April 3, 2001
EARNINGS WARNINGS WILL KNOCK THE MARKET AROUND SOME MORE
April 3, 2001 | 4:00amTHE stock market is entering what could be the most dangerous part of this year. And you probably thought that's what we just came out of. I wish I could...
A SPACE ODYSSEY FOR 2001 - BROKERS MAY SEE REVENUES DROP 20%
April 3, 2001 | 4:00amTHE year 2001 threatens a reverse space odyssey for the city's commercial real estate brokers - a retreat from ever-rising office space demand that drove rents to astronomical levels. And,...
ELLIS PRIVATIZATION DRAWS YAWN
April 3, 2001 | 4:00amAgainst the backdrop of a slowing real estate market, NYSE-listed CB Richard Ellis Inc. is going private. If it was a media outfit or a fashion house, the deal would...
STELLA RIPPED FOR PICKING GUCCI $$ OVER ANIMAL PALS
April 3, 2001 | 4:00amIs Stella selling out her convictions for cash? Avowed animal-rights activist and fashion designer Stella McCartney is raising eyebrows by reportedly signing a multi-million dollar deal with leather goods giant...
LVMH PAYS MORE, DONNA GETS LESS
April 3, 2001 | 4:00amDonna's deal is done, but she's not raking in quite as much money as originally thought. Donna Karan International has signed a definitive merger agreement with luxury king Bernard Arnault's...
HEDGING ITS NAPSTER BET, BMG SIGNS WITH MUSICNET
April 3, 2001 | 4:00amBertelsmann may have finally realized that dealing with the devil can be a lonely - and unprofitable - business. The German media giant, which five months ago shocked the industry...
BRILL'S BLOODBATH - INSIDE MAG TO SHUTTER, UP TO 50 TO BE AXED
April 3, 2001 | 4:00amBrill Media Holdings unveiled its deal to absorb Powerful Media and its Inside.com media Web news service at a morning press conference - and no sooner did it end than...
TED FIELD LANDS AT MUSIC WEB SITE WHILE INDIE V2 LOSES PRESIDENT
April 3, 2001 | 4:00amFormer Interscope Records bigwig Ted Field has landed at Artistdirect.com - while V2 Records President Richard Sanders has decamped to rival RCA Records. Artistdirect.com, a Web site that connects music...
CHINA, AMEX WOES SHOOT DOWN STOCKS; DOW FALLS 100
April 3, 2001 | 4:00amWall Street slaughtered tech stocks yesterday, driving the Nasdaq to a 29-month low as already nervous buyers disappeared amid bad earnings news and escalating international tensions. While Washington and China...
ALLURE EDITOR LURED TO GLAMOUR, FINE TO LEAVE
April 3, 2001 | 4:00amConde Nast CEO Steve Florio shook up his publisher lineup today and boosted Allure Publisher Suzanne Grimes into the top job on Glamour, the company's top money maker. Debbie Fine,...
JANUS IN TECH JAM - ASSET MANAGER DROPPED $26B IN MARCH
April 3, 2001 | 4:00amStilwell Financial Inc., carrying a boat-load of tech heavy funds from offspring Janus Capital Corp., is bleeding money - $26 billion last month. Since January, the big asset management and...
BRUCE & CO.'S BIG PAYDAY - WASSERELLA BANKERS FREE TO SELL AFTER ALLIANZ DEAL
April 3, 2001 | 4:00amAllianz AG's blockbuster deal to buy Dresdner Bank AG for roughly $22 billion in cash and stock promises to be a big payday for Bruce Wasserstein and his partners. The...
HONOLULU NIGHTS - WHERE TO DINE, DRINK AND PARTY IN HAWAII
April 3, 2001 | 4:00amWHEN in Honolulu, I do as the Hawaiians do.That's why it's 2 a.m., and I'm looking down at a Spam omelet at the Like Like Drive Inn, a landmark all-night...
ON THE MOO-VE IN MADISON - IN THE DAIRY STATE, A COLLEGE TOWN GROWS UP
April 3, 2001 | 4:00amFOR a city to be properly progressive, it must, from time to time, progress.Madison was once a colorful little college town, where University of Wisconsin students hung out on State...
