December 21, 1999
GLOBAL FUNDS READY TO ROCK(ET)
December 21, 1999 | 5:00amA FTER a disastrous 1998, international funds started staging a comeback in 1999, and are now poised to truly take advantage of recovering world economies in 2000. One of the...
CORCORAN GROUP GOES COMMERCIAL
December 21, 1999 | 5:00amTHE doctor is in -- at least for ritzy real-estate brokerBarbara Corcoran. The founder of Corcoran Group, best known for its posh residential listings, is jumping into the booming business...
'NET TIGHTENS ON WARBURG SALE RUMORS
December 21, 1999 | 5:00amNo matter how hard officials at Swiss banking giant UBS try to dispel the notion that its investment bank, Warburg Dillon Read, is for sale, no one seems to believe...
BLUE CHIPS SHRIVEL IN DREAD OF THE FED
December 21, 1999 | 5:00amWorries that the Federal Reserve and Chairman Alan Greenspan may adopt a tightening bias at today's meeting sent blue chip slumping. Fearless tech investors, however, showed no such worries and...
SOME ASSEMBLY REQUIRED - FIFTH AT 42ND GETTING PUT TOGETHER BY INVISIBLE FORCE
December 21, 1999 | 5:00amJ UST in time for your New Year's sightseeing, the stealth assemblage is back. The real estate community is buzzing over the valuable northeast corner of Fifth Avenue and 42nd...
MORT MAY TRY TO LOSE U.S. NEWS
December 21, 1999 | 5:00amReal estate magnate, Daily News owner and self-styled pundit Mort Zuckerman may be looking to sell U.S. News and World Report. Citing "several well-placed media sources," MSNBC gossip maven Jeannette...
JUDGE REFUSES REQUEST TO FREE NAUGHTON
December 21, 1999 | 5:00amLOS ANGELES -- A federal judge yesterday ruled that a former Disney executive jailed for possessing child porn must stay behind bars -- even though prosecutors and defense lawyers agreed...
BRANSON'S $1 BILLION FLIGHT TO E-COMMERCE
December 21, 1999 | 5:00amRichard Branson -- the man who built the Virgin brand into a household name for everything from music stores to airlines -- is ready to make his first major thrust...
EX-PC VIRGIN IS NO STRANGER TO THE 'NET
December 21, 1999 | 5:00amHe may have only recently learned how to use a PC, but billionaire balloonist Richard Branson has been building his online image since 1996. That's when he launched Virgin Net,...
ALI MACGRAW'S GOT A NEW BAG - THE MONICA'S GOT A LINE OF PURSES, TOO
December 21, 1999 | 5:00amFormer Hollywood superstar Ali MacGraw may have said "Goodbye, Columbus" 30 years ago, but these days it's "Hello handbags." The ex-fashion model-turned-movie starlet just launched a line of accessories that...
ABT'S 'FARM TEAM' CHALKS UP A FEW HITS
December 21, 1999 | 5:00amBASEBALL has its farm teams, and often dance companies have something a tad similar. These are small troupes of professional dancers, perhaps not quite ready for the major leagues yet...
3 AILEY REVIVALS RIVAL TRIO OF FINE PREMIERES
December 21, 1999 | 5:00am'TIS the season for the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater to be resident at City Center, where the company has become as much a New York Christmas tradition as Balanchine's...
'HISTORY' REPEATS ITSELF
December 21, 1999 | 5:00amTHERE are many good things in Sybille Pearson's "True History and Real Adventures," now at the Vineyard Theater, not least its staging and acting, yet it still seems more of...
A MIXED-UP 'GIRL'
December 21, 1999 | 5:00amTHANKS to some fine acting, particularly a terrific turn as a sexy sociopath by Angelina Jolie, "Girl, Interrupted" is more engaging than the Lifetime TV movies it often resembles. There...
AD OF THE CENTURY
December 21, 1999 | 5:00amA NEW YORK ad agency has come up with an ingenious plan to air the first commercial of the new millennium. To accomplish this historic feat, Euro RSCG Worldwide has...
KRICFALUSI'S 'MONKEY' BIZ - DISNEY TURNS TO CREATOR OF 'REN & STIMPY' FOR SERIES
December 21, 1999 | 5:00amDISNEY has paired up with the creator of the controversial animated hit "The Ren & Stimpy Show" to develop a new show called "Green Monkeys." The show -- about a...
