Table of Contents:VOL. 158, NO. 3 - September 01, 2008 Features: The Business of style
 Prada eyes the future After an acquisition spree, the Milanese fashion house, looking to reduce its debt, has decided to raise cash by going public. But at what price? By Suzanne Kapner
The right address Every city has one - a retail thoroughfare that houses the most exclusive stores. Here are some of the world's priciest streets, and the going rate to join the neighborhood. By Beth Kowitt Luxe in flux The $270 billion luxury business thought it was recession-proof. But its growth is slowing, and anxiety is higher than a pair of Jimmy Choo pumps. Is an opulence backlash brewing? By Peter Gumbel King of cool Mickey Drexler took J. Crew public in 2006. Now he's taking it upscale and launching a new brand called Madewell. Downturns are not for wimps. By John Brodie
The style council, 2008 Nothing is more elegant than a fat bottom line, as the moguls, merchants, and master craftsmen pictured here in Fortune's second annual luxury portfolio will tell you. By Eugenia Levenson Get a life! Three coaches take our intrepid reporter in hand. By Paul Keegan The rise and fall of Jimmy Cayne In 1993 he became the CEO of Bear Stearns. Last summer he was worth $1.6 billion. This winter Bear Stearns collapsed. Here, for the first time, he breaks his silence about how things went wrong. By William D. Cohan First
 Harvest time Across the Great Plains, American wheat farmers outsource cutting to custom harvesters with fleets of combines. By Ryan Derousseau
The box office indicator Strong ticket sales and weak markets go hand in hand. By Michal Lev-Ram The upside of failure A new book, "Billion Dollar Lessons," makes the point that failure yields far more wisdom than success. By Jia Lynn Yang Payday for biotech The deal boom isn't over for drugmakers. By Telis Demos The deal How to solve the financial crisis? Play for time, pray for markets to turn. By Allan Sloan Banking's French twist France's BNP Paribas may be the bank least affected by the financial meltdown. By Telis Demos
Real-world entourage Plenty of CEOs have entourages, but here's one that's uncannily similar to Vince Chase's on HBO's hit series. By Scott Cendrowski Value Driven Our easy access to plastic is about to dry up - and with it our ability to fake living the good life. By Geoff Colvin Saudi Arabia turns to gold ... And copper and bauxite and phosphate. The Saudi government has opened up the land for large-scale commercial mining operations. By Barney Gimbel Pac-Man goes Hollywood Former Marvel Studios chairman Avi Arad plans a movie version of the 1980s arcade hit. No word yet on who will star as Pac-Man. By Richard Siklos Investing
 These stocks are rolling Railroads are benefiting from the global commodities boom - and the fact that trains are more fuelefficient than trucks. By Paul R. La Monica Technology
 Chip too far New "multicore" microchips have gotten so complex that companies from Apple to Intel say software writers can't keep up. The result could hurt computer sales. By Michael V. Copeland |
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