Musicians, members of Congress, recording-company executives, Internet entrepreneurs, copyright lawyers, union representatives and computer experts grapple with issue of how musicians will make living in Internet age, Future of Music Coalition conference, Washington; coalition seeks to represent musicians and listeners while law and technology reshape music business; photos (M)

The Many Futures of Music, Maybe One of Them Real

SAP, leading maker of business-management software, says it exceeded its latest sales forecast for 2001 and met target profit, setting off 13 percent gain in its stock price; graph (S)

World Business Briefing | Europe: Germany: Software Maker Meets Target

Los Angeles Kings defeat New York Rangers, 4-0; photos (M)

Rangers Have No Answers as Kings Sweep Through Town

New York Jets defensive end John Abraham has been working this season to improve his run defense; photo (M)

Abraham Is the Diamond in the Jets' Pass Rush

Stephens Group will sell its stake in Huntingdon Life Sciences, British drug-testing company that has been target of animal-rights protesters; last week, house in New York owned by its president and chief executive, Warren A Stephens, was vandalized a week ago, and group called Stop Huntingdon Animal Cruelty claimed responsibility; photo (S)

World Business Briefing | Europe: Britain: Stake In Drug Tester Sold

David Pogue State of the Art column on radical new design of Apple's i-Mac computer, composed of 6-inch-tall dome and thin flat-panel screen; photo; drawing (M)

For Apple, To Be Flat Is a Virtue

Argentina's decision to devalue peso is bringing it closer to Brazil, and more stable relationship with Brazil might make possible revival of Mercosur, trading bloc that in mid-1990's gave two countries more powerful voice in negotiations with US and Europe; Arminio Fraga, president of Brazil's central bank, says devaluation is necessary first step toward revitalizing Mercosur (M)

Argentina's Woes May Strengthen Its Ties to Brazil

Brisk sales of high-end goods at Metropolitan Museum of Art's gift shop, inspired by opulence of special exhibition on jeweled arts of India, offer small dash of comfort in what was otherwise bleak holiday shopping season in New York's museum stores; shopping has long been integral part of museum experience in United States, providing average of 25.5 percent of museums' earned income; drop in sales at some New York City museums was less steep than attendance dip even though tourists, usually most extravagant shoppers, were largely missing; photos (M)

Sparkle in a Bleak Season; When the Going Gets Tough, Some Go Shopping at Museums

Marine Corps tanker plane crashes into Pakistani mountainside en route to Afghan border, killing all 7 marines aboard, in apparent accident; military officials say they have no evidence plane came under hostile fire; Pres Bush comments; allied jets continue to bomb Al Qaeda's Zhawar Kili base in eastern Afghanistan; Defense Department says underground complex is much larger than previously thought, raising concern that similar sophisticated complexes might exist elsewhere in Afghanistan and shelter Al Qaeda and Taliban forces seeking to regroup; seven marines killed are Capts Matthew W Bancroft and Daniel G McCollum, Sgts Stephen L Bryson, Scott N Germosen and Nathan P Hays, Cpl Bryan P Bertrand and Sgt Jeannette L Winters, first woman among American forces killed since Afghanistan war began (M)

7 MARINES KILLED IN PAKISTAN CRASH

Gaylord Entertainment Co, owner of weekly Grand Ole Opry live show and radio program and WSM-AM, show's radio home, weighs abandoning struggling station's country music format, stirring ire of show's fans and artists; says it is committed to finding another radio home for program, world's longest-running radio show, and for country format and explores national syndication; station, which features older artists, has dropped to third among Nashville's four country stations, behind stations that stress younger stars; photos (M)

Radio Station Ponders Change, And Ole Opry's Fans Worry

Deutsche Bank sells its Brazilian asset management business to Banco Bradesco (S)

World Business Briefing | Americas: Brazil: Asset Manager Sold

Gazprom, Russia's gas monopoly, accuses management of Sibur subsidiary of draining away assets illegally; Gazprom's chief executive, Alexei Miller, has been locked in struggle for months with Sibur, which manufactures petrochemicals, over consequences of 1999 reorganization that transferred most of Sibur's assets to outside companies, leaving little or nothing to repay large debts owed to Gazprom; investigators detain Sibur's president, Yakov Goldovsky, Vyacheslav Sheremet, Sibur board member, and unidentified executive (M)

3 Russian Gas Executives Are Taken Into Custody

Irving Azoff holds talks about buying several small music artist-management concerns and melding them into one big powerhouse; sees opportunity for managers to reassert themselves at time when record companies are under assault on many fronts, from regulators to renegade online music services to newly asertive artists; bill in California's legislature would repeal law that ties artists to record company for seven-year contracts; Azoff is courting banker Ethan Penner to back his music venture; photos (M)

Importance of Being Important, With Music

Demand for so-called first-person shooter computer games with counterterrorism themes has surged since Sept 11 and Afghanistan war; such games involve military simulations in which user typically plays member of Special Forces unit employing stealth tactics; enthusiasts like Andrew Baye, who invent user-created modifications to customize off-the-shelf games, have altered games to let users hunt Osama bin Laden; photos (M)

Wanted, Virtually Dead

Pres Bush seen facing murkier, messier moment in war on terrorism as events in Afghan conflict force more diffuse, complex strategy; new complexities are evident in way Bush and his aides speak about their challenges and what they are suddenly not talking about; one topic now rarely mentioned is hunt for Osama bin Laden and Mullah Muhammad Omar (M)

