July 8, 1999
LATIN LABEL LOTTO - FONOVISA ASKING $250M FOR SALE; EXCLUSIVE
July 8, 1999 | 4:00amThe nation's largest independent Latin music record label is up for sale, The Post has learned. Fonovisa, the label that discovered Spanish sensation Enrique Iglesias, is asking for upwards of...
DEUTSCHE LOSES ITS TOP RISK MANAGER
July 8, 1999 | 4:00am"It's very much in line with Deutsche Bank's business model. They like to be in charge and put their people in charge so it's not really that surprising." OLAF CONRAD,...
FAX: FUGITIVE FRANKEL A FAILED FENCE
July 8, 1999 | 4:00amFugitive financier Martin Frankel tried to buy $30 million worth of diamonds from a New York dealer shortly before he fled the country. The day his Greenwich, Conn. mansion went...
SHANGHAI TANG TANKS - HIP CLOTHING STORE LAUNCHED TOO SOON TO CATCH ASIAN TREND
July 8, 1999 | 4:00amTragically hip Shanghai Tang is shutting its doors July 31, just as a wave of Chinese-inspired fashion is saturating New York City. It launched two years ago on Madison Avenue,...
SONY TALKING WITH CBS, NBC ABOUT PARTNERSHIP DEAL
July 8, 1999 | 4:00amSONY CEO Nobuyuki Idei publically said for the first time that the Japanese media giant is looking for a strategic partner for its U.S. entertainment assets. In a rare interview,...
IT'S CERTIFIED PRE-OWNED, NOT USED
July 8, 1999 | 4:00amNEARLY one-third of new cars on the road today are leased, not purchased outright. Drivers who lease normally don't keep their vehicles as long as drivers who buy, and tend...
KIROV BALLET FIELDS A FINE HERD OF GISELLES
July 8, 1999 | 4:00amSINCE St. Petersburg's Kirov Ballet from the Maryinsky Theater was last at the Metropolitan Opera House four years ago, a lot of water has flowed along the Neva, and the...
ROCK SOLID - HBO SPECIAL IS &*$#%@*!! BUT THE JOKES ARE ****
July 8, 1999 | 4:00am"Chris Rock:Bigger & Blacker" Saturday at 11:15 p.m. on HBO THERE'S no stopping Chris Rock when he's on a roll. He's on a rollercoaster in "Chris Rock: Bigger & Blacker,"...
HOCKENBERRY SWITCHES CHAIRS
July 8, 1999 | 4:00amJOHN Hockenberry is out at MSNBC, insiders say. Hockenberry, who hosts an hour-long, nightly talk show ("Hockenberry") at 10 p.m., will shift back to NBC's "Dateline" as a full-time correspondent,...
'TODAY' INTERN SCORES 'HATE' SCOOP
July 8, 1999 | 4:00amA "Today" show intern hit the jackpot this week when he provided the morning TV show with a video-taped interview with a white supremacist who is believed responsible for last...
THE RIGHTS STUFF - HOW PLAYS CASH IN ON SUMMER
July 8, 1999 | 4:00amIT'S summer time and the royalties are rolling in.Across the country, summer stock, summer camp, amateur and dinner theaters are putting on shows. And that means pots of money for...
ABC WIDE-EYED OVER CRUISE TALK - DIANE SAWYER'S COUP SHUTS OUT NBC
July 8, 1999 | 4:00amABC's Diane Sawyer has snagged one of the few TV interviews that Tom Cruise has agreed to do in connection with his widely anticipated new movie, "Eyes Wide Shut." It's...
THE IDIOT'S GUIDE TO UPSTATE
July 8, 1999 | 4:00am'Upstaters ... can follow the moneylike everybody else - and they knowwhere it's going. Or, at least, theythink they know where it's going. Rightto New York City. And they resent...
NO 'GLOVE' LOST FOR HILLARY OVER NEW GEOGRAPHY GOOF
July 8, 1999 | 4:00amFirst Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton found herself in the middle of a new geo-political flap yesterday after a longtime adviser misidentified a small upstate town. "I think an apology would...
OUR GADGETS GO, AND WE'RE ALL IN BEDROCK
July 8, 1999 | 4:00amY2K? Y2shmay. If you wanted to see New York City brought to its knees, felled by the sudden failure of the machines that make modern existence possible, you needed look...
