September 11, 2000
PICTURE THIS: FEDS EYE GATES' STOCK-PHOTO BIZ
September 11, 2000 | 4:00amBill Gates and the Department of Justice do not get along. The feds are reportedly exploring another possible antitrust suit against the Microsoft founder over his photograph archive company, Corbis....
STRONG-ARMING AT&T - TW'S LEVIN HAS ARMSTRONG IN A BIND
September 11, 2000 | 4:00amWith a seriously lagging stock price and a number of possible merger ideas on the table, AT&T boss Michael Armstrong has plenty of headaches. But one of his biggest is...
WHO WANTS TO BE A WALL ST. MILLIONAIRE?
September 11, 2000 | 4:00amTHERE was a time when aspiring millionaires headed to Wall Street to seek their fortunes. Now Wall Streeters are heading to ABC studios, eager - like many other Americans -...
ALBERTO VILAR: THE CUBAN-AMERICAN BILLIONAIRE HAS A SOFT SPOT FOR OPERA - AND TECH STOCKS
September 11, 2000 | 4:00amANYONE who gives more than $150 million to opera companies around the world in just one year is clearly not worried that he'll soon be heading to the poorhouse. Indeed,...
INVESTING WITH MARIO THE MEDIA MASTER: LEGENDARY FUND MAGANER GABELLI SPOTS THE HOTTEST MEDIA STOCKS
September 11, 2000 | 4:00amMario Gabelli is no coach potato. Chief executive officer of a $835-million asset management firm and portfolio manager for no fewer than 7 different mutual funds, Gabelli has no time...
THIS WEEK'S WINNERS & LOSERS
September 11, 2000 | 4:00amWinners SANDY WEILL The chairman of Citigroup bought Associates First Capital, proving once again that no one puts together a financial services deal like he does. HENRY LOUIS GATES Time...
THE MOST LUXURIOUS HOTEL ROOM IN AMERICA
September 11, 2000 | 4:00amIf you've been smart and invested well, it could be time to celebrate your good fortune with a big night on the town. And if price is no object, you...
MARKET SNAPSHOT: WWW.SMARTMONEY.COM/MARKETMAP
September 11, 2000 | 4:00amWith more than 9,000 publicly-traded stocks, it's getting close to impossible to track market moves. After all, the Dow Jones industrial average, which many people use as a benchmark for...
ARE TECHS SUFFERING FROM BAD COVERAGE?
September 11, 2000 | 4:00amYou'd think landing on the cover of a national news magazine would boost a tech stock. Think again. It's more like the kiss of death, according to an analysis performed...
FIVE QUESTIONS FOR MURIEL SIEBERT: CHAIRMAN, SIEBERT FINANCIAL
September 11, 2000 | 4:00amYour best investment? The apartment I bought 25 years ago. It's at 52nd Street on the East Side, by the river. I wanted a fortress, because I had had an...
DOWN IN FLAMES
September 11, 2000 | 4:00amSurry Inc., a Nasdaq-listed company, breathlessly informed Bull's Eye this week that its reputation is growing in the ''red-hot candle market.'' It turns out that Surrey is the ''exclusive candle...
SMALL-CAP FUND THINKS BIG (RETURNS)
September 11, 2000 | 4:00amWhitney George can't understand why investors study the lists of stocks hitting new highs to pick investments. George, manager of the Royce Low-Priced Stock fund, has never forgotten the first...
AHEAD OF THEMSELVES
September 11, 2000 | 4:00amOnline broker TD Waterhouse is so eager to build a global brand that they've built a web site for the sub-continent of India. There's just one hitch: the Indian government...
SOTHEBY'S EXECS NOW AVAILABLE FOR INTERVIEWS RE: CLASS-ACTION SUIT
September 11, 2000 | 4:00amLawyers in the Sotheby's class action lawsuit will be permitted to start interviewing executives of the auction firm today. Among the execs that are expected to deposed is Diana "Dede"...
