New York City political campaign season this year is bonanza for political consultants of homegrown variety because term limits has created open contests for mayor, public advocate, comptroller, four of city's five borough presidents and 36 of City Council's 51 members; more than 350 people are campaigning to fill those jobs; even consultants themselves say frenzy is unprecedented; photos (L)

For Coaches of Politics, Business Is Booming; Candidates in Crowded Primary Field Want Their Own Personal Trainers

Federal Government is shaping plan for United States military to ship surplus blood from its bases abroad to New York City metropolitan area, where medical officials fear new restrictions on donations from people who may have been exposed to mad cow disease will worsen existing blood shortage and force hospitals to cut back on variety of surgeries (M)

U.S. Urges Use of Blood From Military

The nominee for F.B.I. director, Robert S. Mueller III, is a longtime prosecutor who has shown impatience with critics of law enforcement. Man in the News, Page A15.

On the Legal Front Lines

India's stock market is roiled by move to ban selling and buying of US-64, flagship fund of Unit Trust of India, country's largest mutual fund group, until December; freeze shakes confidence of millions of small investors; Finance Min Tashwant Sinha says government is looking into ways to help small investors and indicates that it might ease six-month freeze (M)

India's Market Is Roiled By Freeze on Fund Group

Mexico's regulatory authorities approve Citigroup's $12.5 billion purchase of Banamex (S)

World Business Briefing | Europe: Americas: Mexico: Banamex Sale Approved

Russia's Gazprom says its financial results for 2000, audited to international accounting standards, show profit of $9.8 billion, compared with loss previous year; profit is inflated because of deferred tax provision, which audit counted as one-time benefit to Gazprom last year; United Financial Group, investment bank that analyzed PricewaterhouseCoopers audit, says Gazprom's actual profit is $3 billion (S)

World Business Briefing | Europe: Russia: Gazprom Reports Profit

Pres Bush telephones Pres Jiang Zemin of China, voicing concern about recent arrests of American citizens and green-card holders by Chinese security forces; senior official says Bush's overall message is need to build better relationship between two nations; it is unclear how tightly he linked future of that relationship to release of arrested scholars, journalists and businessmen; aides say Bush is under growing pressure in Congress to resolve incidents quickly; say Jiang offered noncommittal response on detainees, repeating China's oft-stated public position that cases would be 'expedited' and dealt with under Chinese law; Secretary of State Colin Powell plans to visit Beijing this month, and Bush is scheduled to go to China in October (M)

BUSH CALLS JIANG, VOICING CONCERNS OVER DETENTIONS

Jamaica Bay's marshland, crucial 3,400 acre wildlife habitat, is shrinking fast, and no one knows why; such rapid erosion is unknown elsewhere; scientists say balance of life in Jamaica Bay's wetlands is being threatened, and they give wetlands only 20 more years if rate of erosion is not reduced; disappearance of Jamaica Bay's marshes was first noticed in 1995 by local fishermen and bird-watchers; marshland damage could be caused by many environmental stresses created by dense development along Jamaica Bay; some of most potentially damaging problems are huge underwater dredges, or pits, dug between 1900 and 1950 to widen channel; marshes could also be dying from pollutants; photos; map; diagrams (L)

Scientists Are Baffled by Loss Of Marsh From Jamaica Bay

New York Yankees defeat Baltimore Orioles, 6-3, Camden Yards, Baltimore; photo (M)

This Time, Lilly Pockets The Victory

Jennifer Dunning previews Tap City 2001: The New York City Tap Festival, at studios and performance spaces around Manhattan; more than 90 performers come from all around world; photos (M)

Terpsichore Taps to Town

Sulzer Medica revamps its orthopedics division after major recall of faulty hip and knee implants that has left company facing number of lawsuits in US; Gary Sabins, head of unit, is fired, and unit is being split in two; new structure provides that business in Europe, Asia and Latin America will be run from Switzerland, while US operations will be run from Texas (S)

World Business Briefing | Europe: Switzerland: Changes At Sulzer Medica

Internet business has collapsed in China, and companies that are still around are having trouble giving themselves away; reshaping of China's cumbersome economy that was promised by entrepreneurs has been pushed back into uncertain future; expectations for how new medium will alter China's economy are shrinking along with fledgling indsutry (M)

Across China, New Economy Folds Into Old

John R Logan, sociologist at State University at Albany, says he has come up with new estimates of numbers of Dominicans, Colombians and other Hispanics in New York City, estimates that he and planners for city believe are much closer to truth than 2000 cenus than 2000 census figures released by Census Bureau; used existing Census Bureau data to recalculate 2000 census numbers and concluded that number of Dominicans in city was 593,777, figure that it 186,304 higher than bureau's official count; unusually high percentage of Latinos in New York City and nationwide failed to identify their specific Hispanic group or national origin on form, ending up categorized simply as 'other Hispanic'; Logan's revised figures for Colombians and Ecuadoreans noted (M)

