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DBS Group Holdings raises $2.1 billion through private placement of new shares to offset over $5.5 billion cost of buying Dao Heng Bank earlier this year; new shares cut Singapore government's stake in bank to under one-third (S)

World Business Briefing | Asia: Singapore: New Shares For Bank

Interview with Charles Sereika, paramedic who helped rescue Will Jimeno and John McLoughlin, Port Authority policemen who were last two people pulled alive from rubble shortly after towers of World Trade Center collapsed on September 11; his exploits remained unsung, and he remained anonymous, until recent New York Times account of rescue that featured pair of $20 handcuffs rescuers used in digging; photo (M)

Medic, Out of the Rubble, Finds an Identity Restored

Article discusses New York Jets victory over New Orleans Saints; photo (M)

Now Jets Have to Guard Against Letdown

 States Split on Microsoft  One group of states plans to agree to a proposed settlement in the Microsoft antitrust case, but another is preparing to fight it.   PAGE C1

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Combination of heavy-duty bombs and more precise target information from Russia and from American Special Operations forces on ground are helping US escalate attacks on caves and tunnels in Afghanistan identified as Taliban arms depots and command centers; campaign enters fifth week: Special Operations Forces deepen involvement in conflict; intensified firepower includes use of 5,000-pound bunker-busters and 15,000-pound fuel-air explosion bomb on Taliban positions, used in last year of Vietnam War; US also steps up psychological pressure on Taliban and Al Qaeda fighters; commandos spirit out of southern Afghanistan Hamid Karzai, prominent opposition leader trying to organize rebellion in Taliban stronghold; officials say expansion of Special Operations activity has vastly improved US military ability to strike targets accurately; diagram (M)

U.S. Escalating Efforts to Bomb Taliban Caves

Plague of Yellow Fever that struck Philadelphia in 1793 can be seen as natural form of bioterrorism; was so terrible it claimed 10 percent of population in matter of months; people panicked, and everyone who could fled city; no one knew where illness came from or how it was spreading; letters discussing epidemic, including one by Alexander Hamilton, were recently discovered at College of Physicians of Philadelphia; photo (L)

When Bioterror First Struck The U.S. Capital

Federal government wrestles with emotionally charged issue of compensation, six weeks after Congress created unlimited fund to compensate victims of September 11 terrorist attack; weighs reducing payments to victims' families by hundreds of thousands of dollars, taking into account of amount of charity victim's family accepts; move could affect how more than $1 billion in charitable donations is spent; some taxpayer watchdog groups and some powerful Congressional leaders back move; argue point of federal funds is to make victims' families financially whole, not to enrich them at expense of American taxpayers, millions of whom have already made donations; victim's rights groups and other powerful Congressional leaders oppose it; say Americans pledged donations to help victims, not government's balance sheet; say if fund awards are reduced by amount of charity that is accepted, Americans may recoil from providing charity to future victims of terror (M)

DEBATE OVER RULES FOR VICTIMS FUND

Ryanair reports after-tax profit for six months ended Sept 30 rose 39 percent, to 88 million euros ($79 million); graph (S)

World Business Briefing | Europe: Ireland: Ryanair Posts Profit

J P Morgan Chase to combine certain parts of its European corporate bond operations to better cope with increasing number of companies whose investment-grade debts have been reduced to junk status (M)

Global Slump Is Blurring Line At Bank Units for Junk Bonds

The Big City column on Senator Charles E Schumer proposal to make it federal crime to threaten or falsely report terrorist attack; says if his bill passes hoaxer would face penalties of up to five years in prison, fines of at least $10,000 and reimbursement of costs due to hoax (M)

The Big City; If You Fool Us Once, Jail for You

Bret D Schundler, on final day of campaigning in New Jersey governor's race, says that his first priority in office would be to ready state for major bioterrorism attack, perhaps involving smallpox or plague; his opponent , James E McGreevey, spends day with his wife, who is hospitalized with pregnancy complications; photo (M)

Schundler Puts Bioterror Plan Atop Agenda

Economic downturn has been gradual but may be worsening in Cincinnati metropolitan area, 13-county area in Ohio and Kentucky where median income and mix of companies roughly mirror nation as whole; unemployment rate is still relatively low, despite recent surge of job cuts, and few among newly unemployed express desperation about finding work; graphs; photos (M)

The Heartland Hunkers Down; Cincinnati Area Is Taking Job Losses in Stride, for Now

George Vecsey Sports of The Times column discusses support offered by Mayor Rudolph Giuliani to New York Yankees following their loss to Arizona Diamondbacks in game seven of World Series; photo (M)

