June 29, 2000
BEZOS TAKES POTSHOTS AT HIS CRITICS; DEFENDS AMAZON.COM
June 29, 2000 | 4:00amAmazon's Jeff Bezos fired back yesterday at a Wall Street analyst who sent Amazon.com shares reeling, and said Amazon plans to keep on spending. "It was totally wrong," Bezos said...
MARTS RELIEVED AS FED HOLDS STEADY
June 29, 2000 | 4:00amThe always-prudent Alan Greenspan decided not to raise interest rates yesterday but instead adopted a wait-and-see attitude until the August meeting of the Federal Reserve's Open Market Committee. Markets breathed...
CONDE HAS TOUGH LUCKY WITH HIRING
June 29, 2000 | 4:00amLucky, the new Conde Nast title, is staffing up on the ad sales side, but insiders say editor Kim France is finding it hard to find writers for the new...
GUCCI, PRADA HISSING MATCH
June 29, 2000 | 4:00amWhile Prada and Gucci duke it out for the most chic shoppers, their chief executives have gotten into a verbal slugfest that has turned into as street fight. Prada Chief...
NYSE: ANALYZE THIS - FINES HANLEY 75G FOR BAD MERGER TIP IN '97
June 29, 2000 | 4:00amFamed banking analyst Thomas Hanley was slapped with a $75,000 fine by the New York Stock Exchange yesterday - sending shock waves through the Wall Street research community. TheNYSE also...
DID SPRINT DEALMAKER TURN FALL GUY?
June 29, 2000 | 4:00amAs the WorldCom/Sprint deal moves closer to its inevitable dissolution, one of the top investment bankers behind the scenes is out of a job. Brian Hanson, the global co-head of...
PRIMEDIA MAKEOVER ; RESTRUCTURING COSTS 50 STAFF, 1 EXEC JOBS
June 29, 2000 | 4:00amPrimedia is slashing about 50 jobs as it consolidates its large and small consumer magazine groups, and David Tanzer exits his job as president and CEO of consumer magazines. Tanzer's...
TOMMY GETS $26.8M AS STOCK TANKS
June 29, 2000 | 4:00amWhile Tommy Hilfiger's stock is stuck in the mud, he and his top executive are laughing all the way to bank. Tommy Hilfiger, whose official title is honorary chairman and...
TIME, IN JOINT VENTURE, IS OF THE ESSENCE
June 29, 2000 | 4:00amMonths after Ed Lewis put his Essence Communications into play, he has struck a deal with Time Inc. to go into business in a joint venture. Essence Communications, founded by...
ELLISON TALKING TRASH - BUT DENIES HE KNEW ABOUT FIRM'S SPYING ON MICROSOFT
June 29, 2000 | 4:00amLarry Ellison proclaimed yesterday that he had no idea his own company, Oracle, had hired Terry Lenzner's Investigative Group International to snoop on groups that supported his archrival, Bill Gates....
BEACH BLANKET BRITNEY
June 29, 2000 | 4:00amBRITNEY SPEARS IT WAS an intimate moment.Like lovers too dumbstruck to get out of the rain, the full house at the Jones Beach Theater wetly watched the silver orb float...
PILOBOLUS TROUPE GETS SO PHYSICAL
June 29, 2000 | 4:00amPILOBOLUS DANCETHEATERJoyce Theater, 175 Eighth Ave., at 19th Street; (212) 242-0800. Season runs through July 22. WERE there a prize for the most popular modern-dance company in the country, it...
DOCS HAIL SAFE MEASLES VACCINE
June 29, 2000 | 4:00amResearchers say they've developed a new DNA vaccine that will protect against measles - a disease that kills thousands of infants every year in developing countries. Scientists at the Johns...
CURTAIN TO FALL ON 'SUPERSTAR'
June 29, 2000 | 4:00am'JESUS Christ Superstar," now playing at Broadway's Ford Center for the Performing Arts, will close Sunday, Sept. 3, after 161 performances and 28 previews. The new production of the 1971...