'APPLE'S' COP STAR CAN'T GET ARRESTED
April 3, 2001 | 4:00amWHEN "Big Apple" was pulled over the weekend, it meant one more hitless inning for star Titus Welliver, who just can't get a break. Cancellation of the critically acclaimed CBS...
DUBYA SHOULDA BEEN A COMEDY WRITER'S DREAM. TOO BAD, THIS IS... 'BUSH' LEAGUE - THE BRIGHTEST SPOT IS THE HOUSE- KEEPER, WHO SHOULD BE ON EVERY TV SHOW
April 3, 2001 | 4:00am"That's My Bush!" ( ) Tomorrow, 10:30 pm, Comedy Central ----------- IF ever there was a show I wanted desperately to love, it is "That's My Bush!" the new farce...
BUZZ
April 3, 2001 | 4:00amSmart and celibate A new study about sex and teens links intelligence with abstinence. In a recent Journal of Adolescent Health, a study led by Carolyn Halpern, an assistant professor...
THE RAP CONTINUES FOR TUPAC & BIG PUN
April 3, 2001 | 4:00amFOLLOWING in the footsteps of other illustrious stiffs such as Jimi Hendrix and Stevie Ray Vaughan - who haven't let dying get in the way of their careers - Tupac...
GRINDING UP 'GODFATHER II'; BRAVO WHACKS UP CORLEONE CLASSIC AGAIN
April 3, 2001 | 4:00amIT just might turn out to be the most disappointing sequel yet. Call it: "The Butchers of Bravo, Part II." I admit it may seem premature to condemn sight-unseen tonight's...
THIS IS NOT YOUR 'EVERYDAY' RELEASE
April 3, 2001 | 4:00amDAVE Matthews may have finally hit his Napster limit - at least a dozen of his shelved songs have found their way onto the renegade MP3 file-sharing site. The jam...
'LIVE' BRUCE HAS JUICE
April 3, 2001 | 4:00amBRUCE SPRINGSTEEN and the E STREET BAND "Live In New York City" ( 1/2) Columbia Records In an era when bands such as Pearl Jam are putting out live discs...
TRAVELER'S UPDATE
April 3, 2001 | 4:00amGarden Spot May is Garden Month in the City of Brotherly Love, where more than 100 events will take place during what is billed as the "World's Largest Garden Party."...
EAST TREATS WEST: CITY SPAS WELCOME AN INVASION OF ASIAN BEAUTY SECRETS
April 3, 2001 | 4:00amONCE upon a time, the beauty business looked to Europe for the latest wrinkle in mudpacks and massages. Now all eyes are on the East. Salons around the city, from...
GOODBYE, REFORM - AFTER RUDY, A SPECIAL-INTEREST PIGOUT
April 3, 2001 | 4:00amRUDY Giuliani has been mayor for seven years, and the change here has been so dramatic during his tenure that memories of the city before him are growing dangerously cloudy....
HOW SENATE LICKED MR. $OFTEE
April 3, 2001 | 4:00amTHE McCain-Feingold campaign-finance reform bill finally passed the Senate yesterday after five years of failure by filibuster. Here are the five main reasons why this bill, which will remove $500...
PUTIN BUDDY TO LEAVE N.Y. FOR SWISS TRIAL
April 3, 2001 | 4:00amA Russian diplomat, jailed in Brooklyn since January, agreed yesterday to be extradited to Switzerland to face charges in an alleged sordid kickback scheme. Pavel Borodin - a close pal...
NEW YORK POST: FROM APRIL 3, 1866
April 3, 2001 | 4:00am"The President has issued a proclamation announcing that the insurrection in those states which had risen against the federal government has been suppressed. The civil war is, therefore, over, and...
DRUNKEN SLOBBO SAID HE'D SHOOT SELF, FAMILY
April 3, 2001 | 4:00amA drunk and overwrought Slobodan Milosevic ordered his guards to fire on police and later pulled a pistol and threatened to shoot himself and his family in the 30-hour standoff...
