Table of Contents:VOL. 159, NO. 4 - March 02, 2009 COVER STORY
 How Facebook is taking over our lives President Obama used it to get elected. Dell will recruit new hires with it. Microsoft's new operating system borrows from it. No question, Facebook has friends in high places. Can CEO Mark Zuckerberg make those connections pay off? By Jessi Hempel FEATURES
 Inside Obama's economic crusade With a fast and furious start, the President's team is launching trillion-dollar programs to rescue the economy and remake the face of America. Will they get it right? Fortune went behind the scenes where his advisors are waging war on the recession. By Nina Easton
Changing of the guard at Wal-Mart By the time Lee Scott handed over the reins to Mike Duke on Feb. 1, he had transformed Wal-Mart into a more likeable company. But it was his less well-known crusade to change the corporate culture from boots to suits that may be his true legacy. By Suzanne Kapner Pimco's power play Bill Gross is deftly navigating the most treacherous market in modern times. But is the bond king too big? Does he have Washington - and us - over a barrel? By Katie Benner
Baseball battles the slump In one of the hardest-hit parts of the country, the Arizona Diamondbacks are emerging as a case study of how to keep sports fans loyal during the recession ($1.50 hot dogs, anyone?). By Jon Birger FIRST
Money shots It's Academy Awards time, high season for the more than 800 paparazzi who work in L.A. By Richard Siklos
Now hiring If you can do math - or dance - you're employable. By Mina Kimes Bonus-bashing backlash In Texas, an endowment chairman quits in a huff. By Jia Lynn Yang The deal High-wire act. By Allan Sloan The day the Muzak died A pile of debt spells hard times for easy listening. By Telis Demos
Value driven Yes, you can raise prices. By Geoff Colvin Three-minute manager How can I keep my sales team productive in a recession? By Jia Lynn Yang Smoking-gun search engines find profit There's nothing like an economic crisis and Ponzi schemes to trigger a boom in e-discovery. By Telis Demos How I got started Best Buy's Brad Anderson is the accidental CEO. By Mina Kimes TECHNOLOGY
 Salesforce hits its stride Cost cutting could cause a surge in demand for its web-based services. By Jessi Hempel
The client-server model: not dead yet Traditional enterprise software systems may not be trendy, but they're not going to be swept away by the cloud-computing crowd. By Michael V. Copeland INVESTING IN A CRISIS
The bargain bin A lot of tech stocks have taken a beating in this difficult market. Here are three that will bounce back when the economy recovers. By Michael V. Copeland
Face-off What's next for GE? Top analysts Steve Tusa of J.P. Morgan and Scott Davis of Morgan Stanley share their views. By Scott Cendrowski
Breaking views Financial stocks to bank on. By Rob Cox and Antony Currie |
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