November 7, 2001
FED'S RAIN DANCE - RATE CUTS BOOST CONSUMERS MORE THAN W'S REBATE
President George W. Bush's tax rebate gave each American household an average of $600, but Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan has been much more generous. Thanks to the aggressive interest-rate...
MERRILL'S GROWTH FUND GURU, MCCALL, IS HISTORY
Merrill Lynch's much vaunted and hard-won portfolio manager, James McCall, bolted from the big broker yesterday amid monumental losses in his mutual funds. Insiders at the firm claimed that McCall,...
LAINSIDER OUT OF THE LOOP
Apparently, LAinsider.com didn't have the inside scoop on the advertising recession. The site, which provided entertainment information about Los Angeles, closed yesterday after operating for less than eight months. "Today,...
VIACOM'S BLACK ROCK SWAP FAILS
BLACK Rock will remain in the hands of Viacom - at least for now. The CBS headquarters at 51 W. 52nd St. was one of the last city trophies seeking...
STOCKS AT HIGHEST LEVEL SINCE SEPT. 11
It seems Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan hasn't lost his touch after all. Stocks took off to their highest levels since Sept. 11 yesterday after Greenspan took another whack at benchmark...
HEWLETT CLAN IN BATTLE TO BLOCK A COMPAQ DEAL
A founding family of Hewlett-Packard is going to war against their Chairman Carly Fiorina to block her plan to buy Compaq for $21.5 billion. The boardroom soap opera unfolded yesterday...
DUNNING US WRONG - SUIT: ZIFF BOSS HIRED HIS GIRLFRIEND, SPENT LAVISHLY
THE battle between the people who controlled Ziff Davis Media - ousted CEO James Dunning and his one-time friends and backers Avy Stein and John Willis - is reaching new...
NEW PUTNAM HEAD LIKES POP CULTURE
Penguin Putnam installed Carole Baron, an executive with strong ties to popular authors, as the head of its prestigious G.P. Putnam's imprint. The move is seen as an effort to...
STALEMATE NETS GATES $1B MORE
Bill "Teflon" Gates dodged a monopoly spanking again yesterday and made another $1 billion on it. Conflict reigned among 18 state attorneys general who were evenly split on whether to...
DON'T BLAME CANADA
MONTREAL - Canadian foreign minister John Manley is blaming "West Wing" for spreading the "myth" that terrorists are entering the U.S. through Canadian borders. During a meeting of the Foreign...
MIX OF FACT AND FICTION IN 'OTOMO'
OTOMO 1/2Running time: 85 minutes. Not rated (nothing offensive). At Film Forum, Houston Street, between Sixth Avenue and Varick Street. 'OTOMO" is a fictionalized account of the last day in...
ON THE SIDE: JILLY'S SETTING 'EM UP
SET 'em up, Joe.Jilly's, the namesake of Frank Sinatra's favorite watering hole, is opening in Manhattan. The new venture, Jilly's Piano Bar, is presently under construction at 41 W. 58th...
'NOISES' OFF TO A FAB START
TALK about a sleeper hit.Propelled by rave reviews (3½ stars from The Post, a gigantic color picture in last Friday's Times), the revival of "Noises Off" took in $300,000 at...
PINOT'S NO TURKEY (BUT IT GOES WELL WITH ONE)
THANKSGIVING celebrates abundance and a spirit of generosity.The pinot noirs of California's Carneros region, at the north end of San Francisco Bay, fit that description to a T. Simpatico, immediately...
FRASIER'S ANGEL
'FRASIER' may acknowledge the Sept. 11 terror attacks on a future episode. The cast and crew of "Frasier" were among those personally affected by the attacks - "Frasier" co-creator/executive producer...
IT'S PIE IN THE SKY
PIZZA 33 489 THIRD AVE. (AT 33RD STREET) (212) 545-9191 THERE'S a story behind Margherita pizza, and Rino LaCerra is only too happy to share the tale. The classic combination...
THIS WAS NOT A 'DISASTER.' IT WAS AN ATTACK, DAMMIT.
TV's polite terms miss a simple truth IMAGINE referring to the attack on Pearl Harbor as "the incident" or "the event" or "that thing that happened on Dec. 7." You'd...
