Matalan, British retailer that most resembles American discount chains, is thriving while profits are shrinking at other British retailers; John Hargreaves started warehouse-type store in Preston in 1985 after being impressed by supercenters he observed on a visit to Los Angeles, and today his 52 percent stake in Matalan is worth some $2.2 billion; Matalan offers the value that British consumers are increasingly demanding; photo (M)

British Retailer Thrives the U.S. Way

Toronto Maple Leafs defeat New York Rangers, 3-1, in ice hockey at Madison Square Garden; photo (M)

Despite Gains, Rangers Still Show a Loss

New York Knicks defeat Orlando Magic, 85-84, in Orlando; Latrell Sprewell and Kurt Thomas score 22 points each; photo (M)

Knicks' Reserves Come to the Rescue, Just in Time

Manhattan Theater Club agrees to renovate and take over operation of Biltmore Theater, deteriorating Broadway landmark that has been dormant for more than decade; deal is part of development proposal by consortium led by Jack Parker Corp that includes high-rise apartment building next to theater; photo of Biltmore; drawing of planned design (M)

Theater Club Has Plans for Broadway House

Breakfast has become serious meal in many Manhattan restaurants and hotel dining rooms, where chefs are putting as much effort into it as they do for lunch and dinner; drawing; photos; recipes (M)

Wake Up and Smell the Truffles

Manhattan prosecutors reportedly propose plea bargain with no further jail time for Oliver Jovanovic, Columbia graduate student facing new trial on charges of kidnapping and sexually abusing woman he met on Internet; photo; his 1998 conviction was overturned by appellate court ruling that Judge William A Wetzel wrongly excluded evidence that encounter with woman was consensual (M)

Deal Proposed For Defendant In Net Sex Case

New York City Transportation Department official Henry Perahia considers whether wind will blow too strongly to allow big balloons in Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade; photo (M)

Scientific Finger to the Wind Holds the Big Balloons' Fate

Canada's annual inflation rate rises 2.8 percent in October from 2.7 percent in September (S)

MODERATE INFLATION IN CANADA

Lucent Technologies will revise financial results already reported for fourth quarter by cutting revenue by about $125 million; says this could cut 2 cents a share from earnings for the quarter and the year; shares plunge 16 percent, to $17.56, deepening the decline in the stock price to 75 percent this year (M)

Lucent Lowers Revenue Stated In Last Quarter

Latest rescue plan for Hyundai Engineering and Construction includes heavy interest payments that are expected to all but wipe out profits (S)

PROFIT HIT AT HYUNDAI

RHR International's training program for managers specializes in jogging up-and-coming managers, including No. 2's in line to be No. 1's, to acnowledge their flaws and take action to correct them; it is just one of a growing number of coaching services that are helping corporate America grapple with severe shortage of management talent; each RHR client meets with one of its coaches, who are all psychologists, in his or her workplace both before and after attending weeklong retreat at a conference center in suburban Philadelphia, where the executivesjoust with one another while experts analyze their behavior; photo (M)

MANAGEMENT: Shape Up to Ship Up; Boot Camps for Executives on the Fast Track

Life's Work column on female business travelers who regard time spent on road as refuge from deadlines and pressures of office and like staying in hotels where they revel in 'guiltless pleasures' of room service; drawing (M)

Guiltless Pleasures of Room Service And a Quiet Night, Blissfully Alone

Board of Coca-Cola Co abandons effort to acquire Quaker Oats, diversified food company whose lead product is Gatorade; executives close to talks say board was divided over price and whether Coke could successfully absorb Quaker Oats and also had concerns that FTC might raise antitrust issues, since Coke has a sports drink of its own, Powerade; Quaker can now accept an offer by Danone of France or return to bargaining with PepsiCo; acquisition attempts underscore emerging importance of noncarbonated beverage business; photo; table (M)

Coca-Cola Board Abandons Its Efforts to Acquire Quaker Oats

Kenneth D Moelis, one of the top bankers gained by Credit Suisse First Boston when it acquired Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette, is leaving to become head of investment banking for the Americas at UBS Warburg; his departure, which follows departure of other Donaldson executives since firm was acquired in August, has some Wall Street executives wondering whether Credit Suisse's purchase of the firm will ultimately pay off; market for high-yield bonds, a core business for Donaldson, is also in a prolonged slump (M)

