December 2, 2002 | Vol. 160 No. 23

The I-Love-George Contest

In Louisiana's runoff for the Senate, Bush can't lose

But Will We Be Any Safer?

Bush gets his vast, new security department. Its success may depend on answers to five critical questions

How Sick Was J.F.K.?

Much sicker than we thought, says the biographer who has opened some of Kennedy's long-secret medical records

When It Counted, He Never Faltered

Mind Your Own Business, Boys

Hewlett-Packard's Carly Fiorina is starting to turn doubters into believers. But can she boost profits while rivals Dell and IBM attack her flanks?

They've Got The World On A String (Business/Global Influentials/The Next Wave)

TIME selects 15 execs from 11 countries as young leaders of 2002

Adebayo Ogunlesi: CSFB's global-banking chief (Business/Global Influentials/The Next Wave)

His road from Nigerian doctor's son to Wall Street boss has crossed oil fields, the Supreme Court and a rifle or two

Carla Cico (Business/Global Influentials/The Next Wave)

CEO and president of Brasil Telecom Disgusted by the get-rich-quick mentality, she's building a company of distance runners

David Ji and Ancle Hsu: Founders of Apex Digital (Business/Global Influentials/The Next Wave)

Their upstart electronics firm is headed for $1 billion in sales — and Ji still scrubs the rest room

Dee Mellor: Vice president of GE Medical Systems (Business/Global Influentials/The Next Wave)

Whether it's a jet engine or a digital X-ray machine, she knows how to get it built — on time, on spec, on budget

Eric Kim (Business/Global Influentials/The Next Wave)

Global marketing chief of Samsung He has a master's in engineering but is best known as the marketer who helped turn Samsung around

Ginni Rometty: Head of IBM Business Consulting Services (Business/Global Influentials/The Next Wave)

Scuba diving is good training for a woman who wants to change the shape of IBM

Guerrino De Luca: CEO of Logitech International (Business/Global Influentials/The Next Wave)

On a bet with employees, he dyed his hair bright pink. Then he addressed a bunch of Swiss bankers

Herbert Demel: Chief of Magna Steyr (Business/Global Influentials/The Next Wave)

His parents hoped a summer doing lube jobs would cure his love of cars

Myrtle Potter: COO of Genentech (Business/Global Influentials/The Next Wave)

Her father bet the house on her teenage ambition and won a biotech miracle worker

Naina Lal Kidwai (Business/Global Influentials/The Next Wave)

Managing director of HSBC India She stays in India because she can help open its economy to the world

Richard Barton: Founder and CEO of Expedia (Business/Global Influentials/The Next Wave)

Padding around in his socks, he's every travel agent's worst nightmare

Rob Lawes: CEO of Hit Entertainment (Business/Global Influentials/The Next Wave)

With help from an animated construction worker, he's building a kids'-media empire

Robert Kazutomo Hori: CEO of Cybird (Business/Global Influentials/The Next Wave)

He got millions in Japan — and soon maybe the world — for the likes of Beethoven ring tones

Sallie Krawcheck: CEO of Citigroup's new Smith Barney unit (Business/Global Influentials/The Next Wave)

Not just anyone can publicly criticize a top CEO, then get hired to run one of his key divisions

Strive Masiyiwa: Founder of Econet Wireless (Business/Global Influentials/The Next Wave)

He wanted to join the freedom fighters, but they told him to stick to engineering. It was good advice

Rudy: Open for Business

What can Giuliani do for WorldCom? And what can they do for him?

Milestones (Notebook)

Another Big Catch In Yemen (Notebook)

Letters (Letters)

No Zapping These Commercials (Notebook)

Musharraf Wins Ugly (notebook)

Topping Off The Tanks (Notebook)

Verbatim (Notebook)

Who Got Saudi Money? (Notebook)