SOON THERE MAY BE THREE TRIBES ; 'SURVIVOR' SET TO THROW CONTESTANTS A CURVE
JUST what will be the surprise twist that awaits the contestants on "Survivor" this week? It appears the show will break apart the two existing tribes - Samburu and Boran...
IRANIAN FILMMAKER IS LATEST HOLLYWOOD CAUSE
A little-known Iranian film is getting a big boost from Hollywood heavyweights who have turned its director's plight into a cause celebre. Hundreds of high-profile filmmakers, including Martin Scorsese, Francis...
JUICE FROM WHITE FRUIT IS A BERRY NEW IDEA
White cranberries start out green, then turn nearly white. GET ready for cranberries of a different color. White cranberries come from the same place as red ones. The berries start...
ISN'T IT RICH? RESTAURANT PRICES BY STEVE CUOZZO POST RESTAURANT CRITIC
THE surprising thing in the Manhattan restaurant world is not how much things have changed since Sept. 11, but how much they haven't - at least from the customer's point...
MUSIC TO MAKE MAKING OUT EASY
ALTHOUGH Britney and Justin would likely disagree, the best song to make out to is not something by *NSYNC or any of the teen songstresses now dominating the charts. It's...
THE FALL OF MARK GREEN - THE DEMOCRAT SHOULD HAVE WON BY A MILE
HOW did Mark Green ever lose this one? Give credit to Rudy Giuliani, for one thing: The mayor demonstrated that, post-Sept. 11, he's got the world's longest set of coattails....
ONTARIO APPROVES 3G FINE - FOR PARKING
TORONTO - If you're planning a trip to Ontario, be careful where you put your car - parking in a "handicapped" zone will cost you a staggering $3,000. The stupendous...
GREEN'S RUNOFF VOTERS ABANDONED HIM
A surprisingly big chunk of Mark Green's supporters in last month's runoff dumped him yesterday for rival Mike Bloomberg, joined by an even stronger wave of Hispanics who had backed...
'POTTER' POPULARITY POLL IS ONE FOR THE BOOKS
Harry Potter fever got even hotter yesterday when the boy wizard was named the most famous character in English literature. Harry beat out such tried-and-true favorites as Winnie the Pooh...
TAXI TERRORIST BUSTED - SIX SLAIN IN NEW MIDEAST CLASHES
JERUSALEM - Israeli security caught a would-be suicide bomber red-handed at an entrance to Jerusalem yesterday, as five Palestinians and an Israeli were killed in other clashes. Sources said the...
'LIKE HEAVEN ON EARTH' - WIDOW MOURNS WTC FIRE HERO
Remembering him as a "family man and a great man to us all," hundreds of mourners jammed a Queens church yesterday to bid farewell to FDNY Lt. Michael Russo. The...
ODD TURN IN SLAY CASE - 'OTHER MAN' DRIVES DEAD MOGUL'S CAR
The electrician boyfriend of murdered multimillionaire Ted Ammon's widow is tooling around town in a car registered to the dead man - and he put the pedal to the metal...
POSTAL UNION, BOSSES IN COURT
Bad blood between anthrax-fearing postal workers and their bosses spilled into the courtroom yesterday - where a judge will decide if the city's largest mail station should be closed. Postal...
COP-UNION BIG ADMITS FRAUD
An ex-police union official has quietly pleaded guilty to fraud stemming from a sweeping case of mob stock rip-offs that netted more than 100 suspects, sources said. Stephen Gardell, the...
RIVALS' ADS WERE MEANEST IN MEMORY
The trail of harshly negative TV and radio ads launched by Mark Green and Michael Bloomberg will be remembered as some of the most down-and-dirty the city has ever seen....
FEDS: BANK WAS MOB FAMILY BIZ
A Mafia crew, headed by a reputed Bonanno family underboss, had the run of a Long Island bank where wiseguys raked in profits through illegal loans and even doled out...
BARBIE BLITZ FOR KINDHEARTED KID
A 4-year-old Utah girl - who selflessly sent the 60 cents she was saving to buy a Barbie doll to the Twin Towers Fund instead - is about to be...
ED. BOARD PULLS PLUG ON TV PLAN
The Board of Education has scuttled Schools Chancellor Harold Levy's plan to privatize the school system's radio and TV stations, officials said yesterday. Instead, the board will consider a new...
YANK GREAT PAUL NOW SET TO PLAY AT HOME
Paul O'Neill knows this is the greenest grass on earth. On his final walk into the Stadium as a Yankee yesterday, the retiring right fielder took one last look at...