ONE-LETTER TICKER = A TICKET TO BEAR COUNTRY
September 11, 2000 | 4:00amConspiracy theories abound in political circles and on Wall Street. And the Motley Fool has yet to encounter one that it hasn't adopted as its own cause. The latest conspiracy...
WHAT REAL PEOPLE SAY ABOUT INFLATION
September 11, 2000 | 4:00amSINCE the folks who read this column are also the people who have to go to the store each week, they are really the experts on inflation. And whenever I...
ON THE NEWSSTAND
September 11, 2000 | 4:00amHIGH-HO! High-ho! It's off to work we go. Summer's over, and it's back to the daily grind. What better time to plan your next vacation. Travel & Leisure makes it...
GRAMMY BIG IS OPTIMISTIC
September 11, 2000 | 4:00amTHE Post asked Michael Greene - president and CEO of the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences, the parent association of the Grammys and the Latin Grammys - why,...
WHAT WILL EMMY DO FOR 'SURVIVOR'? AWARDS WILL HAVE TO ADJUST TO THE LATEST TV CRAZE
September 11, 2000 | 4:00amLAST year's surprise summer smash, "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire," couldn't elbow its way into the Prime-time Emmy Awards, but this year's summer hit, "Survivor," won't have the same...
FIENNES TOUCH FOR THE BARD
September 11, 2000 | 4:00amRICHARD IICORIOLANUSBAM Harvey Theater, 651 Fulton St., Brooklyn. "Richard II": Sept. 12, 13, 16, 19, 20, 23, 26, 27, 30 at 7:30 p.m.; Sept. 17, 24, Oct. 1 at 3...
CHANGES IN THE TV VOTE
September 11, 2000 | 4:00am'THE Sopranos" did a whole lot more than rack up a slew of Emmy nominations this year. It whacked the whole system of picking its winners. After the groundbreaking, first...
THE STARR REPORT
September 11, 2000 | 4:00amZito seeks 'Justice' while 'Stress' tests The fall season won't officially begin until Oct. 2, but producers and syndicators are already thinking of next season. Several talk shows are being...
HOT STUFF IN L.A. ; FIRST GRAMMYS DEVOTED ENTIRELY TO LATIN MUSIC COMES TO CBS
September 11, 2000 | 4:00amTHE Latin beat steps onto the main stage Wednesday when the first Latin Grammy Awards are unveiled in Los Angeles.Even though this sister show of the Grammys is the first...
GETTING OUT THE TV VOTE
September 11, 2000 | 4:00am'THE Sopranos" did a whole lot more than rack up a slew of Emmy nominations this year. It whacked the Emmys' whole system of picking its winners. After the groundbreaking,...
GOTTA CATCH THIS, 'GIRLFRIEND'
September 11, 2000 | 4:00am"Girlfriends" Tonight at 9:30 p.m. on WWOR/Ch. 9 WHAT do you call a sitcom that actually makes you laugh out loud? Rare, that's what. So, it was really a shock...
'CATS'' END BEGS PAWS AND REFLECTION
September 11, 2000 | 4:00amCATSThe final performanceCATS - A Musical by Andrew Lloyd Webber based on T.S. Eliot's "Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats." Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber. Directed by Trevor Nunn. Associate...
DEMS LOSING HOPE (SO TO SPEAK)
September 11, 2000 | 4:00amNEW YORK'S top Democrat for the past five years, state Chairwoman Judith Hope, plans to resign her post within the next few months, party sources have told The Post. Hope,...
HOME IS WHERE THE ART IS, UNTIL THE HOUSE SELLS
September 11, 2000 | 4:00amTHINK about this as a really extreme example of a mother throwing out her son's baseball cards. After 35 years raising three kids in the Sea Gate section of Coney...
GORE ROMPING IN N.Y. - HAS 19-POINT LEAD ]]IN LATEST SURVEY
September 11, 2000 | 4:00amALBANY - Vice President Al Gore holds a 19-point "blowout" lead over Texas Gov. George W. Bush among New York voters, a new Post Poll has found. The Zogby International...
