December 24, 1999
YES, VIRGINIA, STOCKS ARE OVERVALUED
December 24, 1999 | 5:00amAT the risk of being labeled the grinch who stole Christmas, I must say that the stock market bubble looks like it's about to pop. Even as the three major...
ING TRADERS WIN $500G IN BONUS BROUHAHA
December 24, 1999 | 5:00amThree traders axed from ING Furman Selz the day before their bonuses were due to be paid have won nearly $500,000 from the Dutch financial services giant. The New York...
THANKS, SANTA! ; ALL 3 INDEXES HIT RECORDS
December 24, 1999 | 5:00amChristmas bonuses came right on time for equity investors, as the three major stock market averages hit record highs yesterday before closing today for a holiday break. The technology-packed Nasdaq...
911 FOR E-TAILERS ; ERNST HAS PATCHES FOR FAILING WEBSITES
December 24, 1999 | 5:00amAs Christmas looms, embarrassed web retailers are struggling to fill their orders and furious customers are coping with presents that will arrive late -- if ever. It all sounds like...
MOTOROLA SHOOTING FOR THE ; STARS IN L.A.
December 24, 1999 | 5:00amMotorola is going Hollywood. The cell-phone maker -- worried about losing its primo status among Tinseltown's elite to rival Nokia -- has hired a celebrity-packed public relations firm and is...
QUESTIONING 'DON'T ASK'
December 24, 1999 | 5:00amINTENDED to be the official policy for gays in the military, President Clinton's doctrine of don't ask, don't tell has proven to be a total bust -- even according to...
MEAT LOAF -- AGAIN? ; IT'S ALL GRAVY FOR ROCK 'N' ROLL ICON
December 24, 1999 | 5:00amWHEN Meat Loaf entered the world of rock 'n' roll in 1977 with the operatic rock album "Bat out of Hell," there was no telling that the big man who...
THEY'VE GOT YOU, BABE
December 24, 1999 | 5:00amESPN has obtained never-before-seen footage of Babe Ruth's fabled "called" home run versus the Cubs in the 1932 World Series. Ruth predicted the homer by pointing to center field --...
A WOLF IN CHEAP CLOTHING
December 24, 1999 | 5:00amTHE first hour of "The Talented Mr. Ripley" -- one of the most glamorous films since director Anthony Minghella's own "The English Patient" -- is terrific. It's as seductive and...
THE GANG'S ; ALL HERE ; FAT FRANKIE AND PHILLY D LEND A HAND
December 24, 1999 | 5:00amTO prepare myself mentally and spiritually for the big "Sopranos" marathon starting Sunday night I called on experts -- men familiar not only with the juxtaposition of light and shadow...
'MILLIONAIRE' AIRING SOONER AND LONGER
December 24, 1999 | 5:00amABC has moved up the January premiere date of "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire" to head off competition from Fox's "Greed" and NBC's "Twenty One." ABC announced late yesterday...
'QUEST' LAUNCHES LAUGHS
December 24, 1999 | 5:00amAN affectionate, often clever and unflaggingly funny satire of both the Trekkie phenomenon and "Star Trek" itself, "Galaxy Quest" goes a remarkable distance on a single conceit. The idea is...
DROWNING IN SORROWS
December 24, 1999 | 5:00am'ANGELA'S Ashes" should have been more than rain, mud and a parade of babies arriving and dying soon after. But Alan Parker's adaptation of Frank McCourt's wonderful, best-selling memoir of...
NOSE JOB FOR TAYMOR?
December 24, 1999 | 5:00amSOME exciting news from the Wonderful World of Disney:Julie Taymor, the brilliant director of "The Lion King," is in talks to direct a Broadway musical based on "Pinocchio" for Disney,...
ISRAEL: PEACE WON'T SHRINK OUR MILITARY
December 24, 1999 | 5:00amPeace with Syria will not allow Israel to reduce its military might -- and may instead prompt it to beef up its armed forces, a top defense official said yesterday....
BIG-ARTED CITY SHARES LINCOLN CENTER WITH ALL
December 24, 1999 | 5:00amFor 24 years, John Goberman and Kirk Browning have teamed up to create "Live From Lincoln Center," which has brought the world-famous showplace's 12 permanent performing companies directly to Palm...
CONSERVATIVE FACTION BREAKING ; RANKS TO ENDORSE RUDY
December 24, 1999 | 5:00amThe state's newest political committee -- "Conservatives for Giuliani" -- will be created next week by a pro-Rudy dissident group within the Conservative Party, The Post has learned. The breakaway...
BELOVED WOMAN, 75, FOUND SLAIN
December 24, 1999 | 5:00amA 75-year-old woman with a penchant for flashy jewelry was found dead in her Greenpoint apartment -- her hands and feet bound by tape, and a garbage bag over her...
ANGRY NEW YORKERS FIRE BACK: HE'S OFF HIS . . .
