September 25, 2001
IT'S OFFICIAL: CORCORAN TO CENDANT
September 25, 2001 | 4:00amFollowing an emotionally charged company meeting last Friday, Barbara Corcoran sent a memo to company employees yesterday announcing the sale of the Corcoran Group. The Post reported on Saturday that...
THE MARKETS ARE STILL GROSSLY OVERPRICED
September 25, 2001 | 4:00amARE you feeling irrationally re-exuberant? Before you start following the herd back into the stock market, consider a few things. First, there was absolutely no fundamental reason why stock prices...
DOWNTOWN REBOUNDS FROM TRAGEDY
September 25, 2001 | 4:00amTWO weeks after the World Trade Center attack, one overriding truth emerges from the scramble for space among displaced tenants: The terrorists picked the wrong skyline to mess with. If...
BIZTRAVEL.COM GROUNDED AFTER WTC TERROR
September 25, 2001 | 4:00amIt's business as usual in dot-com land, as the latest high-profile Web site bit the dust. BizTravel.com - an online travel agency aimed at "road warriors" - closed down late...
PENGUIN IS HATCHING 2 JOBS FROM GRANN'S EXIT
September 25, 2001 | 4:00amPhyllis Grann's job as president and CEO of Penguin Putnam, the second-largest U.S. publisher, will now be split between two execs following her surprise announcement that she is stepping down...
AOL TIME WARNER WON'T MAKE NUMBERS
September 25, 2001 | 4:00amThe "Will they?" or "Won't they?" game is finally over. They won't. AOL Time Warner said yesterday 2001 revenue and profit will be less than forecast due to the decline...
NAPSTER, LABELS OK $36M LICENSING DEAL
September 25, 2001 | 4:00amNapster yesterday announced it has a licensing deal with the top American music publishers. Although still under the threat of litigation from the record labels who own the performance rights...
AIRLINE STOCKS RALLY ; BUT INDUSTRY FACED WITH ENORMOUS OBSTACLES
September 25, 2001 | 4:00amBeleaguered airlines stocks gained back some ground yesterday as buyers searched for bargains. Still, the industry is facing some daunting challenges. Analysts say the carriers' horizon will look a lot...
WOES MAY RETURN ; NEW NUMBERS COULD TURN RALLY TO ROUT
September 25, 2001 | 4:00amThe buyers were back in a big way on Wall Street yesterday, but a slew of new economic numbers could still sink budding hopes for a quick economic turnaround. Bullish...
OFFICE RUSH BOOSTS REITS
September 25, 2001 | 4:00amBolstered by the rush for office space, city office REITS have been holding most of their values, analysts say. Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs have already raised 2001/2002 estimates for...
PATH TO THE FUTURE: TRANSPORT HUB PROPOSED AT WFC
September 25, 2001 | 4:00amThe owners of the World Financial Center want to rebuild the destroyed train hub beneath the World Trade Center across the street under the financial center's Winter Garden. As it...
TASTES OF TORONTO: A NATIVE'S RESTAURANT GUIDE TO THE BEST DEALS IN TOWN
September 25, 2001 | 4:00amIF you wanted to, you could go to Toronto - and dine extravagantly. After all, in this metropolitan city a nine-hour drive from Manhattan, there are more than 700 restaurants...
PA. HAS ITS DAY: 'PHILLY' AND 'THE GUARDIAN' IN A PENN STATE OF MIND
September 25, 2001 | 4:00am"Philly" Tonight at 10 on ABC/Ch. 7 "The Guardian" Tonight at 9 on CBS/Ch. 2 WHO knew Pennsylvania could be so dramatic? Apparently TV producers, that's who. From both ends...
EMERIL LITE; CHEF LOSES HIS SIZZLE IN SITCOM
September 25, 2001 | 4:00amEmeril Tonight at 8 on WNBC/Ch. 4 1/2 FOR reasons I hope never to know - but that I suspect come from a fear of new ideas - we're being...
