July 1, 2002

Komag Inc, last United States-based independent computer disk-drive maker, is set to emerge from bankruptcy; industry has been hurt by racing to raise disk-storage capacity 100 percent annually, while storage demand has grown by only 50 percent a year; Komag has moved all manufacturing operations to Asia and cut cost structure in half in last two years; graph of hard-disk platter shipments; photo (M)

Disappearance of four-year-old Rilya Wilson more than year ago while under care of Florida's Department of Children and Families shows that reform of state's child welfare system has been less impressive than Gov Jeb Bush or agency have acknowledged; situation has embarrassed Bush at onset of re-election campaign and energized opponents; even though Bush has moved swiftly to control damage by appointing committee to investigate agency and taking pains to praise its progress since taking office, analysis of state records show system remains severely overburned; photos (M)

Former chief executives and corporate governance experts express surprise at recent efforts by some chief executives to cover up misdeeds, including alleged evidence tampering by former Tyco International chairman L Dennis Kozlowski and insider trading probe involving Martha Stewart's sale of ImClone stock; hold most executives continue to run their companies in honest way; photo (M)

Charges that Dr Samuel D Waksal, former chief executive of ImClone Systems, engaged in insider trading and investigation into stock trading of Martha Stewart draw attention to grapevine of well-heeled people in Manhattan among whom exchange of corporate information is burgeoning social custom, not necessarily crime; such friendships often coincide with business relationships where power, access and social advantage intersect; information that most Americans would think of as exceedingly privileged is passed among them at cocktail parties as casually as canapes; photos (M)

Brazil defeats Germany, 2-0, to win fifth World Cup title; Brazil's Ronaldo is named Cup's most valuable player; photos (M)