July 5, 2010 Vol. 162 No. 1 / Fortune Asia

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THE $600 BILLION CHALLENGE
Bill Gates, Melinda Gates, and Warren Buffett are asking the nation's
billionaires to pledge at least half their net worth to charity. Their campaign
could change the face of philanthropy.
BY CAROL J. LOOMIS
PLUS: Warren Buffett's philanthropic pledge, and Bill Gates' life after
Microsoft.

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GLOBAL FORUM SPECIAL
THE NEW GLOBAL OPPORTUNITY
Post-recession, you might be tempted to focus on your home market. But there's
never been a better time to scour the world for innovation and profit.
BY MICHAEL ELLIOTT

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INSIDE AN AMERICAN DYNASTY
Jon Meade Huntsman Sr. has built two empires: an eponymous chemical company and
a large family that spans three continents and holds power positions in business
and politics. But can the sons live up to the patriarch's swashbuckling legend?
Do they want to?

BY NINA EASTON

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FORTUNE 500 SERIES
UNION PACIFIC: "BUILDING AMERICA"
Recent woes aside, the nation's largest railroad remains a rock-solid business.
Here's how the UP's chief executive does it.
BY MARC GUNTHER

8 | LETTERS

76 | BING!

FIRST

11 | BY THE NUMBERS
Abu Dhabi's Ferrari World.
BY SCOTT CENDROWSKI

12 | CLOSER LOOK
The gulf cleanup: Who's cleaning up.
BY SCOTT CENDROWSKI

13 | THE BRIEFING
The Prime Minister's alpha-capitalist ancestor, microlending in Omaha, and more.

14 | WORLD'S MOST ADMIRED COMPANIES
Food giant Nestlﾃｩ.
BY BETH KOWITT

16 | BRAINSTORM GREEN
Lighting up Africa.
BY BRIAN DUMAINE

TECH

19 | THE FUTURE IS NOW
Making hybrids hum窶背ith synthetic car noises.

20 | VISIONARIES
Pandora founder Tim Westergren rocks the music business.
BY MICHAEL V. COPELAND

22 | TECH STAR
Ford chairman Bill Ford has a surprising side project: funding ideas that could
ease car congestion.
BY MICHAEL V. COPELAND

CAREER

24 | THE WAY WE WORK
Is your in-box jammed with networking blasts, trade group info, and random
blather? You may need a career curator.
BY VICKIE ELMER

INVEST

27 | HOW TO RIDE AN UP-AND-DOWN MARKET
Volatility is rocking stocks. But there are ways to profit from that discomfiting
trend.
BY ADAM LASHINSKY

Opinion

29 | You've seen the reaction to the Deepwater Horizon spill. Now get ready for
the overreaction.
BY ALLAN SLOAN

30 | Where are the perp walks and the jail terms? Why prosecutors are going easy
on Wall Street.
BY BECKY QUICK

32 | C-SUITE STRATEGIES
The king of water: Nalco chief executive Erik Fyrwald on the BP cleanup, how he
motivates his customers, and more.

INTERVIEW BY GEOFF COLVIN

38 | THE MILLIONAIRE BOYS' BANK
A group of Merrill alumni and other bigwigs have founded a private bank, to provide
good service窶蚤nd profits.
BY CAROL J. LOOMIS

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