TRAVELER'S UPDATE
September 25, 2001 | 4:00amOctober fest The Catskills lie just 90 miles north of N.Y.C., and the area is about to be ablaze in shades of yellow, orange and red. Adding another dimension to...
A NOSH FOR LAND OF NOD
September 25, 2001 | 4:00amIF you're having trouble sleeping, kiss off caffeine by 3 p.m. and lay off the fats and protein, experts say."Your best foods for sleeping are simple carbohydrates," says Joe Graedon,...
CITY EYES WIDE OPEN ; AFTER WTC TRAGEDY, SOME TIPS FOR BATTLING INSOMNIA
September 25, 2001 | 4:00amIN the best of times, New York City is a hotbed of insomnia.Now, in the grip of emotional, spiritual and even financial desperation, we're tossing and turning more than ever....
MORNING SHOWS OFF THE STREETS
September 25, 2001 | 4:00amANOTHER piece of New York street-life that has been lost since the Sept. 11 attacks - the network morning TV shows are no longer venturing out of their street-level studios...
BROADWAY REVIVAL: CAST, CREW & FANS PULL TOGETHER
September 25, 2001 | 4:00amMANY New Yorkers heeded Mayor Giuliani's advice and took in a Broadway show this past weekend, breathing life into an industry that was on the verge of collapse after the...
SIBLING STORY MISSES WITH LACK OF DETAIL
September 25, 2001 | 4:00amTHE LATE HENRY MOSSSignature Theatre, 555 W. 42nd St. Through Nov. 4. Call (212) 244-PLAY. TWO brothers meet at the home of a parent. One is academic, rational and ironic;...
BUZZ
September 25, 2001 | 4:00amTemper, temper Toddlers who tend toward frequent temper tantrums are more likely to have at least one criminal conviction later on, according to researchers at the U.K.'s University of Southampton....
'SURVIVOR' SURVIVES AIR CRASH
September 25, 2001 | 4:00amSURVIVOR 2" star Michael Skupin - who was badly burned when he accidentally fell into a camp fire in the Australian outback - survived a small plane crashed on the...
VEGA'S 'SONGS' HER BEST
September 25, 2001 | 4:00amSUZANNE VEGA "Songs in Red and Gray" A&M Records When you think of Suzanne Vega's image, it's hard to forget the pretty brunette folk waif singing her powerful song "Luka."...
LAWMAKERS: BID TO KEEP RUDY 'IS OVER'
September 25, 2001 | 4:00amKey legislators in Albany and New York City yesterday flatly rejected extending Mayor Giuliani's term - even as members of the mayor's inner circle split over whether he should try...
MESSAGE FROM THE RAT HOLE: BIN LADEN'S STATEMENT OF HATE
September 25, 2001 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - Terror master Osama bin Laden urged Pakistani Muslims to rise up against the "crusader Americans" yesterday as his Taliban hosts said they were mobilizing 300,000 troops to defend...
W. KICKS TERROR IN THE ASSETS
September 25, 2001 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - President Bush, vowing to wipe out Osama bin Laden's multimillion-dollar war chest for terror, yesterday declared the buck stops here. Bush froze the U.S. assets of 27 "most...
BRAVEST & FINEST MERIT BETTER PAY
September 25, 2001 | 4:00amIF OR when someone presumes to fill those giant shoes of Rudy Giuliani, he will have to start with a clear view of the city's recent and horrific history. And...
TROOPS ARRIVE IN AFGHAN-BORDER COUNTRIES
September 25, 2001 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - The first contingents of elite U.S. ground troops began arriving in central Asian countries bordering Afghanistan as preparations intensified yesterday for military operations against Osama bin Laden's terror...
BILL TELLS TEENS: DON'T BEND TO TERROR
September 25, 2001 | 4:00amBill Clinton yesterday rallied city high-school students devastated by the World Trade Center disaster, urging them not to give in to terrorists. "They can only win if they get inside...
