November 8, 2001
BAXTER UNFAZED BY DIALYSIS DEATHS
THE good news is that Wall Street thinks Baxter International Inc. can handle legal claims that'll arise from its deadly dialysis equipment. The bad news is that at least one...
NEWS CORP. POSTS $83M PROFIT IN QUARTER
News Corporation reported a drop in first-quarter earnings as the advertising slump offset box office successes. The media giant, which owns Fox Entertainment and Twentieth Century Fox film studios, reported...
WTC FIRM EXECS BLEW $ ON FURS, ANTIQUES: SUIT
A World Trade Center brokerage house lost $108 million in investor funds - and the company chief fled the country in the wake of the Sept. 11 disaster, according to...
MOGUL DUMPS TRUMP - TURKISH TELECOM TITAN CEM UZAN BALKS ON $38M CONDO
FREE-SPENDING Turkish telecommunications mogul Cem Uzan, perhaps best known in this country as the buyer of a $38 million duplex penthouse on top of the new Trump World Tower, is...
SAD MOOD WEIGHS ON WALL ST.'S RITZY BASH
BOCA RATON, Fla. - Titans of finance shook off the dust and debris of a wounded Wall Street and headed South to regroup in sunny Florida for the annual Securities...
PONY'S RIDING THE COMEBACK TRAIL
Pony is the next brand to be brought back from the '80s. The athletic shoe and sportswear company is being relaunched this fall with a limited number of retailers including...
AX FALLS AGAIN AT BUSINESSWEEK
BusinessWeek has lopped another 39 people from its staff citing a "bleak" ad environment that caused a 37 percent drop in ad revenue this year, even before Sept. 11. As...
CARLY ON THE ROPES - PACKARD OPPOSITION TO DEAL LEAVES HP'S FIORINA ON THE OUTS
Carly Fiorina, the one-time wonder woman of Silicon Valley, is taking on a fight she's likely to lose. The chairman-CEO of Hewlett-Packard is digging in her heels against the two...
TOP HACHETTE SPOT TO BE SPLIT 4 WAYS
Hachette Filipacchi's top editor, Jean-Louis Ginibre, has been booted upstairs to be the international creative director, and his powerful editorial director post will be split up among four group editors....
HELP FOR HELPERS
SEPT. 11 has some of us running to our shrinks to find out why we tear up whenever we hear "The Star-Spangled Banner." But even shrinks need someone to talk...
NO DEADWOOD IN LIVE CONCERT
LIVE ----- THE advantage of being in the same band since junior high school was quite apparent at Live's Roseland Ballroom show Tuesday evening. The quartet - fattened with a...
SHORTCHANGED ON 'MONEY'
WHERE'S MY MONEY? Manhattan Theatre Club, 131 W. 55th St. Call CityTix, (212) 581-1212. -------- 'WHERE'S the play?" one might ask John Patrick Shanley after seeing his "Where's My Money?"...
ELAINE STRITCH LOOKS BACK
ELAINE STRITCH AT LIBERTYPublic Theater, 425 Lafayette St., at Astor Place; (212) 239-6200. ------- ELAINE Stritch - a fiery, feisty broad of 76 - takes us through her life in...
MORE 'AMAZING' THAN EVER BEFORE
'THE Amazing Race" is heading back to the starting gate for a second lap. A new season of the low-rated reality show in which contestants race around the world, is...
DUCHOVNY SET FOR 'X-FILES 2' MOVIE
X-FILES" creator Chris Carter is close to signing a deal to make a second movie based on the hit sci-fi show. The film reportedly will star David Duchovny and Gillian...
MAHER EXPECTS TO BE AXED
EMBATTLED "Politically Correct" host Bill Maher doesn't expect to keep his show on ABC after his contract expires next year. Maher has been under fire since mid-September after comments he...
THIS SHOW REALLY BUGS ME - THE FOCUS ON EXCRETORY SUBJECTS MAKES YOU WONDER IF THE SHOW'S WRITERS AREN'T OVERDUE FOR A TUNEUP AT THEIR SHRINKS
"The Tick" [Zero stars] Tonight at 8:30 on Fox/Ch. 5 --------- IF it walks like a kids' show and talks like a kids' show, then it is a kids' show,...
KING OF POP TAKES NYC
AS Michael Jackson's new album shot to the top of the charts yesterday, the self-crowned King of Pop held court in Times Square, where thousands of fans crowded the streets...
THE RACE IS ON! - TOO EARLY TO TALK ABOUT THE OSCARS? NOT IN HOLLYWOOD
HOLLYWOOD studios may be on high security alert with senior executives meeting with the White House on the war against terrorism - but Tinseltown is never too preoccupied to think...
