April 16, 2002
IBM MAY HAVE A LEAK
April 16, 2002 | 4:00amBAD news travels fast when it involves IBM. Sometimes even a little faster than it should. There was a rule passed last year by the Securities & Exchange Commission called...
CANADIAN BANK WILL BUY PUTNAM
April 16, 2002 | 4:00amNational Bank of Canada agreed yesterday to buy investment bank Putnam Lovell Group Inc. in a move to strengthen its financing and advisory business in the U.S. Canada's sixth-largest bank...
WHAT A DRAG! CITI'S LOSS HURTS FINANCIALS, MARTS
April 16, 2002 | 4:00amPoor profits from the financial services sector took down the markets yesterday. After Citigroup reported profits that were lower than Wall Street estimates, all the major market averages moved lower....
DELOITTE IS RETURNING TO 1 WFC
April 16, 2002 | 4:00amBig-Five accountancy Deloitte & Touche, which lost a rising star in the twin terror attacks on the World Trade Center last September, is moving back to ground zero. About 400...
LVMH'S SEPHORA WILL CLOSE STORES
April 16, 2002 | 4:00amInstead of enjoying the sweet smell of success, perfume and cosmetics retailer Sephora could be facing a downsize. To attain a higher percentage of profitability, the company will close underperforming...
GUCCI BAGS MAD. AVE.
April 16, 2002 | 4:00amGUCCI is coming to Madison Avenue. The high-fashion Gucci Group, led by its American CEO Domenico De Sole, has quietly subleased a block of retail space measuring 15,000 square feet...
DOJ WOULD ANDERSEN IN PLEA DEAL
April 16, 2002 | 4:00amThe Justice Department is seeking monitoring and compliance concessions from Arthur Andersen as the two feverishly work out details of a pact, three weeks before they're due to face off...
READER'S DIGEST FUNDS GIVE UP CONTROL
April 16, 2002 | 4:00amWith the charitable trusts that control Reader's Digest Association agreeing to relinquish control in a stock swap deal, some industry sources say it could be easier for two past suitors...
UBS GETS TECH BANKING CHIEF
April 16, 2002 | 4:00amUBS Warburg has lured Evan Newmark, the former chief executive of wireless 'Net portal Vizzavi, to lead its technology banking practice, in a major push to bolster its presence in...
REPORT: CA WILL RESTATE ITS EARNINGS
April 16, 2002 | 4:00amEmbattled Computer Associates stock took another hit as a Wall Street report predicted the Islandia, N.Y.-based computer manufacturer and distributor will likely restate its earnings as a result of twin...
H-P'S BLACK CLOUD - FED PROBE CASTS PALL OVER MERGER, CARLY
April 16, 2002 | 4:00amCarly Fiorina's fiery battle to merge her Hewlett-Packard with Compaq is mired now in a possible criminal investigation, casting a cloud over her entire deal and even her job. The...
GE IMMELT-DOWN - SHAREHOLDERS SEE END OF WELCH PREMIUM
April 16, 2002 | 4:00amHello Jeff Immelt, goodbye Jack Welch premium. General Electric lost 18 percent of its value in the last six months - since Welch retired as chairman and CEO. His hand-picked...
STARR REPORT
April 16, 2002 | 4:00amBarbara's clear point of 'View'Barbara Walters has a message for her "View" co-host Meredith Vieira - who's been rumored to be a front-runner to replace Bryant Gumbel on "The Early...
POSTIE'S 'ONCE AND AGAIN' PROTEST
April 16, 2002 | 4:00amI'M so angry at ABC for cancelling "Once and Again" that - as of 11 p.m. last night, when the show officially went off the air - I disabled Ch....
BAD NEWSAT BIKINIBOTTOM: SPONGEBOB CREATOR SAYS HE'S QUITTING #1 KIDDIE SHOW
April 16, 2002 | 4:00amIT looks like the most-watched kids' show on TV, "SpongeBob Squarepants," is on the verge of drying up. Steve Hillenburg, the show's creator, executive producer and head writer, says he's...
TRAVELER'S UPDATE
April 16, 2002 | 4:00amIn reverse Americans have always loved the open road and the Shelburne Museum in Shelburne, Vt., (7 miles south of Burlington) examines this attraction with "American Wanderlust: Taking to the...
