Message-ID: <3495053.1075845451686.JavaMail.evans@thyme> Date: Thu, 21 Dec 2000 08:51:00 -0800 (PST) From: insider@newsletters.businessweek.com To: gwhalle@enron.com Subject: BusinessWeek Online Insider Dec. 22 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-From: Insider@newsletters.businessweek.com X-To: gwhalle@enron.com X-cc: X-bcc: X-Folder: \Greg_Whalley_Oct2001\Notes Folders\Connect deletes X-Origin: WHALLEY-G X-FileName: gwhalley.nsf Dot-Com Meltdown...Greenspan and the Fed... HIGHLIGHTS FROM BUSINESS WEEK.COM PLEASE NOTE: Last week we published our yearend special double issue. The next Business Week magazine will be cover-dated January 8, 2001, and will be online Thursday night, December 28, 2000. SEARCH PAST ISSUES OF BW. Free for subscribers only -- FIVE YEARS of Business Week magazine. For more information, go to http://www.businessweek.com/search.htm ______________________________________________________________________ SEARCH BUSINESSWEEK.COM -- Search our ENTIRE SITE for all free content, including Daily Briefing, BW e.biz, frontier, and Best B-Schools. You'll find our search function in the light-blue bar at the top of nearly every screen on the site ______________________________________________________________________ DAILY BRIEFING [http://www.businessweek.com/today.htm] 12/19 -- Special Report -- After the Meltdown: Crawling from the Dot-Com Wreckage Yes, the carnage will get worse. But survivors -- and a healthier overall climate -- will ultimately emerge. Here's what's next http://www.businessweek.com/bwdaily/dnflash/dec2000/nf20001219_800.htm OTHER MELTDOWN STORIES: Return to Reality in the IPO Market http://www.businessweek.com/bwdaily/dnflash/dec2000/nf20001219_210.htm The New VC Canon Is Caution http://www.businessweek.com/bwdaily/dnflash/dec2000/nf20001219_171.htm 12/20 -- The Fed Has No Time to Dawdle It should have cut rates on Dec. 19. Every month Greenspan waits before acting makes it that much harder to avoid a downturn http://www.businessweek.com/bwdaily/dnflash/dec2000/nf20001220_822.htm 12/20-- Greenspan & Co. Could Pull the Trigger Before Long Though the Fed declined to cut interest rates now, it may not even wait till the next policy meeting to act -- if the stock market keeps falling http://www.businessweek.com/bwdaily/dnflash/dec2000/nf20001220_617.htm 12/18 -- Greenspan's Ace in the Hole: Productivity He still thinks its strong growth will avert a recession. 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Predictions that the Web financial-services revolution will knock the vast fund industry for a loop are greatly exaggerated http://www.businessweek.com/ebiz/0012/ep1218.htm 12/15 -- Clicking for Charity Humanitarian sites help spread the holiday cheer by enabling you to make donations while working through your gift list http://www.businessweek.com/ebiz/0012/el1215.htm ________________________________________________________________________ FRONTIER ONLINE [http://frontier.businessweek.com] 12/21 -- Faith in Diversity The holiday season brings an opportunity to inspire employee loyalty by accommodating the needs of Christians, Jews, and Muslims http://www.businessweek.com/smallbiz/content/dec2000/sb20001221_477.htm 12/21 -- The Franchisee Blues A storeowner at odds with his franchisor needs expert advice -- and probably a good lawyer as well http://www.businessweek.com/smallbiz/content/dec2000/sb20001221_624.htm 12/20 -- Buying Trouble with Free ISPs No-fee Internet access was all the rage just a year ago. 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Here, one "recovered" executive's program http://businessweek.com/careers/content/dec2000/ca20001220_300.htm 12/19 -- Less Joy in Job-Hopping Dot-com layoffs, stabilizing salaries, and a greater focus on security, not stock options, have employees looking before they leap http://www.businessweek.com/bwdaily/dnflash/dec2000/nf20001219_366.htm NOTE: BusinessWeek Online (http://www.businessweek.com) and LeadersOnline (http://www.leadersonline.com), the Web unit of executive recruiter Heidrick & Struggles, have published the second issue of LeadersOnline, the companion magazine to their joint Web site (www.businessweek.com/careers/). The December/January issue provides original career information and commentary, plus content from Business Week Online. The joint Business Week Online-LeadersOnline Web site provides a meeting place for middle and upper managers worldwide. The LeadersOnline cover story focuses on "The Comeback Kids" -- People who survive and thrive after dot-com disaster. 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