SHOCKING PRICES FOR APPLE 'JUICE'
July 8, 1999 | 4:00amPower suppliers are making a cool fortune off the Baked Apple - zapping juice-drained Con Ed for 30 times the usual price for extra electricity. The demand for electric power...
KOSOVARS 'MARK' TIME & REJECT SERB CURRENCY
July 8, 1999 | 4:00amWestern policymakers are debating what to do about money in Kosovo now that the majority ethnic Albanian population is refusing to do business in Serbian dinars. In one of several...
ABORTION LEAGUE BASHES BUSH
July 8, 1999 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - Pro-choicers yesterday branded GOP presidential wannabe George W. Bush's Texas as the most anti-abortion state in America. A survey by the National Abortion and Reproductive Rights Action League...
'MY HOT NIGHT WITH TIPSY NICOLE'
July 8, 1999 | 4:00amA boozed-up Nicole Kidman playfully fell into bed with a hunky journalist who was interviewing her, according to Esquire magazine. The flame-haired actress - who stars with hubby Tom Cruise...
RESEARCHERS FEAR CRITICAL LAB WORK HAS BEEN RUINED
July 8, 1999 | 4:00amThe devastating blackout that crippled Washington Heights had some researchers at Columbia Presbyterian Center worried their superheat-sensitive experiments would be hopelessly lost. One veteran researcher at the Columbia University Health...
MIDWEST MADMAN'S EX: I SAW IT COMING
July 8, 1999 | 4:00amThe former girlfriend of a white supremacist who went on a deadly shooting rampage over the July 4 weekend says she had feared he would carry out such an attack...
ORANGE TO PROTEST ULSTER PARADE BAN
July 8, 1999 | 4:00amNorthern Ireland's Protestant Orange Order said yesterday it will stage a massive demonstration in Belfast to protest a ban on one of its marches - even as British Prime Minister...
CITY OFFERS SUBWAY-PUSH VICTIM 2 APTS. FROM HELL; EXCLUSIVE
July 8, 1999 | 4:00amThe city has offered legless subway-push victim Edgar Rivera two possible new homes - but neither is designed to handle his handicap. In April, the Bronx dad of three lost...
GETTING TO LA GUARDIA BY FERRY COULD BE A SHORE THING; EXCLUSIVE
July 8, 1999 | 4:00amThousands of airline passengers could take high-speed ferry service to La Guardia Airport in the new millennium under a "wave to the plane" plan launched by the Port Authority. The...
SHE'S THE WORST LADY FOR MOST UPSTATERS
July 8, 1999 | 4:00amBINGHAMTON. THE only problem with Hillary Rodham Clinton's much-hyped "listening tour" is that she's not listening to guys like Tom Holland. "She knows nothing about New York and we don't...
SHE'D BE NOTHING BUT AN EMPTY CARPETBAG ; SHE'D BE AN EMPTY CARPETBAG
July 8, 1999 | 4:00amWHAT'S in it for New York if Hillary Clinton becomes the Empire State's next senator? Most likely, nothing but tsuris. Which, for visiting Arkansans who don't know Yiddish, means a...
RUDY: LET THERE BE Y2K LIGHT ON BROADWAY
July 8, 1999 | 4:00amMayor Giuliani yesterday quashed an NYPD plan to turn Broadway into the Great Dark Way by shuttering theaters on Millennium Eve - but some producers are still vowing the show...
ED. BIG IM-PLAQUE-ABLE OVER SNUB
July 8, 1999 | 4:00amSchools Chancellor Rudy Crew's right-hand man flew into a snit when he learned his name wouldn't be immortalized on a bronze plaque for a new high school - and ordered...
'DOWNTOWN GIRL' MARIAH LANDS A PAD IN TRIBECA
July 8, 1999 | 4:00amSongbird Mariah Carey has finally found a place to roost. After being shut out by stodgy co-op boards all over the Upper East and West sides, Carey has decided to...
MAYOR'S PEST GETS 30 DAYS IN THE CLINK
July 8, 1999 | 4:00amMayor Giuliani's No. 1 nuisance was thrown in jail for 30 days yesterday after making a point in court - with an inappropriate finger gesture. Ponytailed Christopher Brodeur, 30, of...
MERCHANTS FACING A 'GREEN' OUT
July 8, 1999 | 4:00amSmall-business owners paralyzed when Con Ed pulled the plug on Washington Heights are still in the dark about who will compensate them for the financial blow. "I had to throw...