December 24, 1999 | 5:00amNew York to John Rocker: Rock This! Post readers burned up the lines yesterday -- roasting the Atlanta Brave pitcher for his tirade against the Big Apple by fax and...
JOVIAL JOVANOVIC HOME FOR HOLIDAYS ; OUT OF JAIL TO AWAIT NEW TRIAL
December 24, 1999 | 5:00amA beaming Oliver Jovanovic tasted freedom for the first time in 20 months yesterday as he walked out of prison and into the arms of his sobbing sweetheart. "I'm feeling...
SOCCER GALS BOYCOTT OVER LOW-BALL $$ OFFER
December 24, 1999 | 5:00amFrustrated by stalled contract negotiations, the World Cup champion U.S. women's soccer team is boycotting next month's pivotal Australian Cup tournament. And co-captain Carla Overbeck said the U.S. Soccer Federation's...
'EVE' PEEVE: AL'S N.Y. MAN STEAMS DEMS
December 24, 1999 | 5:00amF IRST Lady Hillary Clinton's campaign staff must be relieved they're not working closely with Eric Eve -- the New York director of Al Gore's presidential campaign. Eve was a...
HIZZONER SET FOR ALL-STAR NEW YEAR'S
December 24, 1999 | 5:00amMayor Giuliani's millennium committee is throwing an invitation-only, blowout New Year's Eve bash at the Official All-Star Cafe in Times Square, The Post has learned. Some 800 guests are expected...
NEW 'VACATE' ORDER OVER W'BURG APTS.
December 24, 1999 | 5:00amFirefighters responding to a series of manhole explosions have stumbled upon another illegal building in the Williamsburg section of Brooklyn, The Post has learned. Buildings Department officials said they plan...
BUY-BUY, NOW: THAT'S A WRAP
December 24, 1999 | 5:00amIT'S do-or-die today for last-minute shoppers as extended Christmas store hours screech to a halt. With a few exceptions, stores will open at 10 a.m. today and close by around...
WOMAN'S 'LOTTERY' DREAM ; COMES UN-DONE
December 24, 1999 | 5:00amA Brooklyn woman who says she thought she'd struck it rich in an international lottery is now in the poor house because her "winnings" were actually donations to a United...
BRONX PRIEST'S GIFT FOR GIVING ; 36 YRS. OF FILLING KIDS' STOCKINGS
December 24, 1999 | 5:00amDon't tell Jeremy Quinones that Santa Claus lives at the North Pole. The 9-year-old knows that Santa lives in the South Bronx -- and his real name is the Rev....
'NO NONSENSE' JUDGE GETS DIALLO CASE
December 24, 1999 | 5:00amState court officials yesterday announced the appointment of a new judge to preside over the Amadou Diallo police murder trial -- naming an Albany jurist described as sharp and fair,...
FORGET FICTION, FAIRSTEIN, STICK TO THE FACTS
December 24, 1999 | 5:00amOLIVER JOVANOVIC, bizarrely accused of torturing and sexually abusing "Madame X," a 24-karat wacko, is the son of a chess genius. His father, Svetozar, is a director of the Dalton...
AT FIRST HE MATTERED -- THEN HE SPLATTERED!
December 24, 1999 | 5:00amSCHOOLS chancellors come and schools chancellors go -- so it was always just a matter of time for the talented, but flawed, Rudy Crew. The important lessons to be drawn...
WEEPY $TRIPPER: I'M ; JUST A PORN -- UH, PAWN
December 24, 1999 | 5:00amPorn queen Marylin Star is holed up in a Vancouver penthouse, tearfully telling friends she is innocent of insider-trading charges and feels manipulated, victimized and betrayed. U.S. officials aren't doing...
HIZZONER SHEDS NO TEARS FOR AN EX-PAL
December 24, 1999 | 5:00amIt now seems like 100 years ago, but it was only in 1997 that Mayor Giuliani and Rudy Crew were so close that the schools chancellor was featured in the...
O'CONNOR LIKELY FOR MASS TONIGHT
December 24, 1999 | 5:00amJohn Cardinal O'Connor is likely to celebrate Midnight Mass for Christmas tonight at St. Patrick's Cathedral, his spokesman said yesterday. "He's been feeling well enough to celebrate Midnight Mass," said...
HANK: HIT ROCKER OUT OF THE PARK! ; SLUGGER: NO ROOM IN BASEBALL FOR BIGOTS
December 24, 1999 | 5:00amLiving legend Hank Aaron hammered away at Atlanta Brave big-mouth John Rocker yesterday -- saying he was "disgusted" by the pitcher's bigoted tirade against New Yorkers. "I was sick, absolutely...
CHANCELLOR OUT IN ED. BOARD COUP ; MAYOR'S ALLIES NIX HIS NEW CONTRACT
December 24, 1999 | 5:00amA bitterly divided Board of Education yesterday denied a contract extension to the head of the nation's largest school district, saying Chancellor Rudy Crew had lost the "fire in his...
