December 1, 2000
380 MADISON SOLD TO SILVERMAN FOR $350M
December 1, 2000 | 5:00amThe black-glass office building at 380 Madison Ave. is being purchased by a local for a total price of $350 million, real estate sources report. The 850,000-square-foot building is being...
HERE ARE SAFE SECTORS - AND DANGEROUS ONES
December 1, 2000 | 5:00amWHERE will the next corporate earnings bomb come from? Over the next few weeks companies will start unofficially leaking - and officially reporting - their fourth-quarter profits After yesterday's disaster...
WALL STREET SHRUGS OFF DOCOMO-AT&T
December 1, 2000 | 5:00amNTT DoCoMo agreed to buy a 16 percent share of AT&T Wireless for approximately $9.8 billion in a move that is expected to help the struggling AT&T turbo-charge its technology....
DEUTSCH LANDS DEAL; INTERPUBLIC PAYS $300M FOR SHOP
December 1, 2000 | 5:00amAd legend Donny Deutsch has sold his agency to industry giant Interpublic Group - bowing to the "bigger is better" trend sweeping the ad business and confirming weeks of industry...
SUITS FLYING LEFT & RIGHT IN TONY GUCCI, LVMH WARS
December 1, 2000 | 5:00amIt's getting personal. Bernard Arnault's LVMH is filing a criminal defamation suit against Domenico De Sole and Serge Weinberg - not Gucci and PPR. The lawsuit is retaliation for Gucci's...
PLAID GOING PUBLIC: BURBERRY IPO ESTIMATED TO BRING $700M
December 1, 2000 | 5:00amYet another opportunity to own a bit of luxury will be hitting the markets. Burberry, the company whose trademark tartan plaid can be seen coming and going on streets throughout...
LUXURY MEDIA EYES A SALE: TROUBLED COMPANY HIRES INVESTMENT BANKER
December 1, 2000 | 5:00amLuxury Media, the once-high flying owner of The Robb Report and Luxury Golf Homes, has retained an investment banker to explore strategic options - including an outright sale. The company's...
IF BONUSE$ DRY UP, LOOK FOR RENTS TO COME DOWN
December 1, 2000 | 5:00amIf Wall Street's money machine bonuses run out of gas, get ready for leaner times and lower rents. A new report yesterday underscored how the securities industry drives the city's...
SONY PANS BOGUS RECALL STORY, BUT TRANSMETA GETS HIT AGAIN
December 1, 2000 | 5:00amIt was out of the frying pan and into the fire yesterday for hip chip maker Transmeta. Wednesday's recall by NEC, which uses the low power microprocessors in its laptops,...
IT'S A WRAP: A FEAST FOR FILM FOLK
December 1, 2000 | 5:00amMovie buffs are notoriously difficult to shop for. How about a membership in one of New York's fine non-profit film societies? It's a gift that, as somebody once said, keeps...
TEEN ANGEL ; CHARLOTTE CHURCH HAS A HEAVENLY VOICE AND A YEN FOR PIZZA AND SWEETS
December 1, 2000 | 5:00amCHARLOTTE Church, who just turned 14, is still a kid at heart.The classical music sensation, who put out a CD ("Voice of an Angel") that has sold more than 2...
HORTON HEARSA BOO ; EVEN KIDS DEPRESSED BY THIS 'SEUSS'-ICIDE
December 1, 2000 | 5:00amSEUSSICAL, THE MUSICALRichard Rodgers Theatre, 226 W. 46th St. (212) 221-1211. ACTUALLY there isn't much wrong with the new musical "Seussical" that a comparatively small earthquake could not put more...
'TERROR' NEEDS A FIRMER PLOT
December 1, 2000 | 5:00amTERROR FIRMER Occasionally amusing, extremely gross, but mostly tedious self-parody from the makers of "The Toxic Avenger."Running time: 114 minutes. Not rated. (full frontal male/female nudity, gore, mutilation). At the...
HE LOVES THE NIGHT LIFE
December 1, 2000 | 5:00amDAN HICKS DAN Hicks' snippy, sarcastic, surly, cynical stage demeanor betrayed him at his one-night stand at the Village Underground. The portly singer's world-weary wit and deadpan delivery couldn't conceal...
SWIRLING, TWIRLING AND FLOATING IN 'AIR'
December 1, 2000 | 5:00amSYDNEY DANCE COMPANYJoyce Theater, 175 Eighth Ave., at 19th Street. (212) 242-0800. Season runs through Dec. 3. WIND and silk, fluid motion, flight, fancy and the zip of taut muscles...
