September 18, 2002
BULL'S EYE
September 18, 2002 | 4:00amLehman's weighty decision When investment bank Lehman Brothers research analysts want to signal investors to "sell" a stock, they use the word "underweight." Always curious as to why "underweight" was...
JOHNSON DESIGN TO RISE ON E. 90TH
September 18, 2002 | 4:00amLIVING landmark Philip Johnson has designed a new residential condominium for the Upper East Side. The rounded, $119 million building, to be constructed at 191 E. 90th St., will cantilever...
KOZLOWSKI BILLED FIRM FOR $2.1M BASH
September 18, 2002 | 4:00amBefore the debauched CEO of Tyco was dethroned and indicted, he threw one hell of a party. Dennis Kozlowski racked up a whopping $2.1 million in expenses for an opulant...
THE CASE HISTORY: AOL TW BOSS MAY DODGE OUSTER, FOR NOW
September 18, 2002 | 4:00amAOL Time Warner Chairman Steve Case may survive tomorrow's board meeting but will likely be gone in a matter of months, according to sources familiar with the matter. These sources...
CABLEVISION VERIZON GAIN
September 18, 2002 | 4:00amVerizon Wireless has held talks with Cablevision about buying the cable operator's wireless assets, people familiar with the situation told The Post. While talks are still in the preliminary phase...
NEW DESIGNERS TRY TO SPIN FIBERS INTO GOLD
September 18, 2002 | 4:00amDesigner Craig Natiello knows that money doesn't grow on trees - even fashionable ones. But the designer, former creative director at Halston and onetime assistant to the late Bill Blass,...
PERELMAN PEGS PAY TO PROFITS, NOT STOCK
September 18, 2002 | 4:00amRon Perelman's latest stab at remaking cosmetics giant Revlon includes modernizing not only the pretty faces hawking the brand but the way the company rewards its top executives. The owner...
TYCO HUSH MONEY?; AUDIT FINDS $56M IN UNAUTHORIZED LOANS TO EXECS
September 18, 2002 | 4:00amA new report suggests that Tyco's decadent ex-CEO Dennis Kozlowski paid dozens of employees hush money to keep quiet about how he ripped off the company for millions to finance...
CARTER GETS 9/11 EMMY; VF EDITOR HELPED PRODUCE NAUDET BROS.' DOCUMENTARY
September 18, 2002 | 4:00amVANITY Fair Editor-in-Chief Graydon Carter has snagged an Emmy as an executive producer of the famous French brothers' film about Sept. 11 that aired on CBS. The film shot by...
CORD RIPPED ON GRAND MESSIER PARACHUTE
September 18, 2002 | 4:00amJean-Marie Messier is no Jack Welch. As Vivendi chief Jean-Rene Fourtou and his bankers scramble to sell assets to buck up the ailing media giant, the company has a bit...
MORE CUTS DUE AFTER JPM PROFIT SLUMP
September 18, 2002 | 4:00amJP Morgan Chase & Co. predicts more pain in its future - and more pink slips. The nation's second-largest bank warned yesterday that its third-quarter earnings will be "well below"...
STARR REPORT
September 18, 2002 | 4:00amCaught on tape: 'Justice' served on Helmsley "Celebrity Justice" has unearthed Leona Helmsley's videotaped deposition in the case brought against her by ex-Helmsley Park Lane Hotel general manager Charles Bell....
IS 'WEST WING' WORTH $220M A YEAR?
September 18, 2002 | 4:00am'WEST Wing" producers at Warner Bros. are getting ready to put a $10 million $queeze on NBC. When talks to renew NBC's deal with "West Wing" begin early next year,...
ONCE-LUKEWARM LIMA'S FINDS ITS COOL
September 18, 2002 | 4:00amLIMA'S TASTE ½ 432 E. 13TH ST. (BETWEEN FIRST AVENUE AND AVENUE A) (212) 228-7900 OUR first taste of Lima's Taste wasn't too promising. The sangria was weak. So was...