PC EXPO UNVEILS FUTURE AND IT'S SMALL
June 29, 2000 | 4:00amCRUISING around PC Expo, which ends today, is kind of like surfing the Web - one has to be open to serendipitous experiences. Running into Dorothy and the Wicked Witch...
NBC PROMISES ALL FUN AND GAMES
June 29, 2000 | 4:00amNBC is promising that - for the first time - viewers will be able to see almost every Olympic shot putt, every Olympic arrow fly and every Olympic heat of...
SHOULD STARS BE ALLOWED TO VOTE? TV PEOPLE PICK THEIR CHOICE FOR PRESIDENT
June 29, 2000 | 4:00amTHE Presidential elections are five long months away - but TV stars are already playing a role. There are reports Rosie O'Donnell - a fervent Hillary Clinton supporter and anti-gun...
LITTLE EFFORT BY LITTLE RICHARD
June 29, 2000 | 4:00amLITTLE RICHARD THOUGH Little Richard never physically left the stage once he started his gig, the self-proclaimed Queen of rock 'n' roll was only there occasionally. The show Monday at...
MTV READY TO RUMBLE; ROCK 'N' WRESTLE DEAL PUTS WWF ON MUSIC CHANNEL
June 29, 2000 | 4:00amWRESTLING - which has proved to be one the biggest ratings-getters in modern TV - is coming to MTV."Sunday Night Heat," a weekly World Wrestling Federation show which features a...
PERFECT MARRIAGE; BRIDE DARVA SAYS: AISLE BE GREAT AS A REGIS SIDEKICK
June 29, 2000 | 4:00amCALL it "Live with Regis and Darva." Darva Conger, TV's most notorious bride, thinks she has what it takes to replace Kathie Lee Gifford on the high-rated syndicated morning show....
HELL AWAITS LOUIMA COPS - EX-OFFICER KNOWS OF LIFE IN THE BIG HOUSE
June 29, 2000 | 4:00amTOMMY RYAN, a hero cop of another era, heard the fate of "The Brooklyn Three" - the cops railroaded in the horrific Abner Louima case - and sighed. "Poor bastards,"...
DOWNEY JR.'S HARD TIME - FILM STAR BARES HIS JAIL HELL
June 29, 2000 | 4:00amBad-boy actor Robert Downey Jr. works as an eight-cents-an-hour dishwasher in prison and says he feels so lousy behind bars that "sometimes I'm just dead." "I'm ready to get out!"...
SUPREME COURT UPHOLDS BOY SCOUTS' BAN ON GAYS
June 29, 2000 | 4:00amThe Boy Scouts can bar homosexuals from becoming troop leaders, the Supreme Court ruled yesterday in a 5-4 decision that gay-rights groups saw as a major setback. The court's narrow...
ESCAPEE FOUND DEAD IN BRONX PARK
June 29, 2000 | 4:00amA dangerous prisoner who escaped from Lincoln Hospital while his guards slept was found dead early yesterday in a Bronx park, apparently from a drug overdose. Jamal Hightower, 24, was...
COPS HUNT HARLEM SWASTIKA-SCRAWLER
June 29, 2000 | 4:00amPolice are looking for a woman who has scrawled swastikas on the prestigious Academy of Arts and Letters in Harlem four times since February. The woman was twice captured on...
MARINES WILL BE DROPPING IN - WATCH FOR ELITE TEAM'S COPTER STUNT
June 29, 2000 | 4:00amNew Yorkers who want to see their tax dollars in action - rescue-team style - will get several opportunities next week, when it's showtime for an elite Marine Corps unit....
INNOCENT MAN IS FREED AFTER 6-YR. RAPE STRETCH
June 29, 2000 | 4:00amA Queens construction worker walked out of jail yesterday after serving six years for a rape he didn't commit - saying he never lost faith that he'd be proven innocent....
MIDEAST SUMMIT LOOKS LIKE MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE
June 29, 2000 | 4:00amJERUSALEM -Hopes for a July Mideast peace summit were all but dashed yesterday after Palestinian and Israeli leaders told Secretary of State Madeleine Albright they were too far apart on...
