November 28, 2001
UNDERCOVER 'TRADERS' EXPOSED EVERGREEN'S 'BOILER ROOM'
Long before the terror attacks exposed two executives in an alleged plot to steal $100 million from their WTC brokerage firm, the company had at least one investor and a...
CONFIDENCE REPORT SHAKES MARKETS
Recession and faltering consumer confidence took down stocks yesterday, even as professional money managers said they are becoming more bullish about the future. The Dow Jones industrial average slumped 110.15,...
BEN SHERMAN PLANS U.S. PUSH
British sportswear maker Ben Sherman is planning an invasion. The company, which first rose to popularity in the 1960s on the backs of The Rolling Stones and The Who, has...
AIR TURBULENCE - US AIRWAYS CEO QUITS, PROLONGED SLUMP SEEN
More gloom gripped the airline industry yesterday, as fear spread that US Airways may go down the tubes and the aviation slump may last years longer than expected. US Airways...
GRASSO EYES GLASS TOWER AGAIN
NEW York Stock Exchange Chairman Dick Grasso doesn't like the idea of a 900-foot office tower over his head, but he may have to live with it. We've learned Grasso...
NO EXIT THRILLER FOR CLANCY
BEST-selling thriller writer Tom Clancy may be locked in at Penguin Putnam after all. A "key man clause" initially built into the new $45 million, two-book contract signed last year...
SCHMIDT HITS FAN - BERTELSMANN DUMPS 'NET ARCHITECT
Andreas Schmidt, the brash, young German charged with spearheading Bertelsmann's Internet strategy, is out. Schmidt, 40, CEO of Bertelsmann's eCommerce Group, was pushed out of the German media conglomerate by...
STARR REPORT
'The View' crew celebrates a milestone As Barbara Walters can tell you, sometimes ignorance really is bliss -especially when it comes to "The View," which celebrates its 1,000th episode today...
THE GRAPE THING ABOUT BEAUJOLAIS NOUVEAU
THE nice thing about new wines - like the much-hyped Beaujolais Nouveau that hit stores this month - is there's something grapey about them.Wine lovers love to wax on about...
AN URBANE OASIS
ZITOUNE 46 GANSEVOORT ST. (212) 675-5224 ZITOUNE stands Meatpacking District hype on its head. Rowdy barns like Chinghalle scored instantaneous reviews. Scenesters drooled over attitudinous Oriont before it mysteriously burned...
A RACE FOR 1ST PLACE ; 'C.S.I.' TAKES ON 'ER' IN RATINGS SHOWDOWN
THE two most popular dramas on TV - "ER" and "C.S.I." - are going head-to-head next month, a one-night showdown that could begin an epic struggle between two networks. CBS...
CHEF'S INFLUENCE LIVES ON
THE culinary world lost a legend last Sunday. Chef Jean-Louis Palladin, 55, died of lung cancer at his McLean, Va. home. Although few New Yorkers had a chance to savor...
BLOODY GOOD SHOW; INFANTRYMEN - THE MAJORITY FROM NEW YORK CITY - WITNESS UNSPEAKABLE HORROR
"The Lost Battalion" Sunday night at 8 on A&E THE technology that was pioneered by Steven Spielberg in "Saving Private Ryan" for re-creating the danger and adrenalin rush of battle...
SHOP 'TIL YOU DROP, SNACK 'TIL YOU CRACK
CAFE BEYOND ½ 620 SIXTH AVE. (BETWEEN 18TH & 19TH STREETS) (212) 620-9752 GIVING your credit card a holiday workout can sure build up an appetite.And if you've been exercising...
'DRUM' ALONG THE HUDSON
RODGERS and Hammerstein may be battling Rodgers and Hammerstein this spring on Broadway.In one corner is the acclaimed London revival of their first show, "Oklahoma!," which will be produced by...
PORNAGAINON BIGSCREEN: PORN WORLD'S 'HEDGEHOG' IS A LEGEND IN HIS OWN TIME
WITH more than 1,600 blue movies to his credit, Ron Jeremy is one of the most prolific porn stars of all time.But this native New Yorker is no typical Adonis....
'TRUE LOVE' BORN IN GAS STATION
TRUE LOVEAt the Zipper, 336 W. 37th St. Through Jan. 20. Call TeleCharge (212) 239-6200. IT'S passion in a gas station, lust in a lube shop, getting off in a...
ELTON'S A REAL GEEZER PLEASER
TO borrow from Sir Elton's song book from last night's Madison Square Garden show - the bitch is back. The gap-toothed Queen of England pounded out a 2 1/2-hour program...