Sports of The Times; The Mayor Was There For the Yanks

Democratic Mark Green and Republican Michael R Bloomberg complete final day of contest for mayor; broadcast last-minute advertisements and make final appeals for votes as polls suggest race, which Democrats and Republicans believed was Green's to lose, has become unexpectedly close; Green releases harsh advertisement that recounts charges made against Bloomberg in sexual harassment suit; sets out on 24-hour tour of city, summoning names in Democratic Party--such as former Pres Bill Clinton, Sen Edward Kennedy and Robert Kennedy Jr--in attempt to pull back Democratic voters who polls suggest are drifting toward Bloomberg; Bloomberg responds with equally energetic round-the-clock schedule; campaigns for much of day with Mayor Rudolph Giuliani, whose support has proved critical to his candidacy; photos (M)

Ever-Tighter Mayoral Race Draws to a Bitter End

Lack of hitting seen as main reason for New York Yankees losing World Series to Arizona Diamondbacks; photo (M)

Weak Bats Take Rap for the Yankees' Downfall

Vizzavi, Internet portal owned by Vivendi Universal and Vodafone, reports its subscriber base grew 30 percent in Oct after acquisition of Spanish portal Navegalia (S)

World Business Briefing | Europe: Britain: Vizzavi Gains Subscribers

Brookfield Properties reports third-quarter net earnings rose 36 percent, to $53 million (Canadian) (S)

World Business Briefing | Americas: Canada: Brookfield Reports Earnings

Judith Kaplan and eight other students from at Stern College sit watch each night, reciting psalms, outside tent where New York City Medical Examiner's Office receives remains of World Trade Center terrorist victims; young women are fulfilling Jewish commandment to keep watch over the dead, who must not be left alone from moment of passing until burial; they fill in for Orthodox Jewish men from Ohab Zedek synagogue who cannot travel to site on Sabbath; photo (M)

Stretching a Jewish Vigil for the Sept. 11 Dead

Terrorists who attacked World Trade Center may have been trying to crush American capitalism and its masters of the universe on Wall Street, but economic impact is felling cooks, cabdrivers, salesclerks and seamstresses who work in traditionally low-wage businesses; labor report project that by end of year 80,000 people will have lost jobs with average salaries of $23,000; James Parrott of Fiscal Policy Institute explains spillover effects in retail and service industries; plight of workers like Kim Daily and Lisa Mendes described; photo of latest job fair (M)

Attacks Hit Low-Pay Jobs The Hardest

Amadeus reports third-quarter net profits fell 33 percent; warns of possible fourth-quarter loss (S)

World Business Briefing | Europe: Spain: Falling Profits At Amadeus

Anthrax assaults set off scramble to decontaminate places where bacterial spores were found and to prevent more infections by sterilizing mail--prime source of initial anthrax exposures and also apparently a means by which stray spores dispersed; government officials and scientists feverishly sift research on disinfectants and technologies powerful enough to kill anthrax spores, which can sit dormant a century or more and then still transform into live, toxin-producing bacteria; photos; drawing (L)

Evicting an Unwelcome Tenant: Anthrax

Eighteen states involved in Microsoft antitrust case seem headed for sharp split, with some planning to sign onto proposed settlement reached by Bush administration and others planning to challenge deal; Massachusetts Atty Gen Thomas F Reilly says he will seek to block deal as harmful to competition and consumers; California, Connecticut and some other states seek to persuade Microsoft and Justice Department to reopen deal to eliminate variety of ambiguities and provisions states view as too lenient; opposition by some states is likely to at least delay case's resolution for many months; photos (M)

U.S. and Some States Split on Microsoft, Risking New Delay

Article discusses plans by Yun Oc Nam to open takeout-food shop and cafeteria in lower Manhattan, only blocks from World Trade Center ruins; photo (M)

People Get Hungry, Even at Ground Zero, Restaurateur Says of Plans

Profile of actress Kate Burton, daughter of Richard Burton, whose performance as Hedda Gabler on Broadway is proving to be kind of breakout moment for actress who has spent most of her 20-year career appearing in regional and Off Broadway productions, getting strong notices in secondary parts and stepping into leading roles originated by others; photo (L)

A Sudden Breakout Moment, And Kate Burton Is Loving It

Day'Ron Yusha Sharpe is an American professional basketball player for the Brooklyn Nets of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the North Carolina Tar Heels.

November 6, 2001

Headlines from November 6, 2001

Letters Wait for Examination

World Business Briefing | Asia: Singapore: New Shares For Bank

Medic, Out of the Rubble, Finds an Identity Restored

Now Jets Have to Guard Against Letdown

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Billboard 200

God Bless America

A Day Without Rain

Pain Is Love

Down To Earth

Silver Side Up

Notable Births

Historical Context for November 6, 2001