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Your guide to what's going on at http://www.businessweek.com Nov. 24, 2000 ***************ADVERTISEMENT***************** Do more than access data. Analyze it. Understand the factors driving your business. And share that information across the entire enterprise. Use it to make better business decisions and create strategic value...again and again. Live for the moment of insight that only Cognos business intelligence provides. www.cognos.com/bwnet ******************************************** Toy Story...Ron Sommer Under Siege...Focus on Digital Cameras...These are some of the ...HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE DECEMBER 4, 2000, ISSUE OF BUSINESS WEEK* Cover Story: TOYS "R" US Old stores, new rivals, and changing trends have hammered the chain. Can CEO John Eyler fix it? 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From Wednesday night until midday Monday, for subscribers only** http://www.businessweek.com/premium/00_49/b3710181.htm After midday Monday, for all readers: http://www.businessweek.com/2000/00_49/b3710181.htm *The complete Table of Contents for this week's issue can be found at... http://www.businessweek.com/contents.htm **Remember, only subscribers can see the entire issue. Selected stories are available to nonsubscribers on Monday. Isn't it time you became a subscriber? __________________________________________________________________ SEARCH PAST ISSUES OF BW. Free for subscribers only -- FIVE YEARS of Business Week magazine. For more information, go to http://www.businessweek.com/search.htm ______________________________________________________________________ SEARCH BUSINESSWEEK.COM -- Search our ENTIRE SITE for all free content, including Daily Briefing, BW e.biz, frontier, and Best B-Schools. You'll find our search function in the light-blue bar at the top of nearly every screen on the site ______________________________________________________________________ DAILY BRIEFING [http://www.businessweek.com/today.htm] For BW's Election 2000 coverage visit http://www.businessweek.com/election2000.htm 11/22 -- How Greed Ruined the Web Easy-money-hungry execs and investors who followed the first wave of Net visionaries nearly wrecked it for all. Now, sanity has a second chance http://www.businessweek.com/bwdaily/dnflash/nov2000/nf20001122_206.htm 11/22 -- A Media Mogul Thanksgiving What might the heads of the world's largest entertainment conglomerates be thankful for? Mostly that this year is almost over http://www.businessweek.com/bwdaily/dnflash/nov2000/nf20001122_868.htm 11/21 -- Julia Child: "A Little Bit of Everything, and Have a Good Time" In a Q&A, the octogenarian gourmet shares her recipe for enjoying cooking, eating, and the holidays http://www.businessweek.com/bwdaily/dnflash/nov2000/nf20001121_471.htm 11/20 -- The Satellite Biz May Be Ending Its Eclipse Despite the Iridium and Globalstar disasters, the industry is getting another chance, thanks to booming demand for broadband services http://www.businessweek.com/bwdaily/dnflash/nov2000/nf20001120_953.htm ______________________________________________________________________________ __ ADVERTISEMENT "LOOKING FOR YOUR DIGITAL PROFIT ZONE? YOU JUST FOUND IT": Read How Digital is Your Business? and learn why going digital is the last thing you should do. For details and excerpts visit: http://www.howdigitalisyourbusiness.com/businessweek1 ______________________________________________________________________________ ____ e.biz [http://ebiz.businessweek.com] CHECK OUT STORIES FROM Le Monde Interactif 11/22 -- Rabble-Rouser Jeremy Rifkin Takes Aim at E-Marketers In his new book and speaking tour, the consumer activist warns of the Web's potential to destroy privacy and turn culture into a commodity http://www.businessweek.com/ebiz/0011/em1122.htm 11/21 -- Clearing a Path through the Tech Logjam For businesses flustered by all the choices, Jamcracker offers cheaper access to a powerful software and round-the-clock tech support. It could grab a big chunk of the ASP market http://www.businessweek.com/ebiz/0011/ec1121.htm 11/20 -- Why PayPal May Survive Citi's Onslaught In the online-payments field, this dot-com underdog could hold its own against Citigroup, which plans to charge more for its service and doesn't offer fraud protection http://www.businessweek.com/ebiz/0011/ep1120.htm Business Week presents: The Fifth Annual Digital Economy Conference, Getting Down to Business: The B2B Boom, December 5-6, 2000 at The Fairmont Hotel in San Francisco, California. For a complete listing of speakers, full program details or to register go to: http://www.conferences.businessweek.com/2000/digital or e-mail: digital_economy@businessweek.com Event topics include Exchanges: What do they mean for collaboration, prices and profitability; Mobile Net: How far, how fast?; Technology on Tap: How will it transform your business?; Supply Chain Management: How integrated must the digital corporation be?; Policy: Was the Microsoft case just the beginning? Special dinner entertainment by Jay Leno, Host of The Tonight Show ________________________________________________________________________ FRONTIER ONLINE [http://frontier.businessweek.com] 11/22 -- Life after Monopoly Network Solutions, the leading domain-name registrar, is regrouping as it fights fierce competition from upstart Register.com http://www.businessweek.com/smallbiz/content/nov2000/sb20001122_783.htm 11/22 -- As Leaders, Women Rule New studies find that female managers outshine their male counterparts in almost every measure http://www.businessweek.com/smallbiz/content/nov2000/sb20001122_136.htm 11/21 -- VCs on a Health Kick In the wake of the dot-com downturn, investors are betting big on life-sciences http://www.businessweek.com/smallbiz/content/nov2000/sb20001121_026.htm ALSO, SIGN UP today to receive frontier's new e-mail newsletter for entrepreneurs. It's free. 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Check out our Cost of Living Search powered by Virtual Relocation at: http://www.businessweek.com/common_frames/bs.htm?/bschools/virtrelo/index.htm _____________________________________________________________________ NOTE: BusinessWeek Online (http://www.businessweek.com) and LeadersOnline (http://www.leadersonline.com), the Web unit of executive recruiter Heidrick and Struggles, have published the premiere issue of LeadersOnline, the companion magazine to their joint Web site (www.businessweek.com/careers/). The October/November issue provides original career information and commentary, plus content from BusinessWeek Online. The joint BusinessWeek Online-LeadersOnline Web site provides a meeting place for middle and upper managers worldwide. The LeadersOnline cover story looks at how an executive recruiter might go about choosing the next President. 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