THE STARR REPORT
December 21, 1999 | 5:00amStrictly business It's been quite a year for CNBC's Ron Insana, who chucked his toupee, inhaled tear gas in Seattle -- and has now been cited as one of the...
UP CLOSE WITH CANNIBAL TRIBE - RIPLEY RETURN AN EYE-OPENER
December 21, 1999 | 5:00amSEE if you can name one thing you've never seen on television. Give up? How about cannibals? You've likely never seen them on TV -- until now. Next month, you're...
PRODUCERS KEEP IT ALL IN THE FAMILY - FONTANA, WOLF HOLD REINS ON NY DRAMA-GO-ROUND
December 21, 1999 | 5:00amIN the rough-and-tumble worlds of "Oz," "Law & Order" and "The Sopranos," many of the faces look the same -- for a very good reason. There is a small, elite...
YEAR'S BEST CDS - RED HOT PEPPERS ARE PICK OF PACK
December 21, 1999 | 5:00amUNLIKE the past few years, when girls have been on top of the rock, in 1999 the boys were back in town. That's reflected in the selection of this year's...
TRAVELER'S UPDATE
December 21, 1999 | 5:00amPump & circumstance If you're thinking of stepping out to St. Louis, Mo., within the next six months, make tracks to the City Museum. The Really Big Shoe Show, running...
HOLIDAY HEALTH HAZARDS - SURE, THE HOLIDAYS CAN BE HELLISH, BUT CAN THEY ACTUALLY BE BAD FOR YOU? SURPRISINGLY, YES. READ ON TO FIND OUT THE SIX MOST COMMON HOLIDAY HEALTH PROBLEMS - AND HOW TO AVOID THEM
December 21, 1999 | 5:00amDEPRESSION Maybe it's just the thought of having to look at your obnoxious brother-in-law's face over the Christmas dinner table. Or maybe it's being forced to constantly listen to canned...
CALL IT FRAZIER VS. ALI THE NEXT GENERATION - JOE'S GIRL SAYS SHE KNOWS THE ROPES & IS READY FOR LAILA
December 21, 1999 | 5:00amJACQUI Frazier Lyde looks after her three children, a husband who is 6-foot-8 and a booming law business all at once. She goes to bed about midnight after finishing up...
MUDSLIDES IN VENEZUELA MAY HAVE KILLED 25,000
December 21, 1999 | 5:00amAt least 10,000 people have been killed by the mudslides and flash floods swamping Venezuela's Caribbean coast -- and officials say the full extent of the calamity may never be...
CLOSE-OUT STORES A GRAB BAG O' BARGAINS
December 21, 1999 | 5:00amBARGAIN close-out centers -- stores that fill their shelves with random shipments of retail overstock and manufacturer seconds -- offer a shopping experience unlike any other. Their stock changes daily...
CHRISTMAS LIGHTS BLAMED IN FATAL BRONX BLAZE
December 21, 1999 | 5:00amA set of cheap Christmas tree lights sparked a smoky two-alarm fire in a Bronx apartment yesterday -- killing a visiting grandma from Bolivia and forcing the heart-stopping ladder-rescue of...
PORN SHOPS WIN SEX APPEAL IN TOP N.Y. COURT
December 21, 1999 | 5:00amThe state's top court handed porn shops a major victory yesterday -- ruling that even "sham" compliance with the city's 60-40 sexual-content rule makes the businesses legal. The 7-0 Court...
TUNNEL VISION INSPIRED THIS MR. HOLLAND'S OPUS
December 21, 1999 | 5:00amNext time you're in the Holland Tunnel, breathe easy. The reason? Because you can. No, the Port Authority hasn't fixed the epic traffic snarls on either end of the 72-year-old...
FIRST LADY'S FOES DIG HIZZONER'S WEB SITE
December 21, 1999 | 5:00amMayor Giuliani yesterday launched an Internet strike on likely Senate opponent Hillary Rodham Clinton -- showcasing colorful anti-Hillary letters from around the country on his campaign Web site. "When I...
