September 1, 2014 / Fortune Asia / Volume 170 / Number 3

22 This Pope Means Business
The wildly popular Francis is more than a pontiff of the people. He’s an elite manager who’s reforming the Vatican’s troubled finances.
By Shawn Tully

32 Google Does DARPA
The famously innovative search company has taken a page from the Pentagon’s radical ideas factory. Here’s what’s brewing in Silicon Valley’s coolest skunkworks.
By Miguel Helft

40 The Drama of Mexico’s (Black) Gold
Seventy-six years after nationalizing its oil business, Mexico invites foreign companies back to drill. What will it mean for mighty Pemex預nd for the nation’s self-image?
By Jeffrey Ball

47 Fortune’s 100 Fastest-Growing Companies
The public companies with the most stellar three-year profit, revenue, and stock growth. Our 2014 list begins on page 54.
By Scott DeCarlo, Douglas G. Elam, Vivian Giang, Kathleen Smyth, and Niamh Sweeney

48 Winnebago Rolls Again
The iconic maker of motor homes is on the rebound. Will baby boomers restore it to its full glory?
By Erika Fry

6 MACRO
Closer Look
Europe’s separatist storm.
By Vivienne Walt

9 MACRO
New Energy
New York’s $1 billion bet on clean energy.
By Brian Dumaine

11 MACRO
Global Power Profile
Turnaround pro Dave Lewis is Tesco’s new CEO. Will he rethink the sales game?
By Mehboob Jeelani

12 VENTURE
How We Got Started
iRobot brought us machines to clean houses, defuse bombs, and diagnose patients.
Interview by Dinah Eng

15 TECH
Cognitive Computing
Digital Reasoning is using military-grade tech to help banks sense trouble before it happens.
By Clay Dillow

18 INVEST
Markets
Should you buy stock in private companies?
By Jen Wieczner

4 EDITOR’S DESK

60 BING!

INSIGHTS 21

Nina Easton

Electoral madness? The GOP is driving Hispanic voters out of the party.

ON THE COVER PHOTOGRAPH BY STEFANO SPAZIANI

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12 iRobot, creator of the Roomba vacuum, also makes robots like the SUGV, which can perform reconnaissance.
BOB FERGUSON唯OEING/COURTESY OF IROBOT

15 Digital Reasoning offers companies correspondence-tracking software first developed for the military.
EDDIE GUY

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