November 14, 2000
FOR RENT: 1M SQ. FT. IN MIDTOWN ; BUT DLJ SUBLEASE DOESN'T EASE FEARS ABOUT DOT-COMS
November 14, 2000 | 5:00amONE million square feet of space are about to get dumped on the Midtown office market. In a normal world, that might be ominous news. But not to brokers who...
GRINCH BITES E-TAILERS ; ZERO GROWTH IN VISITORS AS YULE SHOPPING KICKS OFF
November 14, 2000 | 5:00amOnline holiday sales are off to a painfully slow start. Nielsen//NetRatings reported absolutely zero growth in unique users for its index of e-commerce sites during the first week of holiday...
POSH ROSEWOOD IN ON E. 55TH ST. SITE
November 14, 2000 | 5:00amThe likely operator of a new luxury hotel planned for 60 East 55th St. is none other than Rosewood Hotels & Resorts, owner of the Five Star-rated Mansion on Turtle...
IT'S DOUBLE TROUBLE FOR HP CHIEF CARLY
November 14, 2000 | 5:00amCarly Fiorina is facing the first big crisis of her stewardship of Hewlett Packard. The company yesterday reported fourth-quarter earnings that missed analysts' estimates by 10 cents, and added that...
SILLERMAN RETURNS; BUYS AGENCY ON ROUTE TO A 3RD EMPIRE
November 14, 2000 | 5:00amBob Sillerman is back for his third act. Just three years after pocketing some $250 million in the sale of his radio assets and another $212 million after selling his...
NETSCAPE'S CLARK LOGS OFF 'NET STOCKS
November 14, 2000 | 5:00amAfter reaping billions as a father of the Web boom, Jim Clark is turning his back on the 'Net, calling it too "political" to make a buck anymore. "It's a...
LVMH TAKES 3.5% STAKE IN ITALY'S TOD SPA
November 14, 2000 | 5:00amBernard Arnault is buying a piece of a hot Italian designer that could provide him with some of the luxury shoes and bags he lacks because of his failed takeover...
POST OFFICE IS THROWING THE BOOK AT 10 PUBLISHERS
November 14, 2000 | 5:00amBook publishers will face a whopping 17.6 percent increase in the cost of mailing bound printed material next January, but magazine publishers managed to dodge a double-digit increase and instead...
UP TO 500 STAFFERS GET THE AX AT CMGI
November 14, 2000 | 5:00amThe ax is falling at CMGI, with 200 to 500 staffers in New York and Boston getting pink slips at the company's iCast unit. CMGI's profit-pressed 'Net mogul Dave Wetherell...
AT&T TO SHED $4B IN ASSETS BY END OF THIS YEAR
November 14, 2000 | 5:00amAT&T Chairman Michael Armstrong has set a date for selling off non-core assets in order to save the struggling company's credit rating. Armstrong said yesterday at a UBS Warburg conference...
THE ULTIMATE STREAMLINE
November 14, 2000 | 5:00amAnother 'Net grocer admitted it could no longer deliver the goods yesterday. Streamline.com of Westwood, Mass., will close its service on Nov. 22. The dot-com startup ran out of money....
SPIELBERG TOPS FILM-INDUSTRY SURVEY: CAMERON TRAILS IN NO. 2 SPOT
November 14, 2000 | 5:00amTHE most powerful director in the world is - surprise, surprise uber-helmer Steven Spielberg, according to a worldwide industry survey to be published in the Hollywood Reporter today. The Director...
HAVANA CANCELLED
November 14, 2000 | 5:00amTHE Cuba Cruise Corporation of Toronto, owned by Blyth Travel, has cancelled its inaugural Nov. 18 cruise from Nassau to Havana because of threats of violence, including a bomb threat....
HIS LATEST CD IS 'LOADED' FOR GRAMMY
November 14, 2000 | 5:00amRICKY MARTIN "Sound Loaded" Columbia Records Ricky Martin, the man who made it OK to shake your bon bon to the Latin beat, follows up his blockbuster 1999 English language...
THE LIFE OF BRIAN IS A JUKEBOX TRIP
November 14, 2000 | 5:00am'HURRAY for Brian!" That's what former Beach Boy Brian Wilson, 58, shouted after singing a track from "Pet Sounds" at a September show at Jones Beach. He was only echoing...