NEW TA SURVEY SHOWS MOST RIDERS SINCE '71
December 21, 1999 | 5:00amNearly 7 million straphangers are cramming into buses and subway trains daily -- the most since the fall of 1971, Transit Authority figures show. That tally tops the population of...
RUDY MAY HAVE DATE WITH HILL AT MLK FETE; EXCLUSIVE
December 21, 1999 | 5:00amHillary Rodham Clinton will speak at a Martin Luther King Day event in Brooklyn that Mayor Giuliani usually attends -- forcing him to either share the stage with his rival...
'ODDS'-ON FAVORITES - OFFBEAT MOVIES GET NODS ; THE 'ODDS'-ON FAVORITES
December 21, 1999 | 5:00amWackos, whistle-blowers and coldblooded killers got top honors yesterday as the Golden Globe nominations were announced. A kooky crop of unconventional R-rated movies, including "American Beauty," "The Talented Mr. Ripley"...
MIDNIGHT PAUSE IS AMTRAK'S FAIL-SAFE
December 21, 1999 | 5:00amAmtrak will suspend service before midnight on New Year's Eve to avoid potential Y2K mishaps. About 50 trains -- including eight running along the Northeast corridor -- will pull into...
WANTED: HIRED GUNS FOR SCARED CELEBRITIES
December 21, 1999 | 5:00amSome celebs are so jittery about Y2K pandemonium or terrorist attacks on New Year's Eve, they're demanding top-of-the-line bodyguards. Bo Dietl, the former NYPD homicide detective who runs his own...
QNS. BOY, 11, BEATEN TO PULP IN BAT ATTACK
December 21, 1999 | 5:00amA shy, 11-year-old Queens honors student was in critical condition last night after two bat-wielding thugs beat him senseless on his way to school, police said. Seventh-grader Arsalan Malik suffered...
TRUMP TO PAY VENTURA A CALL
December 21, 1999 | 5:00amWASHINGTON -- Donald Trump is going to Minnesota on Jan. 7, but he shouldn't expect to come away with Gov. Jesse Ventura's endorsement. The wrestler-turned-Reform Party hero wants "three, four,...
NEW GUIDE HELPS $AVE ON PARKING IN THE CITY
December 21, 1999 | 5:00amPark in central Midtown and you can pay $47 for 2 ½ hours. Or you can pay $16.40 -- if you happen to know about a discount garage four blocks...
NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE VIOLENCE CAN BE 'A WAY OF LIFE'
December 21, 1999 | 5:00amWHILE the rest of the country worries about the possibility of a Y2K-related terrorist attack, the Rev. Michael Greene calls that dire prospect "the least of my problems." Father Greene...
ED. BOARDERS RIP 'BRAZEN' CREW
December 21, 1999 | 5:00amTwo Board of Education members lashed out at Schools Chancellor Rudy Crew yesterday for hiring a lawyer to negotiate a contract extension before telling the board members directly that he...
FEDS WON'T LET DOWN GUARD 'TIL AFTER RAMADAN; EXCLUSIVE
December 21, 1999 | 5:00amFederal authorities will not end their Y2K anti-terrorist alert until after Jan. 4 -- one of the holiest days in the Muslim religion, The Post has learned. Federal law-enforcement sources...
QUEENS COPS HUNT KID MOLESTER
December 21, 1999 | 5:00amCops combed the Maspeth section of Queens last night looking for a suspected sexual predator who picked up an 11-year-old girl in his car. The suspect, described only as a...
CENTRISTS WIN BIG AS RUSSIA VOTERS SAY NYET TO REDS
December 21, 1999 | 5:00amRussia's middle-of-the-road parties were the big winners in national elections and could finally wrest parliamentary power from the Communists, eight years after the breakup of the Soviet Union. "A peaceful...
EX-FBI BIG: I'D SHUN TIMES SQ. - RUDY ADMITS: NO SAFETY GUARANTEE
December 21, 1999 | 5:00amParty at your own risk -- that's the surprise warning the FBI's one-time top man in New York gave yesterday to the 2 million revelers expected to cram into Times...
BROADDRICK SUES TO GET WHITE HOUSE 'RAPE' FILES
December 21, 1999 | 5:00amJuanita Broaddrick, who says she was raped by President Clinton when he was Arkansas attorney general 21 years ago, has sued to see any White House or FBI files about...
