Table of Contents:VOL. 160, NO. 9 - November 23, 2009
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Cover story
- CEO of the decade
Why him? Steve Jobs revived Apple and remade entire industries, defying
the worst economic conditions since the Great Depression - and his own
serious health problems.

- The decade of Steve
How Apple’s imperious, brilliant CEO transformed American business.
By Adam Lashinsky

Features
- The Apple ecosystem
From the candy-colored iMac to the ultra-sleek MacBook Pro, Steve Jobs
turned geeky PCs into lusted-after objects. By Michael V. Copeland

- Character builders
Using massive computing power to spin unforgettable stories, Pixar won
six Oscars, grossed billions, and cued an animated golden age.

- Music to their ears
Those ubiquitous white earbuds only hint at how profoundly Apple has
changed the way we hear, buy, and make music.

- Apple finds its calling
When is an iPhone not a phone? When it’s a book, a map, a game, or, thanks
to its ever-mutating DNA, some 85,000 other things.

- His legacy
Harvard professor Nancy F. Koehn shows how Steve Jobs stacks up against
other great entrepreneurs in history.

- The books of Jobs
A look at the tomes that have tried - with varying degrees of success
- to capture Apple’s elusive leader. By Daniel Okrent

- All about Steve
Eight people who rarely speak publicly about Jobs explain what makes him
one of the best business minds of our time.

First
- Balloon boot camp
Getting pumped for Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. By Mina Kimes

- Fat cat pay - then and now
Does history repeat itself, or just rhyme? By Carol J. Loomis

- The deal
No! A Wall Streeter gives back. By Allan Sloan

- Will Phil Ivey be poker’s Tiger Woods?
By Scott Cendrowski

- Capital One’s reward
Why the bank is relatively unscathed. By Telis Demos

- Value driven
Leadership in a downturn. By Geoff Colvin

- 100 best companies to work for
Paychex encourages wellness to shave health-care costs. By Chris Tkaczyk

- How I got started
Jeff Lubell, founder of True Religion jeans.

- Education
Get a green job in two years. By Mina Kimes

- World economy
China is taking on record levels of debt. Some say that can’t last.
By Bill Powell

C-suite
- The Colvin interview
Linda Fisher talks with Geoff Colvin about her role as chief sustainability
officer at DuPont.

Investigation
- A scandal rocks the polo set
Tony Young was known as a brilliant investor from an old Southern family.
Then the SEC showed up, and Young’s carefully crafted fa軋de began to
crumble. By Marcia Vickers
Editor’s desk
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Bing!
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Investing
- Dividends for the long run
Even in tough times you can find companies with solid payouts.
By Scott Cendrowski

- Amazon: Priced for perfection
By Michael V. Copeland

- Analyst face-off
Will Caterpillar stall? By Beth Kowitt