Minnesota Twins defeat New York Yankees, 2-1; photo (M)

Yanks Find Twins Are No Longer Pushovers

Political Memo column contends that Mayor Rudolph W Giuliani's latest strategy in his making mischief in race for his successor seems to be to bolster fortunes of one Democratic candidate, City Council Speaker Peter F Vallone, and to continue to harm another, City Comptroller Alan G Hevesi (M)

Political Memo; Giuliani Keeps Foot in Race For Some Selective Tripping

Six state-owned Chinese airlines form alliance to compete against three large state-owned airline groups being formed through state-mandated consolidation; China is trying to narrow number of airlines without forcing any into bankruptcy (S)

World Business Briefing/Asia: China: Airline Alliance

PepsiCo, trying to duplicate popularity of original Mountain Dew, its citrus-flavored, high-caffeine soda, is introducing new cherry-flavored version named Code Red; many popular soft drinks contain caffeine, but it is no guarantee of success, and some without caffeine, like Sprite, have done well; chart; graph; photo (M)

Red to the Rescue; PepsiCo Looks to a New Drink to Jolt Soda Sales

Ebookers.com says its sales nearly doubled in first quarter, setting off gain of 19 percent in its share price (S)

World Business Briefing/Europe: Britain: Sales Up at Online Concern

Michiko Kakutani reviews Roger Angell's A Pitcher's Story: Innings With David Cone; photo (M)

Toting the Wins and Losses Of a Pitcher's Art and Psyche

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Eurostat says external current account deficit of 15-member European Union rose to 15 billion euros in fourth quarter of last year from 8.6 billion euros in previous quarter, and from 1.9 billion euros year earlier; balance in trade of services fell to deficit of 3.2 billion euros from surplus of 1.9 billion euros in third quarter of 2000 (S)

World Business Briefing/Europe: European Union: Trade Deficit

Article profiles Doubles, private club in midtown Manhattan that is celebrating its 25th anniversary; scene at club described; photo (M)

Politely, Tastefully, A Club Hits 25; Doubles, a Safe Haven For the City's Old Guard

Anthony Tommasini reviews Metropolitan Opera Orchestra performing Verdi Requiem under direction of James Levine at Carnegie Hall (M)

Sounds of Terrified Sinners And the Angels of Mercy

China's State Security Ministry begins detaining American citizens born in China and questioning them about their affairs in move diplomats regard as troubling change in government policy; China experts and others say situation marks first time since Korean War that American citizens have been held by State Security apparatus; six American citizens, none prominent critics of China, have been questioned and detained since end of last year; include businessmen, writers and academics; number of Chinese citizens with permanent residency status in US have also been held; detentions highlight new government scrutiny of group that has become prominent in China's business and academic sectors in recent years, namely, Chinese citizens who immigrated to US to study in 1980's and 1990's and are returning in large numbers to work--often armed with liberal ideas and foreign passport or green card; photo of American professor, Li Shaomin, who remains in Chinese custody (M)

For China-Born U.S. Citizens, Visiting Homeland Has Risks

Growing number of Web sites that once offered goods, services or content for free new charge users; most sites offering news and information are still free, but few have started imposing fees and more are considering doing same; some examples noted; even Yahoo, big and previously free Web portal, has started imposing fees for many aspects of its service and promises many more (M)

Free Rides Are Now Passé On Information Highway

Lawrence Van Gelder column reports on Philadelphia Orchestra concert at Carnegie Hall, performance of Pirates of Penzance aboard the tall ship Peking at South Street Seaport, world premiere of Athol Fugard's play Sorrows and Rejoicings at McCarter Theater in Princeton, NJ, and concert by Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra and Orquesta el Arranque of Argentina at Alice Tully Hall; photos (M)

Footlights

Article on New York Knickerbockers preparing for Game 4 of playoff series against Toronto Raptors (M)

Camby Rejoins the Knicks and Focuses on Game 4

Clyde Haberman NYC column discusses increasing number of New Yorkers who are ready to defend Bob Kerry after his disclosure that he was head of platoon that killed innocent women and children in Vietnam War; says these same people refuse to extend same consideration to four police officers who shot Amadou Diallo in Bronx; discusses common link between two cases (M)