MOM, KIDS HURT IN POLICE CHASE
December 21, 1999 | 5:00amA police pursuit from The Bronx into Yonkers ended tragically when a child was struck by a suspect's car, cops said. The chase began at 8:23 p.m. when officers from...
FIRE REROUTES LIRR TRAINS
December 21, 1999 | 5:00amThe Long Island Rail Road was expected to suspend and reroute service again today because of a Sunday fire that knocked out power at Penn Station. A total of 36...
NUMBER OF HOMELESS IN SHELTERS DECLINING
December 21, 1999 | 5:00amMayor Giuliani's drive to clear the homeless from city streets and into emergency housing has produced one mysterious result - fewer people are turning up at shelters, advocates said yesterday....
HISTORY OF DADS' RIVALRY
December 21, 1999 | 5:00amAli vs. Frazier? If that sounds familiar, it should: Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier fought three memorable fights, including two at Madison Square Garden and the famed "Thrilla in Manila."...
SAUNDERS DISPLAYS A WORLD OF ABILITY
December 21, 1999 | 5:00amYou've probably never heard of Chris Saunders. Actually, you've probably never even heard of his school, UNIS. That could change if Saunders keeps playing as well as he's been playing...
GIANTS' FORMULA: WIN AND THEY'RE IN
December 21, 1999 | 5:00amAfter nearly five months since training camp, after 14 games, after the turbulence of a quarterback change, the specter of a coaching change, the ineptitude followed by improvement from the...
INTS DON'T BOTHER KERRY
December 21, 1999 | 5:00amIf anyone is concerned that Kerry Collins is going to allow two more interceptions returned for touchdowns gnaw at him, forget it. Collins has already moved on. Already this season...
A BUMP IN THE ROAD
December 21, 1999 | 5:00amQUARTERBACKS: D Says he didn't regress, but Kerry Collins (21 of 37, 273 yards, 1 TD, 2 INTs) cannot give away more points than he scores. Two INTs were both...
MIG EYES GULFSTREAM RETURN
December 21, 1999 | 5:00amJockey Rich Migliore, sidelined since a nasty spill at Belmont Park July 17, yesterday said he's "90-percent sure" he will return to the races Jan. 3, opening day at Gulfstream...
GROUP CALLS FOR DRUG BAN
December 21, 1999 | 5:00amThe Board of Directors of New York Thoroughbred Breeders' Inc. has decided to "just say no" to drugs, unanimously calling for a ban on all medication -- including the commonly...
IMPRESSIVE IN IRVING
December 21, 1999 | 5:00amQUARTERBACKS: A Ray Lucas (20-34, 229 yards, 2 TDs, 1 INT) keeps getting better, as he showed poise in a big road game. His INT was deflected off Curtis Martin's...
RETURN OF DOUBLE-K A NET GAIN
December 21, 1999 | 5:00amIn this case, the numbers don't lie. Kerry Kittles' return from injury really has made a difference for the Nets. Collectively and individually. A big difference. Keith Van Horn's shooting...
FUELED-UP JETS DON'T TANK IT - TUNA KEEPS 'EM PLAYING FOR PRIDE
December 21, 1999 | 5:00amJumbo Elliott was fresh out of a post-game shower Sunday night following the Jets' 22-21 upset win over the Cowboys, slowly getting dressed as attendants were barking out, "Ten minutes...
LEYRITZ SETTLES FOR 1 YEAR
December 21, 1999 | 5:00amJim Leyritz didn't get the two-year deal he wanted, but the soon-to-be 36-year-old utilityman stayed a Yankee when the World Champions finally announced signing him to a one-year deal worth...
LIKE KNIGHT AND DAY - BOBBY, GUTHRIDGE MEET IN JIMMY V CLASSIC
December 21, 1999 | 5:00amThey are polar opposites. Sitting on one bench tonight in Continental Airlines Arena, clad in his red and white sweater, will be Indiana coach Bob Knight, a man who recently...
TUNA'S DESPERATE TO FINISH AT .500
December 21, 1999 | 5:00amJET NOTES This is Bill Parcells' 15th season as a head coach and never before has he wanted to finish 8-8 so badly. In his previous 14 season Parcells has...
