Table of Contents:VOL. 156, NO. 1 - July 09, 2007
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Features
Attack of the mutant rice
By Marc Gunther, Fortune senior writer
America’s rice farmers didn’t want to grow a genetically
engineered crop. Their customers in Europe did not
want to buy it. So how did it end up in our food?
Fortune’s Marc Gunther reports. (more)

Business loves Hillary
The U.S. presidential candidates are scrambling for
CEO endorsements. Our exclusive survey goes behind
the scenes to find surprising alliances. by Nina Easton

Panamania
Once a sleepy Latin American capital, Panama City has
become one of the world’s hottest real estate markets.
Photographer Harry Benson takes a look.

The Colvin Interview
An innovation revival has lifted profits at Xerox to
$1.2 billion. Fortune’s Geoff Colvin asks CTO Sophie
Vandebroek: Can Xerox keep it up?

The new Harvey Weinstein
Since Harvey and his brother, Bob, launched the Weinstein
Co. 20 months ago, he has focused on deals, not movies.
Now investors are demanding change. by Tim Arango

First
Metal madness
Scrap prices are motivating thieves. Nothing is safe:
manhole covers, beer kegs - even urns. by Telis Demos

Qantas Questions
A failed private-equity takeover bid for the Australian
flag carrier seems to have humbled the airline’s CEO.
by Eric Ellis

Hong Kong Is Hardly Dead
A Fortune cover in advance of the 1997 handover to China
announced ”The Death of Hong Kong.” Oops! Today,
the city is thriving. by Sheridan Prasso

Dispatches
Retail revolution
By John Elliott,Fortune
Will India’s mom-and-pop stores perish with the arrival
of modern supermarkets? Fortune’s John Elliott reports.
(more)

Columns
How I’d fix the World Bank
By Jeffrey Sachs, Fortune Magazine guest columnist
Advice for incoming president Robert Zoellick: Roll up
your sleeves and plant some seeds. What starving sub-Saharan
Africa needs is action, not ideology. by Jeffrey Sachs (more)

Investing
A sunny second half
By Katie Benner, Fortune reporter
After a glorious first half of 2007 for the stock markets,
investors got skittish as bond yields rose in June. But top
strategists say interest rates won’t batter stocks for now,
and there are still opportunities to be had this year.
by Katie Benner (more)

Business Life
Betting on Macau
As a new wave of over-the-top resorts hits the gambling
kingdom, Clay Chandler explores the Vegas of Asia.