OH, HEAVENS
April 16, 2002 | 4:00amJESSICA Biel is leaving "7th Heaven" - again. Biel, who posed for topless photos a few years back in a bid to get fired from the show, is out the...
OZZY'S KIDS GOING BATTY; MTV MIGHT SHOOT 'OSBOURNES 2' AWAY FROM FANS IN REMOTE BRIT FARMHOUSE
April 16, 2002 | 4:00amSOME members of Ozzy Osbourne's family may be standing in the way of MTV's desire for a second season of its red-hot, reality-based sitcom, "The Osbournes." Negotiations for a second...
ARE YOU READY FOR BRITNEY'S KID SIS?
April 16, 2002 | 4:00amWATCH out! Baby Britney is popping out of the playpen. At a fashion show last Thursday for Kids "R" Us, Jamie Lynn Spears - the pop princess' 11-year-old kid sister...
SAME OLD CROW: 'C' MON,' SHERYL, TRY SOMETHING NEW
April 16, 2002 | 4:00amSHERYL CROW "C'Mon C'Mon" ½ A&M The distance between today's pop music and the California grooves of the late '70s isn't very far - and Sheryl Crow takes a well-worn...
KING OF THE BEDROOM: SLEEK ELVIS FURNITURE DEBUTS - BUT THERE'S NO SHAG ON THIS BED
April 16, 2002 | 4:00amBABY, let's play house - and decorate it with a new line of Elvis Presley-inspired furniture. But there's not a crushed-velvet chair or white shaggy bedspread in either of two...
BIG SHOWS, SMALL NAMES: BRAD OSCAR IS THE NEW 'PRODUCER'
April 16, 2002 | 4:00amHE snagged a plum supporting role in "The Producers" when another actor suffered a knee injury. He got to play the leading role of Max Bialystock dozens of times after...
CALL HER THOROUGHLY UNKNOWN MILLIE
April 16, 2002 | 4:00amTHE curtain rises on Broadway's new, $9.5 million musical, and there she is - the star of "Thoroughly Modern Millie" - Sutton Foster! Sutton who? The Georgia native's hardly a...
'NEW' CLARKE'S ON TAP
April 16, 2002 | 4:00amThe well-financed, high-profile new owners of legendary saloon P.J. Clarke's - including Yankee boss George Steinbrenner - plan to restore its luster and expand its brand, The Post has learned....
THREE SLAIN IN HARLEM PAWN SHOP
April 16, 2002 | 4:00amThree people were killed yesterday in a Harlem pawnshop bloodbath sparked by a man angry at his girlfriend, police said. One of the dead was the suspect, shot by cops...
ISRAEL NABS 'TERROR CHIEF' - ARAFAT'S TOP AIDE FACING SLAY TRIAL
April 16, 2002 | 4:00amJERUSALEM - Israeli commandos yesterday captured a top aide to Yasser Arafat who is suspected of being the mastermind of dozens of terrorist attacks. Marwan Barghouti "will be brought to...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
April 16, 2002 | 4:00amA supercolony of ants, stretching thousands of miles from the Italian Riviera to northwest Spain, has been discovered. It's the largest such unit ever recorded, according to Swiss, French and...
CONFOUNDED ARE THE PEACEMAKERS
April 16, 2002 | 4:00amTHE hardest thing for an American president to realize is that there is no solution to the Israeli-Palestinian problem. Eventually, every administration reaches this despairing conclusion. The tragedy for President...
YOU WON'T CATCH ME TRYING TO SAVE FACE
April 16, 2002 | 4:00amOF COURSE, I don't have wrinkles - wink, wink - but if I did, the idea of putting Preparation-H on my face to smooth them out would seem highly ludicrous....
A WARM WELCOME FROM MOTHER NATURE
April 16, 2002 | 4:00amGet out the T-shirts and suntan lotion - summer weather hits the Big Apple today, with temperatures skyrocketing into the mid-80s. And the 80-something temps will stick around tomorrow -...
UFT READY TO TRADE HOURS FOR PAY HIKE
April 16, 2002 | 4:00amThe United Federation of Teachers is expected to endorse a proposed state-brokered compromise tomorrow that would provide teachers with a 16 percent raise in exchange for working a longer school...