TV NETWORKS TRASH OR TOUCH UP IFFY EPISODES
September 25, 2001 | 4:00amNetwork TV is scrambling to alter shows dealing with terrorism in the wake of the Sept. 11 terror attacks. In some cases, entire episodes have been yanked - or completely...
GIULIANI'S ALREADY WON THE REAL ELECTION
September 25, 2001 | 4:00amFOUR more years? A trickle of motivated New Yorkers is expected to dribble into the voting booth today to cast ballots in a primary nobody wants. Nobody, except for the...
HELPING KIN RECOVER: STATE & CITY SPEED UP DEATH CERTIFICATES
September 25, 2001 | 4:00amThe city and state have joined forces to make it easier for families to get death certificates for loved ones missing in the World Trade Center rubble. Gov. Pataki signed...
ARAFAT ON ICE-BREAKING TRIP TO SYRIA
September 25, 2001 | 4:00amJERUSALEM - Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat visits Damascus today, breaking a decade-old freeze with Syria. Israeli intelligence officials warn that the rapprochement could lead to closer ties between the Palestinians...
RALLY MASKS DANGER TIME
September 25, 2001 | 4:00amTHE bull market came roaring back to life yesterday. Or did it? At first glance, it looked like investors were finally ready to put behind them last week's terrorist-sparked sell-off...
LEVY: HEED LESSONS FOR SCHOOL SECURITY
September 25, 2001 | 4:00amSchools Chancellor Harold Levy said the Board of Education needs to upgrade its security and evacuation plans following the World Trade Center tragedy. Levy said existing safety plans were not...
ANGRY JUDGE RAPS CYBERSEX LAWYERS
September 25, 2001 | 4:00amA judge yesterday scolded both sides in the Oliver Jovanovic "cybersex" kidnapping case, complaining she's "amazed" that everyone can't just come to an agreement, especially in light of the terrorist...
MEGA-FLAG FLIES AGAIN
September 25, 2001 | 4:00amThe Stars and Stripes hang proudly in lower Manhattan. As police officers and soldiers saluted and all eyes looked skyward, an American flag the size of a basketball court was...
CANDIDATES KEEP IT QUIET JUST HOURS BEFORE PRIMARY
September 25, 2001 | 4:00amYesterday may have been the quietest day before an election in city history. While polls for the postponed Democratic and Republican primaries open at 6 a.m. today, only one of...
OUR ALLIES' ART
September 25, 2001 | 4:00amLOOK at the photo to the right. It was taken Sunday in the city of Nablus on the West Bank - a city under the control of Yasser Arafat's Palestinian...
NEW DWI-COP FUROR: 4TH SLAY RAP STIRS DEBATE OVER BEGINNING OF LIFE
September 25, 2001 | 4:00amPediatric trauma doctors squared off against the city's medical examiner earlier this month in an unusual grand jury proceeding in Brooklyn that led to the controversial indictment of DWI cop...
MANHATTAN POLLING SITES ALTERED
September 25, 2001 | 4:00amThe city Board of Elections says it's ready to handle today's primary, despite grappling with reshuffled polling sites - and a work force and electorate distracted by the World Trade...
JITTERY TRAVELERS BACK ON 'TRACK'
September 25, 2001 | 4:00amMany Americans remain jittery about flying and being away from home for long periods of time - and the tourism industry is reeling because of it. Nancy Green, a home-products...
B'KLYN BRIDGE LANE OPENINGS THE LATEST COMMUTE BOOST
September 25, 2001 | 4:00amVehicles on the southbound FDR Drive were allowed over the Brooklyn Bridge yesterday, as the city continued inching toward traffic normalcy. The move follows the Brooklyn Bridge's opening last week...
STOCKS BOUNCE BACK: DOW SOARS 368 ON DAY OF 'DAMAGE REPAIR'
September 25, 2001 | 4:00amStocks rebounded yesterday as some bargain hunters decided to take advantage of opportunities left by last week's big sell-off. It was the first up day for U.S. stocks since the...