Credit Suisse Is Losing Another of Its Top Bankers

Transportation Department allows United Parcel Service to fly six trips a week to China and gives two additional trips to United Airlines and one each to Northwest Airlines and FedEx; the losers, including Delta, get agreement that will allow them to bid to supply American planes and crews to fly under contract to Chinese airlines, essentially renting the landing rights from Chinese carriers that have left their rights unused, a practice known as 'zombie code-shares' (M)

U.P.S. Given Right to Fly Cargo to China

 China to Halt Missile Help  China pledged to stop selling missile equipment to countries developing nuclear weapons and the Clinton administration said it would waive sanctions against it.   PAGE A12    Egypt Pulls Envoy to Israel  Egypt recalled its ambassador from Tel Aviv to protest what the Arab world condemned as Israel's excessively violent response to a Palestinian terrorist attack.   PAGE A14

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57-foot yacht christened Camaraderie emerges from warehouse in Harrison, New Jersey, where it was built by Greg Roberts and two dozen volunteers; photos; 35-year-old technology consultant and tinkerer enlisted others to help him build aluminum-hulled boat with wooden deck and interior, which will take part in Classic Yacht Regatta in Antigua next April, and then go on one-year cruise around Caribbean (M)

A Dream Takes Seagoing Shape; Three-Year Labor of Love Will Steer for the Caribbean

James A Baker 3d, Gov George Bush campaign's chief representative in Florida, scores Florida Supreme Court ruling upholding manual ballot recounts; all but invites Legislaure to act; makes clear Bush and Republicans weigh options and will seek some manner of recourse; State Sen Daniel Webster says Republican majority weighs special legislative session or appeal to federal courts; vote tally (M)

Bush Camp, Outraged, Vows to Seek Recourse to Ruling

Florida Supreme Court unanimously rules results of manual ballot recounts in three heavily Democratic counties must be included in state's final tally; sets new deadline, but no firm standards for determining how to count partly punched ballots; ruling, victory for Vice Pres Al Gore, holds voter rights supercede technical statutory requirements; cites with approval Illinois ruling that indications of voter's intent should be considered and not just those ballots that are completely punched; ruling comes as hand recounts in three counties show only small net gains for Gore that could cut Gov George W Bush's 930 vote lead to just under 700; several thousand other potential votes remain tied up in new rounds of disputes over partially punched ballots; Gore calls for full, fair and accurate count and again proposes he and Bush meet to cool oratory of their supporters; rejects any effort to persuade Electoral College members pledged to Bush to switch votes; says he and Bush should both proceed with planning transition to new administration; photo (M)

FLORIDA COURT BACKS HAND RECOUNTS AND ORDERS VOTE DEADLINE OF MONDAY

Golda Foxman, veteran teacher at Public School 192 in West Harlem, and Eric Plaks, 26-year-old musician-turned teacher, discuss efforts to bring two generations of teaching together; photos; they and others in city say system has failed to create culture of teamwork, in which older teachers feel valued and younger colleagues see a future (M)

Tough Task: Uniting Teachers in Learning

Clyde Haberman NYC column on movie appearances by politicians and mayoral candidates; Al Sharpton plays himself in Spike Lee comedy Bamboozled; Speaker Peter Vallone appears as unnamed official running public hearing at end of The Yards (M)

New Route To City Hall: A Screen Test

Security guard mysteriously survives train crash. Tidy, compact Shyamalan drama.

A Security Guard. Then Kapow! A Sorrowful Superhero.

Maria Cantwell, the Democratic challenger to Senator Slade Gorton of Washington, pulled ahead by 2,000 votes with fewer than 12,000 still to count in a contest that could decide the political balance of the Senate.   

Democrat Now Leads In Tight Senate Race

Christmas tree at Metropolitan Museum of Art goes on display; Arlo Guthrie to hold annual Carnegie Hall concert; Canadian Brass and pianist Andre Watts to perform at New Jersey Performing Arts Center; St Petersburg State Ice Ballet to perform at Brooklyn Center for the Performing Arts; photos (Footlights column) (M)

Footlights

Ira Berkow's Sports of the Times column questions Temple University basketball coach John Chaney's defense of Bobby Knight, Indiana University coach fired for physically abusing players; photo (M)

Sports of The Times; Chaney's Old-School Temperament

Chloe Auliʻi Cravalho is an American actress and singer. She made her acting debut as the voice of the title character in the Disney animated musical film Moana (2016) and reprised her role in the 2024 sequel.

November 22, 2000

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British Retailer Thrives the U.S. Way

Despite Gains, Rangers Still Show a Loss

Knicks' Reserves Come to the Rescue, Just in Time

Theater Club Has Plans for Broadway House

Wake Up and Smell the Truffles

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