EXPERTS ARE DIVIDED ON HOW CON ED HANDLED JOB
July 8, 1999 | 4:00amCon Ed got mixed reviews yesterday for the way it handled the power problem that left 68,000 customers in Washington Heights in the dark for nearly 20 hours starting Tuesday...
RUDY POWER PLAY PUTS HEAT ON CON ED - CITY LAWYERS SET TO POUNCE OVER BLACKOUT
July 8, 1999 | 4:00amMayor Giuliani yesterday vowed to take Con Ed to court for plunging northern Manhattan into darkness for nearly 20 harrowing hours in this week's fatal heat wave - which ended...
THE HEAT'S STILL ON IN STRAPHANGER HELL
July 8, 1999 | 4:00amDay Two of power outages stranded seething straphangers with more delays and canceled service yesterday. And more commuter hell is in store today, transit officials said. For the second consecutive...
KATZ(ENBERG) & MOUSE GAME ENDS WITH EX-DISNEY BIG $250M RICHER
July 8, 1999 | 4:00amOne of Hollywood's meanest bonus feuds - pitting Walt Disney chief Michael Eisner against former studio chief Jeffrey Katzenberg - came to a costly close yesterday, with Disney paying more...
HILL TACKLES 'OUTSIDER' RAP AS SHE HITS TRAIL UPSTATE
July 8, 1999 | 4:00amONEONTA - First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton yesterday met the "carpetbagger" issue head on, admitting she has an image problem and more homework to do before New Yorkers accept her....
JOE JOLTS YANKEES - TORRE WILL RETIRE AFTER 2001 SEASON
July 8, 1999 | 4:00amYankee skipper Joe Torre said yesterday he'll hang up his manager's cleats when his contract expires at the end of the 2001 season. "I'm not thinking about doing this more...
TEEN DROWNS AT CITY POOL IN BROOKLYN
July 8, 1999 | 4:00amAn 18-year-old girl drowned yesterday afternoon in a city pool crowded with up to 700 other swimmers, authorities said. Venica Chavis was found unconscious under four feet of water in...
RACE BEATING VICTIM DIES; TWO MEN CHARGED
July 8, 1999 | 4:00amA homeless man died yesterday after he being beaten by two black men angered by his use of racial epithets, police said. Joseph Radu, 44, who lived on the streets...
DID SHE MAKE THE GRADE?
July 8, 1999 | 4:00amHere's a report card for Hillary Rodham Clinton's first day on the campaign trail: RECEPTION: B+. Supporters outnumbered protestors at each stop, and the First Lady energized her followers, who...
MILBURY: WE WON'T REWARD POTVIN FOR '98
July 8, 1999 | 4:00amWe've heard this Islander negotiating tune before. The Felix Potvin negotiations have stolen the same playlist from the Trevor Linden stalemate of last summer. Isles GM Mike Milbury said yesterday...
ISLANDERS INK DISCOUNT DUO
July 8, 1999 | 4:00amIslanders GM Mike Milbury said he took the "corporate bicycle" across Long Island to woo free agent center Chris Ferraro of Sound Beach. "Unlike our neighbors, the corporate jet was...
OAK NOT READY TO PICK LAKERS
July 8, 1999 | 4:00amCharles Oakley isn't ready to wear purple and gold just yet. Oakley's business manager Billy Diamond yesterday refuted an ESPN report thathad the ex-Knick signing with the Lakers come Aug....
ARGENTINE STAR HAS LOCO-MOTIVES
July 8, 1999 | 4:00amEven after missing a world record three penalties in one game, he says he is still willing to give Argentina his best shot. Due to start for Argentina in last...
FLEURY A RANGER TODAY - SMITH WON'T DENY INTEREST IN MESS
July 8, 1999 | 4:00amFor the amount of money the Ranger$ are about to present Theo Fleury, they must believe that The Little Big Man can walk on water. Not true, however; the 31-year-old...
HILL MULLS RAMS' 10-YEAR PROPOSAL; EXCLUSIVE
July 8, 1999 | 4:00am"I can't just say no to it. It's a great opportunity and I'm truly thankful to the people at Fordham." BOB HILL This is the excruciating part, when all the...