THE STARR REPORT
November 14, 2000 | 5:00amA 'Hands' scam Those doe-eyed kids you see at the Virgin Megastore or at ATM machines aren't who they say they are. In fact, they're scamming you - for thousands....
GREEDY 'MILLIONAIRE' LOSES FLASHY NUMBERS BY ADDING EXTRA HOUR
November 14, 2000 | 5:00amDID ABC kill the golden goose by adding a fourth night of "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire"? With the show's ratings down more than 20 percent from its first...
CABLE NEWS HITS PALM BEACH GOLD
November 14, 2000 | 5:00amIT'S been Christmas in November for TV news - thanks to this year's crazy presidential election. Altogether, the audience for the three cable news channels - CNN, MSNBC and Fox...
RICKY'S WHOLE 'SHE BANG'
November 14, 2000 | 5:00amHOW little can you give and still be counted in the ranks of the good guys? A couple of weeks ago, Madonna set the standard with a five-song mini-concert. Last...
ADVENTURES IN PUERTO VALLARTA
November 14, 2000 | 5:00amPuerto Vallarta is billed as the "most Mexican" of all of the seaside resorts, but the fact is, tourism is what turned this farming town on the Pacific into the...
TRAVELER'S UPDATE
November 14, 2000 | 5:00amHostel takeovers A great ski vacation doesn't have to break the bank. It's possible to ski at some of the top spots in the United States, while paying little more...
SMOKES-FOR-VOTES SCANDAL COULD BURN NYER
November 14, 2000 | 5:00amMILWAUKEE - Manhattan socialite and Al Gore supporter Connie Milstein faces possible bribery charges in a smokes-for-votes scandal in Wisconsin. Milwaukee District Attorney E. Michael McCann told The Post the...
Q & A ON THE FLORIDA FIASCO'S LATEST DEVELOPMENTS
November 14, 2000 | 5:00amQ&A on the Florida fiasco's latest developments Q: Why is Florida's secretary of state demanding that all counties report their vote by 5 p.m. today. A: Secretary of State Kathleen...
POLS: CITY WILL $IZZLE WITH D.C. BACON
November 14, 2000 | 5:00amNew Yorkers will be living high on the hog, feasting on pork from Washington, Sen. Chuck Schumer and the city's congressional delegation announced yesterday. Nearly $200 million will be funneled...
ELECTION 2000 - AMERICA HOLDS ITS BREATH
November 14, 2000 | 5:00amIf the Florida Fiasco isn't resolved before the Electoral College meets on Dec. 18, there's a mind-boggling host of scenarios. Here are some: * Scenario 1: Under federal law, the...
MONKEYS 'TERRORIZE' TOBACCO USERS
November 14, 2000 | 5:00amA fearless army of monkeys has forced smokers at an office building in India to butt out - by slapping anyone they see who's lighting up. The 14 monkeys have...
MEET THE 'NONPARTISAN' LADY BEHIND THIS MESS
November 14, 2000 | 5:00amWEST PALM BEACH. UNFOLDING before us all is the biggest heist job since the O.J. Simpson jury stole justice. At the center of it all is "recount lady" Carol Roberts....
NEW ARREST IN HIT PLOT VS. L.I. WIDOW
November 14, 2000 | 5:00amA fourth man was arrested yesterday in a plot by a Brooklyn man to murder the two wives of his dead brother so that he could control the bigamist's million-dollar...
CHEATING BEAU BOBBITT-IZED
November 14, 2000 | 5:00amA woman who believed her lover was having an affair behind her back took revenge - Bobbitt-style, police said. The 36-year-old woman crept up on her boyfriend, who is 42,...
OH, SOY! IT'S A SOURCE OF PROTEIN FOR EVERYONE
November 14, 2000 | 5:00amIt's not just for takeout anymore - soy should be a part of everyone's heart-healthy diet, America's arbiters of diet and exercise declared yesterday. The American Heart Association, at its...
D.C. COP-SLAY MANHUNT ENDS IN B'KLYN BUST
November 14, 2000 | 5:00amA paroled drug dealer, wanted for the execution-style murder of an undercover Maryland state trooper during a drug sting last month in Washington, D.C., was nabbed in Brooklyn yesterday. Kofi...
