October 8, 2012 / Fortune Asia / Volume 166 / Number 6 / DOUBLE ISSUE /
THE MOST POWERFUL WOMEN IN BUSINESS

56 THE NEW BILLIONAIRE POLITICAL ACTIVIST
TD Ameritrade’s Joe Ricketts is spending millions to promote his political vision and unseat the President.
BY JENNIFER REINGOLD, WITH DORIS BURKE

64 HOW TO SURVIVE A WALL STREET MELTDOWN
The Lehman Brothers bankruptcy almost killed Neuberger Berman. Can it succeed now by diversifying abroad?
BY SCOTT CENDROWSKI

THE 50 MOST POWERFUL WOMEN

70 IBM’S NEW CEO LOOKS AHEAD
Ginni Rommety will have to sell like never before to keep Big Blue growing.
BY JESSI HEMPEL

79 THE REHABILITATION OF BRENDA BARNES
The former Sara Lee CEO suffered a stroke that curtailed her career―but gave her a life.
BY PATRICIA SELLERS

82 THE LIST
This year’s MPW are shaping the future of technology, defense, and media.

88 THE INTERNATIONAL POWER 50
The top global businesswomen: cool heads in a turbulent world economy.
BY RUPALI ARORA

90 BAD TO THE BONE
A medical device maker decided to illegally test a bone cement on people. The results were disastrous.
BY MINA KIMES

104 GORDON MOORE’S JOURNEY
The Silicon Valley legend on Intel, life before venture capital, and, of course, Moore’s law.
INTERVIEW BY DAVID A. KAPLAN

112 THE LARGEST LANDOWNER IN AMERICA
Media billionaire John Malone owns 2.2 million acres, putting him ahead of his pal Ted Turner.
BY JEFF HULL

118 GREATEST BUSINESS DECISIONS
How Apple, Ford, Boeing, and others made radical choices that changed the course of business. A Fortune book excerpt.

126 THE STEM CELL DILEMMA
Breakthroughs promise a new era in medicine, but not even Andy Grove can figure out how to make the business work.
BY JEFFREY M. O’BRIEN

49 LEADERSHIP
Kayak Takes On the Big Dogs
Founder Paul English battles competitors by recruiting great talent and making the customer king.
INTERVIEW BY GEOFF COLVIN

53 ANALYSIS
Break Up the Euro
Don’t believe the politicians. The common currency can’t survive as is. Here’s the right way to handle a split.
BY SHAWN TULLY

14 FIRST
Closer Look
What the future holds for Old King Coal.
BY RYAN BRADLEY

16 FIRST
Burning Question
Why are we still mourning Jobs?
BY JENNIFER ABBASI

17 FIRST
Game Changers
The Khan Academy founder tells his story.
BY SALMAN KHAN

18 FIRST
The Chartist
The case for wage equality.
BY COLLEEN LEAHEY

20 FIRST
Commodity Watch
Tantalum, a metal for James Bond villains.
BY OMAR AKHTAR

22 FIRST
World’s Most Admired Companies
Vornado Realty Trust: big bets in uncertain times.
BY RICHARD MCGILL MURPHY

24 FIRST
Second Act
Michelle Lam finds her fit.
BY COLLEEN LEAHEY

25 PURSUITS
The Best New Hotels
A shortlist of the best options for any budget.
BY ALEXANDRA KIRKMAN

28 PURSUITS
Road Warrior
Tata Consultancy Services’ Natarajan Chandrasekaran.
BY SCOTT GUMMER

29 VENTURE
How We Got Started
When the founders of Blue Man Group got bald and blue.
INTERVIEW BY DINAH ENG

32 VENTURE
Verne Harnish
Ways to recharge your mind and your business.

33 VENTURE
Fastest-Growing Companies
OpenTable, the online-reservation network.
BY RICHARD MCGILL MURPHY

34 TECH
The Future Is Now
The quantified self.
BY JP MANGALINDAN

35 TECH
Tech Stars
Former dotcom CEO Keith Krach is back in the game.
BY MIGUEL HELFT

36 TECH
Social Media
Where the women are: online. More than half of social media users are female.
BY JENNIFER ALSEVER

39 INVEST
Interview
Henry Ellenbogen: tech investing’s East Coast man.
BY MINA KIMES

43 INVEST
Financial Matters
Biogen Idec’s Paul Clancy understands the other side of being a CFO.
BY KATIE BENNER

44 INVEST
Face-Off
Will a European merger and new iPhone shipments boost UPS when airfreight is flagging?
INTERVIEWS BY RYAN DEROUSSEAU

12 Editor’s Desk

136 Bing!
OPINION

45 Allan Sloan
Who would be better for the markets: Obama or Romney?

46 Jack and Suzy Welch
Why some people hate business―and why they shouldn’t.

47 Dan Primack
How Facebook killed the big IPO.

48 Becky Quick
A sticky (notes) problem: mergers and consumers.

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