IT'S THE MULLAH OF ALL BLITZES - U.S. JETS SHELLAC HQ WHERE OMAR WAS LIKELY HIDING
U.S. fighter jets yesterday attacked a suspected hideout of key al Qaeda leaders outside Kandahar after reportedly getting a tip that Taliban leader Mullah Mohammed Omar might be holed up...
RIGHT-ON-RED IS WRONG: GOV
ALBANY - Gov. Pataki yesterday vetoed a "right on red" bill for Staten Island. In his veto message, Pataki said the safety of pedestrians and bicycle riders outweighs the reduction...
POWELL'S PICKLE FOR PALESTINIANS
SECRETARY of State Colin Powell's Middle East speech last week contained a significant shift in U.S. policy - one that has gone almost unnoticed. Powell enumerated several "fundamental truths" which...
WRONG FIREMAN BURIED IN MIXUP
An unusual medical mixup led doctors to misidentify the remains of one of the Bravest felled in the World Trade Center attacks, officials said yesterday. José Guadalupe's family thought they...
FIREFIGHTER SACRIFICED SELF AT 27
Firefighter Michael Elferis, of Engine Co. 22 on Manhattan's Upper East Side, was laid to rest yesterday at the tender age of 27 after his body was recovered last week...
$200M KEEPS SECOND AVE. PROJECT ON TRACK
The MTA approved $200 million for initial engineering on the long-awaited - and long-delayed - Second Avenue subway yesterday. "I'm very pleased. I think it's a very important thing for...
MAYOR MIKE MIGHT ADD A DASH OF SALSA
SAN JUAN - Salsa king Willie Colon, who made a strong showing in the race for public advocate, has been "talking seriously" to Mayor-elect Michael Bloomberg about joining the new...
SOMALIA CAMPS IN U.S. CROSS HAIRS
WASHINGTON - The Pentagon is drawing up preliminary plans for airstrikes and missile attacks on suspected terrorist camps run by terror master Osama bin Laden in Somalia, to prevent his...
KIN OF CIVILIANS NEED HELP, TOO
ELEVEN weeks later, some New Yorkers who lost loved ones on Sept. 11 are learning a terrible truth: All victims are not created equal. It has come to this. Relatives...
35 YRS. FOR PUNCHY RAPIST
The punchy perp who threw a Queens courtroom into chaos when he clobbered his defense counsel was sentenced to 35 years in prison yesterday for the rape of an elderly...
COURT FAVORS BLABBY RABBIS
ALBANY - The state's high court yesterday ruled that two rabbis cannot be sued for betraying a woman's confidence by telling her husband she was unhappy with him and schemed...
MTA 'PINS' EXTRA 42G ON $800M SHORTFALL
The MTA is facing an $800 million deficit, but its agencies are treating workers to tens of thousands of dollars worth of lapel pins. Yesterday, the board of the Metropolitan...
LEVY OKS SCHOOL CELL PHONES
Schools Chancellor Harold Levy said yesterday students will be able to bring cell phones to school in the wake of the Twin Tower attacks - but they must turn them...
U.S. PEACE PAIR WITNESS ISRAEL HORROR
Two U.S. envoys on a helicopter tour of Israel got a bird's-eye view of Mideast bloodshed yesterday - flying over a town where Palestinian gunmen had just killed two Israelis....
ABC SAYS WRONG IS RIGHT ON QUIZ SHOW
LOS ANGELES - Question: Who's got the final answer on world geography? A) Geography professors; B) Map makers; C) TV producers. Answer: C - at least according to ABC. The...
LEGAL EAGLES ARE CIRCLING - TARGET AIRLINE, PLANE MAKER FOR SUITS
Lawyers who won record multimillion-dollar damage claims in the Lockerbie and TWA air disasters are beginning a new legal fight - for families who lost loved ones in the Rockaways...
HOMELESS CRISIS IS GROWING
Bag-toting homeless people are taking up residence on city sidewalks, doorways and parks in growing numbers, bringing back memories of the Calcutta-like state of the city a decade ago. The...
'V'ELCOME ADDITION - NEW SUBWAY LINE TO EASE QUEENS CRUSH
A new Queens-to-Manhattan subway will begin service next month amid a slew of other changes to existing lines, officials announced yesterday. The new V train and the other changes will...
BELLE HARBOR KIDS NEED HOLIDAY CHEER
Parents in Belle Harbor, Queens, are hoping the joy of the holiday season will help put smiles back on the faces of children still shaken two weeks after a plane...
KERIK KICKS OUT MIDTOWN PEDDLERS
Illegal vendors were cleared from a busy section of Midtown yesterday after Police Commissioner Bernard Kerik read a report in The Post describing sidewalks littered with peddlers. After driving around...
