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Forbes Magazine 09.16.02
Visa's Vision Daniel Lyons The world's top credit card company wants to rule all electronic payments--once it overhauls its computers. Small Caps, Big Hopes Christopher Helman and James M. Clash Little stocks may boost your returns when the market turns. The Honor Roll William Heuslein Our Top Ten list. Mutual Back-Scratching Neil Weinberg and Daniel Kruger Why aren't fund directors standing up for investors? Maybe because they're too busy enriching themselves.		Sections OutFront Companies, People, Ideas Featured in this Issue Entrepreneurs Technology Money & Investing Health Forbes Life Departments Side Lines Readers Say Fact and Comment Other Comments Current Events Digital Rules On My Mind \| Carrots and Sticks Archive

OutFront
Attack of the Rugrats Elisa Williams Viacom continues to thrive. But it won't win any awards for congeniality.		Spies in the Boardroom? Luisa Kroll An upstart accuses financial publishing giant Thomson of espionage.		From the Corner Office Curiosity Cabinet Katarzyna Moreno Burst-bubble bounty.
Mr. Cisneros' Dream Job Lynn J. Cook The onetime politician finds his mark in cheap housing.		E-maily Dickenspam Kiri Blakeley Desperate verse.		Innocents Abroad Brigid McMenamin Dubious off-shore investments are big hits with U.S. lawyers and accountants. Why?
Paying for Pain Michael Freedman Sept. 11 victims may not be the only ones getting federal payouts.		Follow-Through Christopher Helman, Carrie Coolidge, Dirk Smillie, Scott Woolley and Chana R. Schoenberger		The Informer Ashlea Ebeling, Luisa Kroll, Catherine Cay, Janet Novack and William P. Barrett Harvey Pitt versus the SEC; fake FORBES figures.

Companies, People, Ideas
Muckraker Brett Nelson ITT wants to be top of the heap in the sewage business.		The 100% Solution Dan Seligman Be wary when legislation sails through without opposition.		Pedaling Downhill Chana R. Schoenberger Why spending in a recession can make sense.
Life Imitates Art Elisa Williams Software icon Peter Norton returns.		The Right Medicine Deborah Orr Siemens takes on health care.		Backseat Driver \| Falling in Love Jerry Flint
Why Not? \| Price-Protect Your Home Ian Ayres and Barry Nalebuff Yes, you can lose money. More than half the homeowners who bought in the early 1990s lived in markets that declined over the subsequent five years.

Featured in this Issue
Visa's Vision Daniel Lyons The world's top credit card company wants to rule all electronic payments--once it overhauls its computers.		Baseball: Blame the Owners Kurt Badenhausen They're the ones who took on too much debt.		Clever Cells Stephen Manes Testing the IQs of the new smart phones.

Entrepreneurs
The Appellation Trail Quentin Hardy A Napa winegrower bets his fortune on new soil.		Green Wood Christopher Helman A craftsman tries to modernize his production line.

Technology
Revenge of the Nerds Monte Burke MIT's brainy jocks try to build a better ski boot.

Money & Investing
Makers & Breakers Phyllis Berman, Andrew T. Gillies and Christopher Helman Allegiance Telecom; Apogent; Cisco.		Portfolio Strategy \| A Beautiful Market Kenneth L. Fisher		The Patient Investor \| The Telltale Letter John W. Rogers Jr.

Health
The Plot Thickens Mary Ellen Egan You track your blood pressure, sodium and cholesterol. What about blood viscosity?

Forbes Life
Trends \| Hogs, Executive Style Mary Crane White-collar biking has vroomed off in directions undreamt of by Malcolm Forbes.		Thoughts

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