A War of Loose Ends

Dave Anderson Sports of The Times column on New York Jets coach Herman Edwards's approach to playoff game against Oakland Raiders; photo (M)

Sports of The Times; The Raiders Are Still 'Mr. Davis'

 4 Israelis Killed in Raid  Palestinian gunmen in Gaza put an end to a lull in the violence, ambushing and killing four Israeli soldiers before being shot dead.   PAGE A14    New Alzheimer's Centers  New care centers for people with severe memory loss are offering nostalgic settings intended to ease the anxiety of their patients.   PAGE F1

INSIDE

Pantone Inc is leader in field of developing, standardizing and forecasting colors for clients in clothing, beauty, home furnishings and product-design industries; Lisa Herbert, executive vice president, comments; photos (M)

Seeing The Future In All Its Hues

New York Gov George E Pataki pledges to hold line on spending without delaying tax cuts, State of State message; urges legislators to end partisan bickering that has paralyzed talks on budget and other major bills; extols heroics of firefighters, rescue workers and police officers who died in World Trade Center terrorist attack; lauds ex-Mayor Rudolph W Giuliani, whose popularity has soared since attack; proposes number of measure likely to boost his re-election bid: again calls for lessening harsh mandatory sentences for drug crimes; calls for law banning discrimination against homosexuals; pledges to add million new acres of parkland over next 10 years and to improve delivery of care to women with cervical or breast cancer; says he will offer raft of proposals for spurring faltering economy in upstate cities; predicts tax revenue losses from terrorist attacks will reach into billions; says he will avoid budget gimmicks (M)

Pataki Vows to Limit Spending And to Avoid Delaying Tax Cuts

Pentagon and intelligence officials say Iran is trying to exert political and military influence in western Afghanistan border regions in ways that challenge authority of Hamid Karzai's interim government and threaten United States's long-term goals; say Iran is increasingly concerned about government's pro-Western tilt and wants nation to remain Islamic state; say Iran, which opposed Taliban and viewed Al Qaeda with caution, is giving safe haven to small numbers of fleeing Al Qaeda fighters with view that group will fight to weaken Western influence; say Iranian agents are infiltrating region around Herat, threatening some tribal leaders and bribing others to undermine American-backed programs; Karzai's cabinet includes Mir Wais Sadeq, son of Ismail Khan, powerful warlord who was Iran's closest ally in Northern Alliance; State Sec Colin Powell says Iran has been generally helpful in Afghanistan war (M)

IRAN EXERTS SWAY IN AFGHAN REGION, WORRYING THE U.S.

Merrill Lynch & Co, nation's biggest brokerage firm, reports it has cut 9,000 jobs since Oct, after cutting 6,000 jobs earlier in 2001; has cut over 20 percent of its jobs in year, biggest cutback by far at any Wall Street firm, in bid to remake itself; will take $2.2 billion charge against fourth-quarter profit to pay for changes; president E Stanley O'Neal says company will not compete blindly for market share, interview; graph of Merrill's stock price; photo (M)

On Saggy Wall St., Merrill Leads Way With Retrenchment

Joyce Purnick Metro Matters column says federal appeals court decision to grant new trial to Lemrick Nelson Jr and Charles Price in connection with murder of Yankel Rosenbaum in Crown Heights more than ten years ago was inevitable; decision says that trial judge David G Trager, who, in his attempt to empanel racially and ethnically balanced jury, actually manipulated jury selection thereby invalidating verdict (M)

Metro Matters; Reaching For Justice, Maybe Too Far

Yachting industry's outlook is improving, in part because at least some rich Americans consider new boat potential haven in event of another terrorist attack; manufacturers and brokers say there has been flurry of business in last six weeks, and New York National Boat Show got off to flying start last weekend; some companies say they sold more boats in first two days of show this year than they had in whole week of last year's show; Pete Woods, who lead one of busiest branches of MarineMax Inc, national yacht dealer, and Robert Dean, sales chief of Broward Yachts in Fort Lauderdale, Fla, comment; graphs; photo (M)

In Rough Times, the Rich Go Yachting

Bush administration proposes making low-income noncitizens who have lived legally in United States for five years eligible for food stamps, benefit curbed by 1996 welfare law; says move would affect at least 363,000 immigrants and cost $2.1 billion over 10 years; Newt Gingrich, who was House speaker in 1996, backs proposal and holds cutoff, in retrospect, was error, interview; antihunger and Hispanic groups back plan (M)

Bush Plan Seeks to Restore Food Stamps for Noncitizens

Independent drugstore Alps Drugs, fixture in Hell's Kitchen neighborhood of Manhattan since 1949, will close its doors for good; owners Maria and Albert Gardini, adept at adjusting to industry shifts, have sold building to developer; photo (M)

January 10, 2002

Headlines from January 10, 2002

The Many Futures of Music, Maybe One of Them Real

World Business Briefing | Europe: Germany: Software Maker Meets Target

Rangers Have No Answers as Kings Sweep Through Town

Abraham Is the Diamond in the Jets' Pass Rush

World Business Briefing | Europe: Britain: Stake In Drug Tester Sold

Billboard 200

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Silver Side Up

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