What the Ticker Forgot
Closed mid-December 2000 · On stands late December 2000
The Front
The Recall Notice
Phenylpropanolamine, the decongestant in Dexatrim and Acutrim, withdrawn after being linked to hemorrhagic stroke
Index of the Turned Year
Layoff notices filed at tech offices coast to coast, Aeron chairs resold on newsgroups, the going rate for a Bay Area sublet, a champagne house's best December on record despite everything, the asking price per picture for the year's highest-grossing star
The Essay
The Speed of the Correction
A register essay on how fast an American industry can talk itself out of existence, argued without naming any single company's collapse
The Foreign File
The Taba Recess
Israeli and Palestinian negotiators break off talks at Taba with a joint statement claiming progress none of them expect to survive the coming Israeli election
The Feature Well
What the Ticker Forgot
The NASDAQ peaks and gives back the boom's gains; the dot-com district's paper wealth evaporates
The City
The Back
The Guitar Put Down
Radiohead releases Kid A, abandoning the guitar-rock premise
Winter Notices
Short reviews of the season's paperback reissues, a bestselling pop memoir, and the winter's most-booked tasting-menu restaurant