Apple’s Next Attraction
Senior Editor Steven Levy has interviewed Steve Jobs “at least a dozen times” since they first met in 1983, when Levy was writing for Rolling Stone and the Macintosh’s debut was still a year away. For this week’s issue, Levy joined Jobs once again for a peek at Apple’s G4 Cube (keyboard and mouse, above). “I’ve followed his career very closely,” says Levy, who wrote a book, “Insanely Great,” on the Macintosh’s development. “We’re both aware of that history.”
A Flair for Finance
Allan Sloan, NEWSWEEK’s Wall Street editor, studied English at Brooklyn College and never went to business school. Assigned to cover real estate as a young reporter, he began immersing himself in the minutiae of business. “My father used to say, ‘Where did you learn all that stuff?’,” says Sloan. “I just ask, ‘How does this work?”’ This week he dives into Ford’s financial restructuring. Sloan’s story begins on page 42.
