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Table of Contents:VOL. 161, NO. 5 - April 12, 2010
Cover story
How LinkedIn will fire up your career
How LinkedIn will fire up your career
Think of it as Facebook for grownups. And now the social network is about to become even more powerful. Is your profile up yet? By Jessi Hempel 
Features
C-Suite strategies
The U.S. economy may be a bummer, but David Rubenstein, chief of private equity firm Carlyle Group, sees opportunity in China, Brazil, and other developing countries. Interview by Geoff Colvin 
There will be oil
... Or will there? How Kleiner Perkins, Goldman Sachs, and other smart investors lost millions betting on Erlend Olson, who claimed to have a new way to find petroleum. By Adam Lashinsky 
Special Report
The truth about green: 25 myths debunked
The truth about green: 25 myths debunked
When it comes to what's environmentally sound and what's not, confusion reigns. Fortune clears up 25 common misconceptions about the food we eat, the products we buy, the way we travel, and the energy we use.  
First
By the numbers
China's wine boom. By Scott Cendrowski 
Closer look
Should CVS Caremark split up? By Mina Kimes 
The chartist
The 2010 Census is ready to go. At stake: billions in funding. By Beth Kowitt 
Most Admired Companies
Payroll processor ADP. By Beth Kowitt 
The briefing
Obama woos CEOs, the Facebook of dieting, and more. 
Tech
The future is now
Hewlett-Packard aims to install a trillion tiny sensors to collect data about the world around us.  
Tech@Work
A new way to cut your payroll costs. By Jon Fortt 
Techmate
Open tech systems should rule, yet closed (Apple!) always seem to win. Which model prevails? By Jon Fortt and Michael V. Copeland 
Invest
Interview
Veteran hedge fund investor Leon Cooperman on how he'll play the market this year. By Lawrence A. Armour 
Face-off
J.P. Morgan Chase's stock has returned 82% in the past year. Buy or sell? Interviews by Scott Cendrowski 
Career
The way we work
Rewarding more employees more often with less money may work better than giving just a few a whole lot. By Telis Demos 
Coaching
How do I get a headhunter interested in me? Expert advice from Les Berglass. By Telis Demos 
Second Act: Joel Babbit
Nature called, he listened. By Beth Kowitt 
Opinion
How the GOP can make America love free markets again in an era of taxpayer bailouts.
By Nina Easton 
Memo to President Obama: Fill the Federal Reserve vacancies wisely. Your legacy depends on it.
By Becky Quick 
Guest columnist
Current financial reform proposals won't work. A banking CEO has ideas of what will. By Warren Stephens 
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