PSYCHOTIC IN SICILY: GET OUT THE HANKIES
December 1, 2000 | 5:00amMOON SHADOW Italian weepie about a scientist who becomes involved in a therapeutic community.Running time: 82 minutes. Not rated (nudity). In Italian, with English subtitles. At Cinema Village, 12th Street,...
OH 'BABY,' THIS INDIE IS A GOOD ONE
December 1, 2000 | 5:00amA GOOD BABY 1/2 An indie gem about a mysterious young man who finds an abandoned baby in the mountains of North Carolina.Running time: 89 minutes. Not rated (gore, violence)....
YESTERDAY, BUT STILL FAB
December 1, 2000 | 5:00amA HARD DAY'S NIGHT Beatlemania forever. This is one classic that doesn't date at all.Running time: 94 minutes. Rated G. At Film Forum, Houston Street, between Sixth Avenue and Varick...
IT'S 'QUEER' AND IT'S HERE, DEAR ; HORIZONTAL 'FOLK' DANCING GETS REALLY ROUGH
December 1, 2000 | 5:00am"Queer as Folk" Sunday at 10 p.m. on Showtime LIKE a gay "Sex and the City," Showtime's very graphic new series "Queer As Folk" may leave you speechless. Not me....
THE STARR REPORT
December 1, 2000 | 5:00amHistory is denied in Dubya recount case The U.S. Supreme Court yesterday denied The History Channel's petition to videotape today's historic Florida recount hearing (Bush vs. Palm Beach County Canvassing...
PRODUCERS TO 'RENT' IT OUT: PERFORMANCE CENTER PLANNED FOR MIDTOWN
December 1, 2000 | 5:00amTWO of the guys who produced "Rent" will soon be collecting rent.Jeffrey Seller and Kevin McCullom are plowing some of the millions they've made off their hit Broadway musical into...
'RICHARD III' ROCKS
December 1, 2000 | 5:00amRICHARD IIIPearl Theatre, 80 St. Marks Place. (212) 598-9802. Through Dec. 17. A demented member of the ruling clique scheming at all costs to seize and retain supreme power? How...
'GEORGE' GETS SCI-FI TRY
December 1, 2000 | 5:00amANOTHER 'Seinfeld" alumni is getting his own show. Jason Alexander, who played bumbling George Costanza, is backing a CBS sci-fi show called the "ESPers." Michael Richards, Seinfeld's goofy neighbor Kramer,...
ELSA'S A CNNFASHION VICTIM ; 20-YEAR VETERAN SEEMS OUT OF STYLE IN MAJOR SHAKEUP AT NEWS NET
December 1, 2000 | 5:00amCNN fashion maven Elsa Klensch - one of CNN's original crew of reporters 20 years ago - is apparently on her way out. Rumors from inside CNN have been flying...
QNS. TEEN KILLED BY SPEEDING CAR: COPS
December 1, 2000 | 5:00amA 14-year-old Queens girl died yesterday, nearly 11 hours after she was struck by a speeding car while crossing Queens Boulevard against the light, police said. The driver, Senad Kratobac,...
JUDGE RIPS SCHOOL 'RACISM' IN YONKERS
December 1, 2000 | 5:00amYonkers' school system still carries the "vestiges of segregation" and will face new court-imposed measures unless the state can strike a deal with the NAACP, a federal judge ruled yesterday....
MAYOR BUBBA GETS VOTE OF APPROVAL : N.Y. DEMS WANT BILL TO RUN: POLL
December 1, 2000 | 5:00amA majority of city Democrats say President Clinton should run for mayor after he leaves the White House - although New Yorkers overall are split on a post-presidential bid for...
AD NETS LONG-LOST CUZ AS KIDNEY DONOR
December 1, 2000 | 5:00amA classified ad saved Sue Johnson's life -getting her a new kidney from a cousin she had lost touch with 31 years ago! The 50-year-old Wisconsin woman was in desperate...
BOSS BRUCE BREAKS HIS SILENCE ON DIALLO SONG
December 1, 2000 | 5:00amRocker Bruce Springsteen says he was "surprised" at the uproar created by his Amadou Diallo-inspired "American Skin" and that he wrote the controversial song to provoke thought - not anger....
CROWDS CAMP OUT IN BID TO SEE HISTORY
December 1, 2000 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - Armed with candy bars, mittens, a windbreaker and CDs, Rob Hutchings claimed space No. 2 yesterday - eager for a rare seat at today's historic Supreme Court hearing....