HOME-ALONE GIRL, 4, DIES IN BROOKLYN BLAZE: COPS
A 4-year-old girl, left alone by her father in a Brooklyn apartment, died yesterday when a fire broke out and she was overcome by smoke, police said. Colene Taylor was...
MORE FIREFIGHTERS TO SEARCH WTC SITE
The number of firefighters assigned to search for remains at ground zero will double from 25 to 50 per shift, a Fire Department source said yesterday. The increase follows the...
BLACK ACE MADE WWII HISTORY
Sunday is Nov. 11, Veterans Day. Americans will salute everyone who has served in our armed forces, including the 1 million soldiers, sailors, airmen and Marines who gave their lives...
FINEST PIN FOR FALLEN FELLOW COPS
The NYPD has created a breast bar and lapel pin cops can wear to show their support for the 23 police officers who lost their lives in the World Trade...
JEWISH MUSEUM SUES CONTRACTORS
The founders of the Jewish Children's Museum, under construction in Crown Heights, are suing two contractors for $3.5 million, claiming they did shoddy work, delayed construction and interfered with the...
SHELTER STIRS STORM NEAR U.N. PRESCHOOL
Residents of Turtle Bay - the neighborhood that takes in United Nations Plaza and the glittering Trump World Tower - are in an uproar over a city plan to put...
'KILL IT!' SOUNDED DEATH KNELL
MIKE BLOOMBERG'S bottomless wallet and Rudy's endorsement didn't do it alone. Mark Green's humiliating loss in Tuesday's mayoral election is best summed up in four words: "Kill it! Kill it!"...
ISRAELIS CORNER, KILL HAMAS BIG
JERUSALEM - Israeli undercover troops disguised as Arabs yesterday killed a Hamas gunman who had been hunted for three years on the West Bank. Issa Dababsa, 50, reached for his...
STUY HIGH'S WTC WOES BOOST TECH
Interest in academic powerhouse Brooklyn Tech HS has skyrocketed, while Manhattan rival Stuyvesant HS - in the shadow of the World Trade Center disaster - remains mired in controversy over...
RFK JR. MAY SUE TO STOP CASINOS
ALBANY - Environmental activist Robert F. Kennedy Jr. yesterday threatened legal action if casinos are proposed anywhere near the New York City watershed in the Catskills. Kennedy, an attorney for...
DEM REACHES OUT TO BEATEN NASSAU GOP
Democrat Tom Suozzi - who pulled off a landslide to become the first Democratic Nassau County Executive in 32 years - said yesterday he wants to work with Republicans, despite...
ECONOMIC FORUM WILL MEET HERE
The World Economic Forum - a corporate-funded think tank - will forgo the alpine splendor of Davos, Switzerland, next year and instead hold its annual meeting in the Big Apple,...
B'KLYN MAN OFF HOOK IN STAB DEATH OF MUGGER
The Brooklyn man who stabbed a mugger to death during a chance encounter on the street last month will not be charged, The Post has learned. Devon Plummer, 33, said...
MIKE'S DEBTS
THE good news is that Michael Bloomberg owes his mayoralty to Rudy Giuliani. Never before in the annals of political endorsements has one politician done so much for another -...
COP LINKED TO TRAGIC DWI CASE SUES TO GET JOB BACK
A probationary cop who was axed for boozing with a police officer who allegedly ran over and killed a Brooklyn family is suing to get his job back. John Welsh,...
BIZARRE IMMIGRANT HOAX
An Indian immigrant was charged yesterday with creating a fake anthrax scare to get himself shipped home. Nixon Saldanha allegedly concocted a bizarre bogus bioterror scheme because he wanted to...
PANICKED DEMS DON'T WANT REPEAT IN GOV RACE
ALBANY - State Democratic chairwoman Judith Hope, stunned by the racial tensions that led to Mark Green's defeat, urged one of her party's gubernatorial candidates yesterday to quit the race....
RUDY VOWS $$ TO FAMILIES BY THANKSGIVING
Mayor Giuliani yesterday announced that nearly half of the $93 million his Twin Towers fund has collected will be distributed by Thanksgiving to the families of the 406 uniformed personnel...
PAIR HAILED AS 'INSPIRATION' - COP, FIREFIGHTER DIED HELPING SAVE OTHERS
Solemn firefighters gathered in Manhattan, and police officers lined the streets of Long Island yesterday to say farewell to two heroes of the trade center in memorials rich with tributes...
FLIGHTS OF FANCY - SUPERSONIC IS BACK TO PAMPER THE JET SET
GOT an extra $12,652 hanging around? If you do, you can fly to London or Paris in half the time now that Concorde is back up. And it's a good...
