Table of Contents:VOL. 159, NO. 1 - January 19, 2009

Cover Story
Sending Wall Street to jail
An angry mob of burned investors is assembling, and they want to see some
executives heads on spikes. The question for the courts will be, Who was
just being foolish with our money - and who was lying, cheating and stealing?
By Roger Parloff

Features
AIG: The company that came to dinner
In a scenario reminiscent of an old Hollywood classic, a deeply distressed
insurance giant is turning into a guest the federal government can’t get rid of.
By Carol J. Loomis

Bob Iger rocks Disney
In revitalizing the Magic Kingdon, the CEO has built a compelling case that
integreated cross-platform media leviathans like Disney still make sense in
the Digital Age.
By Richard Siklos

Get the best out of your business in bad times
There’s no script for running a company in a historic downturn. So what the
heck do you do? Here are ten ways to weather the storm.
By Geoff Colvin

Saving Easter Island
Nine hundred years ago, the residents of Easter Island committed ecocide.
Now an unlikely trio are banding together to stop history from repeating itself.
By Jeffrey M. O’Brien

First
52-week high
With medical marijuana initiatives gaining support across the country and abundant harvest in Northern California, the pot business is booming.
By Jeffrey M. O’Brien

Blue-chip all-stars suit up
Who’s available for the big jobs in 2009?
By Scott Cendrowski

Reinventing the incubator
A Silicon Alley veteran gives a ’90s model a makeover.
By Jessi Hempel

Farallon erects golden gates
A major hedge fund tells skittish investors to sit tight.
By Adam Lashinsky

Winners and losers in the law business
By Telis Demos

The deal
Don’t blame the SEC.
By Allan Sloan

Question authority
Google CEO Eric Schmidt wishes he could rescue newspapers.
By Adam Lashinsky

Value driven
A CEO masters micro-credit.
By Geoff Colvin

Will Madoff’s minions get hard time?
There may be trouble for the financier’s conduits.
By Telis Demos

Technology
Nokia’s North American problem
To stay No. 1 in cellphones, Nokia has to take on Apple and RIM on their
home turf. So far it hasn’t got a foothold.
By Jessi Hempel

Life after iPhone
What will AT&T do for an encore?
By Jon Fortt

Can iPhones go corporate?
By Jon Fortt

Techland
Web 2.0 is so over. Welcome to Web 3.0.
By Jessi Hempel

Life at the top
Out-of-the-box offices
Three very different leaders show how less is more in workspace design.
By David A. Keeps

Investing in a crisis
John Neff goes bargain hunting
In a battered market, the former Windsor fund manager is finding stocks
that meet his strict value standards.
By Eugenia Levenson

Breaking views
When the markets crashed, a whole intellectual edifice fell with them. New
economic ideas are needed.
By Edward Hadas