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Fortune Magazine April 22, 1991 The 500 The Largest U.S. Industrial Corporations
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Competition
157 - How Copycats Steal Billions
Foreign theft of innovations bedevils America. Wise companies fight back.
By Faye Rice
167 - Hard Times for Diamonds
Gem dealers are mired between De Beers’s cartel and slackening demand.
By Richard S. Teitelbaum
Health
181 - The New Attack on Killer Diseases
Understanding basic causes of major illnesses could revolutionize medicine.
By Gene Bylinsky
Deals
197 - Have I Got a Hot One for You
This biotech venture has it all, from glittering scientists to big-name directors to wealthy investors who may never see payday.
By Andrew Kupfer
Labor
209 - Shaking the Blue-Collar Blues
Struggling to stay even, workers are looking beyond high school for skills. And corporations are learning that training pays off.
By Jaclyn Fierman
Germany
221 - Managing for a Second Miracle
Merging the East’s bankrupt economic system into the West’s dynamic market capitalism won’t be easy, but will be instructive.
By Louis S. Richman
Departments
4 - Editor's Desk
8 - Index
14 - News/Trends
Japan opens more U.S. plants, riverboat gambling comes back, Warren Buffett buys junk, Pravda pans porn, what bosses’ dads did, and more.
21 - Fortune Forecast
Inflation will accelerate along with the recovery as employees make up for lost income and businesses repair profit margins.
By Vivian Brownstein
41 - Personal Investing
As the economy rebounds, it’s time to check out the cyclical industries on the 500. Fortune uncovers some bargains.
By Andrew Evan Serwer
Also: Cutting bull-market risk with convertible bonds, and Portfolio Talk with Robert Czepiel of the Robertson Stephens Emerging Growth fund.
229 - Fortune People
The Post becomes even safer for Donnie, profiting from war—barely, and more.
By Mark M. Colodny
230 - On the Rise
251 - Other Voices
Laws that put criminal trials first are bumping corporate cases out of court.
By Sheldon H. Elsen
269 - Letters to Fortune
273 - Keeping Up
By Daniel Seligman