N.Y. PROTESTERS CAST VOTES FOR RECOUNT IN FLA.
November 14, 2000 | 5:00amSome 400 protesters, carrying signs and chanting, "Count all the votes," took to the streets of lower Manhattan yesterday in support of a hand count of ballots in Florida. "We...
SHARON DRAWS PRAISE & PROTESTS
November 14, 2000 | 5:00amAriel Sharon yesterday stirred all the passion expected from a man at the center of an intense conflict - from the shouting match in the security line to the sign-waving...
DEFIANT ARIEL: I'D RETURN TO TEMPLE MOUNT
November 14, 2000 | 5:00amIsraeli opposition leader Ariel Sharon said yesterday he has no regrets about his controversial visit to Jerusalem's Temple Mount - adding that he would tour the sacred site again because...
THE FINAL WINNER IS A SURE LOSER
November 14, 2000 | 5:00amIT is now a certainty that whoever finally wins this election will be considered an illegitimate president by tens of millions of politically engaged Americans. If Gore prevails, conservatives will...
A MESSAGE OF STRENGTH FROM A GENTLE HAWK ; STRONG WORDS FROM A GENTLE HAWK
November 14, 2000 | 5:00amHE STOOD at the podium, a small, gray man with the weathered features of your Jewish uncle and the comic timing of Jackie Mason. And, some claim, the ability to...
FED JUDGE OKS SEIZING 'DWI' CARS
November 14, 2000 | 5:00amA federal judge gave the green light yesterday to the city's practice of seizing the cars of drunken-driving suspects. Several people whose vehicles were taken by cops had sued the...
NUMBERS WILL NEVER ADD UP, EXPERTS SAY
November 14, 2000 | 5:00amWant an accurate count of Florida's presidential vote? Stop counting all the ballots, statisticians say. Counting and recounting - and, as is going on now, recounting again - every ballot...
APPEAL WOULD SEND CASE TO ELIAN PANEL
November 14, 2000 | 5:00amIf the Bush campaign appeals yesterday's ballot-count ruling by a Miami federal judge, the case would go to the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals - whose judges ruled on...
FOUR ISRAELIS SLAIN IN DRIVE-BY ATTACKS
November 14, 2000 | 5:00amThe bloodshed continued yesterday in the strife-torn Mideast, but the tactics appeared to have changed - Palestinian gunmen killed four Israelis in drive-by ambushes in the West Bank and Gaza...
AL: NO ONE SHOULD WIN TAINTED ELECTION ; RIPS DUBYA'S 'INTERFERENCE'
November 14, 2000 | 5:00amAl Gore said yesterday neither he nor George W. Bush should win the White House by a "few" suspect votes - and accused Republicans of "interference" in Florida's vote counting....
NAVY VOTES FOUND ON GULF SHIPS
November 14, 2000 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - The Navy said yesterday it has discovered bundles of overseas ballots left behind on three ships in the Persian Gulf. Cmdr. Greg Smith, a Navy spokesman, said the...
APPLE NO. 1 (WITH A BULLET!?) IN BUSINESS
November 14, 2000 | 5:00amNew York is the No. 1 business city in the United States, Fortune magazine says. But the accolade was bittersweet because the magazine also reported - much to the amazement...
BRICK GIRL WEEPS AT GORY ATTACK PHOTOS
November 14, 2000 | 5:00amBrick-bash victim Nicole Barrett cried on the witness stand in Manhattan yesterday as she testified against her accused attacker. "I don't remember them looking that bad, the scars," Barrett said...
RELUCTANT FAME FOR FLA. OFFICIAL
November 14, 2000 | 5:00amFlorida Secretary of State Katherine Harris - who claims she never wanted to be in politics - has snagged a starring role in the nation's biggest partisan soap opera. Her...
AMBULANCE MOWS DOWN PEDESTRIAN
November 14, 2000 | 5:00amA Brooklyn man was in critical condition yesterday after he was hit by an ambulance while crossing a Queens street, police said. Mark Yusim, 58, was crossing Hillside Avenue at...
PREPARE FOR POLITICAL WAR, GOPERS
November 14, 2000 | 5:00amEXUDING a Strangelovian calm, Al Gore declared to the media yesterday that he would commit the political equivalent of bombing Florida back to the Stone Age. With skin-crawling unctuousness, Gore...