BIG GAME DRAWS 'EM IN ALL OVER
April 16, 2002 | 4:00amThey were flying in from as far as Japan for a shot at the $300 million up for grabs tonight in the Big Game lottery. All it takes is a...
TERROR TAUNTS: WE'RE STILL HERE - AL QAEDA VIDEOTAPE MAY BE BID TO REGROUP
April 16, 2002 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - A new videotape and letters from Osama bin Laden, his top deputy, one of the Sept. 11 hijackers and Taliban leader Mullah Mohammed Omar were released yesterday in...
BUSH AIDE BOOED AT RALLY FOR ISRAEL
April 16, 2002 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - Pro-Israel demonstrators at the Capitol yesterday jeered and booed a senior Bush administration official after he said Palestinians are "suffering," causing him to hurriedly exit the stage. Demonstrators...
SUPREMES TACKLE MIS-UNDIE-STANDING
April 16, 2002 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - The Supreme Court agreed yesterday to decide whether Victoria's Secret is financially harmed by an "adult novelties" store in a Kentucky strip mall called Victor's Little Secret. The...
LIFE IN COOP FOR PIGEON MOBSTER
April 16, 2002 | 4:00amA one-time acting boss of the Bonanno crime family, convicted of ordering three mob hits based on testimony from a motley crew of violent thugs-turned-rats, got a life sentence yesterday....
PA BACKS ITS COPS IN GROUND ZERO FISTICUFFS
April 16, 2002 | 4:00amPort Authority officials yesterday defended cops involved in a Ground Zero dust-up that ended with the arrest of a city engineer and a construction worker. The two men charge the...
CITY SCHOOL REFORM A FEDERAL CASE
April 16, 2002 | 4:00amALBANY - The fate of the community school boards could be in the hands of the U.S. Justice Department, sources have told The Post. Assembly Democrats have asked Justice Department...
THOMPSON: AGENCY HAS 5,000 KIDS, ONLY 1 DOC
April 16, 2002 | 4:00amCity Comptroller William Thompson put the brakes on contract extensions for the city Department of Juvenile Justice's health-care provider after discovering it has just one part-time doctor for nearly 5,000...
CITY GIVES VON ESSEN A FREE RIDE
April 16, 2002 | 4:00amFormer Fire Commissioner Thomas Von Essen left his city job with an unusual perk in tough times - a free city car for six months. Von Essen, who now works...
HERO COP'S DISABILITY BID NIXED
April 16, 2002 | 4:00amA former cop whose courage under fire turned her into a national hero says her bravery ruined her life. Manhattan state Supreme Court Justice Sheila Abdus-Salaam recounted the tragic fall...
LAST-MINUTE FILERS CRAMMED SIDEWALKS OUTSIDE THE MIDTOWN INTERNAL REVENUE OFFICE
April 16, 2002 | 4:00amLast-minute filers crammed sidewalks outside the Midtown Internal Revenue Office yesterday, desperate to get their tax returns in on time - or ask for an extension. Former Parks Commissioner Henry...
TWISTS IN L.I. 'WRONG GUY' HIT
April 16, 2002 | 4:00amThe intended victim of two slow-witted hit men who mistakenly murdered his best friend said yesterday he's glad the alleged killers were caught - but sad that his pal died...
DNA MATCH NAILS CON IN '97 RAPE
April 16, 2002 | 4:00amA DNA match from a new computer database has led to the arrest of an imprisoned career criminal on charges he raped an NYU grad student in her West Village...
JUDGE SAYS NO TO GAG ORDER, SETS SINGLE TRIAL FOR SCHWARZ
April 16, 2002 | 4:00amA federal judge refused to gag defense lawyers in the Abner Louima torture case yesterday, but expressed "concern" over statements that both Charles Schwarz's lawyers and prosecutors have made to...
POPE ACTS: U.S. CARDINALS ORDERED TO ROME FOR PRIEST SEX SCANDAL SUMMIT
April 16, 2002 | 4:00amPope John Paul II has summoned U.S. cardinals to Rome for an unprecedented meeting to discuss the massive priest sex-abuse scandal plaguing the Catholic Church in America. The eight cardinals...
