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BusinessWeek September 22, 2003	"Central Bankers Have to Explain the Need for Reform" How will Jean-Claude Trichet run the European Central Bank? Bank watchers are poring over his comments for clues. Here, in excerpts from a BusinessWeek interview and in testimony given to the European Parliament, are his views.
Inc. September 2003 Christopher McDougall	The Stubborn Eventually Prosper When a beanbag salesman and a Nevada gambling man join forces to make millions off a Russian miracle fireproof fabric, something bizarre is bound to happen. It did, and then some.
Knowledge@Wharton August 13, 2003	David Beckham and the Selling of European Football The transfer of Beckham from Manchester United to Real Madrid is part of a deliberate management strategy aimed at transforming football into a world-class marketing machine. The message is clear: "It is no longer enough to score goals," says one observer. "You also have to sell jerseys."
BusinessWeek August 25, 2003 Kerry Capell	Where Does Vodafone Go for Growth? New boss Arun Sarin can't gobble rivals like Chris Gent did
BusinessWeek August 25, 2003 Carol Matlack	A Rollback in France? France's plan to take a 31% stake in troubled French engineering giant Alstom underscores the center-right government's ambivalence about laissez-faire capitalism.
BusinessWeek August 25, 2003 James Mehring	France: A Baby Step in the Right Direction The French government is taking another step in reforming its economy. Amid heavy criticism, Finance Minister Francis Mer revamped a government-subsidized savings account called the Livret A.
BusinessWeek August 4, 2003 Stanley Reed	Suddenly, the Saudis Want to Close Some Deals If you want to see how the overthrow of Saddam Hussein in Iraq may be changing the Middle East, you need look no further than the breakthrough gas deal signed by Royal Dutch/Shell Group and Total Group in Saudi Arabia.
BusinessWeek August 4, 2003 Paul Starobin	Russia Five years after the great ruble crash, the economy is booming. But how much is Russia really changing?
BusinessWeek August 4, 2003 Reed & Sains	What'll It Be, Sweden? Its September vote on adopting the euro has the nation on edge
BusinessWeek August 4, 2003 Paul Starobin	Out to Get the Richest Russian? Pro-American energy magnate Mikhail Khodorkovsky of oil giant Yukos is under a fierce legal attack. Why? He offers some answers here.
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