions are so vital to America that Washington has become one of the biggest roadblocks to reform
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WHO WILL RULE ASIA'S BOURSES? - Singapore is gaining on Hong Kong as the battle for dominance in the region's capital markets heats up
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TROUBLE WITH FUND FEES - A series of lawsuits says they're exorbitant because directors have been "co-opted" by the funds they oversee
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COMMENTARY: SMART CARDS - After a Manhattan flop, their promoters will need to get brighter
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INSIDE WALL STREET
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THE OTHER TEFLON BILL - So far, the Microsoft trial hasn't sullied America's view of Gates
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MEET MICROSOFTS 'ENFORCER' - Negotiating with PC makers, Joachim Kempin employs the carrot and the stick--but mostly the stick
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THE DIGITAL CHILDREN'S CRUSADE - Cyberkids hone their agenda for an upcoming world summit
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DEVELOPMENTS TO WATCH
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BIOTECH'S 'GOLDEN THROAT' - ICO'S new boss, George Rathman, is a master of fund-raising
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BUSINESS WEEK INDEX
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EDITORIALS
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THE BIBLE ACCORDINC TO... - The King James Bible, with celebrity introductions, is getting hot press
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LETTER FROM JAPAN - Iwate Prefecture has lots of natural beauty, but it may not be a natural for foreign investors