SCHOOLS & HEALTH PRIME ISSUES FOR NEW YORK VOTERS
September 11, 2000 | 4:00amALBANY - New Yorkers rate education as the top issue facing the nation and the state, with health-care concerns and local taxes also on their minds. Those are some of...
STOP THE HIGH-BROW ADS, DUBYA, & TELL IT LIKE IT IS
September 11, 2000 | 4:00amGOV. George W. Bush right now should kick all those fancy-pants Madison Avenue guys out of his campaign war rooms. Right now, he has a bunch of Mad. Ave. types...
DON'T BLAME REPUBLICANS FOR JUMPING SHIP
September 11, 2000 | 4:00amWELL,the Gore surge has been halted - the race is almost exactly where it was a week ago in the newest polls - but the Republican terrors continue apace. At...
VENEZUELA CALLS FOR U.N. REFORM
September 11, 2000 | 4:00amVenezuela yesterday threatened to boycott United Nations meetings if the world body failed to reform the Security Council, where five permanent members enjoy veto power. "If this doesn't change soon,...
2 DEAD, 10 WOUNDED IN WEEKEND MAYHEM
September 11, 2000 | 4:00amTwo men were shot to death in separate incidents and 10 others were wounded in two days of mayhem this weekend - including an attack in Central Park, police said....
OPEC BOOST WON'T DEFLATE GAS PRICES
September 11, 2000 | 4:00amDon't get too pumped up over OPEC's bumped-up oil production, analysts say. While the organization of oil-rich nations officially agreed yesterday to boost production by 800,000 barrels a day -...
GUNSHOT KILLS B'KLYN BICYCLER
September 11, 2000 | 4:00amA 35-year-old Brooklyn man died yesterday from a gunshot wound suffered while he was riding his bicycle, police said. It was not clear if the victim, James Griffin, was targeted...
COMPOSE YOUR VERY OWN TOON
September 11, 2000 | 4:00amHello, Molly! "Molly the Model" strikes her first pose in The Post comics section on Page 52 today - and she's not like the other animated girls. Molly is the...
SEX FIEND ABUSED WOMAN: COPS
September 11, 2000 | 4:00amA Brooklyn man was under arrest yesterday after a female acquaintance complained to police that he kidnapped, handcuffed, chained and sexually abused her, police said. Authorities were unable to say...
COPS ARREST SEVEN IN B'KLYN GUN, DRUG STING
September 11, 2000 | 4:00amPolice have busted seven members of a Brooklyn gang dealing in guns and drugs, authorities said yesterday. Cops raided two apartments in Bushwick Saturday night and arrested members of the...
HARRY DRIVING EYEGLASS SALES CLEAR OUT OF SIGHT
September 11, 2000 | 4:00amFictional wiz kid Harry Potter has made wearing glasses cool for youngsters. British children have been rushing out in droves and buying up eyeglasses in order to look like their...
CANDIDATES SET TO LOCK HORNS IN BUFFALO
September 11, 2000 | 4:00amAfter spending millions on advertising and logging thousands of miles on the campaign trail, Hillary Rodham Clinton and Rick Lazio will finally be mixing it up in Buffalo in a...
PLEA DEAL FOR SCIENTIST
September 11, 2000 | 4:00amThe Los Alamos scientist fired and imprisoned on charges of mishandling nuclear-weapons secrets has agreed to plead guilty in exchange for no additional jail time. Wen Ho Lee will enter...
POLS ALL SHOOK UP - RICK AND HILLARY IN WAR OF HANDSHAKES
September 11, 2000 | 4:00amRick Lazio yesterday brushed off the furor over a White House photo showing him shaking Yasser Arafat's hand, while Hillary Rodham Clinton and Democrats hammered the GOP Senate candidate as...
EGAN VOWS SUPPORT FOR ORGANIZED LABOR
September 11, 2000 | 4:00amArchbishop Edward Egan celebrated his first public weekly Mass at St. Patrick's Cathedral yesterday and pledged his unequivocal support for New York's labor unions. Union leaders had been concerned about...