NEW BOSS WILL HAVE BUDGET NIGHTMARE
The next mayor faces such daunting budget problems that some people in government openly wonder - only half jokingly - why anyone wants the job. "Why do you want to...
NEW SHADE OF GREEN - HOW MARK SHIFTED TO THE CENTER
Twenty-five years ago, Mark Green went on a grueling 24-hour campaign marathon with ultra-liberal Senate candidate Ramsey Clark on the eve of the Democratic primary. On Monday night, Green's all-night...
COLOMBO 'BOSS' LOSES ROUND
Reputed acting Colombo crime boss Alphonse "Allie Boy" Persico yesterday lost his bid to keep potentially incriminating evidence out of his upcoming federal racketeering trial. Judge Reena Raggi ruled against...
TERROR-WARY VOTERS GIVE BLOOMY A BOOST
Voters who said the attack on the World Trade Center influenced their choice for mayor were nearly twice as likely to back Michael Bloomberg over Mark Green, exit polls showed....
BLOOMY'S BIG BUCKS SHATTER RECORD
Mike Bloomberg began the year as a billionaire businessman with no political experience - and he'll end it holding the record for the most expensive self-financed city campaign in history....
MINORITY COALITION SPLINTERS
African-Americans were solidly behind Mark Green, with 75 percent going for the Democratic candidate, but he picked up only half the Hispanic vote, according to an exit poll last night....
SOMETHING GOES WRONG: VOTING GOES RIGHT
Voters came out in "solid" numbers yesterday - the fourth time that some have gone to the polls - and experienced few tangles, despite the dire predictions of a messy...
CHILD-ABUSE NIGHTMARE - GIRL, 3, DIES IN S.I. HOUSE OF HORRORS
A Staten Island couple, who had repeatedly been investigated for allegedly abusing their kids, last night were charged with killing their 3-year-old daughter after a court placed her back in...
SLEUTHS FOLLOW LAST TRACKS OF ANTHRAX VICTIM
Investigators yesterday were tracking anthrax victim Kathy Nguyen's final subway rides and department-store visits, hoping to uncover how she contracted the deadly inhaled form of the disease - as the...
BRONX BUNGLERS ARE BIG LOSERS
WHAT are they going to do now? For a brief, shining moment this fall, Al Sharpton might actually have believed his own nonsense. After two decades spent as a political...
EASY VICTORIES FOR ADVOCATE, COMPTROLLER
Bill Thompson last night became the city's new comptroller, while Betsy Gotbaum cruised to election as public advocate. Neither of the two Democrats faced any significant opposition for the citywide...
MIKE'S A MAN'S MAN - BUT MARK HAD THE GALS' VOTE
Women for Mark, men for Mike. That was the way the vote broke down along gender lines between Mark Green and Mike Bloomberg last night. Green led among women, 52...
STRONG SHOWING A VICTORY FOR BUSH
ANALYSIS WASHINGTON - President Bush owes a big vote of thanks to Mike Bloomberg - and Mayor Giuliani. National Democrats wanted to pitch yesterday's elections as a rejection of "stale...
HIS CAMPAIGN'S RIGHT ON THE MONEY
ANALYSIS Mike Bloomberg capitalized on Mayor Giuliani's enormous popularity, simmering Democratic discontent, his business credentials - and more than $50 million to get his message out. The attack on the...
GIULIANI BOOST SPELLED VICTORY - MAYOR'S 'PULL' PUT AT 27% IN EXIT POLLS
Mayor Giuliani's endorsement definitely gave Mike Bloomberg a boost. An exit poll of 1,608 voters who cast ballots yesterday showed that 27 percent said the mayor's backing made them more...
MIKE IS THE MIRACLE MAN - BEATS GREEN IN STUNNING UPSET
Republican billionaire Michael Bloomberg last night pulled a shocking upset over Democrat Mark Green - riding Mayor Giuliani's coattails and a record $50 million campaign budget into City Hall. Green...
EITHER WAY, GREEN LOST: THE DEMOCRAT SHOULD HAVE WON BY A MILE
HOW did this race get so tight? Give credit to Rudy Giuliani, for one thing: The mayor demonstrated that, post-Sept. 11, he's got the world's longest set of coattails. Indeed,...
