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Ship, Don't Schlep

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Alternatives to the airlines' mishandling your luggage-and increasingly, charging for it.

Move On Down

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How the housing slump caused the best-laid plans of private equity to go awry.

Mad Woman

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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

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Shares surge after a new chairman is named.

One Billion Laptops

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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: 51

Range 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)

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As the world's cheapest car drives into India, big automakers should be very, very afraid.

When Harry Met Vegas

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Harry Reid, the Democrats' Senate leader, is a darling of national environmentalists.

The Marriage From Hell

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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

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Vanderbilt hoarded his fortune; MacArthur, to thwart Uncle Sam, gave his to charity.

Oscarnomics

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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

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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.

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