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Investing
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=09=09=09COVER STORY
=09=09=09 Hot Growth Companies**
=09=09=09Innovative small-cap companies are turning creativity into profits=
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beating the pants off Corporate America, says Darnell Little in=20
BusinessWeek's 100 Hot Growth Companies Special Report. Plus: Only Some of=
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the Hot Stay Hot. Louis Lavelle revisits the 1999 companies to see how =20
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=09=09=09 ASIAN COVER STORY
=09=09=09 Taiwan & China**
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=09=09=09DAILY BRIEFING=20
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=09=09=095/30 -- WASHINGTON WATCH
=09=09=09 Reforming Social Security Just Got a Lot Harder=20
=09=09=09Now that President Bush has his $1.35 trillion tax cut, how does h=
e fund the=20
switch to privatized retirement accounts?=20
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=09=09=095/30 -- STREET WISE
=09=09=09 It's Too Early to Forget About Rambus=20
=09=09=09The innovative memory-chip maker just lost a key court battle. St=
ill, its=20
potential for strong future growth remains intact=20
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=09=09=095/29 -- INSIDE WALL STREET ONLINE
=09=09=09 An Early Bet on a Chipmaking Turnaround=20
=09=09=09Some pros see Taiwan Semiconductor's depressed shares as a good pl=
ay now,=20
even though the sector still faces tough days ahead=20
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=09=09=095/29 -- NEWS ANALYSIS
=09=09=09 Who'll Run America's Nuke Plants?=20
=09=09=09Just as President Bush is trying to boost this energy source, the=
industry=20
faces a critical shortage of qualified personnel=20
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=09=09=095/25 -- POWER LUNCH
=09=09=09 The Glittering Prizes on Disney's Shopping List=20
=09=09=09He may have a hard time deciding, but there are probably too many =
tempting=20
targets for Michael Eisner to restrain his acquisitive instincts=20
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=09=09=09INVESTING=20
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=09=09=095/29 -- ECONOMIC INSIGHT ? From S=02?
=09=09=09 A Jolt from the Jobs Report?=20
=09=09=09It's a short -- but potentially explosive -- week ahead for U.S. m=
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The capper: Friday's release of the May employment report=20
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=09=09=095/29 -- TECHNICAL MARKET INSIGHT ? From S=02?
=09=09=09 A Crucial Test=20
=09=09=09The major averages pulled back to or near their respective breakou=
t points --=20
and that's a bullish sign=20
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=09=09=095/29 -- INVESTING Q?
=09=09=09 "Technology, Industry, Cyclicals..."=20
=09=09=09Those are the sectors that Robert Natale, Bear Stearns' S=02?STARS=
Portfolio =20
Manager, is looking at these days=20
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=09=09=09GLOBAL BUSINESS=20
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=09=09=095/30 -- NEWS ANALYSIS
=09=09=09 A Slick Move in Russia's Oil Patch?=20
=09=09=09Giant TNK is out to grab a controlling stake in one of Siberia's b=
iggest=20
producers. BP Amoco could get in the way, though=20
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=09=09=095/30 --EYE ON JAPAN=20
=09=09=09 A Bank That's Living Up to Its Name=20
=09=09=09Shinsei, Japanese for rebirth, may prove the test case as to wheth=
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country's banks can come back to life=20
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=09=09=095/29 -- AFFAIRS OF STATE
=09=09=09 No Foreign Policy Issue Is Too Small to Botch=20
=09=09=09Team Bush is showing an uncanny knack for angering U.S. allies, e=
ven over a=20
fairly simple takeover of an American company=20
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=09=09=09TECHNOLOGY=20
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=09=09=095/30 -- NEWS ANALYSIS
=09=09=09 Computing's Next Wave: The Light Fantastic?=20
=09=09=09Researchers are experimenting with superfast data searches that re=
ly on=20
refractions of colored light instead of digital code =20
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=09=09=095/30 -- COMPANY CLOSEUP
=09=09=09 Star-Spotting Goes Wireless=20
=09=09=09Startup Upoc thinks it can turn cell-phone services like its New Y=
ork=20
Celebrity Sightings into a real business=20
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=09=09=095/24 -- MOVERS & SHAKERS
=09=09=09 Two Teen Tech Titans Make the Grade=20
=09=09=09Jud Bowman and Taylor Brockman developed their Pinpoint search eng=
ine in high=20
school. Verizon and Terra Lycos rate it an A+ tool for the wireless Web=20
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=09=09=09Codirector, The Center for Public Leadership
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=09=09=095/30 -- WORK & FAMILY
=09=09=09 Take a Break -- Please!=20
=09=09=09Employees who forego vacation time are cheating themselves and the=
ir families=20
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=09=09=095/29 -- MARKETING
=09=09=09 Are You Serving Spam?=20
=09=09=09Small-business owners, especially, need to make sure their e-mail =
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isn't leaving a bad taste=20
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=09=09=095/29 -- SMART ANSWERS
=09=09=09 When Good Workers Go Bad=20
=09=09=09The smart entrepreneur guards against the scams that tempt unscrup=
ulous=20
employees, from petty theft to soliciting off-the-books jobs=20
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=09=09=09B-SCHOOLS=20
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=09=09=095/30 -- DIVERSITY
=09=09=09 "They Go With John Jones, Caucasian Male"=20
=09=09=09Harvard Business School Professor David Thomas talks about race, c=
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=09=09=095/24 -- EMPLOYMENT TRENDS
=09=09=09 Pink-Slip Phobia Hasn't Set in Yet=20
=09=09=09Despite mass layoffs, most employees aren't concerned about being =
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