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June 4, 2010 | ||
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| OPENING REMARKS Obama and BP at Risk Over Oil Spill As the Gulf spill threatens to sink BP and damage a Presidency, it's time for Obama to rally the U.S. around tough, fair regulation—for the good of capitalism TECHNOLOGY Why Apple and Others Are Nervous About Foxconn The Chinese maker of iPhones and iPads has seen a rash of suicides—which may be a price of turning out low-price, high-quality goods FEATURES The Smackdown Candidate Former World Wrestling CEO Linda McMahon made her fortune selling the staged battles of Hulk Hogan and The Rock to millions of fans. Now she's selling herself as Connecticut's next senator GIGAOM • From GigaOm Google TV Shows How Far Web Video Has Come There's still doubt about consumer demand for Web-connected TVs, but in this era of Hulu and YouTube, Google's timing may be right CEO GUIDE TO TECHNOLOGY For Silicon Valley Exec, His Wish Is Robots' Command Dave Evans, chief futurist at Cisco, built his first robot when he was 12. Three decades later, he's still tinkering CEO GUIDE TO TECHNOLOGY Robots Can Create Jobs, Too Industrial robots can help companies compete by boosting quality and productivity. That's ultimately a benefit for American labor FOCUS ON ENTREPRENEURS, MAY 2010 Health-Care Bill Surprise: 1099 Nightmare A clause buried in the bill requires more tax forms—and small business will bear the brunt FOCUS ON ENTREPRENEURS, MAY 2010 Gov 2.0: The Next Internet Boom The emerging online field is helping entrepreneurs help governments work better GLOBALITY: HAROLD L. SIRKIN Darwin at Work: Survival of the Fittest Companies Had the government intervened to save failing businesses a century ago, we might be riding horse-drawn carriages and reading with candles Turkey Alliance With Israel May Rupture on Gaza Raid Israel's already strained relationship with Turkey may be another casualty of its navy's raid on a Turkish-flagged aid ship headed for Gaza that left nine dead Jobs Says Apple Puts Heat on Foxconn CEO Steve Jobs says Apple is "all over" its Taiwanese supplier to end a rash of suicides REVIEWS First Drive: 2011 BMW Alpina B7 The BMW Alpina B7 delivers the leg room of a luxury car, the performance of a sports car, and the exclusivity of a work of art NEWS & FEATURES • From Gizmag.com The World's Strongest Beers Beer is thousands of years old but new technology is creating "extreme beer," which packs an alcohol level closer to whisky or vodka CAREERS Preventing 'Maltweetment' Formal 360 performance reviews are being supplemented by employees' posts about their bosses on Twitter and Facebook. Here's how to stop maltweets before they start STRATEGY & INNOVATION • From Strategy and Innovation How to Succeed at M&A All too often, mergers and acquisitions fail dismally. That, says Innosight's Mark Johnson, is because executives don't understand what they're really buying THE INNOVATION ENGINE Constructing your Innovation Portfolio Factor the four classes of innovation into how your company contemplates investing in product development VIEWPOINT The Art of Corporate Listening Coca-Cola, Wal-Mart, and Ford are all companies that have learned how to do it well, observes Peter Firestein INVESTING After Disaster, Oil Service Bargains for Long-Term Investors The BP rig blowout has hammered the oil services companies that work in the Gulf of Mexico. But analysts say, in the long run, companies can benefit from new rules ECONOMIC FOCUS -- FROM ACTION ECONOMICS Jobs: Will a May Surge Be Followed by a June Slump? With Census hiring peaking in May, Action Economics expects a gain of 480,000 U.S. jobs. But a fall-off in Census jobs could lead to a payrolls decline in June VIEWPOINT The Protectionist Threat to Cross-Border M&A Businessweek.com columnist Frank Aquila explains how moves to limit cross-border acquisitions could weaken the broader economy BW MALL SPONSORED LINKS
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