SUPREMES TAKE ON SEX-PREDATOR CASE
April 3, 2001 | 4:00amThe U.S. Supreme Court yesterday agreed to decide if states need proof of uncontrollable behavior to keep sexually violent predators locked up after they've served their time. The court said...
KIMES KIN: I ESCAPED MY MOM'S CRIME WEB
April 3, 2001 | 4:00amThe "other" son of grifter Sante Kimes says his mother tried to seduce him into a life of crime - but he severed his ties just months before she and...
HUGH: GALS LIKE MEN NAUGHTY AND NICE
April 3, 2001 | 4:00amHugh Grant says the kind of guy most women want in their life is both nice - and nasty. "There's no girl who only wants bastards, and no girl who...
ASSEMBLY DEMS PLAN TO SIDESTEP PAY-DOCK LAW
April 3, 2001 | 4:00amALBANY - Assembly Democrats are preparing to circumvent a law that denies them and other lawmakers their pay when a new state budget hasn't been passed on time, The Post...
BUSH FACES HARD CHOICES IN STANDOFF
April 3, 2001 | 4:00amThe spy-plane showdown is President Bush's first big foreign-policy crisis and the test is whether he stands up to China. "Every new president is tested by the Chinese," says China...
'I DON'T HAVE A LIFE,' LAMENTS LEONA
April 3, 2001 | 4:00amQueen of Mean Leona Helmsley has become the Monarch of Melancholy. The 80-year-old billionairess, whose relationship with dashing 45-year-old optometrist Patrick Ward ended in a bizarre public split after she...
$3 A GALLON IS SERIOUS MILK MONEY
April 3, 2001 | 4:00amGot three bucks? That's how much New Yorkers are going to have to start forking over for milk - thanks to a cost hike handed down by the Department of...
HILL DONATES TO ISRAEL FOR BULLETPROOF RESCUE GEAR
April 3, 2001 | 4:00amSen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, at the urging of Assemblyman Dov Hikind, has donated more than $1,200 to buy protective gear for Israelis working in Palestinian territories, The Post has learned....
SAILORS RECALL 11 MONTHS OF KOREAN TORTURE
April 3, 2001 | 4:00amTHE capture of a U.S. Navy spy plane brought back chilling memories for crew members of the spy boat USS Pueblo who endured 11 agonizing months as North Korean prisoners....
TV'S 'ANTIQUES ROADSHOW' COMING TO TOWN
April 3, 2001 | 4:00amMany are called, but few are chosen. That about sums up the difficulty you'll face if your goal is to appear on PBS's red-hot "Antiques Roadshow" when it makes its...
'URN' IT THE OLD-FASHIONED WAY
April 3, 2001 | 4:00amSome things to know if you're planning to attend the "Antiques Roadshow" appraisal day at the Javits Center July 14.DO'S * Get tickets. None will be available at the Javits...
IT'S TIME TO SPANK OUR YUCKY STARS
April 3, 2001 | 4:00amIT'S time for George W. Bush's America to show compassion to those of waning fortune and meager brain. With Easter and Passover upon us, let us reflect upon the plight...
MCCAIN NOT DONE AS SENATE OKS BILL
April 3, 2001 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - Sen. John McCain began sharpening his sword for more upcoming battles with President Bush after the Senate last night finally approved his campaign-finance reform bill. McCain will be...
WHEN SOME CRIMINALS ARE LESS EQUAL THAN OTHERS
April 3, 2001 | 4:00amIN 1990, Earl Shriner raped, stabbed and choked a 7-year-old boy in Washington state, then mutilated him. He had been sexually assaulting people for 24 years prior to this attack....
YANKS OFF TO QUICK START IN NEW SEASON
April 3, 2001 | 4:00amYankee fans were feeling four-tified yesterday as the Bombers clobbered the Royals 7-3 on Opening Day in The Bronx and began their pursuit of a fourth straight World Series title....
RUDY DEFIANT AS COUNT REVEALS EDISON TROUNCING
April 3, 2001 | 4:00amMayor Giuliani vowed yesterday to include funds for expanded school privatization in his next budget - but other officials said Edison Schools' trouncing means it's time for other ideas. A...