EVEN TIMES SQ. SEWERS WILL BE ; 'WACKO'-PROOF FOR Y2K
December 24, 1999 | 5:00amFears of terrorism have prompted the NYPD to seriously step up security in and around Times Square for New Year's Eve, The Post has learned. The concern comes in the...
GIVE EWING CREDIT FOR NEW ROLE
December 24, 1999 | 5:00amTHIS is not about Patrick Ewing being a warrior, as I've read recently in too many weepy testimonials to the "Big Fella" -- from fans and columnists who continually kiss...
WALLACE STAYS LOYAL TO VAN'S GAME PLAN
December 24, 1999 | 5:00amJeff Van Gundy threw John Wallace a bone Wednesday night and the Knicks small forward chewed at it like it was his last supper. Finally getting some significant minutes, against...
POWELL SAVES PANTHERS AT BUZZER
December 24, 1999 | 5:00amGompers72Walton70 Samuel Gompers wasted no time in seizing control of its PSAL contest yesterday against the visiting Walton Wildcats, only to watch a 20-point halftime lead dwindle away and fall...
TUNA READY TO TURN BOOSE LOOSE IN MIAMI
December 24, 1999 | 5:00amDorian Boose has been feeling the pressure a high draft pick feels when he's not producing. He was hearing the disparaging whispers about his ability. Finally it was when he...
METS STUFF AN ACE ; IN THEIR STOCKING ACQUIRE HAMPTON FOR DOTEL, CEDENO
December 24, 1999 | 5:00amOne day after New Yorkers fired back at Braves moron John Rocker, the Mets placed the NL champions in the crosshairs of a loaded, 2000-caliber baseball weapon. The Mets, who...
WATCH OUT, BOSS, METS ARE SUBWAY SERIOUS
December 24, 1999 | 5:00amI T'S October, Y2K. The Subway World Series opens in The Bronx. The bulldog of a left-hander in his first season with the Mets shuts down the Yankees in Game...
XMAS COMES EARLY FOR BELL
December 24, 1999 | 5:00amAfter burning his bridges on the way out of Houston, Derek Bell faces some repair work when he arrives in the Mets' clubhouse. Two years ago, Bell angered the Mets...
ATWATER MARK AT LOW POINT WITH JETS
December 24, 1999 | 5:00amHe's already missed four games this season -- a career high. Steve Atwater hopes that total doesn't reach five or even six. If it reaches six, that could mean Atwater...
GM CLOSED WINDOW ON YANKS
December 24, 1999 | 5:00amIf Astros GM Gerry Hunsicker had provided the Yankees a window to negotiate a long-term deal with Mike Hampton, the All-Star lefty may have been dealt to the World Champions...
CK EDGES GRADY IN SLOW MOTION
December 24, 1999 | 5:00amCTK32Grady28 Somewhere, Dick Vitale is crying. Grady ran onto Christ the King's home court last night during pre-game warmups and started taking shots. Apparently, they used them all up before...
BACK-TO-BACK TO REALITY
December 24, 1999 | 5:00amLeafs4Devils1 TORONTO -- Eight is enough. The Devils' absolute inability to do anything when they play a second straight night has gone beyond being a trend. It is a verdict....
GILL GIVES NETS SWEET WIN
December 24, 1999 | 5:00amNets99Sixers94 During his stay with the Nets, John Calipari spoke frequently about creating rivalries, real rivalries to keep the Nets in the forefront. Most never materialized. Now, he's in Philadelphia....
CAGE SHOWS HOW TO SLOW DOWN ALLEN
December 24, 1999 | 5:00amSomething old, something new and something battered worked their way into the Nets' overall picture at center last night in a 99-94 victory over the 76ers. Veteran Michael Cage, 37,...
BUMBLING RANGERS CONTINUE HOLIDAY BREAKDOWN : MENTAL ERRORS ALLOW ISLES TO EMBARRASS BLUESHIRTS
December 24, 1999 | 5:00amIf water seeks its own level, that's what the Rangers seem to have done not only in losing last night at the Coliseum to the Islanders but in trotting out...
BRENDAN STUCK IN HELL
December 24, 1999 | 5:00amTORONTO - The deal must already be done, as sources insist, or else the Devils are simply being vindictive, and they wouldn't do that. While sources say a trade is...
KAMENSKY RETURN PUTS END TO KNUBLE STREAK :BENCHED FOR FIRST TIME AS A RANGER
December 24, 1999 | 5:00amFor every action there is a reaction. And so, when Valeri Kamensky yesterday told John Muckler his twice previously broken right forearm felt strong enough to allow him to return...
NETS DOIN' SWAMP THING: CASEY'S CREW FEELS CONFIDENT AT HOME
December 24, 1999 | 5:00amJust how bad were the Nets in Toronto on Tuesday? Well, in the 76ers' locker room before last night's game at the Meadowlands, Philly players were watching film of the...