2002

  (August)

   

one • MTV becomes legal • Faking it: marketing ploy for cellphones • Baseball: bottom of 9th and no labor agreement in sight • Where's the Medicaid money going? • Slap on the handcuffs! WorldCom arrests
two • Airline bookings down for 9/11/02 • Junk bonds in a slump • Chocolate taster: Is this a dream job? • Spam filters filter out more than just spam • American invasion? UK radio and TV ownership
five • Wall Street scandals fuel executive shuffling • Is there a South American economic flu? • Microsoft moves ahead with settlement • Sloan: We don't care why companies are cleaning up their acts • Free health check for WTC workers
six • Now, you can take a bite out of corporate crime! • Fast-tracking trade promotion authority • You've got new...AOL chief • Free advice for CEOs tempted to stray • Ehrenreich's "Nickel and Dimed: The Play" to debut
seven • End of the rope for days of easy credit? • Corporate malfeasance highlights: Enron/Tyco/Rigas family • S. Africa: free AIDs drugs for some workers • Japan: no more "descent from heaven" packages? • Maxa: 9/11 and fear of flying
eight • IMF OKs $30 billion aid for Brazil • TVs: digital by 2004 • Sicily's fastest-growing crime: water theft • Botox: Not just for wrinkles anymore • Medical insurance costs rising fast for your Fifis and Fluffys
nine • WorldCom: Oops! Accounting off by $7.1 billion • Consumer electronics retailers struggling • EU to end trade in "blood diamonds" • Pressure to produce takes toll on workplace safety • The Mouse House (Disney) is trapped
twelve • US Airways bankruptcy drags airline stocks down • UK wants exemptions from U.S. corporate fraud law • EU tax plan would sock Germans in beer gut • SLC Winter Olympics 6 months on • U.S. businesses in the Koreas
thirteen • Will CEO Hancocks really matter • UK politicians in trouble over corporate board memberships • Merrill Lynch sanctioned in South Korea • Economist: Enron beginning of end for energy trading • Courtroom sketch artists
fourteen • It's John Hancock Day at the SEC! • New report: FERC may be changing its tune • More glitter rubs off Planet Hollywood • Tourists flock to Rio's "famous" slums • Face of retirement in U.S. is changing
fifteen • More legal woes: Waksal v. Waksal • Hey! Let's play Name That Company! • Are tax cuts actually an option right now? • Will your job exclude you from benefits? • Goodman: Refinancing your car loan
sixteen • Investment banks taking a beating • Europe floods: counting the costs • Credit Suisse First Boston execs under fire • Boeing contract talks: bring in the mediator • "The King:" another posthumous comeback
nineteen • Survey: doctors profits are shrinking • Yes, a few surprises on the SEC blacklist... • Could airline bankruptcies affect your travel? • Andersen art on sale • Shapiro: not the end of the story for CEO promises
twenty • How accurate are background checks? • Making arguments for partial privatization of Social Security • "Best Fictional Earning Release Contest" • Fallout of driver's license policy tightening • Maxa: old-fashioned road trips
twenty-one • Former Enron exec pleads guilty-- provides smoking gun? • How vulnerable are we to cyber-attacks? • Saudi investors pulling money out of the U.S. • Gen-X'ers: not really slackers? • Rockin' out at China's Woodstock
twenty-two • Justice Dept. moves to seize Enron assets • Is tax cut debate heating up again? • Barristas slinging beans over "ice blended" • Are baseball's problems rooted in free agency? • Goodman on Equity Indexed Annuities
twenty-three • Enron investigation moving too slowly? • NY: brokers need FBI background checks • You get the memo? The downturn ended • Celebs united with union farmers in Calif. • Changes in the fall season TV lineup
twenty-six • Suing fast-food giants over national obesity • Let's call it: The Great Equity Fund Exodus • Top 10 Investment Scams: just for suckers? • T-minus-5 in baseball labor negotiations • Kicking off Earth Summit in South Africa
twenty-seven • New game show for jobless in Argentina • Andersen: $60 million Enron mess settlement • Brazil: banks keep credit lines open • Fighting spam with haiku (5-7-5...) • MBAs: not all they're cracked up to be?
twenty-eight • Do accounting irregularities pay off? • Less time to file = too rushed to cook the books? • Most countries flunk "corruption test" • UK: fertility clinics pressuring women • MBA: not what you bargained for?
twenty-nine • US Airways mechanics: thumbs down to wage cuts • More severance for former Enron-ers • WorldCom: legal noose is tightening • China: crackdown on money laundering by corrupt officials • Full speed ahead for cyber shopping carts
thirty • Bottom of the 9th: baseball saves itself? • WTO OKs $4 billion in sanctions against U.S. • Are there any happy airline employees? • Arthur Andersen: The Corporate Obituary... • Throwing your boss in the shark tank

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