ONCE-SPUNKY VICTIM HAD TO START OVER AGAIN
November 14, 2000 | 5:00amMoments before she was attacked, Nicole Barrett had a brand-new haircut and a spring in her step. It was Nov. 16, a brisk afternoon, and the then-27-year-old Texas native was...
CIGARETTE SCANDAL PUTS HEAT ON NYER
November 14, 2000 | 5:00amMILWAUKEE - Manhattan socialite and Al Gore supporter Connie Milstein faces possible bribery charges in a smokes-for-votes scandal in Wisconsin. Milwaukee District Attorney E. Michael McCann told The Post the...
PREZ MAKING HISTORIC ; VIETNAM VISIT
November 14, 2000 | 5:00amPresident Clinton jetted off yesterday to become the first president to visit Vietnam since the United States fought its divisive war in Southeast Asia. Clinton, accompanied by his daughter Chelsea...
N.Y. MEDIC & FIANCEE DIED IN ALPS BLAZE
November 14, 2000 | 5:00amArmy medic Erich Kern, 25, of Dobbs Ferry in Westchester, survived months manning an infirmary near war-ravaged Kosovo - only to be killed in Saturday's horrific Alps inferno. Also claimed...
A GAME OF POKER COULD DECIDE N.M.
November 14, 2000 | 5:00amALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - The fight for New Mexico's five electoral votes is so close between Al Gore and George W. Bush, it could come down to the luck of the...
JUDGE IN ELECTION CASE IS WRITE MAN
November 14, 2000 | 5:00amThe folksy Florida judge set to decide today whether to give Al Gore more time for a manual recount is a popular Democratic appointee who knows his writes from wrong....
INVENTIVE GOPERS USE THE 'NET AGAINST AL
November 14, 2000 | 5:00amAngry Republicans, weary of Al Gore's presidential persistence, have harnessed the power of the Internet in their campaign to sway public opinion their way. Supporters of George W. Bush have...
JESSE & BUSHITES FACE OFF AT RALLY
November 14, 2000 | 5:00amWEST PALM BEACH - A rowdy crowd of George W. Bush supporters yesterday disrupted a West Palm Beach rally held by some 3,000 Al Gore backers headed by the Rev....
STAR'S BAD-BOY SON TO BE HIS BEST MAN ; CAMERON'S BACK IN ACTOR DOUGLAS' LIFE
November 14, 2000 | 5:00amAs Michael Douglas prepares to wed Welsh beauty Catherine Zeta-Jones, he's taking another leap of faith: asking his son, Cameron, to serve as best man. A little-known Manhattan DJ, the...
RUDY, UNION TRADE BARBS WITH TEACHER PACT RUNNING OUT
November 14, 2000 | 5:00amMayor Giuliani and the head of the city teachers union declared war over a stalemate in labor negotiations - with the teachers' contract lapsing tomorrow. The negotiating parties, which include...
RULING EXPECTED ON 5 P.M DEADLINE
November 14, 2000 | 5:00amA courtroom showdown looms today on whether all Florida counties must report their ballots in the battle for the White House by 5 p.m. - or whether the war over...
NEW GORE BOOST STRIPS POKER POSSIBILITY IN N.M.
November 14, 2000 | 5:00amALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - The fight for New Mexico's five electoral votes had appeared so close, it looked as if it could have come down to the luck of the draw....
KENYON LETS FLAK ROLL OFF HIS BACK
November 14, 2000 | 5:00amOK, OK, ease up. That's pretty much Kenyon Martin's reaction to his less-than-scintillating NBA start which three times, dating back to preseason, has come under fire from coach Byron Scott....
FIRST THINGS FIRST: JINTS NOT DEFLATED
November 14, 2000 | 5:00amThe first thing, the very first thing he swears he'll study when the season is complete is this: "Did we beat everybody we should beat?" Jim Fassel said. "Did we...
BLUESHIRTS WAIVE BYE TO MACLEAN
November 14, 2000 | 5:00amAt 11:55 yesterday morning, Ron Low was asked about the status of right wing John MacLean. Low quickly replied that there were no developments before pausing to add a disclaimer:...
