October 9, 2000
BULL'S EYE: NO IPO HANGOVER
October 9, 2000 | 4:00amLIQUOR.COM has pulled its planned initial public offering. The reason? "Sobering market conditions," the company said. The online retailer of wine and spirits had planned to sell 2.3 million shares...
THE BULL'S EYE: RUNNING OUT OF OPTIONS
October 9, 2000 | 4:00amSTOCK options are losing their allure as a way to entice job seekers. As recently as six months ago, stock options were all the rage. Employees were jumping from high-paying...
HOT WHEELS FOR HIGH ROLLERS
October 9, 2000 | 4:00amThere's perhaps no better way to view the fall foliage than from the plush seats of the newest Rolls-Royce Corniche. The $360,000 convertible is stately, polished and designed to dazzle....
GRADE INFLATION ON WALL STREET
October 9, 2000 | 4:00amJust like teachers who are doling out "A"s more freely, Wall Street analysts are sticking to "buy." Chuck Hill, director of research for First Call, said that as of Oct....
BULL'S EYE: BUSINESS FAILING? PLAY PING PONG
October 9, 2000 | 4:00amTALK about fiddling while Rome burns. While dot-com stocks were being smacked about in the market Friday, 16 dot-coms decided to take the afternoon off -- for a ping pong...
SHIPWRECKED ON INVESTORS' ISLAND
October 9, 2000 | 4:00amRICHARD Hatch and CBS are not the only ones trying to milk the "Survivor" cow. Wall Street is also getting into the act. A fast-thinking investment newsletter editor, Investools' Richard...
A HAPPY BLENDING OF OPPOSITE POINTS OF VIEW
October 9, 2000 | 4:00amThe business of running a mutual fund must be quite difficult, considering how many funds have two or more portfolio managers. Balanced funds frequently have one manager for equities and...
BULL'S EYE: INSIDERS SAY DRESDNER PAID TOO MUCH FOR WASSERELLA
October 9, 2000 | 4:00amWHEN Germany's Dresdner Bank announced that it was buying investment-banking boutique Wasserstein Perella, for $1.369 billion (excluding retention packages), many investment bankers gasped in disbelief. Wasserella has performed pretty well...
ON THE NEWSSTAND
October 9, 2000 | 4:00amTHE threatened crash of the Internet economy, which has the potential to take the rest of us with it, has become the topic du jour in tech circles. The crash...
FOODLINE IN A STEW - 40 MORE PINK SLIPS ADDED TO 54 FROM AUG.
October 9, 2000 | 4:00amFoodline.com is the latest Web-based foody service to feel the growing dot-com staleness, as the company fired 40 employees last week to join the 54 dumped in August. The Manhattan-based...
MISSION TO MILAN - FASHIONISTAS HAVE A FOOT IN ITALY AND AN EYE ON THE '80S
October 9, 2000 | 4:00amThought the fashion flock has already flown from Milan to Paris for the final week of "International Fashion Month," most are still savoring memories of the glam garments they saw...
WHEN WILL DAN WALK? - BUZZ SAYS HIS DAYS AS ANCHOR ARE NUMBERED
October 9, 2000 | 4:00amINDUSTRY buzz says Dan Rather's days behind the anchor desk are numbered, but the CBS newsman steadfastly denies it. "There is absolutely no truth to that," Rather told The Post...
THE STARR REPORT
October 9, 2000 | 4:00amCos sires 'Fatherhood' show on Nickelodeon Bill Cosby has closed a deal with Nickelodeon for a new series based on his "Fatherhood" book, sources say. The series is slated to...
THEY'RE AT THE GATE - ROBERTS RULES IN EARLY OSCAR STAKES, BEST PIC HOPEFULS IN TIGHT PACK
October 9, 2000 | 4:00amJULIA Roberts vs. Bjork for Best Actress? Don't laugh, it could happen. The finish line is five months away, but this year's Oscar derby is starting to emerge as one...