NEB. BAN ON PARTIAL-BIRTH ABORTION KO'D BY HIGH COURT
June 29, 2000 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - The Supreme Court yesterday knocked out a state ban on "partial birth" abortion by a narrow 5-4 vote - sparking new debate on the emotional issue in the...
CLOONEY TOPS PEOPLE LIST AS BACHELOR NO. 1
June 29, 2000 | 4:00amBy George, he's a hunk - and he's available! People magazine has named heartthrob George Clooney the most eligible bachelor in America. Clooney has "that Cary Grant-meets-Clark Gable blend of...
HILL AND RICK LOCK HORNS ON ABORTION RULING
June 29, 2000 | 4:00amHillary Rodham Clinton yesterday hailed the Supreme Court ruling blocking a ban on "partial birth" abortion - while her rival, Rick Lazio, condemned the late-term procedure. Clinton said in an...
CBS MULLS SUPER 'SURVIVOR' KICKOFF
June 29, 2000 | 4:00amCBS might try to score a ratings double whammy this winter by starting the second season of "Survivor" immediately after Super Bowl XXXIV. The second version of the hit show,...
RULING SUCKS THE LIFE OUT OF A NOBLE CAUSE
June 29, 2000 | 4:00amSO NOW, we know: Nothing can be allowed to hinder the abortion-rights tyranny. Not the Constitution, not the will of state legislatures, not expert medical opinion, not the viability of...
THE FIGHT FOR THE 'GARLAND OSCAR' - SALE COULD CHANGE AWARD RULES
June 29, 2000 | 4:00amA JUDGE has blocked the multimillion-dollar sale of the special Oscar given to Judy Garland for "The Wizard of Oz" - but mystery still surrounds the fate of the little...
TUG-OF-WAR KID CALEIGH FOUND OUT NIGHT BEFORE
June 29, 2000 | 4:00amThe little girl caught in the middle of a custody clash between Ron Perelman and ex-wife Patricia Duff didn't learn about her father's wedding until the night before the ceremony,...
PREZ SHOCKED - SHOCKED! - BY TALK OF 'SCANDAL'
June 29, 2000 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - President Clinton took a "Scandals? What scandals?" view of his presidency yesterday and offered himself as a character witness for Vice President Al Gore. Clinton called the controversies...
TEACHERS BLAST TOO-EASY REGENTS
June 29, 2000 | 4:00amTeachers at one of the city's elite public high schools yesterday charged that state educators dumbed down this year's Regents history exam. Brooklyn Tech teachers, in a letter being sent...
KENNEDY KIN SHOW HEARING IN '75 SLAY
June 29, 2000 | 4:00amSTAMFORD, Conn. - Kennedy clan members showed up yesterday to support cousin Michael Skakel as a prosecutor insisted he be tried as an adult in the 1975 beating death of...
ANNA SENT RUSHIN' FROM WIMBLEDON
June 29, 2000 | 4:00amSexy tennis beauty Anna Kournikova walked off the court visibly stunned and upset yesterday after a blistering defeat by French upstart Anne-Gaelle Sidot. The Russian ace appeared near tears as...
STEAMED RUDY KEEPS THE HEAT ON CON ED
June 29, 2000 | 4:00amMayor Giuliani lit into Con Edison for a second straight day yesterday - declaring New Yorkers shouldn't have to sweat out fears of blackouts and brownouts every summer. "The idea...
WILL END OF SAGA FINALLY MEAN END TO THE EMBARGO?
June 29, 2000 | 4:00amCARDENAS, Cuba. AT 1 p.m. yesterday, the scissors and all the sounds in this usually busy barber shop fell silent. The focus turned to the Sanyo double-cassette radio - and...
SPECTER TO GORE: SAY IT TO MY FACE
June 29, 2000 | 4:00amOK, Al Gore, stand up and be a man. Sen. Arlen Specter (R-Pa.) doesn't take kindly to being smeared by Gore aides as a "McCarthyite" - and unlike some victims...
FIRE DEPT. CUTS HOT CLUB DOWN TO SIZE
June 29, 2000 | 4:00amIt's going to be harder than ever to get into one of the city's hottest clubs - its owners say they won't serve more than 74 patrons at a time...