CHINA DEFIES W.'S LINE IN SAND - WON'T LET U.S. SEE CAPTIVE CREW OF 24
April 3, 2001 | 4:00amIn his first diplomatic crisis, President Bush yesterday demanded "immediate access" to 24 U.S. crew members and release of their crippled spy plane "without further damaging or tampering" - but...
CITY CRIME PLUMMETS - MURDERS DOWN 21% THIS YEAR
April 3, 2001 | 4:00amFewer people are being shot and murdered in New York City this year, new crime statistics suggest. The number of shooting victims is down nearly 30 percent so far this...
ADDICTION LEAVES HIS LIFE IN PIECES
April 3, 2001 | 4:00amTAMPA, Fla. ONE of his haunts looks like the Wild, Wild West, with dozens of crack dealers and addicts roaming the streets in a cocaine frenzy. The other is a...
FANS SAY HE MUST PAY FOR MISTAKES
April 3, 2001 | 4:00amNew Yorkers agreed yesterday it's time for Darryl Strawberry to "face the music." After hearing that the former Yankee and Met slugger finally turned up after four days on the...
COURT-QUEEN HINGIS TESTIFIES AGAINST 'STALKER'
April 3, 2001 | 4:00amTennis star Martina Hingis told a Miami court yesterday she feared that a delusional stalker who pestered her for months would one day cross the line between love and hate....
'WILDING' JURY CONVICTS 2 IN PARK GROPES - MEN FACING 7 YEARS FOR PARADE ATTACK
April 3, 2001 | 4:00amTwo Bronx men who claimed they were helping women during a wilding spree after last year's Puerto Rican Day Parade have been found guilty of attacking them. After five days...
SCARY SEARCH FOR STRAW FINALLY OVER - DARRYL ARRESTED AT TAMPA HOSP
April 3, 2001 | 4:00amPolice arrested ex-Yankee Darryl Strawberry yesterday at the Tampa hospital into which he had checked after four days on the lam. Pals had earlier rescued the former slugger from the...
S.I. MAN'S FAMILY KEEPS VIGIL
April 3, 2001 | 4:00amA Navy cryptographer from Staten Island is among the U.S. military personnel being held incommunicado at a Chinese air base - and his mom wants him home. "I want to...
N.J. SPILL THREATENS BIRD REFUGE
April 3, 2001 | 4:00amSome 150 gallons of fuel oil were spilled in New York Harbor yesterday, threatening an island bird sanctuary between Staten Island and New Jersey, Coast Guard officials said. The spill...
'WILDING' JURY CONVICTS 2 IN PARK GROPES
April 3, 2001 | 4:00amTwo Bronx men who claimed they were helping women during a wilding spree after last year's Puerto Rican Day Parade have been found guilty of attacking them. After five days...
BEIJING INSISTS FAULT LIES WHOLLY WITH YANKS
April 3, 2001 | 4:00amChina's official news agency is blaming the U.S. military entirely for the weekend's spy-plane incident. The Xinhua agency said "the direct cause of the damage and crash" of a Chinese...
COW FEAR A BUM STEER, SAYS 007
April 3, 2001 | 4:00amHoly haggis! Scottish film legend Sean Connery has a message for American tourists: Don't let mad-cow fears eat at you. Connery, famous for originating the role of British secret agent...
DARRYL ARRESTED AT TAMPA HOSP
April 3, 2001 | 4:00amPolice arrested lamming ex-Yankee Darryl Strawberry yesterday after he checked himself into a Tampa hospital. Pals had earlier rescued the ex-slugger from the Florida hideout where he'd gone after ditching...
SUPREMES TAKE CASE ON RIGHTS OF SEX PREDATORS
April 3, 2001 | 4:00amThe U.S. Supreme Court yesterday agreed to decide if states need proof of uncontrollable behavior to keep sexually violent predators locked up after they've served their time. The court said...
KNICKS KNOW WIN WAS NO CURE-ALL
April 3, 2001 | 4:00amThere are still issues with these Knicks; major issues. A last-second victory over the Kobe Bryant-less fourth-seeded Lakers on Sunday doesn't completely erase the turmoil that infected this club during...