UNIFORM DROP IN PEOPLE SEEKING CITY JOBS
October 9, 2000 | 4:00amApplications to all four of the city's uniformed agencies are down sharply, indicating it's not just Police Department recruitment that's been hurt by the booming economy. City officials say only...
EX-H'WOOD STARS NOW FEELING AT HOME IN APPLE
October 9, 2000 | 4:00amSome of Hollywood's hottest honeys are heading our way - trading smog, traffic jams and great weather for love. "You get tired of perfect weather every day," said Lauren Holly,...
RUDY KIN'S POLICE GUARD HITS CITY WITH BIAS SUIT
October 9, 2000 | 4:00amA detective who served as a bodyguard for Mayor Giuliani's wife and kids is suing the city for $4 million for yanking him off his "dream assignment" after he complained...
DISABLED ATHLETES GAME FOR ANYTHING
October 9, 2000 | 4:00amLet the Games begin - again! Some 4,000 athletes are set to descend on Sydney. Only this time, they're disabled contestants from 125 countries, who will be competing for gold...
BREAKTHROUGH MIGHT HELP CLONE PANDAS
October 9, 2000 | 4:00amScientists for the first time have cloned an endangered species by using the eggs and the womb of a cow - a step that could pave the way for cloning...
NATIVE AMERICAN WORKER SUES - CLAIMS ADMINISTRATION EXPLOITED HIS ETHNICITY
October 9, 2000 | 4:00amA NATIVE AMERICAN state official is charging the Pataki administration with using him as "window dressing" and subjecting him to racial epithets. Randall M. Hinton, 47, of Schenectady, contends in...
WHO KNEW POP STARS WERE POLICY WONKS?
October 9, 2000 | 4:00amTHE news last week that Goth rocker Marilyn Manson is supporting George W. Bush for president has stunned America and, more important, me. Manson's important endorsement of the Texas governor...
THE ECHO DEBATE - LAZIO REFUSED TO MAKE ANY REPUBLICAN ARGUMENTS
October 9, 2000 | 4:00amTHE second debate between Hillary Clinton and Rick Lazio showed that the choice for New Yorkers in the Senate race are between a left-liberal Democrat and a moderate Democrat who...
PROTEST BUST MIGHT LAND 'WEST WING' STAR IN JAIL
October 9, 2000 | 4:00amMartin Sheen won't get an Oscar for his latest role - but he might be awarded some jail time. The outspoken star - who plays the U.S. president on the...
BRIT MUSEUM SHOWS ARMY IN ALL ITS GORY
October 9, 2000 | 4:00amA British military museum is planning a macabre exhibition on the agony of de-feet. That's right - severed human feet. The National Army Museum is accepting 15 frostbitten fingers and...
COP ACCUSED OF PULLOVER RAPE
October 9, 2000 | 4:00amA former New York City cop, now working for Nassau County, was arraigned yesterday on charges that he raped a woman in a car he pulled over for a traffic...
SERBS CELEBRATE END OF SANCTIONS
October 9, 2000 | 4:00amJoy reigned in the streets of Yugoslavia last night as the European Union announced it will lift economic sanctions against the war-torn nation beginning today. The EU said Vojislav Kostunica's...
UNREST HITS HOME FOR NEW YORKERS
October 9, 2000 | 4:00amMiddle East-related tensions were also on the rise locally, with a protest outside the Palestinian mission yesterday and a possible bias attack at a synagogue in Riverdale. The Bias Crime...
HILL TO BILL: YOU LET ISRAEL DOWN - SHE RIPS FAILURE TO VETO U.N. VOTE
October 9, 2000 | 4:00amHillary Rodham Clinton broke with President Clinton yesterday and charged the United States was wrong not to veto a U.N. resolution blaming Israel for violence against Palestinians. In her second...
