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A Chinese Depression?

BW Chief Economist Mike Mandel explains why China, so far relatively unscathed, could be badly hurt by the rapid fall in global trade

The Debate Room

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The Print Media Are Doomed

Surpassed in convenience and economy by online content, printed magazines and newspapers will dry up in the next decade. Pro or con?

 

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Top Stories

Getting Down to Business

As Barack Obama and his new team scramble to rescue and retrofit the wounded economy, his audacious agenda of stimulus, reform, and regulation will shake up almost every major business and industry in America

A New Menace to the Economy: 'Zombie' Debtors

Call them "zombie" companies. Many more has-been companies will be feeding off taxpayers, investors, and workers—sapping the lifeblood of healthier rivals

The Apple App Monster

Now that outsiders can get in on the act, loads of companies are developing applications for the iPhone. But can they make real money?

The Business Week

News You Need to Know

The Business Slowdown Turns Serious

Slide Show: International Trade Hits a Wall

Online Extra: Figures of the Week (.pdf)

Insights for Business at a Moment of Change

Hollywood's Monster-Sized Carbon Footprint

Artificial Ineloquence

Youth Will Be Served

Historian Richard Norton Smith on Obama and the Economy

News

Citi: Time for Heroic Measures?

China Has Dodged a U.S.-style Depression—So Far

Madoff: Layers and Layers of Players

Apple Without Its Core?

What's Next

India Inc.'s Murky Accounting

Amid Downturn, Law Firm Sonnenschein Scales Up

Headhunters Face a Double-Edged Sword

Recession Comes to the PC Makers

'Creative Capitalism' vs. Malaria

Personal Business

Money Report

How to Play It: Municipal Bonds

Health Reform: Stumbling Blocks Still Remain

Investing: The Debate Over Quality

Where Retirees Should Park Their Money

Inside Wall Street

Opinion

The Alienation of the Striving Middle Class

Web Video: How to Actually (Maybe) Make Money

Apple's Sexy Software Upgrades

Feedback

Corrections & Clarifications

How Much Blame Do Boards Deserve?

IN YOUR FACE: Citi—The Losses Keep Coming

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Reader Samuel D. Bornstein Writes:

"The simple fact is that the underlying assets of the mortgage-backed securities and other related investments are the 'toxic' mortgages."

Tell Us: Is Vikram Pandit Leading Citi Astray?

 

The Welch Way

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Of Boards and Blame

Directors belong on the list of those who made this mess—just not at the top