Table of Contents:VOL. 161, NO. 1 - January 18, 2010 Cover Story
 The toughest car company of them all With best-in-class quality, marketing hustle, and aggression that borders on recklessness, Hyundai is speeding to the head of the pack. It has given Toyota a scare, and now it is pushing its way into the luxury-car game. By Alex Taylor III Features
 Will the real Lou Dobbs please stand up? Good guy? Bad guy? Either way, the controversial broadcaster is looking for his next big gig. By David A. Kaplan
Can farming revive Detroit? With lots of empty space and a shrinking population, the Motor City may be ready to try something radical: urban agriculture. By David Whitford The catchall fraud law that catches too much Federal prosecutors' favorite tool for fighting business crime is under attack in three cases before the U.S. Supreme Court, including former Enron CEO Jeff Skilling's. Will scores of convicts walk - and should they? By Roger Parloff
The plan to save the music biz A&M/Octone's James Diener has a maverick approach to music management: Take care of your band, demand the world of them, and the business will take care of itself. Guys like BlackRock's Larry Fink are betting on him. By Mina Kimes First
Let the games begin After landing the 2010 Winter Olympics, Vancouver has struggled to meet the bare-bones $1.7 billion budget. By Scott Cendrowski
The latest CEO accessory: A chief of staff Busy executives are relying on a new kind of adviser. By Beth Kowitt with Alyssa Abkowitz Directors: Feeding at the trough Executive pay is under fire. But few have noticed that board members are also raking in the big bucks. By Carol J. Loomis
Value driven A new metric for performance has emerged that can't easily be gamed - and savvy investors and managers will check it out. By Geoff Colvin The deal The myth of "Cadillac Care": Where the excise tax on health-care plans goes wrong. By Allan Sloan Investing
What's ahead in the next decade? Don't assume the coming 10 years will resemble the past 10. We've enlisted four investing sages who lay out where the opportunities - and pitfalls - will be found. By Scott Cendrowski Technology
Clash of the technology titans The biggest computing and networking companies in the world are getting bigger, and former partners are now fierce rivals. Is tech's new strife good for customers? By Jessi Hempel Ringtones' requiem Customized cellphone rings are so 2004. By Kim Thai Life at the top
Winter beach getaways The high-end travel market is rebounding, but you can still find a deal on a midwinter tropical vacation. By Shivani Vora Special report
How Ronald Perelman met his match The pugnacious Revlon chairman has a pattern of battling his exes in court: ex-employees, ex-associates, and especially ex-wives. But when he sued his octogenarian ex-father-in-law, he was in for a big surprise. By James Bandler |
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