TINY'S ADVICE TO KNICKS: DON'T THINK AHEAD
April 3, 2001 | 4:00amWhen Hall of Famer Nate "Tiny" Archibald looks at the Knicks' chances of making a deep playoff run, he doesn't worry about NBA powerhouses San Antonio, Portland or Sacramento. What's...
THIS CHAUVINIST PIG HAS SEEN THE LIGHT
April 3, 2001 | 4:00amST. LOUIS - Everyone is entitled to an opinion. And ours is that Title IX became a great piece of athletic legislation on Sunday night. Find me a chauvinist who,...
AARON'S ONE NET TO GET STRAIGHT A'S
April 3, 2001 | 4:00amSore back, achy hamstrings, painful toes, battered knee, creaky Achilles. Sounds like a litany of ailments that befell the Nets this season. And that's exactly right - only they all...
MARLBORO MAN STILL SMOKIN'
April 3, 2001 | 4:00amSCORE one for the Marlboro Man. Go ahead, light one up. Dig into that porterhouse. Pour yourself a Scotch. Make mine a double. Neat. The Marlboro Man made a comeback...
NL CHAMPS' 1ST TASK: ESCAPE 'THE TED ZONE'
April 3, 2001 | 4:00amATLANTA - The first sight in Turner Field's road clubhouse yesterday blared out why the Mets-Braves saga is different this year. In blue marker on the white message board were...
LAID-BACK BERNIE CAN'T HIDE FROM SPOTLIGHT
April 3, 2001 | 4:00amPAUL O'Neill trotted to right field and - as has become a Yankee Stadium-opener tradition - was welcomed back to his home away from home by a standing ovation from...
BULKED-UP TINO FLEXES MUSCLES
April 3, 2001 | 4:00amThe new, buff version of Tino Martinez turned a question mark into an exclamation point yesterday. One of the Yanks' biggest questions going into the season is how Martinez, who...
METS DOCTOR THEIR ROSTER BY DL-ING WHITE
April 3, 2001 | 4:00amATLANTA - Rick White's elbow doesn't hurt him when he pitches. But the Mets yesterday placed him on the disabled list anyway. The move allows long man Brian Rose to...
KNICKS WOULD LOVE OPENING WITH EDGE
April 3, 2001 | 4:00amWHO ELSE but Camp Cablevision could turn in a virile 68-point effort against the Moving Van-Couver Grizzlies and a potent 79-point performance versus the Schizo Blazers and follow it up...
HAMILTON'S GOT THE RIGHT (FIELD) STUFF
April 3, 2001 | 4:00amMET NOTES ATLANTA - Darryl Hamilton started spring training at odds with manager Bobby Valentine. Yesterday, Hamilton ended camp by being named the Opening Day right fielder. "I don't read...
KANSAS CITY YOUNGSTERS WILT IN GLARE OF STADIUM
April 3, 2001 | 4:00amForget the 9-20 record in spring training, the worst in baseball. The Yankees' aura of invulnerability and powers of intimidation are still very much intact. Kansas City admitted its younger...
WORSE NEWS FOR RANGERS
April 3, 2001 | 4:00amFile this under the "At Least It Can't Get Any Worse" department. In a season full of despair, lightning struck the Rangers again yesterday when an MRI confirmed that standout...
BOMBERS RESPOND TO OPENING BELL - ROGER, HOMERS RATTLE ROYALS
April 3, 2001 | 4:00amYankees 7 - Royals 3 They instructed us from the beginning of March to disregard their feeble Florida swings. Yet since the only data we had included multiple five-hop grounders...
SORIANO FLAWLESS IN 2B DEBUT
April 3, 2001 | 4:00amThe eyes of Yankee fans have been focused on Chuck Knoblauch's move to left, and how he'll handle playing the outfield. But of equal importance is how Alfonso Soriano handles...
MIKE IS CLASS, NOT CLASH
April 3, 2001 | 4:00amATLANTA - Flags in center field wiggled lazily in the breeze and the sun splashed just the right amount of warmth across "The Ted" as Mike Piazza cranked ball after...