TUNNEL VISION
September 18, 2002 | 4:00amTALK about off-the-wall movies. The 110-foot-high Holland Tunnel Ventilation Building will serve as an outdoor cinema screen for film and video works by John Lennon and Yoko Ono, among others....
EXPERTLY EXECUTED CINEMATIC EXPERIENCE
September 18, 2002 | 4:00amDAS EXPERIMENT A psychological thrill rideIn German, with English subtitles. Running time: 114 minutes. Not rated (violence, nudity, language.) At the Angelika, Houston and Mercer streets. EVERY bit as thought-provoking...
NONG NO VONG
September 18, 2002 | 4:00amNONG ½ 220 PARK AVE. SO. (AT 18TH STREET) (212) 529-3111 NONG dresses up Pacific Rim comfort food in Flatiron high-style. Ceramic and glass plates are impressively hand-crafted. The seating...
POTTER TIME?
September 18, 2002 | 4:00amIT'S been two years since the last Harry Potter book, and there's still no word on when author J.K. Rowling will deliver the next installment. "She's still happily writing," says...
VINTNER'S VOGUE TURNS TO CHIC SPANISH SPIRITS
September 18, 2002 | 4:00amFASHIONS in wine don't change nearly as fast as hemlines.Wouldn't it be nice if the enduring vogue for fat, oaky chardonnay went the way of fat neckties? Or if dull...
TAILGATING IS HAUTE ; PRE-GAME GRILL GETS GOURMET TREATMENT
September 18, 2002 | 4:00amTHE Jets got pounded Sunday, it was pouring rain - but all was well in the Meadowlands parking lot, where some tailgaters were chowing down on grilled pheasant. "And there...
SHAKE IT, SHAKIRA!
September 18, 2002 | 4:00amCOLOMBIAN siren Shakira, who set the stage afire at the MTV Video Music Awards earlier this month, will strut her stuff once again at tonight's Latin Grammy Awards. The belly-baring...
A BID TO BE LESS UPTIGHT
September 18, 2002 | 4:00amBID Brasserie, the restaurant in Sotheby's headquarters at 1334 York Ave., between 71st and 72nd streets, is back in, ah, bidness after closing for the summer. The 80-seat eatery will...
'FASTLANE?' NO, DIRT ROAD
September 18, 2002 | 4:00am"Fastlane" Tonight at 9 on Ch. 5 Zero stars "FASTLANE" is so vulgar I don't even know if I can print a line from the show. Let's give it try....
'EARLY' WEATHERGUY OUT UNDER A CLOUD
September 18, 2002 | 4:00am'EARLY Show" weatherman Mark McEwen is following Jane Clayson out the door at the CBS morning show. McEwen's exit comes one day after CBS announced that Clayson is leaving "The...
NO WONDER THE LADIES LIKE CEDRIC
September 18, 2002 | 4:00am"Cedric The Entertainer Presents" Tonight at 8:30 on Ch. 5 NOT one to hold a grudge, but I've been angry since 1994. This is a long time to be bitter,...
BLOC ROCK: HOLD YOUR PIEROGIS - IRON CURTAIN LOVELIES ARE INVADING THE RUNWAYS
September 18, 2002 | 4:00amFashion editors are squinting their eyes and scratching their heads at the hot roster of Eastern European models this fall. Can you say Khozissova? How about Vyalitsyna from Nizhny Novgorod?...
PUTTING IT ALL TOGETHER
September 18, 2002 | 4:00amIt's not uptown or downtown, glamour or grunge. New York style is about mixing it all up. You have a budget - but nobody has to know. At the same...
WHOOPS! SHEEP ON THE CATWALK, FALLING MODELS AND OTHER RUNWAY DISASTERS
September 18, 2002 | 4:00amBehind its glossy veneer, Fashion Week has had some pretty unglamorous moments. Miguel Adrover's fall 2001 line will be forever known as the "Burka collection." It's show featured a soot-colored...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
September 18, 2002 | 4:00amA Washington woman has set up a Web site asking people to donate money to finance her divorce. Penny, who doesn't give her last name, says she's in a loveless...