BRITNEY ROCKS AMID KNOCKER-KNOCKOFF FLAP
Britney Spears rocked the sold-out Nassau Coliseum last night as she tried to shake off a tasteless radio contest involving her breasts. The sultry pop queen, here (above) leaving the...
REBEL CAVALRY CHARGE ROUTS TALIBAN
WASHINGTON - Afghan rebels - many riding on horseback in an old-fashioned cavalry charge - routed Taliban fighters south of Mazar-e-Sharif yesterday and moved to the outskirts of the city...
FEDS SET TO MAKE CASE AGAINST '20TH HIJACKER'
An Islamic extremist who officials believe was slated to be the 20th hijacker in the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks is expected to be the first person indicted for conspiracy in...
GREEN'S FUTURE IS STILL FULL OF PROMISE
Mark Green's political career may be a thing of the past, but it's unlikely that he'll end up far from the limelight. Before he was elected public advocate in 1994,...
WHY 'TIE' CAME UNRAVELED SO QUICKLY
It looked like it was going to be a very long night. Voters captivated by the election-night returns thought they were witnessing a deadlocked race between Mike Bloomberg and Mark...
MEDIA EMPIRE COULD CAUSE ETHICS HEADACHES
Mayor-in-waiting Mike Bloomberg will not seek a lucrative tax break from the city when his media company moves into the new tower being built at the old Alexander's site on...
THE ANATOMY OF A POLITICAL FIASCO - BUBBA'S UNITY BID FLOPPED
It was a Tom Wolfe novel come to life - and the secret plot was to have former President Bill Clinton save Mark Green's nose-diving mayoral campaign. The featured characters...
AMAZIN'S WILPON TO BE ON HIS 'OWN'
Within two weeks, the Mets are expected to have only one owner - Fred Wilpon. Co-owner Nelson Doubleday expects his partner to buy him out, and "I'm urging him to...
MEET BLOOMY'S GAL - SHE'S A CORPORATE BIGWIG HERSELF
Mike Bloomberg doesn't come to the job with a first lady - but he does have a "first girlfriend." Diana Taylor, the Long Island Power Authority's chief financial officer and...
BUSH'S LATINO STRATEGY BUENO FOR BLOOMY
MIKE BLOOMBERG won New York using the strategy that George W. Bush's team is trying to push as a national model - boosting Republicans to victory by grabbing a big...
BROTHERS RAN BOSTON TERROR BANK: FEDS
Two Boston money movers who allegedly fed millions to Osama bin Laden's terror team raised no suspicion as they worked quietly from a teller window in a tiny second-floor office,...
TEAM GIULIANI MIGHT STICK AROUND AWHILE
Most of Mayor Giuliani's top aides won't be hanging around another four years to serve in Mike Bloomberg's administration, but they'd probably be willing to serve an extra few months...
S.I. HORROR HOUSE - MOM CONFESSES IN TORTURE-SLAY OF TOT
In a chilling confession, accused child-killer Julie Herrnkind describes how she and her husband, Matthew, tortured their daughter Sylena to death - just because the terrified 3-year-old soiled her pants....
WHEN GRACIE MANSION JUST ISN'T GOOD ENOUGH
Mayor-elect Michael Bloomberg is not about to cramp his rich-and-famous lifestyle over the next four years. When he takes office in January, Bloomberg will not move into the private quarters...
MIKE'S OFF TO A RUNNING START - HAS MEETINGS WITH FERRER AND RUDY
Mike Bloomberg yesterday zigzagged around the city he's about to run - highlighting his victory lap by meeting with Fernando Ferrer and standing at City Hall with his biggest-name backer,...
CAMPAIGN WIZ WORKS HIS MAGIC YET AGAIN
There have been nine mayoral elections since 1965 and one man has had a hand in propelling the winner into City Hall in seven of them. His name is David...
FAMILY MAN CHERISHED LITTLE THINGS IN LIFE
For Emergency Service cop John D'Allara, life's small pleasures provided the biggest satisfaction. The 47-year-old, 18-year NYPD vet loved nothing better than settling back in his favorite chair, his little...
ANTHRAX VICTIM'S CHILLING 911 CALL - BARED FEARS JUST BEFORE HE DIED
Hours before he died of inhalation anthrax, a gravely ill Washington postal worker told a 911 operator he feared he was infected with the deadly microbe because a colleague had...
ANGRY FIREFIGHTERS POSTPONE TRIBUTE
As three more Bravest were arrested yesterday in connection with last Friday's melee at ground zero, city and national firefighter groups announced they were postponing a memorial set for Nov....