'EVIL' OSAMA POSES NUCLEAR THREAT, PREZ WARNS
WASHINGTON - President Bush yesterday for the first time charged Osama bin Laden is out to get nuclear weapons that threaten "civilization itself" as he sought to rev up world...
WAR'S COST PUT AT $1B A MONTH
WASHINGTON - The military campaign to overthrow Osama bin Laden and his henchmen may end up costing taxpayers $1 billion a month, according to a recent report. The highly respected...
U.S. DRAWS UP INVASION PLAN - SPRINGTIME PUSH SEEN IF REBELS FAIL
WASHINGTON - The Pentagon is preparing contingency plans for a major U.S. ground invasion of Afghanistan that would be ordered next spring if anti-Taliban rebels fail to make significant military...
MIKE & MARK GO DOWN TO WIRE - GREEN LEADS IN EARLY EXIT POLLS
Michael Bloomberg and Mark Green last night were headed to a photo finish in the racially charged mayoral campaign, which was eclipsed by the terrorist destruction of the World Trade...
SOMETHING'S 'WRONG': VOTING'S GONE RIGHT
Voters came out in "solid" numbers yesterday - the fourth time that some have gone to the polls - and experienced few tangles, despite the dire predictions of a messy...
RUNOFF VOTERS ABANDONED DEM
A surprisingly big chunk of Mark Green's supporters in last month's runoff dumped him yesterday for rival Mike Bloomberg, joined by an even stronger wave of Hispanics who had backed...
CALL HIM MAYOR MIKE - BLOOMY WINS IN STUNNING UPSET
Republican billionaire Michael Bloomberg pulled a stunning upset over Democrat Mark Green - riding on Mayor Giuliani's coattails and a record $50 million advertising campaign into City Hall. A shocked...
I HELD MY NOSE IN DISGUST AS I VOTED FOR . . .
I'VE changed my mind five times in the last two days about whom to vote for, depending on whom I've talked to. By now, I'm tempted not to bother, taking...
MIKE GETS RIDE ON RUDY'S REP - MAYOR'S 'PULL' PUT AT 27% IN EXIT POLLS
Mayor Giuliani's endorsement definitely gave Mike Bloomberg a boost. A survey of 1,608 voters who cast ballots yesterday showed that 27 percent said the mayor's backing made them more likely...
MIKE GETS RIDE ON RUDY'S REP: MAYOR'S 'PULL' PUT AT 27% IN EXIT POLLS
Mayor Giuliani's endorsement definitely gave Mike Bloomberg a boost, according to an exit poll. A survey of 867 voters who cast ballots yesterday showed that 27 percent said the mayor's...
KNICKS CRASH AND BURN IN WALLY WORLD
Wolves 104 Knicks 94 MINNEAPOLIS - Call it Wally's revenge. Last season, the Knicks came into the Target Center, beat the Timberwolves emphatically - punctuated by Latrell Sprewell talking trash...
COMMISSION VOTES TO FORCE GUN RECALL
IN what many are describing as a political move more than a product-safety one, the U. S. Consumer Product Safety Commission voted 2-1 last week to file an administrative lawsuit...
BIG A STAKE MEETS WITH 'APPROVAL'
It wasn't as easy as his 4-5 favoritism suggested, but Miesque's Approval came through for the chalk players in yesterday's $75,000 Pilgrim Stakes at the Big A, wearing down front-running...
RUNNING GAME KEY FOR PLAYOFF PUSH
AT midseason a year ago, the Giants were 6-2, on their way to an outstanding 12-4 record and a stunning Super Bowl run. A year later, they are 4-4 at...
GANG GREEN FINALLY ON THE RIGHT TRACK
THE Jets have been telling us all along that they're improving. Along the way, we've rolled our eyes and wondered aloud if that's really been the case. However, at 5-3...
CLINTON COACH: SYSTEM STINKS
Ed Gardella knows that his team has no one to blame but itself for not making the PSAL football playoffs. "If we had beaten Columbus [on Friday], we're in," the...
JINTS HOPE POCHMAN CAN PUNT
GIANT NOTES After what insiders described yesterday as a fairly unimpressive punting tryout, the Giants still do not know who will be punting for them Sunday against the Cardinals in...