ONE 'BASIC' AGREEMENT IN YANKEE TV BATTLE
April 16, 2002 | 4:00amThe cable dispute that's deprived millions of Yankee fans from watching their beloved Bronx Bombers finally moved ahead yesterday. But not much. In a letter to Cablevision CEO James Dolan,...
MORGY'S AIDE EYED ]]TO REPLACE STANCIK
April 16, 2002 | 4:00amA top prosecutor in Manhattan DA Robert Morgenthau's office has emerged as a leading candidate to succeed the late Ed Stancik as the special New York City schools investigator, The...
LOOK OF APPROVAL - FDA SAYS BOTOX IS OK AS WRINKLE REMOVER
April 16, 2002 | 4:00amThe federal government yesterday erased a wrinkle in the age-old quest for youth and approved the wildly popular drug Botox for cosmetic use as a frown zapper. The Food and...
STUNNING FIND FOR A WTC SURVIVOR
April 16, 2002 | 4:00amJanice Beyer didn't think twice about leaving her pocketbook behind as she fled for her life after a plane struck the World Trade Center's north tower. The secretary at Empire...
VILLAGE GUN VICTIM BATTLED THUG
April 16, 2002 | 4:00amGreenwich Village shooting victim Kirill Nekrasova battled the bandit whose bullet has now left him fighting for his life, cops revealed yesterday. The 23-year-old engineer remained in critical condition last...
NYPD & FEDS TEAMING UP TODAY TO ROUND UP DRUG-THUG GUNMEN
April 16, 2002 | 4:00amThe NYPD and federal agents will conduct joint raids on three Bronx drug dens today in a new push to get guns off the streets and stick thugs with stiffer...
TOT DIES IN BALCONY PLUNGE
April 16, 2002 | 4:00amA Brooklyn mother was devastated yesterday after her 3-year-old son tumbled to his death from a sixth-floor balcony. Residents at 450 Rockaway Parkway in Brownsville said Victor Adekabi's mother was...
BOYS CHOIR BIG BUSTED ON SEX RAP
April 16, 2002 | 4:00amThe counseling director of the world-renowned Boys Choir of Harlem and its prestigious college-prep school was arrested yesterday and charged with fondling a 13-year-old boy. Frank Jones Jr., 51, was...
GOV'S WIFE GAVE BACK IMCLONE $$
April 16, 2002 | 4:00amALBANY - New York First Lady Libby Pataki was paid $10,000 as a consultant to the embattled biotech firm ImClone, but returned the cash after "questions" were raised, it was...
COPS: JANITOR TRIED TO WIPE OUT PRINCIPAL
April 16, 2002 | 4:00amA school janitor in The Bronx has been charged with setting up a hit on his principal - after he was suspended for three months without pay over an unsubstantiated...
U.S. HINTING AT AN ARAFAT-FREE PEACE PARLEY
April 16, 2002 | 4:00amSecretary of State Colin Powell yesterday hinted that his Mideast peace shuttle could lead soon to a peace summit without Yasser Arafat. "It doesn't necessarily require his presence to get...
BLOOMY TAKES AIM AT BIGGER BUDGET WOES
April 16, 2002 | 4:00amThe city's massive budget gap - now pegged at $4.8 billion - will jump "slightly" tomorrow when Mayor Bloomberg releases the latest version of next year's spending plan. "The amount...
ARIEL HOPEFUL OF END TO CHURCH STANDOFF
April 16, 2002 | 4:00amJERUSALEM - Israeli troops exchanged gunfire yesterday with Palestinians holed up in Bethlehem's Church of the Nativity compound, but Prime Minister Ariel Sharon said there may be a diplomatic way...
L.I. ROBBER ADMITS PLOTTING BRUTAL 'FIVE-FINGER DISCOUNT'
April 16, 2002 | 4:00amA Long Island crook marked tax day yesterday by admitting he plotted to pose as an IRS agent and use a bolt cutter to cut off a woman's fingers and...
DNA MATCH BUSTS CON IN '97 RAPE
April 16, 2002 | 4:00amA DNA match from a new computer database has led to the arrest of an imprisoned career criminal on charges he raped an NYU grad student in her West Village...
QUEENS TODDLER FOUND WANDERING ALONE AT 4 A.M.