$CANDAL-CHURCH FLOCK FINDS IT HARD TO FORGIVE
October 9, 2000 | 4:00amParishioners of a well-to-do Queens church are still struggling with their shattered faith after last week's revelations implicating a beloved former pastor in a $2 million church-embezzling scheme. As worshippers...
BUSH HEADS TO TENN. FOR BIG RALLY IN AL COUNTRY
October 9, 2000 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - George W. Bush is aiming to embarrass Al Gore with a pre-debate rally tomorrow in Tennessee, as Democrats tried yesterday to turn the fib-factor against the Texas governor....
HER DISMAL FAILURE MUST BE A LEARNING EXPERIENCE FOR US
October 9, 2000 | 4:00amGOV. PATAKI yesterday, with a magician's mastery of words, put a bowling ball concisely in a nutshell. Summing up the great debate, he said with spare but telling words: "She...
HILL-RICK EXCHANGE MAKES NO CHANGE IN VIEWERS' MINDS
October 9, 2000 | 4:00amVoters who watched yesterday's Senate debate said they were pleased by a contest that focused less on personal attacks and more on important issues. The verbal volley between Republican Rick...
DEBATE CAUGHT IN 'NET-TAX HOAX
October 9, 2000 | 4:00amTwo of the most memorable moments surrounding yesterday's Senate debate were two big gaffes. One came near the end of the face-off between Rick Lazio and Hillary Rodham Clinton, when...
CLUB STAFFERS HINDERED OD HELP: POLICE
October 9, 2000 | 4:00amStaffers of a Chelsea club with a history of trouble tried to keep cops from helping three partyers who apparently overdosed yesterday, police said. Cops received several 911 calls around...
COLUMBUS DAY & YOM KIPPUR: ROOM FOR ALL
October 9, 2000 | 4:00amNew Yorkers got a preview of today's Columbus Day spectacle with another parade up Fifth Avenue yesterday that boasted a bevy of floats and flesh-pressing politicans. Meanwhile, officials are making...
LAZIO LOST CHANCE BY LOSING SPUNK
October 9, 2000 | 4:00amRick Lazio needed a knockout against Hillary Clinton - but he may not have even scored a draw. The Long Island congressman gave a muted performance against the first lady...
MET LIFE: ON TO ST. LOUIS - JONES GEM ELIMINATES THE GIANTS
October 9, 2000 | 4:00amThe Mets are making plans to meet in St. Louis - after clinching their division series last night with a 4-0 victory over the mighty San Francisco Giants before 55,000...
HOSTAGE KIN PRAY FOR SPEEDY RETURN
October 9, 2000 | 4:00amThe relatives of an Israeli soldier kidnapped Saturday by Lebanese guerrillas prayed anxiously yesterday for negotiations that would free him and two colleagues. "These are very difficult hours for us,"...
MONDAY MORNING QUARTERBACK
October 9, 2000 | 4:00amTHE WEEK AHEAD: Two debates down, two to go - and still super-close. Next: Wednesday's debate in North Carolina, with Al Gore and George W. Bush sitting at a table...
SLAIN RABBI MAY BE LIEBERMAN KIN
October 9, 2000 | 4:00amA Brooklyn-born rabbi, possibly related to Sen. Joseph Lieberman, was found shot dead yesterday after he tried to retrieve Torah scrolls from the desecrated holy site at Joseph's Tomb in...
N.Y. WINS DOUBLE-HEADER - YANKS & METS ON TRACK FOR SUBWAY SERIES
October 9, 2000 | 4:00amIt was a win-win situation for New York fans last night as the Mets and Yankees clinched their division series - and made tracks for a thrilling Subway Series. "This...
PREZ WAS 'HAPPY' AMID '98 TURMOIL
October 9, 2000 | 4:00amPresident Clinton says he was "really happy" during 1998 - even though he was facing impeachment over his affair with Monica Lewinsky. That's because the economy was booming and he...