FASSEL DENIES 'FINESSE' QUOTE
November 14, 2000 | 5:00amGIANT NOTES The Giants did not realize they started a fire and were not at all happy yesterday about accusations that they disrespected the Rams by calling them a finesse...
FROM HELL'S KITCHEN TO HOCKEY HEAVEN: HALL OF FAME WELCOMES NYC'S MULLEN
November 14, 2000 | 5:00amTHE totality of 502 career goals, the 27th-highest NHL total ever, wheeled Joe Mullen into the Hockey Hall of Fame in Toronto last night, yet doesn't begin to explain how...
GROH'S GOT SOME FOURSIGHT ; TELLS JETS THEY NEED TO GO 4-2 TO REACH PLAYOFFS
November 14, 2000 | 5:00amAl Groh stood before his fraught and frustrated team yesterday in the Weeb Ewbank Hall auditorium and, in the wake of the Jets' third consecutive devastating loss, laid out a...
ISLES WANT THORNTON HIT HARD
November 14, 2000 | 5:00amStill feeling remnants of his concussion suffered Saturday, Kevin Haller called for the NHL to punish Scott Thornton for maliciously attacking him with two cross-checks and a punch to the...
AL HAS NO THOUGHT OF BENCHING VINNY
November 14, 2000 | 5:00amJET NOTES There were some inquiries to Al Groh yesterday about the starting status of Vinny Testaverde, but Groh quickly squelched any thoughts of turning to backup Ray Lucas in...
DEVILS COULD BE SHARK-BAIT
November 14, 2000 | 5:00amNewcomers to the Atlantic Division basement, the struggling Devils might not be moving up any time soon as they host the sizzling San Jose Sharks at the Meadowlands Arena tonight....
KNICKS READY FOR RE-EW-NION; SQUARE OFF VS. PAT IN HISTORIC MEETING
November 14, 2000 | 5:00amSEATTLE - Tonight is history. Tonight at 10:30 p.m., 38-year-old Sonics center Patrick Ewing and his Knick heir apparent Marcus Camby will jump for the ball at midcourt of Key...
PAYTON PASSES (BLAME, THAT IS)
November 14, 2000 | 5:00amIN typical Gary Payton style, he blamed everybody but himself for the StuporSonics' vaporization by the Nebulous Nets. I never saw someone so full of himself commit so many turnovers...
SPREWELL PLANS ON PLAYING
November 14, 2000 | 5:00amKNICK NOTES Latrell Sprewell was cleared for his first practice yesterday since injuring his back one week ago and labored through the entire session, even shooting an extra 25 minutes...
HEY, PAT, SEEMS LIKE OLD TIMES
November 14, 2000 | 5:00amSEATTLE - The sight was so familiar it was eerie. There was Patrick Ewing standing in a doorway, giving another reluctant interview. Something was different, though, and not just because...
JETER WANTS LONG-TERM DEAL DONE
November 14, 2000 | 5:00amAgain insisting he is not in control of negotiations, Derek Jeter indicated yesterday he would be willing to do a long-term contract with the Yankees before Manny Ramirez or Alex...
SHEA? IT AIN'T SO, ALEX: METS PULL OUT OF RACE FOR A-ROD
November 14, 2000 | 5:00amThe Shea-Rod Era appears over before it even started. On Day 3 of the Alex Rodriguez Sweepstakes, the Mets yesterday pulled out - saying the amenities A-Rod wants might endanger...
NETS LOSE A GAME AND THEIR COACH
November 14, 2000 | 5:00amBlazers 94 Nets 82 Stephon Marbury didn't score 30 points, Byron Scott didn't see the end of the game through the first technical-foul ejection of his NBA life and the...
STEPHON WINS HONOR, PRAISE FROM MAGIC
November 14, 2000 | 5:00amNET NOTES Byron Scott said he never had a doubt about Stephon Marbury. And each night over five games, Marbury rewarded that faith. Yesterday, the NBA rewarded Marbury. For averaging...
SHEA? IT AIN'T SO, ALEX:AT BOTTOM, METS' MOVE LIKELY WAS BOTTOM LINE
November 14, 2000 | 5:00amFOR more than two seasons, the Mets talked about the possibility of one day landing Alex Rodriguez. Then, three days into the free-agent period, GM Steve Phillips announced the team...