RED CROSS IS SET TO HAND OUT $100M
September 25, 2001 | 4:00amThe Red Cross plans to announce today that it will disburse $100 million to the victims and survivors of the Sept. 11 attacks. Specific details about how the money will...
OUR CRIME NUMBERS CONTINUE TUMBLING
September 25, 2001 | 4:00amLed by a double-digit drop in murder, serious crime in New York continues to fall by more than 14 percent so far this year, Police Commissioner Bernard Kerik said yesterday....
UNITED AD OFFERS FLIGHT 'TRAINING'
September 25, 2001 | 4:00amPassengers aboard United Airlines jets this week got a shock when they were offered the chance to be a "pilot for a day" at the airline's flight training school. "Want...
WOULD-BE SUCCESSORS: HE'S GOT TO OBEY LIMITS
September 25, 2001 | 4:00amCandidates vying to succeed Mayor Giuliani yesterday had a message for the term-limited mayor: Your time is up! "Normalcy should include democracy and the resumption of constitutional regularity," said Democratic...
BRONX TEEN SHOT IN FACE
September 25, 2001 | 4:00amA 16-year-old boy shot another youth in the face yesterday near two Bronx schools, police said. Patrick Murray allegedly pulled out a gun and shot Adedoyin Olubummo, 18, on a...
FEAR OF FLYING HAS JETS HALF-FULL
September 25, 2001 | 4:00amAirplane traffic at local airports has bounced back to near-normal levels in some cases - but many of those planes are flying out half-empty. "Everybody's canceling, canceling, canceling. Arrgh! It's...
SEINFELD READY TO '$TAND-UP' FOR FUND
September 25, 2001 | 4:00amJerry Seinfeld is going to bat for the Twin Towers Fund. The sitcom king will do a benefit comedy show at Carnegie Hall on Oct. 8, with all proceeds going...
PHONE SERVICE & RESTAURANTS COMING BACK
September 25, 2001 | 4:00amPhone service is being restored and restaurants in lower Manhattan are beginning to reopen. As the death toll in the World Trade Center tragedy continues to rise, there are growing...
EVERY PLAN TO LET HIM STAY HAS A REASON IT WON'T WORK
September 25, 2001 | 4:00amA range of long-shot scenarios of how Mayor Giuliani could remain in City Hall next year emerged yesterday - from the city's top lawmaker helping quash term limits, to Giuliani...
TELETHON RAISES $150M FOR VICTIMS' KIN
September 25, 2001 | 4:00amLast Friday's historic cross-network, star-studded telethon raised more than $150 million for the families of victims of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. As of yesterday, pledges from "America: A Tribute...
FUROR OVER BREAK-UP OF FIRE SQUAD
September 25, 2001 | 4:00amAn elite Brooklyn fire squad that lost 12 members in the World Trade Center attacks is being moved out of its old firehouse - and a former member and some...
350 PROBED & 400 WANTED: SCOPE OF INVESTIGATION BROADENS
September 25, 2001 | 4:00amFederal authorities have detained more than 350 people in their probe of the Sept. 11 terror attacks, and they're still looking for nearly 400 others who may have information about...
BUCKS STOP HERE
September 25, 2001 | 4:00amPresident Bush launched his first strike against terrorism yesterday - a sweeping executive order designed to paralyze the "financial foundation" of Osama bin Laden's worldwide terror network. "Money is the...
GOING OUT COMES BACK: BOX OFFICE UP AS CITY BIZ STARTS REBOUND
September 25, 2001 | 4:00amBroadway ticket sales are inching up, and restaurants in lower Manhattan are beginning to reopen. As the death toll in the World Trade Center tragedy continues to rise, there are...