MIRACLE BOY HOME FROM HOSP
June 29, 2000 | 4:00amA plucky Queens boy whose brain was nearly cut in half in a horrific freak accident was released from the hospital yesterday as doctors described how they saved his life....
HOUSE OKS GOP'S RX BILL, DESPITE VETO THREAT
June 29, 2000 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - The House last night narrowly voted to make prescription drugs more affordable to senior citizens - although the Republican bill is certain to be vetoed by President Clinton,...
ROYALS SNUB 'DI' TO BOOST CAMILLA
June 29, 2000 | 4:00amBritain's royals will snub the unveiling of the first official memorial to Princess Diana, a London newspaper reports today. A new playground and walkway dedicated to Diana is to open...
A 'WELL-READ' HINCKLEY LOSES HIS HOSP LEAVE
June 29, 2000 | 4:00amA Washington hospital yesterday abruptly withdrew its request to let would-be presidential assassin John Hinckley Jr. leave for unsupervised visits with his parents. St. Elizabeths Hospital gave no reason for...
SIEGE SUSPECT FREES ARCHBISHOP IN TEXAS
June 29, 2000 | 4:00amAn immigrant facing deportation and claiming to have a hand grenade held a Texas archbishop hostage for 10 hours - before surrendering peacefully last night. "God came down and really...
FANS WELCOME WORM TO APPLE
June 29, 2000 | 4:00amNew York is ready to Rocker-'n'-roll! Fans, straphangers and cops are winding up for Atlanta Braves pitcher John Rocker's first trip to Shea Stadium since he skinned the Big Apple...
RON HITCHES RIDE ON STAR - ACTRESS BARKIN IS WIFE NO. 4
June 29, 2000 | 4:00amBillionaire Ron Perelman said, "I do" for the fourth time last night as he wed sexy actress Ellen Barkin in a small, intimate service on the Upper East Side. The...
KID KILLED BY AMTRAK TRAIN
June 29, 2000 | 4:00amA 12-year-old boy was struck and killed by an Amtrak train in Harlem last night as he and several companions were about to spray-paint graffiti on nearby buildings, authorities said....
ELIAN'S 'ROUND TRIP' IS OVER AT LAST - RAFT KID RETURNS IN STYLE TO CUBA 7 MONTHS LATER
June 29, 2000 | 4:00amAdios, America. Hola, Havana! Tiny Elian Gonzalez smiled and waved through a huge hero's welcome in Cuba yesterday - with family, friends and two separate nations still reeling from his...
PAWS OFF WILLS, BRIT NEWS HOUNDS TOLD
June 29, 2000 | 4:00amBritish bigwigs issued the scrappy London tabloids a stern warning yesterday: Don't chase Prince William! Fearing news hounds will race after the 18-year-old heir to the throne, just as they...
HOOKERS 'CLEAN UP' THEIR ACT
June 29, 2000 | 4:00amFirst we sleep with you - then we sweep for you! That's the business cry of hookers in Romania, who say their business has fallen off so much, they're offering...
DEMS SAY GOP'S RX PROPOSAL IS POISON PILL
June 29, 2000 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - The House was set to make prescription drugs more affordable to senior citizens last night - although the Republican bill is certain to be vetoed by President Clinton,...
ELIAN'S 'ROUND TRIP' IS OVER AT LAST: RAFT KID RETURNS IN STYLE TO CUBA 7 MONTHS LATER
June 29, 2000 | 4:00amAdios, America. Hola, Havana! Tiny Elian Gonzalez smiled and waved through a huge hero's welcome in Cuba yesterday - with family, friends and two separate nations still reeling from his...
GIANTS MULL MOVING CAMP
June 29, 2000 | 4:00amGiants executive vice president John Mara admits there is "a lot of sentiment from different people in this organization" to keep the Giants' training camp at the University of Albany....
OTB HAS LUCKY PATRON FEELING LIKE A BILLION
June 29, 2000 | 4:00amAndrew Rak became OTB's "Billion Dollar Man" yesterday when the 43-year-old Manhattan attorney made a $10 bet that pushed OTB's handle over ten figures for the fiscal year ending June...
