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Cheaper Chic
BY Sophia Banay
With even the rich feeling financially pinched, businesses are quietly offering discounts on everything from spa services to private jets.Where Did Internet Bandwidth Growth Go?
BY Paul Korzeniowski
Small and midsize businesses depend on the internet to communicate with customers, suppliers and employees. So where will it expand next? Nowhere.Flying Fourth Class
BY Joe Brancatelli
What's cheaper than business class, but sometimes more comfortable to fly?The Idea-to-Drug Gap
BY David Ewing Duncan
A study finds that medical research takes decades to move from labs to clinics. What's being done to shorten the lag in translating discoveries into treatments?Tina Brown
BY Lloyd Grove
The former magazine editor and chronicler of Diana talks about her new website, Barry Diller, and the elusive nature of buzz.Small Is Profitable?
BY Megan Angelo
A former Tiffany's store manager takes her Fifth Avenue experience to Main Street as the company tests stores designed to appeal to more casual shoppers. Can it work?Business Owners Must Embrace New PCI Standard To Keep E-Commerce Flowing
BY Paul Korzeniowski
Though intended to bolster security and confidence in e-commerce transactions, the new Payment Card Industry standard also requires a significant investment from most businesses.Extreme Makeover
BY Matthew Cooper
Carter and Nixon rehabilitated their public images after leaving office. Here's what George W. Bush needs to do to remake his.Deny Another Day
BY Jesse Eisinger
As investment banking collapsed, the dealmakers kept scrambling to make deals.The Morning After
BY John Cassidy
The next president will inherit an economic mess. Where to begin the cleanup.Beating Jet Lag
BY Joe Brancatelli
Jet lag is serious business for executives who travel around the globe. What you should know about prevention and cure.Technology's Evil Empires: Who's Evil Now?
BY Fredric Paul
Evil empires always have ruled the technology world -- companies so powerful, so arrogant, and so nasty that they spark intense, emotional reactions. Which ones top the list of today's evil empires?Shuttle Scuttlebutt
BY Joe Brancatelli
The upcoming changes to Delta's East Coast shuttle sound like a good thing for business travelers, but this is just the latest sign that the service is in decline.Billy Mays
BY Lloyd Grove
The TV pitchman gives his spiel on the economics of the infomercial, his new reality show, John McCain, and the beard. But wait! There's more!Investing In Our Future
BY David Ewing Duncan
While we're spending hundreds of billions to bail out financial institutions, why not also bail in the future by investing more in science and technology?Cash Poor
BY Kathleen Murray
Wall Street millionaires are saying goodbye to mega-bonuses and outsized base pays-for good.Virtual Meeting Highs And Lows
BY Fredric Paul
Even as many companies look to find the least expensive alternatives to in-person meetings, other companies are looking for the best possible simulation of a real meeting. Plus: The Top 5 Reasons To Hold Virtual MeetingsWorld of Panic
BY Portfolio Staff
Updated: Stocks slide amid fears of global contagion.Reining in the Speculators
BY Jesse Eisinger
Rapid-fire traders are being wrongly blamed for the downturn. That doesn't mean the status quo should hold. The case for a trading tax.Fly the Unfriendly Skies
BY Joe Brancatelli
Terrorists just bombed two American targets overseas, including a business hotel. How to protect yourself from the modern nightmare.Super-Priced Art
BY Joseph V. Tirella
The market for original comic art has been growing steadily for decades, but thanks to strong European demand-and a weak dollar-it's now a global business.Failure Is an Option
BY Carmen Nobel
Poor stock performance? Weak sales? No matter! If you were once a C.E.O., you can surely be one again. Here's why.The Insure Thing
BY Portfolio Staff
Treasury backs money-market funds as it prepares a big financial fix.Reining in the Speculators
BY Jesse Eisinger
Rapid-fire traders are being wrongly blamed for the downturn. That doesn't mean the status quo should hold. The case for a trading tax.Health-Care Nation
BY Howell Raines
The coverage of the national health-care debate oversimplifies the feud. Now two authors are trying to set the media straight.Terminal Invasion
BY Joe Brancatelli
There will be new facilities at four major U.S. airports this year. In the short run, that's not great news for business travelers.Don't Miss
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