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Table of Contents:VOL. 163, NO. 6 - May 02, 2011
Cover story
Trouble@Twitter
Boardroom power plays, disgruntled founders, and CEO switcheroos are clipping the wings of this tech highflier. By Jessi Hempel  
Features
Leadership Q&A: The Airline King
How will new CEO Jeff Smisek make the United/Continental marriage work? Interview by Geoff Colvin 
Promoting the Spirit of Bermuda
Malcolm Gosling Jr.'s mission is to export the family rum?and protect the trademark on a certain cocktail. By David Whitford  
Asia's 25 Most Powerful Businesspeople
Our list reflects a major power shift in the re- gion, from Japan to China, India, and beyond.  
Tata Takes On the World: Building an Auto Empire in India
Chairman Ratan Tata has transformed the company founded by his great-grandfather. By Alex Taylor III 
Google and Its Ordeal in China
In a new book, Steven Levy looks at Google's past five years in China - and where it went wrong along the way. A Fortune book excerpt.  
First
By the numbers
Texting at 17,060 feet. By Tara Moore  
The chartist
Rising food prices could spell trouble for fast-food chains. By Anne Vandermey 
Closer look
Sailing goes mass market. By Paul V. Oliva  
Guest column
Here's how to come up with the political will to deal with the budget deficit. By Erskine Bowles and Alan Simpson 
Venture
How I got started
Cheesecake Factory's winning formula. Interview by Dinah Eng 
David vs. Goliath
Three nimble small businesses challenge the giants. By Elaine Pofeldt 
Tech
Brainstorm: The future is now
The voice of a new machine. By Jessica Shambora 
Tech@work
Social pioneer Ning switches its focus to paying customers. By Michal Lev-Ram  
Invest
Investor Q&A
Chris Davis makes the case for financial and energy stocks. By Scott Cendrowski 
Inside wall street
A fund manager uses his skills to research autism. By Scott Cendrowski  
Opinion
The hocus-pocus behind Rep. Paul Ryan's proposed Medicare "reform."
By Allan Sloan  
Order from chaos: Why we shouldn't panic over the world's many crises.
By Michael Elliott  
Can you get a piece of private companies like Facebook? Should you?
By Dan Primack 
The biggest problem for developing economies: corruption, and not just the petty palm-greasing kind.
By Geoff Colvin 
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