SADDAM PUTS ANOTHER NAIL IN HIS COFFIN
WASHINGTON - President Bush's team played it cagey yesterday on what he'll do about Saddam Hussein after the Iraqi dictator slapped away a demand that he allow U.N. weapons inspections....
AUCTION EXPERT: I HAD SECRET TALKS
Sotheby's former jewelry expert said yesterday he had secret conversations with his Christie's counterpart about raising rates as far back as 1992 - testimony that may help his old boss...
U.S. JAILS OSAMA 'THUGS' - SUSPECTS NABBED IN WAKE OF SEPT. 11 TERROR-HIJACK ATTACKS
The feds have snared militants of Osama bin Laden's al Qaeda clan in a nationwide anti-terror dragnet, Attorney General John Ashcroft said yesterday as he released partial details on the...
ANOTHER JOURNALIST KILLED, ONE HELD HOSTAGE
A TV cameraman was killed near the front lines of Afghanistan yesterday - as the fate of another reporter dangled in the hands of brutal kidnappers. Swedish TV4 journalist Ulf...
APT. RENTS PLUMMET - MANHATTAN A BARGAIN AFTER 9/11
Santa Claus is coming early for apartment hunters. With fewer corporations bringing in recruits, and jittery young execs moving back in with Mama, there's not only more elbow room in...
BOARD OF ED UNVEILS BID TO EASE THE SQUEEZE
The cash-strapped Board of Education could move students from crammed high schools into underutilized elementary- and middle-school buildings to relieve crowding, Chancellor Harold Levy said. He also suggests reassigning fifth-graders...
RUDY RIPS TEACHERS' PAY BID AMID 9/11 CRI$IS
The teachers union yesterday called for a whopping 23 percent salary hike over two years despite the financial fallout from the Twin Towers attacks - and Mayor Giuliani immediately slammed...
LAURA HERE TO LIGHT UP ROCK TREE
First Lady Laura Bush is coming to the Big Apple today to help light the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree, saying she wants to show her solidarity with "the strength and...
MCCALL: PATAKI $TRUCK OUT - SAYS GOV FAILED IN BID FOR AID POST-9/11
Carl McCall yesterday launched a blistering attack on Gov. Pataki's seven-year record, saying he virtually abandoned upstate New York and "flubbed" his request for federal aid following the Sept. 11...
TRACES OF OSAMA'S TERROR-WEAPONS TESTS AT 40 VACATED LAIRS
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. forces have discovered more than 40 sites in Afghanistan where Osama bin Laden and his henchmen were conducting experiments aimed at building chemical, biological and nuclear...
RICHTER POINTS THE WAY ; GOALIE GETS RANGERS A TIE
Rangers 2 Sabres 2 BUFFALO - There is no telling what place in the standings this Ranger team would occupy if not for the work of Mike Richter. There is...
SLAY FUGITIVE RETURNING
An accused killer on the lam for 20 years will finally face justice in New York when detectives bring him back to the Big Apple Friday. Frank Riccardi, 44, was...
MCCALL: PATAKI $TRUCK OUT: SAYS GOV FAILED IN BID FOR FED AID
Carl McCall yesterday launched a blistering attack on Gov. Pataki's seven-year record, saying he virtually abandoned upstate New York and "flubbed" his request for federal aid following the Sept. 11...
FEDS: DEALER RAN STOLEN-CAR EXPORT RACKET
A Brighton Beach used-car dealer was busted yesterday for shipping luxury automobiles to Eastern Europe after they were falsely reported stolen, federal authorities said. Grigori Baranik was held without bail...
RUDY WANTS NAVY ON STATEN IS.
Mayor Giuliani said yesterday he'll ask the federal government to open a naval base on Staten Island to help beef up the city's military presence. "I would be very happy...
HERO FIREFIGHTER IMMORTALIZED IN SONG
Firefighter Mike Moran became an overnight sensation by going on national television and telling Osama bin Laden to "Kiss my royal Irish ass!" Now his wildly popular expression of post-Sept....
FBI ON LOOKOUT FOR VANISHED EBOLA EXPERT
Concerned that bioterrorists may be involved, the FBI is closely monitoring a Memphis, Tenn., police probe into the disappearance of a famed Harvard microbiologist who specializes in Ebola and other...
BRODEUR OKS OLYMPICS, THEN BOMBS OUT
Penguins 6 Devils 0 PITTSBURGH - It must be made clear that Martin Brodeur changed his mind and declared to The Post his intention to accept even the No. 3...