April 16, 2002 | 4:00amA 3-year-old Queens boy wandered two blocks from home early yesterday after getting locked out by his mom's boyfriend, police said. An alarmed passer-by noticed the tot all alone at...
PRESIDENT BUSH MARKS TAX DAY
April 16, 2002 | 4:00amWASHINGTON -President Bush marked tax day yesterday by claiming his tax cuts helped rescue the economy from recession -and should be made permanent. "I believe one of the reason's we're...
JOHNNY BE GOOD, AGAIN
April 16, 2002 | 4:00amTHE KID who batted ninth for Seton Hall so many springs ago came to the plate batting in the ninth spot in the seventh inning last night, a man needing...
PIAZZA GETS METS IN GEAR
April 16, 2002 | 4:00amFollowing the Mets' 7-6, 12-inning victory over the Braves last night, Scott Strickland lounged on the black couch in the middle of the home clubhouse, shaking his head, unable to...
FONZIE THE FINISHER: EDGARDO DELIVERS IN 12TH AFTER BIG MET RALLY
April 16, 2002 | 4:00am12 Innings Mets 7 Braves 6 As soon as Edgardo Alfonzo's game-winning single landed in shallow right field, a half-capacity Shea crowd erupted in a full-throat chant of "Fonzie, Fonzie!"...
BAYSIDE BOXER TRADED ONE GLOVE FOR ANOTHER
April 16, 2002 | 4:00amVinny Maddalone had dreams of making it in the pros. He's succeeding, but not exactly how he expected. A standout pitcher at Holy Cross H.S., the Bayside resident went from...
ROBERTS' PEN-MANSHIP STILL SUPERB
April 16, 2002 | 4:00amGrant Roberts gave his team a chance to come back on a night where virtually nothing was going right. The rest of the bullpen followed suit. With the Mets trailing...
CRAFTY COX BURNED BY DECISIONS
April 16, 2002 | 4:00amEveryone in Shea Stadium figured what Bobby Cox would do in the bottom of the 12th inning. Then the Braves manager did the exact opposite. Two innings earlier, the Mets...
RANGERS REALIZE LOW ISN'T THE ANSWER ; SLATS PULLS PLUG AFTER TWO LOSING SEASONS
April 16, 2002 | 4:00amAnd so the search is on for the Rangers' fourth coach since Mike Keenan's abrupt yet orchestrated departure in July of 1994. The search is on for the individual who...
HC STAR GONZALEZ MAKES CHOICE
April 16, 2002 | 4:00amMiguel Gonzalez of Holy Cross, the leading scorer this year in the CHSAA and a Post second-team All-CHSAA selection, committed to Division II Southern New Hampshire yesterday. Gonzalez, a 6-foot...
NETS TUNE UP FOR PLAYOFFS WITH PISTONS
April 16, 2002 | 4:00amThere are some kinks to be ironed out, some bumps to be straightened, some gears to be realigned. Just as long as it's done by Saturday - that's what matters...
BRODEUR FIGURES TO BE DIFFERENCE
April 16, 2002 | 4:00amTheir sights set much higher, the Devils must beware this one-way rivalry that threatens to blindside them. It's simple: The Devils mean far more to the Hurricanes than the Carolinians...
EX-GIANT MARTIN'S A GRAHAM BACKER
April 16, 2002 | 4:00amGeorge Martin won't make the call, because he knows better. But if he did, Martin would dial Ernie Accorsi's number and give the Giants GM some unsolicited advice: Draft Daniel...
TIGER STANDS ALONE ; WOODS MIND RAISES HIM ABOVE GOLF'S WANNA-BES
April 16, 2002 | 4:00amAUGUSTA - Shame on Sergio Garcia for his ignorance. Or was it naiveté? Or was it Garcia merely trying to talk himself into thinking he was even in the same...
THIS YANK LOSS REALLY PAINFUL: PETTITTE KO'D BY SORE ELBOWAS BOMBERS CAP FENWAY FLOP
April 16, 2002 | 4:00amRed Sox 4Yankees 3 BOSTON - Remember the loud noise about the Yankees having too much pitching? Yankee brass cringed when Six Starters For Five Spots was broached in spring...
