2002

  (September)

   

three • You can count on the Vice Fund... • Happy Labor Day: Uh, you're fired... • Port Workers: trying to maintain status quo • Quality daycare: financially out of reach? • Toyota/Nissan team up for hybrid cars
four • 9/11 price tag: about $95 billion • Martha Stewart: extra time on her hands? • Not really business as usual for law firms • Booming biz for Ground Zero-area hotels • Napster: The Day The Music Died...
five • The Media: Prisoners of their own 9/11 coverage • WorldCom decides to pay out severance • Consumers: IRS online filing's a scam • Final nail in Napster's coffin • Cities print up their own money
six • Health insurance premiums gobbling up paychecks • Insurance rate hikes unjustified post-9/11? • Quiero un Frappuccino Grande, por favor • China: huge market for U.S. police equipment • Baseball could learn from NFL
nine • 9/11, 1 year after attack: NYC economy fighting back • Citigroup doing the corporate shuffle • Martha: does the government have much of a case yet? • Sloan: Chainsaw Al...getting off easy? • Dot-com mags didn't last long
ten • Will Bernie Ebbers' golden parachute open? • Lawmakers looking to protect steelworker benefits • Rudy Giuliani: a study in leadership... • Did 9/11 really change TV and movies? • 9/11: a broader attack on the U.S. economy
eleven • In light of 9/11/01: The daycare dilemma of government employees • John Steele Gordon: You can hit New York, but you can't keep it down
twelve • Will top execs really take pay cuts? • Former Tyco chief turns himself in • Media companies: how big is too big? • France: CEOs tricked into paying a "jihad tax" • Title 9: college sports under the microscope
thirteen • Will McDonald's retain its spot as fast food king? • Black day for giant France Telecom • Economic implications of taking on Iraq • Internal Revenue Service to up audit rate on wealthy • How do you land a rock star gig?
sixteen • Jack Welch: SEC probe of retirement bennies • Supreme Court will not stop asbestos lawsuit... yet • Former Qwest CEO in Congressional hotseat • Face Value series: Beauty...in the eye -- and wallet -- of the beholder
seventeen • Eli Lilly: new drug to raise financial doldrums? • Forgive & forget? Not Tyco's huge loans • NYSE: 1 year since reopening after 9/11 • Finding new Vatican euro coin could take a miracle • Face Value series: Plastic surgery
eighteen • CEOs and the golden hello • Genetically modified food: U.S. disaster? • Hershey, Pa., claims sweet, sweet victory • Fashion is back...So, are the consumers? • Face Value series: Men and beauty
nineteen • AOL investors react to Steve Case drama • WorldCom: $9 billion accounting problem • Treasury Dept. takes anti-terror campaign to insurance companies • China decides to revise its oil stockpiling plan • Face Value series: Women's magazines
twenty • Marketplace Crime Blotter update • WorldCom, the SEC and revision #3 • Suing over having to suit up for work • Small-scale ag future: weekend farmers? • Face Value series: Classic models
twenty-three • Peregrine Systems: finger-pointing at you-know-who • Nukes in Iraq? No! From UK to Iran? Sure. • CA Gov. Gray Davis: Yes to stem cell research • Shapiro: Shareholders demanding more financial openness • Sloan: It's not all Steve Case's fault
twenty-four • Families not staying above the poverty line • Is consumer optimism about to change? • Xerox: accounting troubles not over yet • What does Enron have to do with the telecom biz? • Religion-based mutual funds still going strong
twenty-five • Hot, hot, hot! Corporate mischief knick-knacks • Feds to indict former Enron CFO Fastow • EU countries with euro to relax budget rules • Quicker med reviews may be linked to more drug recalls • Why Frito Lay's slimming down
twenty-six • Could war with Iraq devastate airlines? • Feds get first WorldCom plea bargain • Lawmakers call on SEC to hold the line • Goodman: 0% financing on new cars • Boston: janitors walking over health costs?
twenty-seven • HMO decision: partial victory for doctors/patient setback? • Citigroup considers settling investigations • Wanna buy the Angels or Mighty Ducks? • Don't get to "yes" -- start with "no" • West Coast dockworker strike: could wreak havoc on economy
thirty • Afghan media: boom!...thrown back about 100 years • Not listening: Euro indices way down • Cargo (again) sitting idle along West Coast • Sloan: airlines and Amtrak get very different receptions • "Justice For Janitors" claims another city

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