GREAT WEEKEND FOR SAMYN
October 9, 2000 | 4:00amJean-Luc Samyn, who scored close-fought, back-to-back Grade 1 victories Saturday on turf at Belmont Park riding longshots Colstar in the Flower Bowl and John's Call in the Turf Classic, continued...
THE SAVE GOES TO MYERS
October 9, 2000 | 4:00amOVERTIME Wagner 22 - Kennedy 20 Ramael Myers knew what was coming. All day long, Kennedy quarterback Morris Alvarez had picked up yardage running the ball. After running back Tyrone...
NET UNKNOWN TURNING HEADS
October 9, 2000 | 4:00amBefore Nets training camp started, if you asked Byron Scott to tell you what he knew about Stephen Jackson, you might as well have asked the coach to fill you...
CARDS ARE FLYIN' HIGH
October 9, 2000 | 4:00amThe Cardinals had heard the Giants' Barry Bonds say the road the World Series ran through Atlanta. The Cards knew the rest of the country viewed the Braves' NLDS win...
JETS' SEASON RESTS ON VINNY'S LEFT ARM
October 9, 2000 | 4:00amVINNY Testaverde stood on the sidelines in a slicker and a baseball cap, looking around and slapping the football between his hands like a guy on a beach who couldn't...
BYRON POINTS OUT PROBLEM
October 9, 2000 | 4:00amNET NOTES Byron Scott wasn't kidding when he spoke about his point guards and insisted he was looking for more. "I'm not looking at them only as point guards," said...
'FEVER' GEARS FOR FRIZETTE
October 9, 2000 | 4:00amRaging Fever, winner of the Grade 1 Matron last time out and undefeated in four starts, worked five furlongs in :59 1/5 over Belmont's main track yesterday morning. "She came...
RAY SHOCKED TO SEE ACTION
October 9, 2000 | 4:00amJET NOTES Ray Lucas conceded yesterday that he was "in shock at first" when he was summoned to the game with Vinny Testaverde out for the day with a pinched...
KNICKS OFFER THEIR PRAYERS FOR ALONZO
October 9, 2000 | 4:00amCHARLESTON, S.C. - Tests on Miami center Alonzo Mourning's kidney in the next few days may carry the fate of the Miami Heat center's life and career. So yesterday a...
KEENAN TO BE FETED AT GARDEN OPENER
October 9, 2000 | 4:00amThey have won one Stanley Cup championship in the last 60 years. And when the Rangers commemorate this, their 75th anniversary season with a 7 p.m. ceremony preceding Wednesday's Garden...
KNICKS ADD RICE TO WALKING WOUNDED
October 9, 2000 | 4:00amKNICK NOTES CHARLESTON, S.C. - Glen Rice joined gimpy Allan Houston on the sidelines yesterday after his sprained right ankle began acting up during the morning practice at the College...
ANDY PERFECT FOR THE TASK
October 9, 2000 | 4:00amOAKLAND - Karl Wallenda never had a walk as long and treacherous as the one Andy Pettitte was attempting last night. The highwire was greased by Yankee bullpen failure after...
KNOBBY GETS NOD AS LEADING MAN - DISGRUNTLED CHUCK RETURNS TO LINEUP AS DH FOR GAME 5
October 9, 2000 | 4:00amOAKLAND - Chuck Knoblauch was back on top of Joe Torre's lineup last night after sitting out the previous three games of the A's-Yankees ALDS that went to Game 5...
BREAK UP THE YANKEES! - LOOK FOR A LOTTA CHANGES IN 2001
October 9, 2000 | 4:00amOAKLAND - The outcome of Division Series Game 5 was not going to alter the outline the Yankees needed to follow this offseason. If anything, the first round of these...
CHAVEZ GIVES BOMBERS REASON TO SMILE
October 9, 2000 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTEBOOK OAKLAND - Had Eric Chavez known his interview room quotes were being heard throughout the Coliseum while the Yankees took batting practice before last night's ALDS Game 5...