Q & A ON THE FLORIDA FIASCO'S LATEST DEVELOPMENTS
December 1, 2000 | 5:00amQ: Where are we now in the election mess? A: Waiting for the U.S. Supreme Court to rule on the case -- after hearing it today -- and hopefully settle...
BARAK WOULD RECOGNIZE PALESTINIAN STATE
December 1, 2000 | 5:00amJERUSALEM - Prime Minister Ehud Barak yesterday proposed a scaled-down peace plan that includes - for the first time - Israeli recognition of a Palestinian state. But Palestinian officials quickly...
NEEDLE MOM BRINGS HOME MIRACLE BABY
December 1, 2000 | 5:00amHappy mom Joy Schepis - who was injected with an abortion-inducing drug, allegedly by her enraged former lover - took home a healthy baby boy yesterday. The 7-pound, 6-ounce infant...
TOP AIDE SAYS GOV WILL SEEK 3RD TERM ; BLAMES TALK OF BUSH JOB ON DEMS
December 1, 2000 | 5:00amALBANY - Gov. Pataki intends to seek a third term in 2002, contrary to Democrat-inspired rumors to the contrary, a top Pataki aide insisted yesterday. "The governor is intending to...
HERE'S THE BOOK ON STYLE GUIDES FOR THE HOLIDAYS
December 1, 2000 | 5:00amThe Post's Savvy Shopper offersdaily gift-buying tips throughoutthe holiday season. SICK of searching for something to please the fashion-loving bookworm on your holiday gift list? You're in luck. This year,...
NEW BIAS WOES FOR YONKERS SCHOOLS
December 1, 2000 | 5:00amThe Yonkers school system still carries the "vestiges of segregation" and will face new court-imposed measures unless the state can strike a deal with the NAACP, a federal judge ruled...
FLUNK & YOU'LL END UP A PUNK, ; RESEARCH SAYS
December 1, 2000 | 5:00amFlunking school and "hanging out" - not race, income or having a single parent - may predict which teens are headed for trouble, a new study said yesterday. Researchers debunked...
WHERE IS BUSH? HIS ABSENCE IS LETTING GORE BOUNCE BACK - AGAIN
December 1, 2000 | 5:00amWHAT does George W. Bush think he's doing, hiding away on his ranch in Crawford while Al Gore and Joe Lieberman go on a full-scale public-relations offensive that may be...
WE ALL KNOW THAT CRAZIER THINGS HAVE HAPPENED
December 1, 2000 | 5:00amOH, why not? You laugh and you squeal and you snort until unattractive things come flying out of your nose. But you've got to admit it - it makes sense....
CHOPPERS IN O.J.-LIKE PAPER CHASE ON HIGHWAY
December 1, 2000 | 5:00amIn a bizarre echo of the O.J. Simpson low-speed chase, TV news choppers roared over a Florida freeway yesterday as they followed a yellow rental truck carrying the disputed presidential...
TRAGIC MISHAP KILLS BELOVED B'KLYN COP WHILE CLEANING GUN
December 1, 2000 | 5:00amA Brooklyn detective - described as "the nicest guy in the whole precinct" - died tragically yesterday when his gun went off while he was cleaning it. A bullet from...
ONE CUBAN SEES AL STEALING THIS LIKE FIDEL WOULD
December 1, 2000 | 5:00amIN SEARCH of a man who could put this Florida fiasco in perfect perspective, I found José Basulto, a man who would die for freedom. José had to mourn two...
QUESTION - WAS FIX IN ON BRITISH QUIZ SHOW?
December 1, 2000 | 5:00amPRODUCERS of the British version of the smash-hit show "Who Wants to be a Millionaire" have been accused of rigging questions to get a grand-prize winner. Angry accusations have been...
GORE PLEA TO FLA. TOP COURT: HURRY UP & RECOUNT!
December 1, 2000 | 5:00amTALLAHASSEE - Al Gore's lawyers tried another legal maneuver to get a recount started yesterday, asking Florida's top court to seize control of their case because a state judge isn't...
GREEN' PERIOD: WYETH AUCTION FETCHES $10.4M
December 1, 2000 | 5:00amA collection of works by 20th century master Andrew Wyeth - never before placed on the market - fetched $10.4 million yesterday at Sotheby's as part of a $40 million...
RECESSION FEARS GROW AS STOCKS DIVE AGAIN
December 1, 2000 | 5:00amWall Street's almost daily stock washouts - the Dow plunged 214 points yesterday and the Nasdaq slid 109 - are a warning scream that we could be heading for a...
BILL WEIGHS IN: GORE CARRIED FLORIDA
December 1, 2000 | 5:00amPresident Clinton says Al Gore won Florida and "America will be embarrassed in front of the world" unless his veep gets the recounts he wants to prove it, reports say....