ISLES MAKE THEIR POINT
Islanders 5 - Capitals 5 The Hex lives on. But this game still was pretty magical for the 11,843 at the Coliseum last night as the Islanders managed to pull...
THIS FINISH BODES WELL FOR U.S.
BODE Miller showed some rare restraint Monday and came away with the best U.S. finish in a World Cup men's slalom since 1988. The 24-year-old from Franconia, N.H., was second...
JUMBO RETURNS AS LINE COACH
JET NOTES The Jets yesterday hired former tackle Jumbo Elliott as an assistant offensive line coach. Elliott, who played with the Jets from 1996 through last season after a successful...
BIG M SHIPPERS PAYING OFF
One handicapping angle that's clicked several times at this Aqueduct meet for nice prices is horses shipping in from The Meadowlands. Many tend to overlook Big M shippers because, in...
FRASER DECISION FINALLY IN
After months of speculation the wait finally appears over. Numerous sources told the Post yesterday that Amityville star Jason Fraser has decided to go to Villanova and that an announcement...
GIANT PROBLEMS? LET'S COUNT 'EM
SEARCHING for a way to lift the spirits of his team, Jim Fassel, following the loss to the Vikings, tried to lighten the mood. The result was the Giants looking...
ANOTHER BIG TEST FOR CAMBY'S FOOT
ATLANTA - The Knicks' season does not turn around in one night. While Marcus Camby soared through the Garden air Monday night with the hopes of the city soaring with...
BACK INSURANCE PART OF PACKAGE
The Mets' courting of Juan Gonzalez will go into full force at next month's Winter Meetings. "We'll pick up that discussion at some point, most likely in Boston," Jeff Moorad,...
PIAZZA LOVES THOUGHT OF GONZO AT SHEA
LOOK at the Mets' swiss cheese batting order and then look at the pool of free agents and it keeps coming back to one name: Juan Gonzalez. He was a...
HERM POINTING JETS TO SUPE
WITH a crowd of naysayers cynically awaiting their fall from grace, and from first place, the Jets will seize the moment Sunday and forcefully stamp themselves as one of the...
ROBIN: I WANT TO STAY
With the retirement of Scott Brosius, trade talks between the Yankees and Mets are expected to intensify regarding third baseman Robin Ventura. Ventura said yesterday that his first choice is...
BROSIUS: HOME IS WHERE MY HEART IS
Sounding sure and relieved, Scott Brosius began his life as an ex-baseball player yesterday. After four championship seasons with the Yankees, the 35-year-old third baseman felt satisfied on his first...
CLEMENS: MISS YOU, SCOTT
YANKEE NOTES Like everybody else, Roger Clemens doesn't know who will replace the retired Scott Brosius at third base. However, Clemens is convinced of one thing: Brosius' ability to bail...
YANKS MAY OFFER JASON PACT TODAY
George Steinbrenner sounds like a man who wants Jason Giambi in pinstripes. So much so that The Boss is likely to authorize his Inner Circle to officially extend an offer...
WORKOUTS LEAVE FONZ FEELING GYM DANDY
MET NOTES Working out four times a week in Connecticut has transformed Edgardo Alfonzo's body. He feels more vibrant when he wakes up. "Before, I used to get up a...
NETS LEAD BULLS TO SLAUGHTER; CHICAGO HITS NEW LOW BEFORE CROWD OF 5,234
Nets 100 Bulls 68 The Nets were worried about this game last night. After seeing the Bulls, if they have any lingering concerns, then they must be terrified of bunny...
NOT MUCH MAGIC LEFT FOR EWING
KNICK NOTES Patrick Ewing will be in foreign territory come Dec. 15. For the first time since after the trading deadline of the 1996-97 season, he won't be able to...
HUNGRY NETS NEED SOME HOME COOKIN'
Coming back from a five-game road trip to the left coast with defeats in their last two outings, the Nets needed a chump. Someone to punch out. Someone to help...
ISLES LEARNING HOW TO WIN
Welcome to Winning 101. In the Islander institution that has won four straight games going into last night's home tilt with the Capitals and sits atop the Eastern Conference, some...
THE VERBAL WAR CONTINUES: SABRES' VARADA FIRES BACK AT THEO
BUFFALO - While Lindy Ruff tap-danced yesterday morning in claiming that he had been referring only to Theo Fleury's penchant for on-ice histrionics and not his struggle to overcome substance...
IF ASKED, BRODEUR SAYS HE'LL GO FOR GOLD
PITTSBURGH - While sources say Curtis Joseph is already selected as one of three, Martin Brodeur yesterday told The Post the words Canadian Olympic officials wanted to hear, the change...