'SURVIVOR' CAST STARS FOR A NIGHT
September 11, 2000 | 4:00amAmerica's top TV stars suddenly had to make room for a new crew of celebrities last night: the cast of "Survivor." "Survivor" winner Richard Hatch and castmates such as Rudy...
'SOPRANOS' & 'WING' GO TO BATTLE: BEST DRAMA DUEL HIGHLIGHTS AWARDS
September 11, 2000 | 4:00amBa-da-bing! "The Sopranos" gangsters squared off with "The West Wing" politicians last night at the 52nd Annual Emmy Awards in Pasadena, Calif. Both shows were jostling for bragging rights to...
FEW DUDS SEEN AMONG STAR-WEAR AT TV'S BIG SHOW
September 11, 2000 | 4:00amAmerica's top TV stars arrived at the Emmys dressed to kill last night in styles ranging from flashy and trashy to dashing and debonair. Red and black were definitely the...
HE'S POACHED COACH: INDIANA FINALLY FIRES HOOSIER LOSER BOBBY
September 11, 2000 | 4:00amFamously hot-tempered Indiana University basketball coach Bobby Knight finally fouled out yesterday - getting booted by the school for grabbing a student by the arm. Calling the coach "defiant and...
OPEC'S OIL-PRODUCTION 'BOOST' A MYTH: ANALYSTS
September 11, 2000 | 4:00amDon't get too pumped up over OPEC's bumped-up oil production, analysts say. While the organization of oil-rich nations officially agreed yesterday to boost production by 800,000 barrels a day -...
MONDAY MORNING QUARTERBACK
September 11, 2000 | 4:00amTHE WEEK AHEAD: Republican George W. Bush got off to a bumpy start, but, by week's end, the national polls showed a dead heat. There's a giant gender gap --...
DECISION TO AX THE GENERAL A SLAM DUNK
September 11, 2000 | 4:00amINDIANA University President Myles Brand told us he has been involved in higher education for more than 30 years, proving once again that knowledge can be a dangerous thing. Brand...
WHY CLASP COULD MAKE LAZIO GASP
September 11, 2000 | 4:00amThe photo of a beaming Rick Lazio shaking hands with Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat couldn't have turned up at a better time - for his opponent, Hillary Rodham Clinton. Over...
HISTORY ON BROADWAY AS 'CATS' FINALLY USES LAST OF ITS 7,485 LIVES
September 11, 2000 | 4:00amAnd now, it's just a "Memory." "Cats," the longest-running musical in Broadway history, played its final performance last night. The audience for its 7,485th performance included its composer, Andrew Lloyd...
HE'S POACHED COACH - INDIANA FINALLY FIRES HOOSIER LOSER BOBBY
September 11, 2000 | 4:00amFamously hot-tempered Indiana University basketball coach Bobby Knight finally fouled out yesterday - getting booted by the school for grabbing a student by the arm. Calling the coach "defiant and...
'WEST WING' FLIES OFF AS BIG WINNER - WHACKS 'SOPRANOS' FOR BEST DRAMA HIT
September 11, 2000 | 4:00am"The West Wing" kneecapped "The Sopranos" at last night's 52nd annual Emmy Awards - bringing home nine major awards during the gala festivities in Pasadena, Calif. While "Sopranos" star James...
H'WOOD MOB AT TV ACADEMY PUT HIT ON MAFIA SHOW
September 11, 2000 | 4:00amHOLLYWOOD robbed the mob. And the severity of the crime can't be softened by the one measly Emmy that the TV Academy gave to James Gandolfini, who richly deserved it....
NASSAU ON B'KLYN 'FI$HING' TRIP IN BID TO LURE CITY COPS
September 11, 2000 | 4:00amNassau County's Police Department, one of the highest-paid forces in the nation, has found Downtown Brooklyn fertile ground for recruiting cops from the embattled, pay-challenged NYPD. "People see our squad...