MUSLIM KIDS GET TO PRAY IN SCHOOL FOR RAMADAN
December 1, 2000 | 5:00amWho says students can't pray in public school? The Board of Education allows Muslim students to worship in school buildings during the holy month of Ramadan, The Post has learned....
ACCORD NEAR IN LOUIMA LAWSUIT
December 1, 2000 | 5:00amSettlement talks appear to be heating up in police-torture victim Abner Louima's $155 million suit against the city and the Patrolmen's Benevolent Association, The Post has learned. Lawyers for the...
MAYOR BUBBA'S VOTE OF APPROVAL ; N.Y. DEMS WANT BILL TO RUN: POLL
December 1, 2000 | 5:00amA majority of city Democrats say President Clinton should run for mayor after he leaves the White House - although New Yorkers overall are split on a post-presidential bid for...
JOE SEES CRISIS IF LEGISLATURE ACTS
December 1, 2000 | 5:00amTALLAHASSEE - Democratic vice-presidential hopeful Joseph Lieberman said yesterday a special session of the Florida Legislature to select its own presidential electors could throw the country into a "constitutional crisis."...
DAVID SPADE LAUGHS OFF STUN-GUN ATTACK
December 1, 2000 | 5:00am"Just Shoot Me" star David Spade was upbeat and joking at an awards ceremony last night - just a day after a bizarre stun-gun attack by his personal assistant, police...
POWELL MUM ON CABINET: VISITS W., BUT WON'T SAY IF HE'D BE SEC'Y OF STATE
December 1, 2000 | 5:00amRetired Gen. Colin Powell lent his prestige to George W. Bush yesterday - but wouldn't officially say whether he'll join the maybe-president's administration as the first African-American secretary of state....
HS KIDS TO GET BACK 'STOCK' $$
December 1, 2000 | 5:00amThe Board of Education has promised to repay dozens of Brooklyn Tech HS students who charged they were swindled out of more than $5,000 by a teacher in a stock-market...
TERROR 21 FLOORS ABOVE 42ND STREET AS SCAFFOLD COLLAPSES
December 1, 2000 | 5:00amA scaffold collapse in Midtown last night left two construction workers dangling 21 stories above ground before they were reeled in to safety by firefighters. The frightening drama unfolded shortly...
IT'S UP TO THE SUPREME COURT NOW: RULING MAY WRITE END TO 'FLA. FIASCO'
December 1, 2000 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - The ball's in the U.S. Supreme Court. George W. Bush's lawyers today are asking the nine justices to end the 25-day war over who won the White House...
15 BUSTED ON RISQUE RADIO BUS
December 1, 2000 | 5:00amFifteen people were arrested yesterday aboard a raunchy rolling radio-promotion bus after its topless female passengers drew crowds and stalled traffic, cops said. The bus, which was promoting radio bad...
MUSSINA'S WORTH THE RISK
December 1, 2000 | 5:00amTHERE was a time not so long ago that if Brian Cashman endorsed signing a pitcher for six years, he would have lost more than his cell phone privileges. Like,...
ISLES ROOKIE WANTS DEVS
December 1, 2000 | 5:00amRick DiPietro is ready for his close-up. Always self-assured, some say cocky, the rookie goaltender wants to make his NHL debut tonight. And all the better that it would come...
LONGLEY'S BACK IN BULL-VILLE
December 1, 2000 | 5:00amKNICK NOTES CHICAGO - It's been nearly two years since the Bulls cleaned house and their 7-foot-2 starting center Luc Longley became one of the sacrifices. Yet the Aussie pivot...
CAIRNS' TV SPEW SPEAKS LOUDER THAN WORDS
December 1, 2000 | 5:00amWHAT used to embarrass TV folks to have accidentally caught on live TV - things that used to inspire TV to on-the-spot apologies, even if it wasn't TV's fault -...
NICOLE'S NIGHTMARE
December 1, 2000 | 5:00amTHERE'S no good excuse for not seeing, "Running Down A Dream." If you don't subscribe to a Cablevision system, where it will appear as a free pay-per-view promotion during the...
TAKE A SEAT, LARRY
December 1, 2000 | 5:00amCHICAGO - There is no delicate way to put this: Larry Johnson must be benched for the good of the franchise. Jeff Van Gundy, as stubborn as Al Gore, has...
KNEE PUTS GILL IN NO-WIN SITUATION
December 1, 2000 | 5:00amORLANDO - Here's your Catch-22 for the day. Kendall Gill is in more pain with his knee. The only way it will get better, the Nets guard figures, is with...