Sociologist Offers New Estimates Of City Hispanic Census Groups

Ireland's Baltimore Technologies is expected to announce additional layoffs even after cutting 250 jobs since revamping effort began in May; graph (S)

World Business Briefing | Europe: Ireland: More Software Layoffs

Bush administration drafts new policy that would allow states to define 'unborn child' as person eligible for medical coverage under Children's Health Insurance Program; federal officials say change would increase insurance coverage for prenatal care and deliveries, by allowing states to cover pregnant women not eligible for Medicaid or children's health program; critics say change is backdoor effort to advance administration's anti-abortion agenda and to establish legal precedent for recognizing fetus as person; spokesman for Tommy G Thompson, secretary of health and human services, who opposes abortion, denies that he is trying to make philosophical statement on abortion (M)

Bush Plan Allows States to Give 'Unborn Child' Medical Coverage

Last Plymouth, Neon LX, rolls off Chrysler assembly line in Illinois with little fanfare, ending run for model introduced in 1928 to attract entry-level customers; photo (S)

Let Us Remember the Dear, Departed Plymouth

Allan Houston, All-Star shooting guard who led New York Knicks in scoring last season, is believed to be on verge of agreeing to long-term contract that will make him richest player in franchise history (M)

Knicks Meet With Houston About Rich Deal

Exxon Mobil Corp and Malaysia's state oil company, Petronas Carigali, will spend $1.7 billion to develop three oil and gas projects to meet rising demand in Asia (S)

World Business Briefing | Asia: Malaysia: Exxon Developing Fields

Justine Henin of Belgium defeats Jennifer Capriati in Wimbledon semifinal; Venus Williams defeats Lindsay Davenport in other semifinal; photo (M)

Finding a Will and a Way, Henin Overcomes Capriati

European Central Bank declines to lower interest rates and emphasizes that it will not relax its grip on monetary policy any time soon; US dollar rises to its highest level since October; graph (M)

European Central Bank Leaves Rates Unchanged

Ben Ratliff previews performances of African music in New York City this summer; events includer Africa Out Loud series at Lincoln Center, Africa Fete at Central Park Summerstage and Celebrate Brooklyn; photos (M)

African Music Is Here, And It's Now

Sachem Quality of Life Organization is giving voice to Long Island residents' concerns about illegal immigrants on their communities; says its mission is standing up for rights of middle-class suburban communities it contends are being inundated by thousands of undocumented, mostly Latino, immigrants; calls for expanded enforcement of immigration laws and expulsion of all immigrants not here legally; is planning two-day meeting in August to address Latino day laborer issue on Long Island and immigration in general (M)

A Rising Long Island Voice in Immigration Debate

Harvey Araton, in Sports of The Times, profiles Jennifer Capriati, who loses in Wimbledon semifinals to Justine Henin; photo of Stefano and Denise Capriati, Jennifer's parents (M)

Sports of The Times; Old Enough To Handle The Losses

Pres Bush nominates seasoned criminal prosecutor, Robert S Mueller III, to be director of Federal Bureau of Investigation; agency has been buffeted in recent months by accusations that it has been undisciplined, mistake-prone and poorly managed; Mueller, United States attorney in San Francisco, is regarded within federal law enforcement circles as low-key, decisive and fair-minded prosecutor with broad experience in criminal matters; presidential aides say Mueller was Atty Gen John Ashcroft's top choice for FBI post, but that White House at first sought better-known candidates; say they concluded there are few other senior government managers available with Mueller's lengthy, high-level experience in law enforcement and intimate knowledge of bureau; photo (M)

U.S. PROSECUTOR IS BUSH'S NOMINEE TO LEAD THE F.B.I.

Bank of Korea, responding to concerns about sluggish economy, cuts its overnight interbank call rate by 25 basis points, to 4.75 percent from 5 percent (S)

July 6, 2001

Headlines from July 6, 2001

For Coaches of Politics, Business Is Booming; Candidates in Crowded Primary Field Want Their Own Personal Trainers

U.S. Urges Use of Blood From Military

On the Legal Front Lines

India's Market Is Roiled By Freeze on Fund Group

World Business Briefing | Europe: Americas: Mexico: Banamex Sale Approved

Billboard 200

Devil's Night

Break The Cycle

Take Off Your Pants And Jacket

Survivor

Moulin Rouge

Historical Context for July 6, 2001