January 11, 2002

Dallas Mavericks defeat New York Knickerbockers, 111-89; photo (M)

New York City girds for radicalism of every stripe from people coming to demonstrate at World Economic Forum, which will be held at Waldorf-Astoria from Jan 31 to Feb 4; demonstations will test new Bloomberg administration's ability to keep order even if they are less chaotic than those accompanied earlier meetings (M)

Vodafone Group's shares fall nearly 4 percent, adding to 12 percent slide this week, as analysts express concerns about disappointing growth of subscribers in US and uncertain introduction of new wireless services in Europe; Vodafone shares have given back nearly all gains accrued in rally that began last fall; Spain's Banco Santander Central Hispano, which owns 1.1 billion Vodafone shares, is looking to sell stock to raise money to cover losses related to devaluation of Argentine peso; bank expects to lose nearly $3 billion almost immediately from devaluation (M)

Twenty heavily guarded Taliban and Al Qaeda prisoners leave Marine Corps base in southern Afghanistan en route to United States naval base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, first wave of hundreds of detainees who will be held there; prisoners have hands and feet shackled and heads covered by hoods; at Guantanamo Bay, prisoners will be taken to makeshift detention center to await intensive interrogation and, possibly, trial before military tribunals; 20 minutes after plane lifts off with prisoners, marines come under small-arms fire near runway at Kandahar Airport; no one is injured and identity of snipers remains unknown; Amnesty International says sedating prisoners or shackling them for entire flight would violate international standards prohibiting 'cruel, inhuman or degrading' treatment; Defense Sec Donald H Rumsfeld defends use of strong measures, recalling violent uprisings by Taliban and Al Qaeda prisoners in Mazar-i-Sharif and in Pakistan; photos (M)

Marc Shapiro, J P Morgan Chase vice chairman, who oversees finance and risk management, has repeatedly had to explain how bank came to have so much at stake in Enron, to which J P Morgan has provided $2.6 billion in loans; relationship went beyond traditional loans to variety of complicated financings, including futures contracts involving offshore companies and debt backed by Enron's receivables; disclosures about extent of that exposure have left J P Morgan's investors wondering if top management was fully aware of its Enron position before company's demise; photo (M)