January 6, 2005
JOBS REPORT COULD BE BAD NEWS FOR STOCK INVESTORS
January 6, 2005 | 5:00amTOMORROW'S employment report could be very tricky for the financial markets because it's setting up to be one of those lose/lose situations. As this column has been saying for a...
CHETRITS BUY TOY CENTER
January 6, 2005 | 5:00amThe Chetrit brothers will soon have themselves a $350 million-plus toy. The notoriously press-shy brothers, Joseph and Jacob Chetrit, signed a contract to buy the two office towers that comprise...
BUY-BYE AT EMI - BANDIER PLANS TO LEAVE MUSIC-PUBLISHING UNIT
January 6, 2005 | 5:00amMartin Bandier, the head of U.K. music giant EMI's music-publishing unit, has set the stage for his eventual exit from the company, The Post has learned. This comes after Bandier...
TRUMAN QUITS - ENDS 11-YR. CONDE NAST REIGN; WALLACE NAMED
January 6, 2005 | 5:00amJames Truman is walking away from his $2 million a year job as editorial director of Condé Nast after an 11-year run. He is being replaced by Tom Wallace, the...
ARMANI VET TO TOMMY
January 6, 2005 | 5:00amTommy Hilfiger has hired a longtime Giorgio Armani executive to run the newly acquired Karl Lagerfeld business, The Post has learned. Rodney Hutton, who spent nine years in merchandising positions...
CONGRESS IN BONUS HUNT AT FANNIE MAE
January 6, 2005 | 5:00amA powerful Washington lawmaker wants Franklin Raines and other former and current Fannie Mae executives to fork over the more than $18 million in bonuses they got over three years...
ADS AVOIDING TSUNAMI IMAGES
January 6, 2005 | 5:00amA growing number of marketers are shelving ads with wave, beach or surfer themes to avoid being insensitive in light of the Asian tsunami tragedy. Pepsi and British Airways became...
GUCCI GETS LVMH EXEC TO HEAD YSL
January 6, 2005 | 5:00amThe Gucci Group has succeeded in wooing a top executive away from rival LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton to steer its Yves Saint Laurent division. Valérie Hermann, 41, was named...
SIRIUS, MICROSOFT TO OFFER IN-CAR TVS
January 6, 2005 | 5:00amSirius Satellite Radio will begin offering programming for in-car television in about 18 months - a move it hopes will convince carmakers to offer factory TVs in more of their...
APPLE FILES LAWSUIT TO PROTECT CORE SECRETS
January 6, 2005 | 5:00amSuper-secret Apple Computer Inc. has sued a Mac enthusiast Web site alleging that it stole trade secrets. Ironically, details in the suit confirm that the site, ThinkSecret.com, was right on...
BOSTON TAB SUES N.Y. TIMES
January 6, 2005 | 5:00amA new battle of Boston is shaping up between a scrappy tabloid and The New York Times empire. The big Times group is accused of trying to use illegal market...
'INCREDIBLES' OFF TO FLYING AWARDS START
January 6, 2005 | 5:00am'THE Incredibles" got a super boost in the Best Picture Oscar race yesterday when it snagged a nomination for the Producers Guild of America awards. Brad Bird's critically acclaimed animated...
MTV'S 'ROAD' TRIP OVER?
January 6, 2005 | 5:00amMTV's popular reality series "Road Rules" could be heading down the road to cancellation. "No decision has been made," about the fate of what would be the show's 14th season,...
STARR REPORT
January 6, 2005 | 5:00amTeamwork at 25 Ch. 4 will mark Chuck Scarborough and Sue Simmons' 25th anniversary as an anchor team tomorrow with an on-air tribute during the 5 p.m. newscast - with...
MARTIAL ARTS SHOW PICKS FIGHT WITH 'CONTENDER'
January 6, 2005 | 5:00amTHE rabble-rousing president of the Ultimate Fighting Championship is slapping boxing aficionado Sylvester Stallone across the face with a $5 million challenge. Dana White, who oversees the mixed martial arts...
USHERED IN NEW ERA
January 6, 2005 | 5:00amR&B star Usher confessed his way all the way to 2004's top big prize. The Atlanta artist's fourth album, "Confessions," was the top seller of the year, selling nearly 8...