POTVIN FIRE SALE MAKES NO SENSE
December 21, 1999 | 5:00amBesides saving $650,000 in salary, what did the Islanders really accomplish by trading two-time All-Star goaltender Felix Potvin to Vancouver Sunday night? Did they get a much-needed high-scoring center? No....
BARKLEY COULD RETURN VS. HOFSTRA; EXCLUSIVE
December 21, 1999 | 5:00amSt. John's point guard Erick Barkley, who underwent arthroscopic knee surgery Dec. 9 and was expected to miss at least two weeks, could return to action tomorrow night when the...
LEITER: PHILLIPS WILL FILL MET STOCKINGS
December 21, 1999 | 5:00amJohn Olerud plays for the Mariners. Orel Hershiser is back with the Dodgers. Ken Griffey vetoed a trade that would have made him New York's best baseball player since Willie...
HEY ALLEN - GET A GRIP! - IVERSON'S SPEW OVER BENCHING IS OFF BASE
December 21, 1999 | 5:00amLESS than two weeks ago, Allen Iverson referenced how he's constantly being misrepresented by the media. "The most terrible thing you could say about anybody is he's uncoachable," he said...
HIGH-FLYING DALEMBERT DUNKS ARMY
December 21, 1999 | 5:00amSeton Hall 77 Army 56 Whatever lessons the Seton Hall Pirates learned from their lethargic effort last Monday against Columbia, they put to use last night against Army. This time...
SAME OLD MASE: SURLY ON COURT AND OFF
December 21, 1999 | 5:00amAnthony Mason brought his familiar hard-nosed game to the Garden last night, and also his surly temper. The Charlotte forward had a brutish game as he collected 13 rebounds --...
BIGGER IS BETTER
December 21, 1999 | 5:00amJEFF Van Gundy played coy up until the final minutes before the Knicks and Hornets tipped off at the Garden last night. Asked point-blank if it were possible Latrell Sprewell...
GUARDS COME UP BIG - HOUSTON, SPREE TEAM FOR 61 AS PARTNERS
December 21, 1999 | 5:00amJeff Van Gundy unveiled "The Big Backcourt" of Allan Houston and Latrell Sprewell for the first time this season, saving it for the new "Beast of the East." Although the...
WARD HAS NO BEEF WITH COMING OFF BENCH
December 21, 1999 | 5:00amKNICK NOTES What, you expected religious Charlie Ward to get bent out of shape about losing his starting job last night? Ward had started 157 straight games as the Knicks'...
MOSS KEEPS VIKES IN GOOD PLAYOFF SHAPE
December 21, 1999 | 5:00amMINNEAPOLIS -- The Vikings live, by George, and come to the Meadowlands Sunday rolling again after a sensational performance by Randy Moss. Moss gathered in two touchdown passes from Jeff...
VAN GUNDY USES 'BIG' GUARDS FOR STARTERS
December 21, 1999 | 5:00amKNICK NOTEBOOK With Chris Childs out with back spasms and third-string point guard back Rick Brunson on the injured list, Jeff Van Gundy started the "Big Backcourt" last night of...
KNICKS' ACT WEARS THIN
December 21, 1999 | 5:00amIT'S NOT even January and the Knicks already have worn me out. Is it just me, or wouldn't you rather watch paint dry than follow the daily escapades of this...
SILAS: RIFT WITH MASE NO BIG DEAL
December 21, 1999 | 5:00amBefore he was even asked a question, Anthony Mason shook his head vigorously. "I don't talk before games," the former Knick barked from his cubby in the visitor's locker room...
BOARDING CALL - EWING & KNICKS NEED TO BEEF UP REBOUNDING
December 21, 1999 | 5:00amPatrick Ewing has been a positive addition to the Knicks the past five games even prompting Jeff Van Gundy to say he's been "amazed" at some of the things he's...
VIKES MUST DECIDE WHETHER TO BUY GEORGE
December 21, 1999 | 5:00amMINNEAPOLIS - Twelve months after finishing a season 15-1, it came down to either get the job done, or risk a slow and agonizing death by tiebreaker for the Vikings...
PIRATE VETS GET FEWER MINUTES TO TREASURE
December 21, 1999 | 5:00amIt's the kind of problem that no coach could ever complain about, but it's certainly real enough and insidious enough to eat away at even the most mature of teams....