Which Financial World are you talking about?  We receive ISSN 0015-2064 and
there has been no problem with the numbering this year.

Kevin M. Randall
Head, Serials Cataloging Section
Northwestern University Library
Evanston, IL   60208-2300

email: kmr@nwu.edu
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Elizabeth Cronk wrote:
>  Has anyone figured out the strange numbering with recent issues of
>  Financial World magazine?  We've been getting issues with the dates in
>  order (although different from what we anticipate), but the issue
>  numbers are wildly out of order.  We've called the publisher a couple
>  of times to figure out where we're at, and today we left a message
>  asking for a list of correct issues.  Based on our previous
>  communications with them, I don't know how much luck we'll have.  If
>  you keep good records, I'd appreciate a run-down of the issue
>  information since this started happening, or if you've talked to the
>  publisher, I'd be interested to hear what you found out.  Thanks!
>
>  Elizabeth Cronk
>  Corporate Library
>  ReliaStar Financial
>  elizabeth.cronk@reliastar.com