YORK BETTER THAN EVER
OF large help to a little guy is the ability to do some big-time thinking. "Hey, it's huge," confirms Theo Fleury, who at 5-6 has had to overcome small minds...
THE CHASE FOR GUERRERO - VLAD HOT ITEM IN BIG APPLE
Very soon, one of the best players in baseball will be leaving his current address. If he ends up in New York, he will alter one of the city's baseball...
KIDD, PAYTON ARE ON GUARD
For those keeping score at home, the Nets' Magic Number to clinch first place is 78. OK, maybe that's going a little overboard because of a 3-1 record but face...
HERM: DAMIEN ON THIN LEASH
Perhaps there will be a time this season when a large group of reporters will gather around Damien Robinson's locker to ask him about a big, game-saving defensive play he...
LITTLE GUYS HURT BY CONTRACTION
We can't reveal much about our acquaintance who happens to be a scout for a major league team. That's because he has three kids not yet of school age and...
VERMEIL REGRETS RELEASING MARTIN
JET NOTES In a rare and revealing moment for any coach, Chief coach Dick Vermeil yesterday chided himself for releasing defensive tackle Steve Martin at the end of training camp....
READY FOR SOME FIRE ON ICE?
Just another two points? Hardly, as the Islanders host the Rangers tonight at the Coliseum for the first meeting of the season between the arch rivals. "It's a game we've...
SMALL MAN FOR BIG JOB
He knew that Rodney Williams would not be available because of a fractured right wrist and someone would have to take his place as the Giants' punter. That is why...
NO SURGERY SCHEDULED FOR DEREK AFTER MRI
YANKEE NOTES Derek Jeter told Luis Sojo he couldn't play in his teammate's charity golf outing in Venezuela next week because Jeter expected to undergo surgery on his right shoulder....
REED WANTS TO RETURN TO SHEA
Rick Reed doesn't know if he will be in Minnesota or not next year, but he does know where he wants to be: New York, New York. "If I had...
HAMILTON BACK AS MAN IN MIDDLE
GIANT NOTES The tough guy in the middle has been missing for two games, but not any longer. Keith Hamilton, sidelined because of a separated right shoulder, participated in yesterday's...
TURK: GET ME OUT OF PHILADELPHIA
Turk Wendell has said that he wants to one day play for free. He is prepared to show his word is true, The Post has learned. Wendell, who was traded...
DAD DEATH TOOK TOLL ON DUQUE
Imagine your father, a man in his early '60s, dying of lung cancer and no matter how much you want to be with him, you have no chance. Not while...
IT'S 'ZONA-MD., FOR GOOD CAUSE
It's laughable how many early-season college basketball tournaments exist today. If a team can't get into the Mohegan Sun Classic, there's always the Phoenix Classic, which is played in Hartford,...
MAGIC TO JEFF TROOP: GET WITH THE PROGRAM
On the 10th anniversary of his testing positive for HIV, Magic Johnson had a message for the Knicks: Get on the same page. He also basically told the vociferous Latrell...
WELLS' WISH: SHOW ME THE BRONX AGAIN
David Wells wants to be a Yankee again. "Do I want to play for the Yankees? Who [bleeping] wouldn't?" Wells told The Post last night at Hooters in midtown. "I...
HOLIK RESCUES DEVS
Devils 3 - Thrashers 2 He has placed himself squarely on the trading block and says the Devils would be better served to deal him now rather than later. With...
THANK GOODNESS FOR CAVS - STRUGGLING KNICKS BLOW BY CLEVELAND
Knicks 82 - Cavaliers 64 Jeff Van Gundy proved prophetic when he said before last night's Garden 82-64 win over the Cavaliers: "The bandwagon has cleared. Tickets are going for...
MLB WALKS TENUOUS LINE
SUDDEN death is the way it is in sports. That goes for franchises, too. Baseball's decision to eliminate two teams, the unnamed Expos and Twins, has been bashed from coast...
KNICKS' 'D' A CALAMITY - PERIMETER MEN MUST RAISE PLAY
As a coach, Jeff Van Gundy can accept his team bricking free throws. He knows the guys shoot enough of them after practice. So the Knicks' disgraceful showing from the...
WARD LETS PLAY VS. WOLVES DO TALKING
KNICK NOTES You won't get Charlie Ward to speak thoughtfully on any subject anymore. He's become increasingly reclusive with reporters this season - an after-effect of the crucification he received...
DOMI, NIEDS RENEW BATTLE
The Tie Domi circus opens tomorrow, but it started yesterday for Scott Niedermayer. The Devil defenseman yesterday had to begin dealing with his first rematch with Domi in the home-and-home...