'ELDERLY' YANKS ON LAST LEGS
October 9, 2000 | 4:00amOAKLAND - The top priority, of course, was to beat the A's in Game 5 of the ALDS last night at the Coliseum. Win and host the Mariners tomorrow night...
TIMO AN AMAZIN' DISCOVERY - SCOUTS WHO FOUND PEREZ IN JAPAN GIVE HIM ALL THE CREDIT
October 9, 2000 | 4:00amMET NOTES There he was again. Timo Perez in the middle of another Mets' rally. Perez is the guy who has added fuel to this Mets' offense. Perez, who could've...
FRANCO KEEPS DAD CLOSE TO HEART
October 9, 2000 | 4:00amThe Giants never played this series with a sense of desperation and it came back to haunt them as they were shut out 4-0 last night to give the Mets...
DUSTY READS WRONG SCRIPT - GIANTS CAN'T 'ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK'
October 9, 2000 | 4:00amThis was really a tale of two pre-game comments. To understand the mindset of both teams, consider these words. Near the batting cage, Mike Piazza was telling a lone reporter,...
CURTAINS FOR JETS - VINNY'S SEASON IN JEOPARDY AS STEELERS ROMP
October 9, 2000 | 4:00amSteelers 20 - Jets 3 What do you get when you add together these unsavory ingredients: Four turnovers, stupid penalties, inept offense, no pass rush, poor third down defense, an...
METS RIDE JONES ALL THE WAY TO ST. LOUIS - GAIN NLCS DATE WITH CARDS BEHIND BOBBY'S ONE-HITTER
October 9, 2000 | 4:00amGAME 4: Mets 4 - Giants 0 The 56,245 were up on their feet for the Mets, but mostly for the righty Bobby Jones. They were as loud as you...
METS RIDE JONE ALL THE WAY TO ST. LOUIS - BOBBY NEARLY PERFECT IN OUSTING GIANTS
October 9, 2000 | 4:00amMets 4 - Giants 0 Of all the Mets' pitchers, who would have thought that Bobby Jones would throw the greatest game in Mets' postseason history? Kristi Jones, that's who....
MINOR STOP PUT JONES ON TRACK
October 9, 2000 | 4:00amThe Columbus Clippers and the Pawtucket Red Sox played an indirect role in the Mets' 4-0, Division Series-clinching victory over the Giants last night at Shea Stadium. Those International League...
VALENTINE WINS WAR - OUTMANAGES ASLEEP-AT-THE-SWITCH DUSTY
October 9, 2000 | 4:00amSTRANGE as it sounds, tough as it is for so many to take, Bobby Valentine moved to the top of the managing free-agent class last evening when he passed Giants...
ROBIN: IT TIPPED OFF MY GLOVE
October 9, 2000 | 4:00amIn the world of maybes and what ifs, Bobby Jones might have pitched the first no-hitter in Met history yesterday, instead of a one-hitter in the Mets' 4-0 clincher over...
BLUE-COLLAR BOBBY'S A ONE-HIT WONDER
October 9, 2000 | 4:00amPERHAPS it was fitting that Bobby Jones was on the mound at Shea yesterday for what will go down as one of the most memorable afternoons in Mets' history. In...
PIAZZA HAD GOOD VIBES FROM START
October 9, 2000 | 4:00amThis was really a tale of two pre-game comments. To understand the mindset of the Mets and Giants, consider these words. Near the batting cage, Mike Piazza was telling a...
METS: BRING ON THE CARDS
October 9, 2000 | 4:00amThe Cardinals? What happened to the Braves? Wasn't the road to the World Series supposed to go through Atlanta? Oh well, the Mets will have to turn the page and...
FRANCO'S DAD CLOSE TO HEART
October 9, 2000 | 4:00amNo one typifies the Mets' spirit better than John Franco. As it turned out, the lefty was the best reliever in the Division Series. Not Armando Benitez, not Robb Nen,...