BRITISH TROOPS FREE SEVEN IN SIERRA LEONE
September 11, 2000 | 4:00amA daring rescue mission in Sierra Leone yesterday ended with six British soldiers and a Sierra Leonean officer being freed from a heavily armed rebel base. But one British soldier...
POLS LICK CHOPS OVER STUDY SHOWING VIOLENCE MARKETED TO KIDS
September 11, 2000 | 4:00amGet set for another political morality play this week as the presidential candidates campaign on a government report that blasts the entertainment industry for selling violent fare to children. Violent...
RIVALS HAIL FOX ROLE IN WIN CITY
September 11, 2000 | 4:00amEven his competitors thought Michael J. Fox should have been a shoe-in for an Emmy last night. "I wouldn't have wanted to be the guy who won it the year...
WHO'LL WIN CONGRESSIONAL PRIMARIES
September 11, 2000 | 4:00amWhen it comes to job security, you can't beat a gig as a congressional incumbent. It's been more than a decade since a federal lawmaker was ousted in a New...
HOW TOMORROW'S RACES SHAPE UP
September 11, 2000 | 4:00amThe results of tomorrow's primary elections could provide some tantalizing clues to the political fortunes of candidates running next year - and even to a first lady seeking her first...
ANTI-PORN CRUSADER ON LIBRARY BD. - WANTS INTERNET FILTERS ON COMPUTERS USED BY KIDS
September 11, 2000 | 4:00amA city councilman who has been pushing for libraries to install software that prevents kids from surfing smutty Web sites has landed a seat on the Brooklyn Public Library's board...
HOLOCAUST-CASH PLAN IS DUE
September 11, 2000 | 4:00am"Call the next case!" That's all Judah Gribetz had to say Friday after completing his historic, heart-wrenching court assignment - divvying up the $1.25 billion that Swiss banks have agreed...
SILVER'S JOB HANGING IN BALANCE ON PRIMARY DAY
September 11, 2000 | 4:00amALBANY - Bitter Assembly primaries in Brooklyn and Queens tomorrow could determine if embattled Speaker Sheldon Silver keeps his job. And a few key Senate primaries may help decide if...
MSG CHANGING? SETH INDEED! HBO'S ABRAHAM COMING AS SECOND-IN-COMMAND
September 11, 2000 | 4:00amBIG changes coming, nationally and locally. Cablevision/Madison Square Garden this week - probably today - will name longtime HBO Sports president Seth Abraham to its newly-created position of Chief Operating...
APPENDICITIS SHELVES SIMMS
September 11, 2000 | 4:00amWhat CBS Sports broadcast duo only reads books without an appendix? As of Saturday, the team of Greg Gumbel and Phil Simms. Simms missed yesterday's Raiders-Colts telecast after undergoing an...
NOW MANNY'S ON A MISSION
September 11, 2000 | 4:00amBURLINGTON, Vt. - He is no longer the Manny in the middle of a terribly destructive turf war between Neil Smith and John Muckler. Now, three training camps into a...
DREAMS COME TRUE FOR LITTLE YANKEE
September 11, 2000 | 4:00amBOSTON - Like so many other school kids, Michael Romano has made new friends in the early part of September. His just happen to be named Derek Jeter, Jorge Posada,...
NOT JUST ANOTHER GAME ; JETS & PATS WON'T SAY IT BUT THIS IS GONNA BE WAR TONIGHT
September 11, 2000 | 4:00amAll week long, we've been waiting for someone - anyone - to step up, front and center and out from the shadow of his politically-correct, comfort-zone protective shell and scream...
JET SURVIVOR WILLIAMS HAS A REAL FAN ON SIDELINES IN FOXBORO
September 11, 2000 | 4:00amJET NOTES When the Jets' defense lines up against Bill Belichick's Patriots tonight at Giants Stadium, the sight of Jets starting free safety Kevin Williams will elicit a warm feeling...
SATURDAY WILL BE BUSY AT BELMONT
September 11, 2000 | 4:00amThere will be plenty of activities this Saturday at Belmont Park, culminating with the 47th running of the Grade 1 $500,000 Woodward Stakes. Beginning at 10 a.m., there will be...
