Business Week - 07 December 2009

Content:
Top Stories Look Who's Stalking Wal-Mart Target is increasingly going downmarket to get through the consumer recession. But can it ape its rival and retain its cachet? • How to Play It: The Selling Season • Podcast: Behind the Story Obama's Big Gov SWAT Team How a small cadre of technocrats is trying to make government more efficient Land Rush in Africa Agribusiness and global investors are scooping up farmland. Are corporate farmers the new colonialists? The Business Week Executive Summary Jim Rogers on Why Gold Is Glittering So Brightly BTW Business Outlook: The Danger in Tying the Fed's Hands Slide Show: Unmistakable Signs of Life in Worldwide M&A New Business The Slow Road to Jobs • Plus: More Ideas for Creating Jobs Behind the Great Stock Rally of 2009 News Corp.'s Challenge to Google Hulu's Tough Choices Mumbai: A Shaken City Revives In Depth Old Navy May Still Be at Sea What's Next Can Roche Leave Genentech Alone? Siemens Rides the Offshore Winds Getting to the Bottom of Plastic Bottle Risks • Plus: Substances in Unknown Quantities The Second Coming of 'Safer' Securities Management & Leadership Personal Business Money Report How to Play It: The Selling Season 'Hedge Funds' for Everyone • Plus: Alternative Investments for the Masses Inside Wall Street Business Views Man of the Meltdown The "BusinessWeek" Best Seller List • Plus: The "BusinessWeek" Best Seller List (.pdf) • Slide Show: Business Best-Sellers When Less Is Less • Podcast: How Single-Purpose Devices Succeed Feedback Corrections & Clarifications The Coming Fight for Executive Talent