Kerrey, Diallo And Heroes

About 240,000 Mexican jobs were eliminated or scaled back in first three months of 2001, mainly in manufacturing; industrial output in February was 3.7 below that of year earlier; Mexico's Central Bank expects economic growth of only 3 percent in 2000, down from 6.9 percent in 2000; economic downturn is happening while inflation is under control, peso is strong, consumers are still spending and no general recession appears to be on horizon; automotive industry has been hit hardest, with Delphi Chrysler and Grupo Industrial Saltillo laying off workers and shutting down plants; Goodyear Tire factory in Mexico City will shut because fo high costs and unfavorable economic conditions; photo (M)

Goodyear Cuts Jobs In Mexico

Case files and memos of Immigration and Naturalization Service agents in New York district suggests that work site raids are often based on language or appearance; review by New York Timeds of 37 INS raids showed that agents frequently cited skin color, use of Spanish, foreign accents and clothing not typicsal of NorthAmerica as primary evidence that workers were likely not to be documented; photo (M)

Files Suggest Profiling of Latinos Led to Immigration Raids

In tercontinentalExchange, online commodities trading company based in Atlanta, has offered to buy Intercontinental Petroleum Exchange in London, world's second-largest oil futures market, in bid to computerize it; IPE shareholders will receive stock valued at $75 million to $131 million in Intercontinental Exchange, firm backed by several financial and oil companies, including Goldman Sachs and BP Amoco unit (M)

Atlanta Company Offers to Buy Petroleum Exchange in London

Evenflo Co agrees to recall 3.4 million of its Joyride combination infant carrier and car seat after Consumer Product Safety Commission and National Highway Traffic Safety Administration learns of dozens of accidents involving products; Federal law requires companies to notify government when they learn of safety problems with consumer products, and Consumer Product Safety Commission is investigating whether Evenflo knew about injuries and failed to report them; Evenflo says it is not aware of investigation into its reporting and says it notified government of problems with Joyride last year, after bulk of consumer complaints were made; chart; photo (M)

3.4 Million Multi-Use Baby Seats Are Being Recalled

Web-based archive centered at Los Alamos National Laboratory is transforming quality of research, primarily in physical sciences, at institutions around the world, allowing scientists in third world to do the kind of pioneering work that is normally done in the great scientific centers; archive was founded by Dr Paul Ginsparg 10 years ago primarily for use of American scientists, but today more than two thirds of the visits it receives each week--some two million--are from institutions abroad; 35,000 new papers are expected to be submitted to archive in 2001 alone; one explanation for archive's resounding success is that it is free; photos (M)

The World of Science Becomes a Global Village; Archive Opens a New Realm of Research

Computer Associates says its accounting conforms to standard rules and it has not inflated its results; New York Times has reported that former employees and analysts raised questions about company's financial statements; company's shares drop 8.7 percent, and company's market value almost $2 billion; chief executive Sanjay Kumar vigorously defends company (M)

Computer Associates Officials Stand By Their Accounting Methods

Canada's economy stalled in February, as output dropped 0.1 percent after 0.3 percent rise in January; manufacturing led gross domestic product down, with 0.9 percent drop; graph (S)

World Business Briefing/Americas: Canada: Economy Stalls

New York Mets defeat Houston Astros, 8-2; photo (M)

Mets Land Back Home, And None Too Soon

Research Support Foundation of State of Sao Paulo, Brazil, is rapidly becoming powerhouse in genomics and model for scientific investigation in third world; its success in decoding genome of insect-borne bacterium that infests oranges and a citrus canker has established its international reputation, led to important collaborations, including one with group that is sequencing human cancer genes, and prompted US Department of Agriculture to contract with foundation to sequence gene of bacterium that afflicts vineyards in California (M)

Brazil Bounding Forward As Genomics Powerhouse

Marc Rich and business partner Pincus Green reportedly promised to donate $1 million per year to cancer charity run by Rich's former wife, Denise Rich, shortly before they received pardons from Pres Bill Clinton; lawyers familiar with arrangement say Ms Rich, initially reluctant to support husband's application for pardon because of bitter divorce, played crucial role in pardon campaign, first sending Clinton emotional letter on issue, then buttonholing him at White House dinner on December 20; say Marc Rich almost immediately expressed general willingness through intermediaries to support charity wife founded in 1997 to honor memory of daughter Gabrielle, who died of leukemia at age 27 (M)

May 1, 2001

Headlines from May 1, 2001

Yanks Find Twins Are No Longer Pushovers

Political Memo; Giuliani Keeps Foot in Race For Some Selective Tripping

World Business Briefing/Asia: China: Airline Alliance

Red to the Rescue; PepsiCo Looks to a New Drink to Jolt Soda Sales

World Business Briefing/Europe: Britain: Sales Up at Online Concern

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