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Ship, Don't Schlep
BY Joe Brancatelli
Alternatives to the airlines' mishandling your luggage-and increasingly, charging for it.Move On Down
BY Megan Barnett
How the housing slump caused the best-laid plans of private equity to go awry.Mad Woman
BY Willow Duttge
Shelly Lazarus, longtime C.E.O. of ad giant Ogilvy & Mather Worldwide, explains the firm's recent management shuffle, its attempts to land new accounts, and what comes next.Web 2.0 Faces a Squeeze
Tough times are coming for entrepreneurs as market turmoil cools the I.P.O. market, a New York venture capital investor says. Murdoch blundered in not making the Wall Street Journal free, he adds."Collectively, We're All a Lot Smarter"
An interview with Fred Wilson, general partner of the New York venture capital firm Union Square Ventures.Sallie Gets a Mr. Fix-It
BY Jeffrey Cane
Shares surge after a new chairman is named.One Billion Laptops
BY Kevin Maney
What began as a do-gooder effort in the Third World has quietly become cutthroat competition. Now one firm, Intel, has broken ranks with other behemoths trying to develop technology that is both affordable to buy and build.Greening of the GE Giant
Jeffrey R. Immelt. CEO/Chairman of the Board/Director. General Electric Company (GE). Age: 51Range in the Home
Super-sophisticated golf simulators mean Pebble Beach can come to you. And they're popping up in more high-end homes.Model T(ata)
BY Kevin Maney
As the world's cheapest car drives into India, big automakers should be very, very afraid.When Harry Met Vegas
BY Peter Waldman
Harry Reid, the Democrats' Senate leader, is a darling of national environmentalists.The Marriage From Hell
BY Jesse Eisinger
Why Eddie Lampert's failing Sears-Kmart experiment could mean trouble for dealmakers everywhere.Fat Profits
You want onion rings with that? They're already in the burger-along with bacon, cheese, BBQ sauce, and a corporate philosophy that says to hell with the health police.Let Them Eat Cake
BY Roger Lowenstein
Vanderbilt hoarded his fortune; MacArthur, to thwart Uncle Sam, gave his to charity.Oscarnomics
BY Sophia Banay
The film world's best and worst financial performances of 2007.The Britney Economy
A back-of-the-napkin calculation of just how much the scandal-plagued star is worth to the multitudes who make money off her.Bringing Business to Its Knees
Everybody who wants to be anybody in Iran-business leaders, intellectuals, and politicians-attends weekly prayers in Tehran.Putting Her Best Foot Forward
Women's soccer has not been a booming business-but former player and Web-content maven Tonya Antonucci has a plan to bring it back and make it work.Watching for the Next YouTube
Online upstarts, some backed by major media companies, are looking to take Google's video site off the air.Ten Smartest C.E.O. Moves of 2007
BY Liz Gunnison
Every so often the guys in the C-suite get something right. Here are 10 of the year's most exceptionally wise choices by corporate chiefs.Greens Fees
Offsetting carbon emissions may be the trend of the moment. But for TerraPass' Tom Arnold, it started as a calling.Oh, Sand Trap, Where Art Thou?
G.P.S. units are increasingly geared to specific sports.What's Drudge Worth?
A back-of-the-napkin analysis of the politically explosive blog.Will Ferrell and the End of Media as We Know It
Hollywood's screwball king and the venture capital firm Sequoia Capital are rewriting the rules of the entertainment business. But will Funny or Die survive?Women and the Labyrinth of Leadership
Women's leadership style is ideally suited to today's business challenges. Increase your firm's competitive prowess by tackling the obstacles to women's progress.Shanghai
The buzz about this boomtown of 18 million on China's eastern seaboard has become so loud that it threatens to drown out the city's chaotic traffic.Don't Miss
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