'HOUSE' CALL - BRIT TRANSFORMS HIMSELF INTO CURE FOR QUIRKY MEDICAL DRAMA
January 6, 2005 | 5:00am'HOUSE" creator David Shore wasn't exactly looking for a British comedy actor to play gruff American anti-hero Dr. Greg House - but when Hugh Laurie came along, well . ....
'WICKED' IMITATORS - REALITY FLUNKIES PROVE THERE'S ONLY ONE DOMESTIC DIVA
January 6, 2005 | 5:00amIt's enough to make Martha Stewart roll over in her cell. I'm talking about CBS's new "reality" show, "Wickedly Perfect," yet another outing where yet another group of relentlessly self-promoting...
MAD. AVE. GEM HEIST
January 6, 2005 | 5:00amA posh Madison Avenue jeweler to the superstars lost $500,000 worth of vintage tiaras and antique jeweled hair combs yesterday to heady thieves with a thing for female finery. Police...
ROBBER KILLS MAN ON S.I.
January 6, 2005 | 5:00amA 43-year-old man was shot dead last night after an apparent robbery attempt in his family's Staten Island home went awry, cops said. The victim was shot once in the...
BEARS GRIN AS FOOD WAR THAWS
January 6, 2005 | 5:00amMembers of the Coney Island Polar Bear Club were growling on New Year's Day when they thought the Jimmy Dean sausage company stiffed them out of 1,500 breakfasts it promised...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
January 6, 2005 | 5:00amA psycho serving life for strangling a woman has been hit with three additional years in a Colorado Springs prison - for passing out cheese sandwiches to fellow inmates. Killer...
TSUNAMI RIPPLES: A NEW STRATEGIC MAP
January 6, 2005 | 5:00amTHE tsunami's devastation on the Indian Ocean's shores offers a strategic lesson of incomparable importance. Whether or not the Pentagon's current leadership is capable of grasping that lesson is another...
KILLER PELOSI MEETS INFANT SON IN COURT
January 6, 2005 | 5:00amConvicted killer Danny Pelosi saw his 4-month- old son for the first time yesterday - in court - where he faces new criminal charges for allegedly conspiring to have witnesses...
SAD CINEMA SEQUEL - CURTAINS FOR 2ND THEATER
January 6, 2005 | 5:00amA second historic Upper East Side movie theater, the Cinema 1, 2 & 3 behind Bloomingdale's on Third Avenue, will close this spring and be converted to retail space, The...
N.Y. 3RD IN SCHOOL SPENDING
January 6, 2005 | 5:00amA state court has ruled that Albany is shortchanging city schoolchildren - but a national report out yesterday found that the state spends more per student than all but Washington,...
CITY HEALTH CHIEF TAKES HMO POST
January 6, 2005 | 5:00amThe chief of the city's 11 public hospitals is leaving to become president of the nation's largest HMO, officials said yesterday. Dr. Benjamin Chu, president and chief executive of the...
COUNCIL OKS GUN BILL VS. MAKERS
January 6, 2005 | 5:00amThe City Council yesterday overwhelmingly approved a gun-control package that would hold dealers and manufacturers financially liable in some circumstances if the weapons are used in crimes. The Gun Industry...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
January 6, 2005 | 5:00amSTATEN ISLAND * Cops are asking for the public's help in finding religious artifacts that were stolen from a Tompkinsville church last month. The artifacts, including chalices that are more...
'WE SEIZED U.S. TEEN' - WEST BANK THUGS' CHILLING BOAST
January 6, 2005 | 5:00amJERUSALEM - A West Bank group charged with kidnapping and murdering an Israeli soldier claimed yesterday that it had also abducted an Israeli-American teenager last year, and demanded the release...
SNOOZER OF A SPEECH IS GOV'S 'EXIT' SIGN
January 6, 2005 | 5:00amALBANY - Gov. Pataki's platitudinous and self- congratulatory presentation to the state Legislature yesterday - devoid of any serious plan to solve New York's growing crises - was widely seen...
BODEGA DAD DIES - INNOCENT BYSTANDER SHOT BUYING TREAT FOR DAUGHTER
January 6, 2005 | 5:00amThe innocent bystander who was shot in a Brooklyn bodega - as his little girl watched in horror - died yesterday. Kenneth Frasier was pronounced dead from head wounds at...