TIGER STANDS ALONE: WE'RE ALL ON A TIGER HUNT, GOOSEN SAYS
April 16, 2002 | 4:00amThe Goose flew into New York yesterday with Georgia still on his mind. Just one day after finishing second in the Masters at Augusta National, Retief Goosen came to Long...
THIS YANK LOSS REALLY PAINFUL: ROSTER'S SOFT SPOTS ARE FLAWS FOR CONCERN
April 16, 2002 | 4:00amBOSTON - Red Sox players celebrated each of their three Fenway Park victories over the Yankees as if this were Labor Day weekend, not Patriots Day weekend. They raced from...
RONDELL DOESN'T HAVE 'WHITE' STUFF AT PLATE
April 16, 2002 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES BOSTON - Rondell White pulled no punches yesterday. Nor did he pull any balls since he fanned in all four at-bats. "I was terrible today," said the Yankees'...
JOE, VANDER WAL: UMP BLEW FINAL CALL
April 16, 2002 | 4:00amBOSTON - Joe Torre and John Vander Wal took serious objection to umpire Larry Young's strike zone for the final pitch of a 4-3 Yankee loss to the Red Sox....
SUSPENSION NOT SPREE'S WAY OUT
April 16, 2002 | 4:00amCORRECT me if I'm misinformed, misguided or simply serving a misconduct penalty, but hasn't Late-rell Sprewell made it copiously clear he prefers to remain a Knick? So, why would anyone...
BE-LEAF IT OR NOT, YASHIN'S STILL IFFY
April 16, 2002 | 4:00amHe's been hurt many times, but Alexei Yashin's never been injured this long. It's been four games that Yashin has missed with a strained groin, suffered in the playoff clincher...
RANGERS REALIZE LOW ISN'T THE ANSWER: PROD HAD BETTER COME BEFORE NEXT FALL
April 16, 2002 | 4:00amIT'S time for the shock treatments. By the last three consecutive Februarys, the Rangers have shot their wad. So, for his next coach, Glen Sather has to go for the...
SPREWELL SAYS HE HAS NO ILL WILL ABOUT BAN
April 16, 2002 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - Although he went to war with the Knicks yesterday over a $125,000 fine for missing Sunday's shootaround, Latrell Sprewell said he didn't want to leave the Knicks this...
LAYDEN SUMMONS CHANEY
April 16, 2002 | 4:00amWAks GM Scott Layden and MSG sports President Steve Mills descended upon the nation's capital yesterday for a joint session with coach Don Chaney at the team hotel. Management also...
BRAVOS ARM-OR NOT AS STRONG - BUT THIS SEASON YOU CAN BELIEVE IT
April 16, 2002 | 4:00amTHE script seldom varies: The early season talk centers on the new vulnerability of the Braves. The division is anybody's this time, or so goes the talk every spring. And...
HIT DOG'S BIG BITE NOW A WEEK AWAY
April 16, 2002 | 4:00amWith the Shea sky still a perfect shade of blue, not one fan had arrived for last night's Braves-Mets showdown. So no one witnessed what might have been the most...
BRAVES' BULLPEN BATTERED
April 16, 2002 | 4:00amThe stench at Shea Stadium usually comes from overflowing toilets. Last night, though, it was the Braves' pitchers, who managed to turn a surefire win into what became a demoralizing...
ESTES FLOP IN FIRST BIG TEST
April 16, 2002 | 4:00amAfter the second inning last night, Shawn Estes trudged off the mound at Shea, his head down and his team behind by five runs. After studying the grass on the...
FURCAL'S BACK, BUT HIS BAT'S STILL ON DL
April 16, 2002 | 4:00amRafael Furcal is back from his injury, once again dropping delicate bunts along the third-base line and raising hell on the basepaths. Well ... he's back from his injury at...
EXTRA-SPECIAL MET NIGHT - FONZIE DELIVERS IN 12TH AFTER BIG RALLY
April 16, 2002 | 4:00am12 INNINGS Mets 7 Braves 6 The boos, long and loud, began in the second inning, after Roger Cedeno failed to dive for a ball then overthrew the cutoff man...
HOT START HAS AMAZIN' FEEL TO IT
April 16, 2002 | 4:00amWhen the Mets woke up yesterday morning, they sat alone in first place in the NL East. Think about that for a moment. Despite showing the defense of the French...