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Never at a loss for words or opinions, the BizWorld team keeps you up-to-date with the latest trends in business, marketing, and whatever they happen to be interested in at the moment.

• Hurricane Katrina
  The aftermath of hurricane Katrina.
• Alan Greenspan, JetBlue, ACT Scores
  Alan Greenspan's farewell tour begins. US stock markets losing to foreign markets. JetBlue is growing. Louis on his soap box about ACT scores.
• High-End Chocolates, Wal-Mart Liquor Sales, Back-to-School
  Art is away on assignment. Chocolates go high-end. Liquor sales up at Wal-Mart. Back to school sales second biggest sales period behind Christmas.
• Chevron/Unocal, Oil Prices/Demand, Disney, International Brands
  Louis learns the difference between a duck and a goose. Chevron wins the bidding war for Art's old company, Unocal, but at what price? Oil prices and demand both go up. Disney wins a legal battle with its shareholders. Colleges and universities are brand aware. International brands are rated.
• Adidas/Reebok, GM Employee Discount
  Louis returns from Las Vegas and his visit to Margarittaville. Adidas and Reebok join forces to take on Nike. Do CEOs have a birthright? It's August 6th and we are still General Motors employees!
• Summer Book Show
  It's our summer book show. We've got some ideas of things you might want to read when the weather's too hot, and you'd like to be in the hammock in the shade, or indoors in the air conditioning.
• China: Currency, Unocal and Maytag, Grocery Stores
  An interesting week for China. The Yuan is uncoupled from the Dollar. And, at the same time, it looks like a couple of bids for American companies may have come undone for the Chinese. It's a better week for airlines. Grocery stores say they're following the lead of discounters towards everyday low prices, well, sort of.
• Fortune Magazine Twenty Business Decisions
  It's quiz time. We want to know if you can figure out what it is that brings together Sam Walton, Michael Milken, King Gillette and W. Edwards Deming. Turns out, it's an article in Fortune Magazine about 20 decisions that made history. We'll be talking about those twenty, and ten that didn't turn out so well.
• Twenty Questions
  It will only seem like twenty questions, but we've got a few this week. Among them, how will the SEC ever figure out who should get their money back from scandal-ridden companies? Is it really time to cash out of the real estate boom? Can you live longer by working longer? And, will GM's new pricing strategy, making us one of the workers, really work out?
• CEOs, Bank of America and MBNA, GM Employee Pricing
  It's been an interesting week to be a CEO. Some are up, some are down, some are in, some are out, some just in limbo. We'll talk about that story. And, the Bank of America bidding to gobble up MBNA. GM has a new pricing policy that treats us as if we were employees. Is that a good thing or a bad thing?
• Chinese and Unocal, Fortune 20 Epic Business Decisions, Futures Market
  The Chinese get serious about buying up more global businesses including oil giant Unocal. Fortune magazine offers up twenty epic business decisions from the past century. And, the futures market isn't just for airlines anymore. It turns out the corner gas station is getting in on the act as well.
• Spin-Offs, Leadership Lessons, Coca-Cola
  The dawn, perhaps, of a new era: Spin-offs may be surpassing mergers in popularity. Leadership lessons, this week, from Covey, Welch, Giuliani and others. We'll catch you up on some of their most memorable lessons and quotes. And, Coca-Cola updates one of its classic commercials.
• Millionaires, Shoppers, Proctor & Gamble
  We're minting millionaires at an ever-increasing rate, but they may not be worth quite what they used to be. There's new evidence, as if we needed it, that shoppers aren't nearly as savvy as they think they are. And, Proctor & Gamble gets back to basics in their market research.
• Qwest/MCI, Hewlett Packard, AIG/Warren Buffet, Bill Gates
  Qwest raises the ante one more time on MCI. Hewlett Packard another outsider to lead the company. AIG's troubles may drag down Warren Buffett as well. We'll browse Bill Gates' reading list. And, Louis swears he's found the best job around, but he's keeping it a secret. We'll try to pry it out of him.
• NYSE, Product Placement in News, Mickey in Hong Kong
  Big changes afoot for the New York Stock Exchange. Summer becomes all work and no play for some bound for college. Product placement moves from movies to newscast. And, American companies struggle to get their advertising right for China, while Chinese workers struggle to learn the Disney way prior to the opening of Mickey's newest part in Hong Kong.
• Books: Deja Vu
  Books take center stage on our Deja Vu book show. Not that we're gonna bring back books we've already read before, but we've got some ideas of books you might enjoy.
• Energy Costs, Border Control, Personal Finance, 7-Eleven
  Energy costs still on the rise, but a turn back down may be in the offing. Shutting down loopholes in the border may have some unexpected side effects. What qualifies as normal in personal finance may surprise you. What we hide about money in our relationships may alarm you. And, what 7-Eleven has learned from the Japanese may have saved that company.
• Bernie Evers, Robert Eiger, Oil Companies, Border Controls
  The "aw, shucks" defense fails for Bernie Evers and may have implications for other CEOs to face trial. Disney taps its new leader. Robert Eiger has a tough year ahead. Oil companies may not have a lot of oil, but they've got a lot of cash. Turns out, that, too, can be a problem. And, tighter border controls may have some unexpected economic consequences.
• Martha Goes Home, Oil Goes Up, Fortune's Most Admired
  Martha goes home. Greenspan goes to Capitol Hill. Oil goes up. Or does it? Independent garden shops go up against big box retailers like Home Depot as the weather gets warmer. And, some companies go up, others go down. Fortune's list of the most admired companies.
• MCI/Qwest, Penney's, Oil and Salad Prices
  MCI once again spurns Qwest, well, sort of. Penney's aims to win over the middle of the women's apparel market. Toyota offers a tale of two trails. And, oil and salad prices both on the rise. No word, though, on vinegar.
• Mergers, P&G and Gillette, Health Food at Burger Joints, Airline Regulation
  The mergers just keep popping up. Some merely rumored, others for sure. P&G and Gillette this week. We'll also look at how burger joints are moving in different directions as far as health food. And, the spector of regulation flies over the airline industry.
• Changes in Medicine, Top 10 Tech Trends
  Changes in the way we buy our medicine, and changes in the way the Japanese are taking their medicine. Turns out soda pop may be healthy after all, with a few changes. And, we'll look at the top 10 tech trends to watch for in this coming year of 2005.
• Airline Pricing, Last Minute Shoppers, Diet Craze From France
  Turbulence in airline pricing fueled by the airlines themselves. We'll look at how the last minute shoppers, not The Grinch, save Christmas. And, with carb counting on its way out, the latest diet craze to shake up Americans and our pocketbooks may be on its way from an unexpected source: overseas, from France.
• Holiday Book Picks
  It's that time of year when we unveil our holiday book picks. You may want to take notes, or we'll have them on the web site later. But, we'll talk about some of the best business books and a few others this holiday season.
• Interstate Wine Sales, National Sales Tax, Hot Gadgets, Disney
  We'll look at what might be the