FUTILE BONDS: DON'T LAY BLAME ON ME
October 9, 2000 | 4:00amIn the end, Barry Bonds' October nightmare grew more horrific than he could have fathomed. When he flied to center at 6:59 last night at Shea for the final out...
MAHOMES LIKELY TO LEND HAND VS. CARDS
October 9, 2000 | 4:00amMET NOTES The Mets are leaning toward going with Pat Mahomes over Matt Franco in the NLCS against the Cardinals, according to sources. The Mets will have a spot on...
CARDINALS WILL KNOW ABOUT TIMO
October 9, 2000 | 4:00amOne thing is certain about the upcoming NLCS: The Cardinals will know more about Timo Perez than the Giants. Perez, a September call-up, emerged as one of the more compelling...
KENT: WE'RE STILL BETTER THAN AMAZIN'S
October 9, 2000 | 4:00amGive Jeff Kent the Patrick Ewing Award for stubbornness. Even though the Mets vanquished the Giants in four games, the second baseman is sticking to his story. "I still think...
HAMPTON SAW NO NEED TO GO BACK TO BAY
October 9, 2000 | 4:00amMike Hampton ran into Bobby Jones yesterday afternoon in the Mets clubhouse. Jones asked the lefty what time his plane was leaving. Hampton had been scheduled to go to San...
VENTURA VOTES ALFONZO BEST MET - PERIOD
October 9, 2000 | 4:00amIt often has been said of Edgardo Alfonzo he is the Mets' best all-around player. It also has been said he is the Mets' best clutch player. Last night, after...
BOMBERS ARE BACK WHERE THEY BELONG - YANKS RIDE 6-RUN FIRST TO SERIES-CLINCHING WIN
October 9, 2000 | 4:00amGAME 5: Yankees 7 - Athletics 5 OAKLAND - What, you thought it was going to be elementary? After watching the Yankees slug their way through a fractured regular season...
CHAVEZ REGRETS YANK INSULT
October 9, 2000 | 4:00amEric Chavez had no idea what he had stirred up, and looked stunned then flustered when told his pre-game comments had insulted and motivated the Yankees before last night's 7-5...
YANKS WALK THE WALK - CHAVEZ' BIG TALK FALLS SHORT FOR A'S
October 9, 2000 | 4:00amOAKLAND - This was 90 minutes before the first pitch yesterday as the Yankees were solemnly taking batting practice, understanding well all the possibilities - good and ugly - that...
YANK BRIDGE LOOKS STRONG
October 9, 2000 | 4:00amOAKLAND - From Joe Torre's mouth came nothing but confidence. He said Saturday night he would turn blue believing the Yankees would inevitably hit, which they did, and then last...
KNOBBY'S BACK IN GOOD GRACES WITH SKIPPER JOE
October 9, 2000 | 4:00amDespite finding himself swirling in controversy yet again, Chuck Knoblauch responded with one of his best games of the year in last night's 7-5 ALDS-clinching win over Oakland. Knoblauch was...
EL DUQUE PENS HIS FIRST RELIEF STORY
October 9, 2000 | 4:00amOAKLAND - On the miserable plane ride West following the Yankees' Game 4 loss Saturday night, Joe Torre told Orlando Hernandez he may be needed to pitch in relief in...
TINO NO LONGER IN MIDSEASON FORM
October 9, 2000 | 4:00amTino Martinez had to answer question after question down the stretch of the Yankees' regular season about whether or not he could put aside the frustration of a sub-par statistical...
WHOLE LOTTA HILL QUESTIONS - ROCKET'S HAMMY COULD GIVE NEAGLE A SHOT
October 9, 2000 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES OAKLAND - Joe Torre will have to check on Roger Clemens' left hamstring before he finalizes the Yankees' pitching rotation for the ALCS against the Mariners that starts...