BOMBERS ON HEALTH KICK
September 11, 2000 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES BOSTON - Slowly, the Yankees are getting healthy. Chuck Knoblauch has played in three straight games and Bernie Williams returned yesterday after missing the previous five. Added to...
GAVIOLA KEEPS HOT STREAK ALIVE
September 11, 2000 | 4:00amGaviola continued her dominance of the three-year-old filly division as she took the lead turning for home and drew away to a three-length victory in the Grade 1 $250,000 Garden...
IT'S STRAHAN BY 1ST-ROUND KO ; DOMINATES MATCHUP VS. RUNYAN
September 11, 2000 | 4:00amPHILADELPHIA - As he walked off the field at Veteran's Stadium, flush from the joy of a convincing victory, Michael Strahan was asked about Jon Runyan. "Who?" Strahan asked, flashing...
SAFIN SOUND AND CROWNED: MARAT THUMPS PETE TO CAPTURE OPEN TITLE
September 11, 2000 | 4:00amMarat Safin bent down on all fours and kissed the Ashe Stadium court late yesterday afternoon, kissing away the Pete Sampras era at the U.S. Open and starting a new...
GIANTS LOOK TWO GOOD TO BE BLUE ; COLLINS, RESTED 'D' BLOW OUT EAGLES ; DO-IT-ALL GIANTS SHOOT DOWN EAGLES
September 11, 2000 | 4:00amGiants 33 Eagles 18 PHILADELPHIA - He never said he was bored, but he did admit to, well, kind of looking for something to do. There was all this time...
VICTORY WITH A CATCH ; HILLIARD, TOOMER TORCH EAGLE DBS
September 11, 2000 | 4:00amPHILADELPHIA - The sight had to be mildly surprising to casual NFL fans, positively shocking to the Giants' foes: The image of wide receivers Ike Hilliard and Amani Toomer shredding...
PHILLY LOSS NOT REALLY BIG SHOCK
September 11, 2000 | 4:00amPHILADELPHIA - Really, Philadelphia's 33-18 loss to the Giants shouldn't have been all that shocking. The seeds for yesterday's whipping at the Vet were actually sown in their 41-14 rout...
ISLANDERS KEEP CHARA, ISBISTER
September 11, 2000 | 4:00amLAKE PLACID - Before even playing one game with the Islanders, goaltender John Vanbiesbrouck made a crucial save yesterday. Taking the lead role in a nerve-racking team meeting with the...
COLLINS NEAR-PERFECT
September 11, 2000 | 4:00amGIANT NOTES PHILADELPHIA - Through two games, Kerry Collins is connecting on 70 percent of his pass attempts. The accuracy he displayed this summer, apparently, was not an illusion. "I...
ARMS WILL KEEP METS AFLOAT
September 11, 2000 | 4:00amEVEN Rey Ordonez wouldn't have swung at a ball floating on the surface as the Mets went down to the final weekend in 1999. That's how far an-eight-losses-in-nine-games undertow had...
SWEEP BEGINNINGS; ROOKIE KEISLER SHINES IN DEBUT
September 11, 2000 | 4:00amBOSTON - Look out, White Sox. A three-game sweep of the Red Sox topped off by yesterday's 6-2 victory in which 24-year-old lefty Randy Keisler won his major league debut,...
SWEEP BEGINNINGS: FOR YOUNG TEXAN, BOSTON'S A DREAM
September 11, 2000 | 4:00amBOSTON - At that creeky old yard on Yawkey Way, baseball's boulevard of broken dreams, Randy Keisler's fantasy was fulfilled on a sun-kissed Sunday afternoon in the heat of a...
PETE'S BEST IS PAST
September 11, 2000 | 4:00amIT is not too early to wonder if yesterday's U.S. Open Finals' slaughter by Marat Safin was the beginning of the end of Pete Sampras' greatness. Yes, Sampras may win...