OPEN-STRAW POLICY - BOSS MAKES TAMPA COMPLEX AVAILABLE FOR DARRYL WORKOUTS; EXCLUSIVE
July 8, 1999 | 4:00amDETROIT - Even if the Yankees haven't officially announced it, George Steinbrenner will open his arms and his minor league complex to Darryl Strawberry tomorrow morning, The Post has learned....
FICKLE FINGER FLOORS FRANCO - TENDON INJURY SHELVES CLOSER FOR 3-10 WEEKS
July 8, 1999 | 4:00am"We expect John to be back this season. Just how much of the season he'll be back for we don't know." MET GM STEVE PHILLIPS John Franco underwent an MRI...
YOSHII: JAPANESE ARE MAJOR FANS
July 8, 1999 | 4:00amMET NOTES The Mets may well become international emissaries of the sport, with a proposed season-opening series with St. Louis in Tokyo next year. Officials of the commissioner's office and...
HERSHISER'S SHOWING LOTTA OL' BULLDOG
July 8, 1999 | 4:00amIt crossed his mind. He was going so badly, looking more like a senior citizen than a 40-year old, and Orel Hershiser could not avoid thinking that it might be...
H.S. STARS: DON'T BAN FRESHMEN
July 8, 1999 | 4:00amHigh school players have a message for the NCAA: Don't block our shot! With the NCAA debating whether to prohibit freshmen from playing Division I basketball, some of the nation's...
A DISAPPOINTED MO TELLS JOE: I CAN'T GO
July 8, 1999 | 4:00am"I am real sorry. It's a real honor for me to be in the All-Star Game but I need to be home to take care of this problem." MARIANO RIVERA...
BIGGER ROSTERS WOULD END STARS & GRIPES FOREVER
July 8, 1999 | 4:00amTHERE IS more space in cyberspace than there is even in Eric Gregg's strike zone, plenty of room for some computer nerd from Massachusetts to stuff a ballot box for...
METS ALL-SNUB TEAM EXCEPT FOR MIKE
July 8, 1999 | 4:00am"We'll just go out with our non-All-Star lineup ... and see if we can thrill the fans." BOBBY VALENTINE Mike Piazza was the sure thing. But yesterday, as several other...
FINGER FAILS FRANCO - MET CLOSER OUT ANOTHER 3-10 WEEKS
July 8, 1999 | 4:00amJohn Franco underwent an MRI yesterday afternoon on his injured middle finger, and the results were as bad as Franco and the Mets had feared. The closer has a partial...
THE BOSS DECLARES OPEN-STRAW POLICY; EXCLUSIVE
July 8, 1999 | 4:00amDETROIT - Even if the Yankees haven't officially announced it, George Steinbrenner will open his arms and his minor league complex to Darryl Strawberry tomorrow morning, The Post has learned....
DISAPPOINTED MO TELLS JOE: I CAN'T GO
July 8, 1999 | 4:00amDETROIT - A Panama house builder's greed forced Mariano Rivera to inform Joe Torre that he won't be able to participate in Tuesday's All-Star Game at Fenway Park. Selected by...
DOTEL SHOWS SHEA HE HAS RIGHT STUFF
July 8, 1999 | 4:00amLosing to the Expos any time, anywhere, in any way cannot be acceptable, but the Mets did just that last night and their rookie pitcher, Octavio Dotel, was certainly not...
METS THROWN FOR A LOSS - ROBIN INJURY PAINFUL AS SUB LOPEZ' ERROR GIVES EXPOS VICTORY
July 8, 1999 | 4:00amIt didn't take long for the Mets to rue third baseman Robin Ventura's injury. Three innings, to be exact. The five-time Gold Glove winner suffered a bruised left foot in...
VENTURA DAY-TO-DAY AFTER DRILLING
July 8, 1999 | 4:00amMET NOTES Yesterday was simply not one of Robin Ventura's better days. Hours after being snubbed for the NL All-Star team, he took a Dan Smith pitch flush on his...
CONE FALLEN STAR - DAVID ROUGHED UP AS BOMBERS SUFFER MOTOWN MELTDOWN
July 8, 1999 | 4:00amDETROIT - Three runs in the fourth inning when David Cone didn't miss a Tiger barrel was an early indication that last night wasn't going to be vintage Cone. Even...
SPENCER CHECKS OUT OF HOSPITAL
July 8, 1999 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES DETROIT - With his heartbeat back to normal, Shane Spencer was released from Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center yesterday. If things go well, he could be back on the...