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Table of Contents:VOL. 155, NO. 9 - May 14, 2007
Jump to: FEATURES|TECH SPECIAL|FIRST|DISPATCHES|COLUMNS|INVESTING|BUSINESS LIFE
COVER STORIES
Business is back
Business is back
By Geoff Colvin, Fortune senior editor-at-large
Profits are booming, tech is resurgent, and CEOs are speaking out again. The story of an amazing comeback. (more)
FEATURES
NBC's man on the spot
NBC's man on the spot
By Patricia Sellers, Fortune editor-at-large
Straight out of a sitcom: the mishaps and madcap adventures of NBC Universal chief Jeff Zucker. (more)
Union man
by Nina Easton, Fortune Washington bureau chief
John Edwards thinks a new labor movement is the answer to the country's great divide. Should corporate America be afraid of him?  (more)
The man with the golden gut
By Stephanie N. Mehta, Fortune senior writer
How Haim Saban, a flinty self-made billionaire, plans to turn Univision into the next great network - and put Hillary Clinton in the White House.  (more)
The turnaround
By Stephan Faris, Fortune
How Fiat, once a wreck of a car company, got hot again.  (more)
TECH SPECIAL
The smartest (or the nuttiest) futurist on Earth
The smartest (or the nuttiest) futurist on Earth
By Brian O'Keefe, Fortune senior editor
Ray Kurzweil is a legendary inventor with a history of mind-blowing ideas. Now he's onto something even bigger. If he's right, the future will be a lot weirder and brighter.  (more)
Innovators at the gate
Call them entrepreneurs or troublemakers, these 24 disruptive individuals have gone up against the odds as they've rattled old industries and tried to create new ones. (more)
FIRST
Sallie Mae's private side
Sallie Mae's private side
By Bethany McLean, Fortune editor-at-large
J.C. Flowers may want Sallie Mae for its private-loan business. But that could lead to public headaches. By Be thany McLean (more)
Helen Walton's will
Helen Walton's will
By Carol J. Loomis, Fortune editor-at-large
The death of Sam Walton's widow at 87 last month may finally turn America's richest family into one of the country's most charitable.  (more)
DISPATCHES
Return of Ma and Pa Banker
Return of Ma and Pa Banker
By Matthew Boyle, Fortune writer
From the mountains to the prairies, local banks are producing returns that make the multinationals envious.  (more)
COLUMNS
Value Driven
Value Driven
By Geoff Colvin, Fortune senior editor-at-large
Signs of disrespect for education bode ill for our future. (more)
INVESTING
Smart plays in the M&A boom
Smart plays in the M&A boom
By Yuval Rosenberg, Fortune contributor
Buyouts and takeovers are driving the market. Fortune's Yuval Rosenberg tells you how to get in on the action without getting burned. (more)
BUSINESS LIFE
Making waves
Making waves
By Chris Redman, Fortune contributor
As billionaires battle for the America's Cup, complaints and criticism erupt onshore.  (more)
Jaguar's new XKR: Brit meets brawn
Jaguar's new XKR: Brit meets brawn
By Sue Zesiger Callaway, Fortune
Columnist Sue Callaway returns to Jaguar - for a sneak peek at a car she helped launch. (more)
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