TORCH & TRICKY DICK ; COULD A 'CHECKERS' SPEECH SAVE TORRICELLI?
September 18, 2002 | 4:00amFIFTY years ago today, the New York Post published an article that led to one of the most memorable speeches in American history and forever changed the nature of this...
OLDSTERS BUST UP DRUG GANG
September 18, 2002 | 4:00amThe elderly living on Chauncey Street in Brooklyn were once too intimidated to come out of their homes because their stoops were infested with drug dealers. When they couldn't take...
SCHWARZ IV JURY SELECTION STARTS
September 18, 2002 | 4:00amA Brooklyn federal judge began the weeklong process of picking potential jurors who can deliver a fair verdict in the fourth trial of ex-cop Charles Schwarz yesterday. Among those excused...
'SOPRANOS' SMASHES 30-YEAR RECORD
September 18, 2002 | 4:00amSunday's season premiere of "The Sopranos" was the most-watched show in HBO's 30-year history - and whacked every network show in its time slot. The fourth-season premiere averaged 7.9 million...
MCCALL HITS 'VOTE-BUYING' PATAKI IN LATINO TURF WAR
September 18, 2002 | 4:00amCarl McCall yesterday unleashed new Spanish-language ads to stem the surge in Latino support for Gov. Pataki - and one of McCall's top Latino backers accused the governor of trying...
NOW 'GRAND' PATERNITY WOE FOR PIRRO
September 18, 2002 | 4:00amA Georgia grandmother wants tax cheat Albert Pirro - husband of Westchester DA Jeanine Pirro - to cough up more cash to support their 19-year- old love child and the...
GIULIANI, POWELL ON GOV'S HONOR ROLL
September 18, 2002 | 4:00amGov. Pataki yesterday stayed off the campaign trail while continuing to commemorate the 9/11 tragedy - honoring 60 fallen police officers, former Mayor Giuliani and Secretary of State Colin Powell....
CITY'S 'LOADED' WITH WOMEN - MAG RATES BEST PLACES TO PICK UP RICH GIRLS
September 18, 2002 | 4:00amWant to marry a millionairess? You're in the right place. The Big Apple is home to the world's top four hotspots where meeting female millionaires is as easy as shooting...
BEWARE BOGUS BULGE-BATTLERS
September 18, 2002 | 4:00amMiracle weight loss? Fat chance. So says a new report on fat-busting potions, pills and diets that promise to instantly zap off pounds and shift cellulite. Almost 40 percent of...
'DWI' JUDGE IS BACK ON THE CASE
September 18, 2002 | 4:00amA Manhattan judge was back on the bench yesterday for the first time since being arrested for drunken driving two months ago. "It's so nice to see you all again,"...
CHRISTY: I WOULDN'T BEND OVER BACKWARD FOR ED
September 18, 2002 | 4:00amChristy Turlington says fear of flying after Sept. 11 led to her surprise bust-up with Hollywood hunk Ed Burns only weeks before they were to tie the knot. The luscious...
PROBE BEARS FRUIT - 'WATERMELON' WIRETAP WAS BUFFALO FEDS' CUE TO SPRING
September 18, 2002 | 4:00amAn intercepted phone call between suspected members of an al Qaeda terror cell who cryptically referred to "delivery of the watermelon" led federal authorities to bust six men as members...
BUBBA BAILOUT BID - YOU MAY GET $3.5M TAB FOR BILL-HILL SCANDAL FEES
September 18, 2002 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - Bill and Hillary Clinton - seeking a taxpayer bailout of more than $3.5 million - and a host of other scandal players are asking for a total of...
CORPORATE CATASTROPHE LOOMS IF WE CAN'T WOO FIRMS
September 18, 2002 | 4:00amOfficials in charge of rebuilding must draw as many as four major corporations to lower Manhattan - and stop other companies from fleeing - if the city is to recover...