WESTERN EXPRESSION WORKS OUT
June 29, 2000 | 4:00amFlying Zee Stable's Western Expression worked four furlongs over the Belmont Park inner turf course yesterday morning in :46 2/5 handily. The four-year-old colt was a game second in the...
NO JOKE: JAYSON CALLS IT A CAREER
June 29, 2000 | 4:00amIt came as no surprise, yet it came with sadness and a true feeling of loss. Jayson Williams, the most popular player in the NBA history of the Nets, formally...
KING HURLER PACKS HEAT, BELONGINGS
June 29, 2000 | 4:00amTyler Renwick knows that to be a successful major league pitcher, you've got to be automatic. That the tough pitchers are the ones who can throw the strikes, the same...
WHY RUSH INTO SOSA?
June 29, 2000 | 4:00amDETROIT - Even as you read this sentence, Sammy Sosa might be a Yankee. That is how much energy the organization has been putting into efforts to land the Chicago...
METS TRY TO FOCUS ON GAMES
June 29, 2000 | 4:00amMike Piazza can't worry about the John Rocker Circus, which arrives at Shea tonight. "I can't control whatever the coverage is on individuals, "Piazza said. "We can't worry about one...
MENDOZA'S THE LATEST TO JOIN CROWDED DISABLED LIST
June 29, 2000 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES DETROIT - Three days after admonishing the media for making too much out of Ramiro Mendoza admitting he was scared about the condition of his stiff shoulder, Joe...
ROCKER'S GONNA BE THE APPLE OF OUR IRE: OH, YEAH... IT SHOULD BE A GREAT SERIES
June 29, 2000 | 4:00amBy the way, the Mets-Braves rivalry is arguably the best in baseball. Last season, the teams played an epic National League Championship Series that saw the Mets nearly came back...
MITCHELL HELPING TO FIGHT MS
June 29, 2000 | 4:00amGiants tight end Pete Mitchell, who has been fighting for many years to help find a cure for multiple sclerosis, will serve as Honorary National Chairman for Tommy's American 4-miler,...
SPORTS WEEK: SOUTHERNERS SOUND OFF ON ROCKER
June 29, 2000 | 4:00amGeorgia residents' feelings on John Rocker and his comments range from approval to outrage, New York Post SportsWeek reports in this week's edition. Sports Week reporter Michael Morrissey traveled to...
ROCKER'S GONNA BE THE APPLE OF OUR IRE: BOORISH BRAVE'S NY RETURN SURE TO CAUSE SHEA-HEM
June 29, 2000 | 4:00amMONTREAL - The time has come for John Rocker and the Braves to face their demons, baseball and otherwise. After six months of monumental buildup, Rocker and his mates will...
UNLESS SAMMY CAN PITCH, BRINGING HIM TO BRONX IS A WASTE OF PROSPECTS
June 29, 2000 | 4:00amDETROIT - Why would a potential non-contender with massive pitching problems want Sammy Sosa? Even the Yankees are pausing to ask that now. After frenetically pursuing Sosa the past few...
THEIR FAVORITE MARTIN: NETS TAB CINCY POWER FORWARD WITH NO. 1 PICK
June 29, 2000 | 4:00amTo heck with waiting. The way the Nets saw it, high school super stud Darius Miles is going to be a great player in a few years. But Kenyon Martin...
MISSPELLED SLUR IS (SIC) CLUBHOUSE JOKE
June 29, 2000 | 4:00amMONTREAL - There were three words in the place where John Rocker's name should have been above his locker yesterday in the visiting clubhouse at Olympic Stadium. An unknown Brave...
MARK UP ANOTHER BIG HIT
June 29, 2000 | 4:00amAround this time last year, Mark Johnson was playing baseball in Japan, hoping against hope for another chance in the major leagues. A week ago, the 32-year-old first baseman was...
KNICKS PICK POSTELL; BLAZERS TAB BARKLEY
June 29, 2000 | 4:00amNeither Erick Barkley or Lavor Postell got what they wanted in last night's NBA Draft. But in the long run the former St. John's teammates might have gotten the best...