KNOBBY STANDING O HAS A CATCH TO IT
April 3, 2001 | 4:00amThis had to be the first standing ovation in the history of the game for the simple act of catching a fly ball to end a third inning. But that's...
BOMBERS' BANNER DAY STILL A THRILL
April 3, 2001 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES As the 26th World Championship banner was raised by Dwight Gooden, Dave Winfield, Yogi Berra and Phil Rizzuto into a Bronx sky the color of cement and a...
BASEBALL'S SECOND FOR MAHONEY
April 3, 2001 | 4:00amCollin Mahoney was ready for baseball. The Mount St. Michael senior is one of the top high school catchers in the country. Major league scouts rave about his size (6-foot-3,...
DEFENSE NAME OF GAME
April 3, 2001 | 4:00amMINNEAPOLIS - They play like a couple of CYO teams, racing up and down the court, pouring in baskets, shorting out scoreboards. Duke, which averages 90.9 points per game, and...
DEVS WIN WITH THREE IN 3RD
April 3, 2001 | 4:00amDevils 4 - Blackhawks 3 These were red Devils. Those red faces kept them in the first-place race. The motive behind last night's eye-raising 4-3 victory over the Blackhawks at...
CONSTANTINE WOULDN'T KEEP JAGR FROM JOINING ISLES
April 3, 2001 | 4:00amIslanders 4 - Penguins 1 When their differences boiled over, Jaromir Jagr was influential in the firing of former Penguins coach Kevin Constantine 25 games into last season. But with...
'CATS GUTSY TO END
April 3, 2001 | 4:00amMINNEAPOLIS - Lute Olson has been strong for his players all season long and remained that way after his gallant Wildcats had lost the NCAA Tournament championship to Duke last...
BLUE HEAVEN FOR DEVILS - COACH K'S CREW ZAPS 'ZONA TO COP ITS THIRD NCAA TITLE
April 3, 2001 | 4:00amDuke 82 - Arizona 72 MINNEAPOLIS - After winning back to back national titles in the early 90's, Duke spent the remainder of the decade as America's College Basketball Team....
STAFF GETS TITLE, AT LAST
April 3, 2001 | 4:00amMINNEAPOLIS - Every member of the Duke coaching staff, with the exception of head coach Mike Krzyzewski played for the Blue Devils. Last night was a big win for them....
BLUE HEAVEN FOR DEVILS: COACH K'S CREW ZAPS 'ZONA TO COP THIRD NCAA CROWN
April 3, 2001 | 4:00amDuke 82 Arizona 72 MINNEAPOLIS - After winning back-to-back national titles in the early 90's, Duke spent the remainder of the decade as America's College Basketball Team. "I think, overall,...
THEY'RE MADE IN AMERICA
April 3, 2001 | 4:00amMINNEAPOLIS - Even Arizona coach Lute Olson acknowledges he might have been a bit nuts when he came to Tucson in 1983. The Wildcats were coming off a 1-17 season...
ISBISTER MIGHT RETURN TO ISLANDERS' LINEUP
April 3, 2001 | 4:00amIslanders 4 Penguins 1 It seems risky, if not pointless, but Brad Isbister might return to the Islanders' lineup tomorrow night at Toronto after a 14-game absence. Isbister has been...
A BLUE DEVIL OF A TIME
April 3, 2001 | 4:00amFINAL FOUR NOTEBOOK MINNEAPOLIS - After defeating Arizona 82-72 last night for its third national title, Duke certainly has established itself as the elite program in the country and with...
NO SYMPATHY FOR DEVILS
April 3, 2001 | 4:00amFINAL FOUR NOTEBOOK MINNEAPOLIS - Duke certainly has established itself as the elite program in the country and with that comes a burden. The Blue Devils, America's Team, are either...
DEVS GIVE BIG GUNS A BREAK
April 3, 2001 | 4:00amThe chase for first place took a back seat to resting the captain and the franchise last night. Scott Stevens sat out his first game of the season while Martin...