DON'T COUNT OUT FLUKE
December 1, 2000 | 5:00amTHE 2000 fluke season was one of the best in recent memory, a season filled with satisfaction and plenty of fish. Would you believe it if I told you that...
DEVILS MIGHT MOVE MOGILNY
December 1, 2000 | 5:00amThe resurgent Devils may be chasing a team-record winning streak in this weekend's pair of games with the Islanders, but they don't appear content with standing pat. The Stanley Cup...
LEON WILL DO WHAT HE CAN, WHEN HE CAN
December 1, 2000 | 5:00amJET NOTES While the Jets undoubtedly have big plans for RB Leon Johnson, it's too early to tell when he might be able to follow through on them. "We saw...
THREE NYRA STAKES MAKE GRADE
December 1, 2000 | 5:00amThree races on the NYRA circuit have been elevated to Grade 1 status by the American Graded Stakes Committee of the Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association. The Jim Dandy and...
MOOSE ADDS JUICE TO BOMBER STAFF: 6-YEAR, $88.5M DEAL MAKES CHAMPS KINGS OF THE HILL
December 1, 2000 | 5:00amA five-minute phone call from future Hall of Fame manager Joe Torre was key. So, too, was $88.5 million from George Steinbrenner's vault. And getting a chance to pitch in...
JOE'S NOT TALKING DEALS YET
December 1, 2000 | 5:00amJoe Torre said yesterday that, contrary to a published report, he has not asked for a raise and an extension. Here's want the Yankee skipper did have to say, however....
JUST BEING HERE ISN'T ENOUGH FOR VIN
December 1, 2000 | 5:00amWhen Vinny Testaverde was recovering from his ruptured Achilles last year, he wasn't rehabbing just so he could step on a football field again. He had much loftier goals than...
BRYLIN'S KNEE CAN WAIT
December 1, 2000 | 5:00amDevils sparkplug Sergei Brylin told The Post yesterday that his ravaged right knee will probably require surgical repair someday. Just not now. Brylin sat out Wednesday's 5-2 victory over the...
METS FOCUS ON HAMPTON AFTER LOSS OF MUSSINA
December 1, 2000 | 5:00amThe Mets have now lost five of the last six to the Yankees. GM Steve Phillips was informed by Mike Mussina's agent, Arn Tellem, that the Mets were the runner-up...
YANKS NEAR MULTI-YEAR OFFER FOR DEREK
December 1, 2000 | 5:00amDerek Jeter is about to receive something from the Yankees he has never officially gotten before. According to multiple Yankee sources, steps are underway to put together a multi-year deal...
FELIX LETS FISTS DO HIS TALKIN'
December 1, 2000 | 5:00amLAS VEGAS - One thing that will never be said about Felix Trinidad is that he talks a good fight. In fact, Felix Trinidad doesn't talk a good anything. The...
YANKS STILL HOPEFUL OF KEEPING NELSON
December 1, 2000 | 5:00amWith the front end of their rotation set quite well after bestowing $88.5 million on Mike Mussina yesterday, the Yankees are looking for a No. 5 starter and bullpen help....
KERRY'S MOMENT OF TRUTH ; COLLINS HAS YET TO CARRY THE GIANTS ON HIS BACK
December 1, 2000 | 5:00amThere was a time when Kerry Collins soared at this portion of the year. A time when he confidently helped his team storm into the playoffs, a time when in...
ARMSTEAD GOING ALONG WITH THE GAG
December 1, 2000 | 5:00amGIANT NOTES Jessie Armstead paused, for effect, as if he had something important to say. Was Jim Fassel's gag order about to be ignored? "The game has got to be...
MOOSE ADDS JUICE TO BOMBER STAFF: MUSSINA'S WORTH THE RISK
December 1, 2000 | 5:00amNOT so long ago, had Brian Cashman endorsed signing a pitcher for six years, he would have lost more than his cell phone privileges. Like, maybe his mind. The smart...
TIME'S RUNNING OUT ON J.R.: LAKERS NEARLY READY TO WAIVE BYE-BYE TO RIDER
December 1, 2000 | 5:00amBEFORE the Lakers decide to release J.R. Rider in Dennis Rodman's recognizance, let's quickly recap his work week, shall we? After showing up an hour late for Tuesday night's Pacers...
BUTCH BLAMES REF FOR LOSS
December 1, 2000 | 5:00amLeafs 6 Isles 4 The losses are mounting, the season is crashing, and Butch Goring is growing more frustrated. But instead of pinning last night's defeat on his penalty killing...