HOW MUCH WORSE CAN THEY GET?
June 29, 2000 | 4:00amTigers 13 Yankees 6 DETROIT - The standings say the Yankees are three games off the pace in the AL East. The standings are full of fertilizer. That three-length deficit...
SURPRISE! SPEEDY'S A SIXER: HOFSTRA STAR IS HEADING TO PHILLY
June 29, 2000 | 4:00amWhen Craig "Speedy" Claxton arrived at Christ the King High School in Queens eight years ago, head coach Bob Oliva was hardly impressed. "He was just a skinny little kid,"...
METS A RUNAWAY (7) TRAIN ; AMAZIN'S EXTEND WIN STREAK
June 29, 2000 | 4:00amForget the No. 7 train. Forget the media circus due at Shea tonight. Forget John Rocker. The Braves better beware of what they are getting themselves into. There is a...
SHEA FANS GET READY FOR BRAVES' KU KLUX KLOSER
June 29, 2000 | 4:00amThe Braves and John Rocker arrive at Shea Stadium tonight, and the local reaction to the Braves' Ku Klux Kloser is as wide and varied as the spectrum of New...
RAMIRO'S THE LATEST TO HIT DL
June 29, 2000 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES DETROIT - Ramiro Mendoza was right to be scared about the feeling in his right shoulder last Saturday because yesterday the Yankees put their second-best starter on the...
LIBERTY STORM MELTS MERCURY
June 29, 2000 | 4:00amLiberty 82 Mercury 69 Before their season became The Perfect Storm, and before another loss sunk their playoff hopes any further, the Liberty were rescued with their best performance of...
IN THE END, FRANCO DESERVES THE SAVE
June 29, 2000 | 4:00amMET NOTES It was classic John Franco - a little trouble and a little tension. And as has been the case most of this season, he got the job done....
THE COUNTDOWN IS ON: SOSA DEAL COULD BE DONE TODAY
June 29, 2000 | 4:00amDETROIT - The Yankees and Cubs moved closer to a trade yesterday that will deliver Sammy Sosa's muscle to the inconsistent Yankees lineup within the next 24 hours if George...
NBA FEELS THE 'POWER': LED BY NETS' MARTIN, BIG FORWARDS RULE 1ST ROUND
June 29, 2000 | 4:00amKenyon Martin is recovering from a broken leg, but obviously he isn't considered damaged goods. The Nets made the 6-foot-9 forward from Cincinnati the first pick in last night's NBA...
KNICKS DEAL PICK FOR MAVS' GUARD
June 29, 2000 | 4:00amWith a chance to take another St. John's star for the second straight year, the Knicks passed for a rebounding power forward. But by the end of the night, the...
ROBIN A LATE SCRATCH DUE TO SORENESS
June 29, 2000 | 4:00amMET NOTES On Tuesday, Mets manager Bobby Valentine said that he had "very little" concern about his third baseman after having to keep Robin Ventura out of that night's 5-2...
LAYDEN GOES WITH HARVEY
June 29, 2000 | 4:00amWith a chance to take another St. John's star for the second straight year, the Knicks passed. With point guard Erick Barkley available to the Knicks, GM Scott Layden took...
HOPE ABOUNDS FOR THE KNICKS
June 29, 2000 | 4:00amThe 1990s didn't start well or end well for the Knicks in terms of their drafts. It began with the selection of Jerrod Mustof of Maryland in 1990 and ended...
MS FUNDING A GOAL FOR JINTS' MITCHELL
June 29, 2000 | 4:00amGiants tight end Pete Mitchell, who has been fighting for many years to help find a cure for multiple sclerosis, will serve as Honorary National Chairman for Tommy's American 4-miler,...
LIBERTY WANT LOBO TO TAKE HER TIME
June 29, 2000 | 4:00amWhile Rebecca Lobo is itching to return to the lineup within three weeks, Liberty coach Richie Adubato is cautioning her to take her time. In a meeting after yesterday's midday...