FIRST GLIMPSE OF THE REBIRTH - IMAGES REVEAL PROPOSED TRANSIT HUB
September 18, 2002 | 4:00amHere is the first look at downtown planners' vision for a dramatic transit hub at Ground Zero, with a wavy atrium roof and views looking out onto a future trade-center...
LEARNING CURBED ; SCHOOLKIDS BARRED FROM 'TERRORISM' WEB SEARCHES
September 18, 2002 | 4:00amAn Internet filter on the city Department of Education's computer system has barred high-school students from gaining access to Web sites that discuss "terrorism," teachers charged yesterday. Students at Murry...
BOMB BLAST ROCKS PALESTINIAN SCHOOL
September 18, 2002 | 4:00amJERUSALEM - A bomb likely planted by Israeli terrorists exploded in the play yard of a Palestinian school in the West Bank yesterday morning, slightly injuring eight students, authorities said....
SHAMEFUL ART ATTACK - ROCK CENTER SHOWCASES WTC LEAPER
September 18, 2002 | 4:00amIS THIS art? Or assault? As grieving New Yorkers marked the anniversary of the World Trade Center's destruction, the folks at Rockefeller Center got in your face to commemorate the...
FIRE KILLS DISABLED WOMAN
September 18, 2002 | 4:00amAn elderly woman who was confined to a wheelchair died yesterday when flames engulfed her Morningside Heights apartment, which was filled with old newspapers and magazines, authorities said. The two-alarm...
GOTTI BROTHER STILL STUCK IN THE 'HOLE'
September 18, 2002 | 4:00amReputed Gambino boss Peter Gotti will be stuck in solitary confinement at the Metropolitan Detention Center for at least another three weeks. A three-judge federal appeals panel ruled yesterday that...
COLLAPSE PROBERS GET BOOST
September 18, 2002 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - Congress yesterday approved broad new investigative powers for the feds to help determine exactly why the Twin Towers collapsed. The bill, which President Bush is expected to sign,...
KOZLOWSKI FINDS THAT HIS ATM IS AT-EMPTY
September 18, 2002 | 4:00amHe may be worth hundreds of millions of dollars, but now he can't even get 10 bucks from an ATM. Dennis Kozlowski, the former head of Tyco charged with looting...
HULKING LADY WRESTLER GOES TO THE MAT AT SEX-HARASS TRIAL
September 18, 2002 | 4:00amThe world's largest female wrestler traded her characteristic muscle shirt and short shorts for a dark suit and striped blouse at round one in a courtroom face-off against her former...
SKAKEL APPEALS SLAY CONVICTION
September 18, 2002 | 4:00amKennedy cousin Michael Skakel appealed his murder conviction yesterday, citing more than two dozen grounds to overturn the guilty verdict. Chief among them were two long-standing issues - the statute...
PSYCHO CYBER-DUMPED - 'LEAVE ME ALONE' E-MAIL SET OFF MIDTOWN RAMPAGE
September 18, 2002 | 4:00amInvestigators searched yesterday for more "Dear John" e-mails that might reveal the inner workings of a torrid love triangle that ensnared a married ex-FBI agent and his former office lover...
BUSH: DON'T BE FOOLED AGAIN
September 18, 2002 | 4:00amPresident Bush yesterday warned the United Nations against getting "fooled" by Saddam Hussein, as the Iraqi dictator's latest cat-and-mouse game split world opinion and threatened to undermine momentum for international...
HS HECKLERS HASSLE HIZZONER
September 18, 2002 | 4:00amMayor Bloomberg yesterday announced a new crackdown yesterday on disruptive students - only to be interrupted by yelps from a second-floor classroom at Taft HS. The mayor had just declared...
U.S. PLANS YEMEN RAID TO HIT AL QAEDA
September 18, 2002 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - U.S. forces plan a secret operation in the Arabian peninsula nation of Yemen to capture or kill al Qaeda fighters there, it was reported last night. An amphibious...
DURST-VICTIM HEAD-HUNT
September 18, 2002 | 4:00amA Texas private eye probing the bizarre case of Robert Durst plans yet a third hunt for the missing head of Morris Black, the man the cross-dressing millionaire admits killing....
