August 20, 1996

New Jersey Insurance Dept, in effort to cut down on fraud, proposes that doctor who treats victim of auto accident be required to file report with insurance company within 21 days (New Jersey Daily Briefing) (S)

Market Place column discusses changes in Nasdaq stock market following price-fixing scandal that has humiliated both brokerage firms and regulators; graphs; charts (M)

Advertising column focuses on new lines of clothing for men that reflect 'casualization' of America; Levi Strauss's new line of men's trousers, called Slates, will be marketed aggressively to baby boom generation; campaign by Foote, Cone & Belding will carry the assertive theme, 'These are those pants,' as in dress pants that can go from work to after work effortlessly and comfortably; photo (M)

Ecologists study the aquatic plants, animals and microbes from different parts of the world that have come to settle in and dominate San Francisco Bay; bay is considered to be home to more alien species than any other estuary in the world and offers a special window on what mixing of species around the world might lead to at its most extreme; new species arrive at rate of one every 12 weeks, chiefly through discharge of ship ballast; have created a new ecosystem and perhaps, in time, will write a new chapter in evolution; positive as well as negative effects of invasion are noted; map; photo; drawings (M)

New Jersey Education Association endorses Rep Robert G Torricelli in his Senate race against Rep Richard A Zimmer (New Jersey Daily Briefing) (S)