Overall, the Standard Model describes electroweak precision data rather well.
There are however a few areas of tension (charged current universality, NuTeV,
(g-2)_\mu, b quark asymmetries), which I review emphasizing recent theoretical
and experimental progress. I also discuss what precision data tell us about the
Higgs boson and new physics scenarios. In this context, the role of a precise
measurement of the top mass is crucial.Comment: 12 pages; invited talk at 21st International Symposium on Lepton and
Photon Interactions at High Energies (LP 03), Batavia, Illinois, 11-16 Aug
200