May 1, 2015 / Fortune Asia / Volume 171 / Number 6

features

36 HOW THE DOLLAR STORE WAR WAS WON
The inside tale of how Carl Icahn and a bevy of billionaires brawled in the greatest activist contest of the millennium-for companies that sell panty hose and paper towels to discount shoppers.
By Shawn Tully

28 Can Biogen Beat the Memory Thief?
Of the leading causes of death, Alzheimer’s disease is the only one for which there is no way to prevent it, cure it, or slow its progression. A Boston-area biotech may be closer than ever to solving the puzzle.
By Erika Fry

46 Smart Guns: They’re Ready. Are We?
The technology is available to limit the number of children who perish in gun accidents. That was the easy part.
By Roger Parloff

56 Billionaires vs. Big Oil
A growing number of the world’s wealthiest people, from both ends of the political spectrum, are banding together to bet on new technologies that could displace fossil fuels. The one thing they have in common? They believe it will make them a lot of money.
By Brian Dumaine

departments

Macro

4 Closer Look
Why Chevrolet’s self-driving muscle car is a big deal.
By Sue Callaway

7 Hedge Funds
Activist investors’own returns are just so-so.
By Anne VanderMey

10 Angst at the Top
The rise of the CEO support group.
By Erin Griffith

HELLO my name is CEO

12 The Fortune 500 Chartist
A hefty dose of biotech gives our list a boost.
By Scott DeCarlo and Jen Wieczner

14 World’s Most Admired Companies
CVS Health is betting big on offering full-service health care.
By Laura Lorenzetti

15 Global Power Profile
Ford’s new CEO wants to make cars the ”ultimate technology product.”
By Andrew Nusca

Venture

16 Thinking Small
”Startups” within large companies are seeking the elixir of creativity.
By Jennifer Alsever

19 On the Move
A primer for your medical options while on the road.
By Jennifer Alsever

Tech

20 The Breakdown
The world’s most famous hacker預nd other highlights from the RSA Conference on cybersecurity.
By Robert Hackett

21 The Future of Work
Why can’t we win the battle against email?
By Leena Rao

23 The Future Is Now
IBM and Samsung are rethinking the Internet of things. You can thank Bitcoin for that.
By Stacey Higginbotham

Invest

24 Bear Market Winners
Dividend stocks promise protection in a stormy market.
By Jen Wieczner

Insight

26 The Big Think
Why hasn’t corporate America done more to imitate Warren Buffett’s management style?
By Roger Lowenstein

64 BING!

CORRECTIONS

Editor’s Desk (March 15, 2015) incorrectly credited the inside cover pictured above. The typography is by Like Minded Studio. ”Becoming Tim Cook” (April 1) misstated that the launch of Apple’s Siri product occurred days after Steve Jobs’ death. It was the day before. Fortune regrets the errors.

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