ON SECOND THOUGHT, YANKS EYE ALOMAR ; SORIANO MOVES TO LEFT IF ROBERTO OR BOONE COME ABOARD
Jason Giambi is an option to cure the Yankees' hitting ills. He isn't an end all to the sweeping changes the club is expected to make after being dethroned as...
FRASER'S SET TO VISIT STORM
One of the most important weekends in Jason Fraser's life has arrived, which means a crucial weekend for four high- profile college basketball programs also is here. Fraser, the 6-foot-9,...
NETS FEEL GROWN UP WITH KIDD
Obviously, the arrival of Jason Kidd has had an immediate impact on the Nets' psyche.The smooth point guard has instilled a confidence and killer instinct that has been sorely lacking...
BOOMER RUMOR HEATS UP
YANKEE NOTES Is Joe Torre prepared for Boomer II? When the White Sox declined a $10 million option on David Wells on Monday, the veteran lefty who underwent back surgery...
RIVERA VOWS: WE'LL BE BACK IN SERIES
Baseball, it appears, is going to fold two teams, but don't expect Mariano Rivera to fold just because he gave up a bloop single to Arizona's Luis Gonzalez that gave...
DEVILS RETURNING TO OLD FAITHFULS
His once-mighty penalty killing now an NHL-worst controversy, Larry Robinson yesterday issued a vote of confidence that may signal a return to his former formidable format. While preparing for tonight's...
YANKS EYE ALOMAR, BOONE ; SORIANO TO LF IF DEAL OCCURS
Jason Giambi is an option to cure the Yankees' hitting ills. He isn't an end-all to the sweeping changes the club is expected to make after being dethroned as World...
JASON, TINO & NICK MAKE MORE SENSE
WHY is it exactly that the Yankees cannot have both Jason Giambi and Tino Martinez? I must not have taken notes in the class in which that was explained. There...
SHOULDER SURGERY POSSIBLE FOR JETER
Derek Jeter, whose right shoulder bothered him from the beginning of spring training to the final out in Game 7 of the World Series, is to undergo an MRI to...
METS NEED GILES, IF BUCS ARE RIGHT
If a computer could take all the aspects the Mets want in an outfielder and search major-league baseball's directory of available players to find the perfect fit, it would spit...
BASEBALL TO GIVE TWO TEAMS THUMB ; BUT PLAYERS VOW BITTER FIGHT TO KO CONTRACTION
Once again, baseball makes its bid as the sport of the century - the 19th century. Finding its current setup unworkable despite another record-breaking season and a thrilling, ratings-bonanza World...
AXED FRANCHISES SACRIFICIAL LAMBS
IF something is dead, you bury it. If there is zero hope for new stadiums in Montreal and Minnesota and no viable new owners anywhere, there isn't reason to let...
BUT DOES ANYBODY CARE?
Rangers 3Wild 1 Once the time that the Garden was an electric arena, full and full-throated both for one Ranger game after another, for one Ranger season after another. But...
OSGOOD: NO GOAL, BUT NO GOALS ALLOWED
Islanders 3 Lightning 0 So the goalie's not shooting as well as the Islanders would like. With just over two minutes left in last night's 3-0 blanking of the Lightning...
CAMBY'S COMEBACK WON'T BE TOO SOON
KNICK NOTES MINNEAPOLIS - The five-game, injured-list sentence is up following tonight's game vs. Cleveland, but Marcus Camby is staying right where he is. Though Camby would be eligible to...
SPREE: WE NEED SOME HEART
MINNEAPOLIS - Some Knicks players seemed confused, having their own interpretations on Jeff Van Gundy's salty remark about the team lacking a certain virile quality in the fourth quarter. Van...
WALLY WOULDN'T MIND A TRADE TO BIG APPLE
KNICK NOTES MINNEAPOLIS - If Wally Szczerbiak is to be traded, he hopes he goes to the Knicks. Szczerbiak, the third-year player out of Miami of Ohio via Cold Spring...
ISLES DON'T HAVE TO FIGHT TO BE TOUGH
Toughness and fighting are two different things. The Islanders have engaged in just three fights through their first 13 games, going into last night's home tussle with the Lightning. In...
ON SHORT END, DEVILS TURN TO OLD FAITHFULS
His once-mighty penalty killing now an NHL-worst controversy, Larry Robinson yesterday issued a vote of confidence that may signal a return to his former formidable format. While preparing for tonight's...