500G MAD. AVE. GEM HEIST
January 6, 2005 | 5:00amA posh Madison Avenue jeweler to the superstars lost $500,000 worth of vintage tiaras and antique jeweled hair combs yesterday to heady thieves with a thing for female finery. Police...
RETRIAL TO DEPICT 'RECKLESS' JAYSON
January 6, 2005 | 5:00amSOMERVILLE, N.J. - Prosecutors in Jayson Williams' retrial yesterday said they may call a gun safety expert to testify that Williams was reckless when he picked up a loaded shotgun...
DOCS CHEER DUBYA'S ANTI-LAWYER DIATRIBE
January 6, 2005 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - President Bush yesterday got a standing ovation from white-clad doctors and nurses as he demanded reform this year and blasted "out of control" malpractice lawsuits that cost taxpayers...
WE'RE IN FAT CITY - N.Y. HITS TUBBY TOP 10
January 6, 2005 | 5:00amNew York is losing the Battle of the Bulge. The city that prides itself on its pedestrian commuters, super-thin fashionistas and haute cuisine has been named the eighth-fattest city in...
NYPD TARGETS 'KILLING GROUND'
January 6, 2005 | 5:00amPolice brass are making a new push against one of their oldest problems - crime in Brooklyn's 75th Precinct, which again last year led the city in murders, robberies and...
BIZ HONCHO BLASTS SPITZER
January 6, 2005 | 5:00amIn a rare blitzkrieg by big business, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce yesterday blasted state Attorney General Eliot Spitzer as one of the most dangerous men in America for his...
RACING GREAT PLEDGES $10M TO DISASTER RELIEF
January 6, 2005 | 5:00amThe world's second highest paid athlete - seven-time Formula One racing champ Michael Schumacher - has pledged a stunning $10 million to aid tsunami victims in South Asia. It is...
CATHOLIC TEACHERS' 'ILL' FEELING
January 6, 2005 | 5:00amBickering between the Federation of Catholic Teachers and the Archdiocese of New York over a new contract could escalate into another round of sick-outs as early as tomorrow, sources close...
$500M WTC MEMORIAL DRIVE
January 6, 2005 | 5:00amA panel of 33 financiers, corporate executives, celebrities and relatives of 9/11 victims met yesterday to kick off a $500 million fund-raising campaign for a World Trade Center memorial. The...
PROBE MUST GO ON - DA EYES SHOWBIZ UNION
January 6, 2005 | 5:00amProbers from the Manhattan DA's Office are investigating the dealings of the labor union representing showbiz hairdressers and makeup artists - including charges that the union's boss attempted a million-dollar...
NUKED - 'I'VE BEEN IN WAR, HURRICANES TORNADOES, BUT I'VE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE THIS'; POWELL IS SHOCKED
January 6, 2005 | 5:00amSecretary of State Colin Powell yesterday viewed firsthand the area hardest hit by the tsunami disaster - and said the devastation was more horrible than anything he witnessed during war....
BROOKLYN DUMPSTER BODY ID'D
January 6, 2005 | 5:00amA charred body found in a Dumpster was identified yesterday as a Brooklyn mother who disappeared after she was dropped off in Brownsville by friends after a Christmas party, The...
TOP LAWYER'S $HOCK BOAST
January 6, 2005 | 5:00amA prominent Brooklyn lawyer, facing trial for allegedly taking bribes while overseeing auctions of foreclosed properties for the state Supreme Court, once confessed he "never turned down money," according to...
HOT WHEELS - LAZY QUEENS FIREFIGHTER REVVED UP RING OF THIEVES GRABBING PRICEY CYCLES: DA
January 6, 2005 | 5:00amA major motorcycle theft ring - reputedly including a city firefighter - has been smashed with the indictment of 16 suspects for swiping millions of dollars in high-end bikes from...
FLU SHOTS FOR AGE-50 CROWD
January 6, 2005 | 5:00amIncreased stockpiles of flu vaccine are proving to be a real shot in the arm to New Yorkers. With a new influx of the serum hitting the city, health officials...