ALI DAUGHTER'S SHOPLIFTING ARREST STINGS LIKE A BEE
September 18, 2002 | 4:00amHer boxing-legend dad may be "More Than a Hero," but Hana Ali is more like a would-be thief, authorities say. Police said they arrested the 26-year-old daughter of Muhammad Ali...
DVF UNWRAPS HER FUN LINE
September 18, 2002 | 4:00amYOU know something's different about Fashion Week when Diane Von Furstenberg shows barely any of her trademark wrap dresses. Sublimely flattering, the frocks have been DVF's hallmark - not to...
BRONX BOY FALLS OUT OF SCHOOL BUS
September 18, 2002 | 4:00amA 5-year-old boy was critically injured yesterday after mysteriously falling out the back door of a Bronx school bus. Relatives of Christopher Gonzalez - a kindergartner at PS 214 -...
BOMB ROCKS PALESTINIAN SCHOOL YARD
September 18, 2002 | 4:00amJERUSALEM - A bomb likely planted by Israeli terrorists exploded in the play yard of a Palestinian school in the West Bank yesterday morning, slightly injuring eight students, authorities said....
TOP DESIGNERS JUMP THE GUN
September 18, 2002 | 4:00amIs it or isn't it the first day of Fashion Week? That was the question buzzing among the magazine biggies seated in the front rows of the first round of...
U.S. TIGHTENING NOOSE: NO END TO TROOP BUILDUP AROUND IRAQ
September 18, 2002 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - Pentagon officials said last night there will be no letup in the massive buildup of U.S. forces in the Persian Gulf despite Saddam Hussein's unconditional offer to re-admit...
PSYCHO CYBER-DUMPED: 'LEAVE ME ALONE' E-MAIL SET OFF MIDTOWN RAMPAGE
September 18, 2002 | 4:00amInvestigators were searching yesterday for more "Dear John" e-mails that might provide clues to why an ex-FBI agent shot his former girlfriend and her ex-lover killing himself. John Harrison, 53,...
BRONX BOY, 5, FALLS OUT OF SCHOOL BUS
September 18, 2002 | 4:00amA 5-year-old boy was in serious condition after falling out the back door of a school bus yesterday, cops said. The victim was being driven home from a local school...
YANKS' PEN RUNS DRY: EL DUQUE FALTERS BEFORE RELIEVERS FAIL
September 18, 2002 | 4:00amD. Rays 9 Yankees 7 ST. PETERSBURG - With George Steinbrenner in attendance, the Yankees kicked away a lead on their way to a stunning loss to the lowly Devil...
JEROMY JOLT SENDS FANS HOME HAPPY
September 18, 2002 | 4:00amMETS 3 CUBS 1 Whatever struggles Jeromy Burnitz has had this long, trying year - and there've been many - they didn't seem to matter last night. Not when he...
RIVERA LIKES SOUND OF WORKOUT
September 18, 2002 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES ST. PETERSBURG - The lone voice from right field belonged to Jeff Mangold, the Yankees' strength and conditioning coach. As Mariano Rivera threw warmup pitches to Alberto Castillo,...
ONE YEAR LATER, A PROMISE KEPT
September 18, 2002 | 4:00amAFTER their flight from Florida was diverted on Sept. 11, 2001, preventing them from making their first-ever fishing trip to Montauk, Tom Lynch, Mike Brandy and John Bond all made...
BLAKE'S OPENING ISLES' EYES
September 18, 2002 | 4:00amLAKE PLACID - Islanders coach Peter Laviolette made it clear from the start of camp that there are openings on his roster for people to make this team. But the...
JAX: DON'T FIGHT IT ; REGGIE SAYS UNREST MAKES YANKS CLOSER
September 18, 2002 | 4:00amST. PETERSBURG - The conversation was held in the lobby of the Yankees' hotel, in Spanish. It didn't last long and the subject remained between the two men. As Orlando...
