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What's Your Beauty Cost?
Ever wonder how much you spend on beauty products each year? From face cream and tanning to highlights and pedicures, we calculate the cost of a lifetime of beauty maintenance--and the numbers will shock you. View the graphic and special report.
A New Economy, a New Blog
This week we introduce Wealth of Nations, a blog on the global economy. Newsweek writers and guest experts help distill the frenzy of news as political and business leaders craft a new economic order.
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- Daniel Gross interprets the latest plot twists in our financial soap opera in his weekly column, Money Culture.
- In The Gaggle, Katie Connolly and the rest of the White House team file daily reports from the halls of power.
- In Her Body, Barbara Kantrowitz and Pat Wingert take a closer look at women's health issues.
- Robert J. Samuelson makes sense of the world's economic woes in his column, Judgment Calls.
- Follow the latest twists in the intel wars each week in Terror Watch, by Michael Isikoff and Mark Hosenball.
From N.W.A. to Grunge, a Trip Down Memory Lane
These are the most-read stories and photo galleries on Newsweek.com for the week ending March 27.
1. When a Young Mother Dies
Why the untimely losses of Natasha Richardson and Jade Goody struck such a chord.
By Susanna Schrobsdorff
2. Photos: The Changing Face of Compton
3. Photos: The Greediest People of All Time
4. Photos: CEOs Golden Parachutes From Failed Firms
5. Straight Into Compton
How the country's murder capital got its groove back.
By Jessica Bennett
6. The Guard Who Found Islam
Terry Holdbrooks stood watch over prisoners at Gitmo. What he saw made him adopt their faith.
By Dan Ephron
7. Photos: Taxpayer Anger over Economy, Bailout
8. Photos: History of Economic Downturns
9. Photos: Top Bands of the Grunge Era Revisited
10. Photos: Midlife Baby Boom--Famous Over-40 Moms
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FROM NEWSWEEK'S INTERNATIONAL EDITIONS
The Gordon Geckos of Yore
From Ponzi schemer Bernard Madoff to AIG's bonus-earning execs, Wall Street has redefined economic excess. But those former Masters of the Universe didn't invent greed. As Genghis Khan, Imelda Marcos, Ivan Boesky and others on our list of history's greediest figures show, it's only human nature to lust after wealth and treasure.
A New Economy, a New Blog
This week we introduce Wealth of Nations, a blog on the global economy. newsweek writers and guest experts help distill the frenzy of news as political and business leaders craft a new economic order.
Highlights
These are some of the columnists, guest writers and bloggers you can find on Newsweek.com.
- Larry Kaplow parses the fallout from the recent provincial elections in Iraq on our Checkpoint Baghdad blog.
- In a guest column, Daniel Drezner explains why the specter of trade protectionism makes for high stakes at the G20.
- President Obama will visit Turkey in April; Grenville Byford lays out the likely talking points in advance of the trip.
- Daniel Gross interprets the latest plot twists in our financial soap opera in his weekly Web-only columns.
- Join in the conversation at PostGlobal, where Fareed Zakaria and others talk about the latest world news.
Finding Islam in Jail and Reforming Saudi Arabia
These are the top articles, galleries and interactives on Newsweek.com's international site for the week ending March 27.
1. 'Lula Wants to Fight'
Invigorated by the crisis, Brazil's president says he's praying for Barack Obama.
2. 'Photos: CEOs' Golden Parachutes'
These top executives are walking away with mountains of money--even though their firms failed.
3. 'The Guard Who Found Islam'
Terry Holdbrooks stood watch over prisoners at Gitmo. What he saw made him adopt their faith.
4. 'Photos: Taxpayer Anger Over the Bailout'
With the economy in shambles, Americans are lashing out at bailouts and corporate bonuses.
5. 'Photos: History of Economic Downturns'
A look back at financial crises of years past, and some scenes from our latest economic storm.
6. 'Photos: The Hottest (and Not-est) Vampires'
A look at the hottest, and the homeliest, movie vampires ever to hit the big screen.
7. ‘Goldman Sachs, Welfare Queen'
It's survived the meltdown, but Wall Street's most storied firm is surviving on taxpayer dollars.
8. 'The Monarch Who Declared His Own Revolution'
King Abdullah, 85, is racing to reform Saudi Arabia. How much can he accomplish--and can it last?
9. 'Don't Buy the Chirpy Forecasts'
Despite cheery projections, the history of banking crises indicates this one may be far from over.
10. 'Straight Into Compton'
The California city has a new lease on life. How the country's murder capital got its groove back.
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