TRAGIC SEQUENCE BEHIND KID'S LAUNDRY-CHUTE DEATH
January 6, 2005 | 5:00amA disabled 9-year-old boy was able to get into a health-care facility's laundry chute where he died because a worker left a closet door propped open - and the chute...
20 AMERICANS ADDED TO DEAD, 3,500 MISSING
January 6, 2005 | 5:00amThe death toll of Americans in the tsunami disaster more than doubled to 36 yesterday as the State Department announced that 20 more U.S. citizens were presumed dead. Another 3,500...
WEINER'S WACKY BID TO KO BUSH VICTORY
January 6, 2005 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - Three New York Democrats, including mayoral hopeful Anthony Weiner, are among a small number of congressmen who are formally protesting President Bush's election, The Post has learned. Weiner's...
PATAKI KEEPS 'SUNNY' $IDE UP
January 6, 2005 | 5:00amALBANY - Gov. Pataki yesterday pledged tax relief, economic development, new crime-fighting efforts and ethics and budget reform in his State of the State speech, but provided few specifics. The...
THE COALITION OF THE GIVING - BUSH CUTS 10G CHECK AS WORLD AID TOPS $5B
January 6, 2005 | 5:00amPresident Bush yesterday put his money where his mouth is by personally contributing $10,000 to the tsunami relief effort. His action came as private and government donations around the world...
REALLY BIG BANG IN SPACE
January 6, 2005 | 5:00amAstronomers have spotted the largest explosion ever seen in space - and it's been going on for 100 million years. The vast eruption, caused by a "super massive" black hole,...
PELOSI MEETS BABY SON IN COURT
January 6, 2005 | 5:00amConvicted killer Danny Pelosi saw his 4-month-old son for the first time yesterday - in court, where he faces new criminal charges for allegedly conspiring to have witnesses against him...
MAN GETS 'CALLED' TO HIS DEATH
January 6, 2005 | 5:00amA young man was gunned down in Brooklyn early yesterday - moments after stepping outside when someone apparently called him. Screams could be heard from inside his Crown Heights apartment...
'BOOTLEG' MURDER ON WEST 27TH
January 6, 2005 | 5:00amA man was shot dead and his son-in- law wounded inside a Flatiron District building that houses booths selling bootleg merchandise, police sources said. The two men, ages 48 and...
TOWN WANTS ALL MALE DNA IN WRITER SLAY
January 6, 2005 | 5:00amThree years after the unsolved murder of fashion writer Christa Worthington, officials are asking every man living in her Cape Cod town to voluntarily submit to a DNA test, it...
HEAT'S ON KNICKS TO RENEW RIVALRY
January 6, 2005 | 5:00amMIAMI - Has it really been four years since Knicks-Heat really meant anything? Four years since Pat Riley vs. Jeff Van Gundy, four years since Patrick Ewing vs. Alonzo Mourning,...
B'KLYN MAN GETS 'CALLED' TO HIS DEATH
January 6, 2005 | 5:00amA young man was gunned down in Brooklyn early yesterday - moments after stepping outside when someone apparently called him. Heart-wrenching screams could be heard from inside his Crown Heights...
DNA MALE CALL - SLAY TOWN: TEST ALL
January 6, 2005 | 5:00amThree years to the day after the unsolved murder of fashion writer Christa Worthington, officials are asking every man living in her Cape Cod town to voluntarily submit to a...
MOM & DAD BUSTED IN KID BOOZE BASH
January 6, 2005 | 5:00amThe parents of a high-school senior were busted for allowing her to throw a boozy New Year's Eve bash at their Westchester house - insisting it was far better she...
MURDER ON WEST 27TH
January 6, 2005 | 5:00amA man was shot dead and his son-in- law wounded inside a Flatiron District building that houses booths selling bootleg merchandise, police sources said. The two men, 48 and 29,...
DIOCESE TEACHERS LOOKING 'SICK'
January 6, 2005 | 5:00amBickering between the Federation of Catholic Teachers and the Archdiocese of New York over a new contract could escalate into another round of sick-outs as early as tomorrow, sources close...
FAKE COP KILLS BANK MANAGER
January 6, 2005 | 5:00amA gunman impersonating a cop shot and killed a Long Island bank manager during a phony car stop yesterday, police said. James Gottlieb, 49, was shot in the arm and...
