Tax Pros Investors: The Best Of 2005: BusinessWeek international

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EUROPEAN INSIDER
Tuesday, December 13, 2005

INT'L COVER STORY
The Best Of 2005
What an exciting year! So many innovative business leaders,
new ideas, and smart products sparked such deep changes
that identifying the Best of the Best was no walk in the
virtual park
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EUROPEAN BUSINESS
France: Thousands of Young Spielbergs
Machinima -- making movies using video game software --
starts to explode
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EYE ON EUROPE
An Italian Miracle, the Winter Olympics
After some rough patches, preparations for the 2006 Games
in Turin are looking smooth as ice
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INVESTING NEWS
Insights on Europe
Our latest channel provides vital news and analysis on the
Continent's markets from BusinessWeek Online, Standard &
Poor's, and other sources
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ASIAN BUSINESS
Why Toshiba Is Clamming Up
Forget licensing -- the electronics giant is keeping
innovations out of rivals' hands
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INVESTING Q&A
No More "Easy Money" in Europe
As the global economy slows down, S&P's Clive McDonnell sees
harder times ahead for the Continent's market
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INSIDE WALL STREET
A German Feather In Sonus' Cap
Institutional investors weren't privy to what tiny biotech
Sonus Pharmaceuticals was up to, but Schering AG knew --
and acted
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INT'L COVER STORY
Best Leaders
Slide show: In corner offices, design shops, ad agencies --
these inspired executives were ahead of the pack in 2005
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SPECIAL REPORT
Central Europe's Passion for Design
Slide show: Innovative young designers from the former Eastern
bloc are reinventing everything from the airplane to the ski
boot
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NEWS ANALYSIS
NYSE-Arca: Think Global, Fight Local
Despite all the talk about the hook-up improving global
competitiveness, this merger faces its strongest challenge
from Nasdaq
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NEWS ANALYSIS
Iraq Needs to Prime the Pump
Until the country decides on a unified policy, Big Oil will
hold back -- and the risk of regions breaking away will increase
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NEWS & FEATURES
Snap and Sizzle at Art Basel/Miami
The cutting-edge expo just gets bigger -- and pricier -- every
year. And the interest is spilling over to a new crop of
competing shows
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NEWS ANALYSIS
Dissent: Beijing's Tricky Balancing Act
While acknowledging the need for rural economic reform -- and
making a start at it -- the central goverment is keeping a
tight lid on protests
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MARKET VIEWS -- FROM S&P
For Tech, Expect a Happy New Year
Investors probably won't see a runaway boom in the sector, but
solid gains are likely, especially in storage and data processing
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NEWS ANALYSIS
Now Microsoft Wagers on India
Following the lead of Cisco and Intel, Redmond will be making
a $1.7 billion investment in the Subcontinent
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ASIAN BUSINESS
AMD's Asian Thrust
Chipmaker Advanced Micro Devices is challenging Intel's hold
on China and India. As it stands, AMD is way behind
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TECHNOLOGY SPECIAL REPORT
Solving the Superspeed Dilemma
The next challenge is to build machines that can chew through
real-world problems at speeds closer to these demons' theoretical
limits
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SLIDE SHOW
A Peek at Tomorrow's Coolest Tech
Some of these gadgets could be out soon, while others are just
concepts. However, all show we've got plenty to look forward to
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