Table of Contents:VOL. 159, NO. 2 - February 02, 2009 100 BEST COMPANIES TO WORK FOR
 Zappos knows how to kick it The quirky retailer has a reputation for flat-out fun. But when it cut 8% of its staff, Zappos became a model of how to nurture employees in good times and bad. By Jeffrey M. O'Brien
Love your job? Then save it! If you love what you do, now's the time to fight for it. Follow these do's and don'ts to raise the odds that your job stays, well, yours. By Jia Lynn Yang The 2009 list More than 81,000 employees picked this year's winners. By Robert Levering and Milton Moskowitz
Jim Collins: How great companies turn crisis into opportunity In troubled times a business needs enduring values, the best talent, and an ability to see past the chaos in front of it. Interview by Jennifer Reingold FEATURES
 Madoff does Minneapolis Far from Manhattan and Palm Beach, heartland families lost hundreds of millions of dollars. How the scandal stunned a community that doesn't even like to talk about money. By Dave Kansas
Russia's king of crude Lukoil, the country's largest independent company, has become the face of Russian business abroad. But can it become the next Exxon? By Barney Gimbel
Steve's leave: What does it mean? Apple CEO Steve Jobs says he's temporarily stepping away for medical reasons. The move raises questions about the future of Apple - and how the company has disclosed Jobs' health woes. By Adam Lashinsky FIRST
Motor City blues With auto sales in their worst slump in a quarter-century, the mood is dismal in Detroit's Hamtramck neighborhood. By Alex Taylor III with Lawrence Delevingne
Discounters lose their edge Department stores venture into off-price territory. By Suzanne Kapner Book Value A new Mattel-all reveals the skeletons in Barbie's closet. By Jia Lynn Yang Recession creep The spread of the economic downturn, state by state. The Deal Pimco's little secret. By Allan Sloan Madoff's fly-fishing connection A venerable reelmaker could become collateral damage. By Telis Demos
Marketing Are CEOs enticing or alienating as pitchmen? By Suzanne Kapner How I got started Netflix founder and CEO Reed Hastings tells Fortune how he got the idea for the DVD-by-mail service. Interviewed by Alyssa Abkowitz Value driven Why we should help the rich. By Geoff Colvin Meet Citigroup's new "boss" By Katie Benner TECHNOLOGY
 Under Armour reboots The sports apparel maker is sprinting into footwear - and trying to take on Nike - with the help of software and science. By Stephanie N. Mehta
A Palm comeback? Despite a cool new phone, Palm faces big challenges ahead. By Michael V. Copeland Plastic power A startup has a new solar technology so light and malleable that it could charge your laptop -- or light up a skyscraper. By Barney Gimbel
Under the radar Yes, you can dodge Google: Drop.io and others help people hide from search engines. By Jessi Hempel INVESTING IN A CRISIS
 He saw it coming Euro Pacific Capital's Peter Schiff became a star by predicting last year's meltdown. His forecast for 2009 is scary. By Brian O'Keefe
Update: Tom's Terrific Tom Forester's $62 million Forester Value fund is the lone U.S. stock fund to end the year in the black. By Eugenia Levenson FORTUNE INTERNATIONAL
 Europe businessman of the year While the rest of the industry swooned, Porsche CEO Wendelin Wiedeking outsmarted the hedge funds and bought VW. By Peter Gumbel |
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