STEPDAD SLAIN OVER COMPUTER
January 6, 2005 | 5:00amA Brooklyn man - furious at his stepfather for breaking into his room to use his computer - stabbed him to death yesterday, police sources said. The stepson, who shared...
WAVES OF DESTRUCTION
January 6, 2005 | 5:00amPerhaps you never heard of a tsunami before the recent disaster, but these waves have been wreaking havoc forever. Here's how these deadly forces of nature work. Tsunami (pronounced soo-nah-mee)...
CALLED TO HIS DEATH - MAN SHOT IN STREET
January 6, 2005 | 5:00amA young man was gunned down in Brooklyn early yesterday - moments after stepping outside when someone apparently called him. Heart-wrenching screams could be heard from inside his Crown Heights...
SWEDISH KID WASN'T SNATCHED
January 6, 2005 | 5:00amThe case of a Swedish boy missing in a tsunami took a new twist yesterday when local police said there was "no evidence" he'd been kidnapped. Fears that Kristian Walker,...
CLOCK'S TICKING ON NETS
January 6, 2005 | 5:00amMILWAUKEE - After surrendering an ungodly 112 points Tuesday night, the Nets held their usual day-after film session. You didn't need an MIT degree to figure out the message: defense...
VINCE HAS FINGERS CROSSED
January 6, 2005 | 5:00amNET NOTES MILWAUKEE - Want a positive for the Nets out of last night's mess here? Other than the remarkable lack of lockerroom fisticuffs, what looked like a potential injury...
GO WEST FOR REAL SNOW
January 6, 2005 | 5:00amMOST ski area areas in the Northeast got through the warmer temperatures of the past 10 days in decent shape, especially the big snowmakers who got the guns going early...
BUZZER BEATEN: LATE 3 SINKS PIRATES
January 6, 2005 | 5:00amND 66 - Hall 65 John Allen heard coach Louis Orr tell the team not to leave any good shooters by themselves during a timeout with 17 seconds to go...
TOMLINSON GETS A PLAYOFF PAYOFF
January 6, 2005 | 5:00amSAN DIEGO - LaDainian Tomlinson was always the curiosity who caught your eye on the halftime highlights, the blurry blue flash galloping through a paralyzed defense, gallantly fighting through one...
FINALISTS NAMED FOR '04 ECLIPSE AWARDS
January 6, 2005 | 5:00amThe finalists for the 2004 Eclipse Awards, thoroughbred racing's year-end championship honors to be presented at the annual Eclipse dinner Jan. 24 at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills,...
BOGGS SET TO TAKE HIS RIGHTFUL PLACE
January 6, 2005 | 5:00amWade Boggs never consistently hit for power, which makes his election to Cooperstown a brief and welcome relief to today's longball-obsessed culture. If his career began today, he'd hardly ever...
RIDERS UNHURT IN UGLY SPILL
January 6, 2005 | 5:00amAfter sweeping daily double aboard High Ratings ($3.60) and Luke's Flash ($24), apprentice jockey Eriluis Vaz appeared on way to best day ever, until fifth race. Riding 64-1 Crimson Code,...
PIRATES SAIL ON WITH TWO POINT GUARDS
January 6, 2005 | 5:00amWhile an 8-3 record entering Big East play might sound impressive, it doesn't hide the fact that Seton Hall is still trying to figure itself out. And that's most evident...
MARBURY LIGHTS WADE'S FIRE
January 6, 2005 | 5:00amMIAMI - So now Stephon Marbury has lit a fire under Miami guard Dwyane Wade, too. Though Wade recently was switched from point guard to shooting guard, he still handles...
JOHN WON'T PUT HIMSELF ON SPOT - ABRAHAM ISN'T SURE HE'LL PLAY
January 6, 2005 | 5:00amWhat was such great news only a day ago now has become a somewhat murky situation, leaving the Jets a bit on edge. Despite John Abraham's improved status on the...
CHARGERS DRAW FROM FIRST TIME
January 6, 2005 | 5:00amCHARGER NOTES SAN DIEGO - The Chargers understand if the Jets and their fans feel a little less spooked about having to play them instead of the Colts this weekend,...