AMAZIN'S CAN'T LET UP VS. EXPOS
September 25, 2001 | 4:00amIn the days since terrorism claimed thousands of lives and destroyed the World Trade Center, it is another building that has provided comfort and relief for New Yorkers. Shea Stadium...
A FIVE-GOAL HOLE IS TOUGH TO GET OUT OF
September 25, 2001 | 4:00amDevils 6 Islanders 5 On the day that the Islanders hosted their "Cool School Field Trip," the only thing that was at all cool was that everyone in the stands...
WHITTLE PLAYS THROUGH PAIN
September 25, 2001 | 4:00amGiants' OL Jason Whittle sat with Randy Drake while the construction worker was in critical condition in Bellevue Hospital after being hit with falling debris during the World Trade Center...
GIANTS PREPARING FOR EMOTIONAL HOMECOMING
September 25, 2001 | 4:00amFor much of the NFL, the most difficult part of the league's layoff ended Sunday as teams went through emotional pregame ceremonies and played in front of fans who were...
JINTS' ROOKIE DBS HAVE IT COVERED
September 25, 2001 | 4:00amGIANT NOTES As relieved as all of the Giants were to have played well in their 13-3 win over the Chiefs on Sunday, two players were especially excited. "In Week...
METS AIN'T DEAD YET
September 25, 2001 | 4:00amTHIS is a much different Mets team than the one that pranced through the first five months of the season. Look at these Mets now and there is a sense...
BERARD-TO-BLUESHIRTS HAS SOME HITCHES
September 25, 2001 | 4:00amBryan Berard wants to be a Ranger. So said GM Glen Sather after yesterday's skate at Rye, confirming the desires of the injured defenseman, based on discussions with agent Tom...
HERM'S WORDS LIFT JETS
September 25, 2001 | 4:00amThis was Saturday night, shortly past 9 o'clock. Herman Edwards sat by himself on a stoop outside the Hilton Hotel in Dedham, Mass., and pondered his team's immediate future in...
TUPA NOT GETTING PUNTED DESPITE POOR PERFORMANCE
September 25, 2001 | 4:00amJET NOTES There is concern about Tom Tupa's punting after his performance Sunday in Foxboro, but not enough that any changes are imminent. Tupa, who before the Jets' 10-3 win...
SCOTT: KITTLES MUST EARN STARTING SPOT
September 25, 2001 | 4:00amOn paper, the Nets' projected starting backcourt seems set: Jason Kidd and Kerry Kittles. But on the floor, it could be different because coach Byron Scott reiterated yesterday that Kittles'...
AIR'S RETURN STILL ON HOLD ; JORDAN, WIZARDS PLAY WAITING GAME
September 25, 2001 | 4:00amThe basketball world waited. And waited. Then waited a little more yesterday, anticipating word from Michael Jordan. And then . . . Nothing happened. No fax or issued statement through...
CONTENDERS & PRETENDERS ; DEVILS MAY DRAFT BACKUP FOR BRODEUR
September 25, 2001 | 4:00amStill waiting to be wowed by their rookie hopefuls, the Devils have until 2 p.m. today to deal for a veteran backup goalie before rosters freeze and bargains vanish in...
FRANCO MRI: NO DAMAGE
September 25, 2001 | 4:00amMET NOTES MONTREAL - The thought concerning John Franco's left elbow has been that rest would be the cure, but the tendinitis refused to leave. Yesterday, trying to learn if...
CLEMENS GOES FOR CLINCH: ROCKET, YANKS CAN WRAP UP EAST TONIGHT
September 25, 2001 | 4:00amRoger Clemens can't put his thick fingers around Osama bin Laden's gullet and squeeze the life out of the weasel. Mariano Rivera can't save fireman Timothy McSweeney's life. Derek Jeter...
TASTE OF OCTOBER MAY NOT BE FAR OFF FOR NEOPHYTE NICK
September 25, 2001 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES Expect to see a lot of Nick Johnson the rest of the season. With Joe Torre hunting for a bat to add juice to a lineup that has...