COVER
The 2009 TIME 100: The World's Most Influential People
In our annual TIME 100 issue, we do the impossible: name the people who most affect our world
Leaders & Revolutionaries (The TIME 100)
From a Kennedy to the London mayor, the men and women who shape politics
Builders & Titans (The TIME 100)
The Twitter guys, Jamie Dimon, T. Boone Pickens and other business gurus
Artists & Entertainers (The TIME 100)
Rush, Zac, M.I.A. and more who make us laugh or think or shout or sing along
Heroes & Icons (The TIME 100)
Those who inspire: Michelle Obama, Somaly Mam, Tiger Woods and, of course, George Clooney
Scientists & Thinkers (The TIME 100)
Nouriel Roubini (the savant who predicted the crash) and other intellectuals who interpret our world
GLOBAL BUSINESS
Nortel's Nadir (Telecom)
How Canada's top tech firm lost its dial tone — and why other telephony firms will follow it
Kangaroo: It's What's For Dinner (Marketing)
Kangaroo meat is jumping off store shelves as Australians go for a greener, cheaper protein source
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Bringing It All Back Home (Music)
Bob Dylan's career has been full of surprises. On his 46th album, he mellows out
ESSAY
Why North Korea is So Crazy
North Korea's rogue behavior is as much an act of self-preservation as it is defiance
GLOBAL ADVISER
Step Into the Age of Excess at the Victoria & Albert Museum (On Show)
A new exhibit at the London museum explores baroque — the first global art style — as a triumph of form over function
Eat Your Greens in Paris (Amuse-Bouche)
Restaurants in the City of Light have neglected vegetables for years. That's changing — and how
Netbooks: A Perfect Travel Companion (Tech Watch)
These lightweight processors are a perfect gadget to take along for on-the-road surfing and e-mail
Kalimantan's Camp Orangutan (Diversions)
Visit the Camp Leakey rehabilitation center in southern Borneo, where former pets are groomed to return back to the wild