CARLOS CAN BERN IT UP
January 6, 2005 | 5:00amIN HIS prime, Bernie Williams was good enough to hit third or cleanup and play the most illustrious position associated with the most illustrious team during a dynasty. Yet Williams'...
PENNY BACK IN POCKET
January 6, 2005 | 5:00amKNICK NOTES MIAMI - The Knicks are banged up at the wrong time - in the heart of a rough schedule and amidst a losing streak they hoped to snap...
HAIL USC, BUT WE STILL NEED PLAYOFF FORMAT
January 6, 2005 | 5:00amMIAMI - Outside of the state of Alabama, there is no question that Southern Cal is the national champion. The Trojans' 55-19 destruction of Oklahoma in Tuesday night's Orange Bowl...
PRICE FOR PRIZE - METS' BID AMONG FIVE AT $112M FOR BELTRAN
January 6, 2005 | 5:00amScott Boras declared yesterday there are five teams in the Carlos Beltran sweepstakes, all of which have met the agent's starting-point demand of at least seven years and $112 million....
MOISO'S BROUGHT BACK
January 6, 2005 | 5:00amNET NOTES MILWAUKEE - The Nets brought back some help yesterday. But it's not the answer. As expected, the Nets signed 6-10 Jerome Moiso yesterday to a 10-day contract. Moiso...
2 YEARS, $32M FOR UNIT
January 6, 2005 | 5:00amNOTEBOOK Negotiations were going so well between the Yankees and Randy Johnson that both sides expected a finalized contract extension for about $32 million over two years to be completed...
WADE REBUTS STEPH'S CLAIM
January 6, 2005 | 5:00amKNICK NOTES MIAMI - Dwyane Wade recently has been playing shooting guard but he still seemed angered about Stephon Marbury's New Year's Eve boast that he was the game's best...
PRICE FOR PRIZE - BORAS: FIVE TEAMS BID $112M FOR BELTRAN
January 6, 2005 | 5:00amScott Boras declared yesterday there are five teams in the Carlos Beltran sweepstakes, all of which have met the agent's starting-point demand of at least seven years and $112 million....
BABY RAMS FALL
January 6, 2005 | 5:00amSt. Joe's 53 - Fordham 50 Last night the baby Rams hung around with the elder statesmen of the Atlantic 10, St. Joe's. Whatever you do, don't call it a...
ORANGE CRUSH - STORM OUTCLASSED BY 'CUSE AT GARDEN
January 6, 2005 | 5:00amSyracuse 79 - St. John's 65 There would be no encore, no dramatic upset of a consecutive nationally ranked foe last night for the St. John's Red Storm, who followed...
SHAQ SMACKS KNICKS
January 6, 2005 | 5:00amHeat 102 - Knicks 94 MIAMI - Shaquille O'Neal exposed the Knicks last night for what they are: the very definition of mediocre. On the anniversary of the Knicks trading...
PACT FOR UNIT: 2 YEARS, $32M
January 6, 2005 | 5:00amNegotiations were going so well between the Yankees and Randy Johnson that both sides expected a finalized contract extension for about $32 million over two years to be completed today....
DEFENSE BACK IN NETS' DOGHOUSE
January 6, 2005 | 5:00amNET NOTES MILWAUKEE - When the defense was solid, the offense was dreadful for the Nets, ranking last in the league. Now the offense is showing signs of real life...
IT'S ABOUT TIME - CLOCK'S STARTING TO RUN OUT ON NETS
January 6, 2005 | 5:00amMILWAUKEE - Time is a four-letter word for the Nets these days. And time may leave the Nets cussing up a storm because it is something they are slowly, steadily,...
FORDHAM FROSH STEPS UP BIG TIME
January 6, 2005 | 5:00amFordham power forward Bryant Dunston dropped in 24 points against Fairfield back on Dec. 11. That was a pretty good game. He grabbed 16 rebounds against Charleston Southern just last...
ENTRANCE EXAM - STORM NEWCOMERS SET FOR BIG EAST TEST
January 6, 2005 | 5:00amFor first-year head coach Norm Roberts and the St. John's freshman players, the Big East season that began last night with their Garden date against Syracuse will be their first....