SHOCKEY CASHING IN ; ROOKIE HAS FACE FOR FAME
September 18, 2002 | 4:00amTHERE'S more at work around Jeremy Shockey than the quest to turn him into the dynamic tight end he already appears to be. Coming soon, an all-out blitz will commence,...
JARVIS SAW EWING'S FIRE
September 18, 2002 | 4:00amSt. John's coach Mike Jarvis was the first basketball coach Patrick Ewing came to know. They teamed up to turn Cambridge Rindge and Latin High School in Massachusetts into a...
THEY WON'T FORGET EW
September 18, 2002 | 4:00amOne by one, they lined the side and back walls of the meeting room at the Four Seasons Hotel in Manhattan. Ex-players, ex-coaches, ex-teammates - all there to support Patrick...
PAT: KNICK TALKS WERE TOO LATE
September 18, 2002 | 4:00amPart of him still says play. But Patrick Ewing has said goodbye to that part of his career and he is moving to the sidelines, the last place he ever...
JETS, CURTIS CAN SINK FISH
September 18, 2002 | 4:00amFOR the floundering Jets, the formula for Sunday's critical showdown with the Dolphins in Miami is simple: Force-feed Curtis Martin down the throats of the Dolphins' defense and win the...
RANGERS DEBATE ERIC-BURE MATE
September 18, 2002 | 4:00amSo 18 forwards made yesterday's charter flight from Burlington to Westchester as Rangers, a couple of surprises, maybe - Benoit Dusablon and David Inman here; Nils Ekman already in Hartford...
COTTRELL ISN'T DEFENSIVE
September 18, 2002 | 4:00amJET NOTES Jets defensive coordinator Ted Cottrell, who was summoned by a handful of reporters for a what's-going-on interview, smiled as he sat in a chair and said, "We meet...
BURNS LETS DEVILS KNOW JUST WHAT HE'S THINKING
September 18, 2002 | 4:00amIf the Devils don't know Pat Burns yet, they know his bellow. There he was yesterday, yelling, screaming, pounding the boards, nearly every time he drew breath, and there were...
DEAL WITH DEVILS BAD FOR GOMEZ
September 18, 2002 | 4:00amNow we know why Scott Gomez signed reluctantly. The contract he inked Saturday calls for bases salaries of $900,000 this season and $1 million next year, The Post has learned....
BIG APPLE BOW-OUT FOR THE BIG FELLA :DAVE'STRIBUTE:SHOULDHAVE
September 18, 2002 | 4:00amIn a perfect world, Patrick Ewing never would have left the Knicks. He would have summoned all the strength and sweat he held in reserve and led the franchise to...
AFTER ALL IS SAID & DONE, WE HARDLY KNEW EW
September 18, 2002 | 4:00amPATRICK Ewing retired yesterday to too many dry eyes in the house, to too much pained effort to better frame a staggering 24,815 points and 11,606 rebounds, to too many...
REGGIE: FIGHTS PART OF GAME
September 18, 2002 | 4:00amST. PETERSBURG - The conversation was held in the lobby of the Yankees' hotel, in Spanish. It didn't last long and the subject remained between the two men. As Orlando...
MO MAY RETURN IN DETROIT
September 18, 2002 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES ST. PETERSBURG - It is not out of the question the Yankees could get Mariano Rivera, who has been out since Aug. 15 with a strained right shoulder,...
WILPON NAMES CABINET
September 18, 2002 | 4:00amMET NOTES After taking over sole ownership of the Mets last month, Fred Wilpon made his first big move yesterday when he reorganized the front office. The question is how...
PHILLIPS IN MIDDLE OF WILPON SHUFFLE
September 18, 2002 | 4:00amWith Fred Wilpon and his Sterling Equities partners finally completing their buy-out of the Mets, Wilpon yesterday announced a new senior executive organizational structure for his last-place club. Now the...
CEDENO FINDS RIGHT MEDICINE
September 18, 2002 | 4:00amMET NOTES The normally affable Roger Cedeno was vague about the dizzy spell he suffered during Saturday's loss at Montreal. The end result is, after seeing team physician Dr. Andrew...