February 18, 2002

Profile of and interview with 19-year-old Vassar College student Anne Hathaway, who is starring as Lili in City Center production of musical Carnival; photo (M)

Three figure skating judges, who spoke on condition of anonymity, say there is no provision in International Skating Union rulebook to warrant award of duplicate gold medals as in case of Canadian pairs skaters Jamie Sale and David Pelletier; judges contend solution was invented to calm public outcry and stanch Canada's all-out campaign for gold medal, but say it does not end controversy over who actually won competition; photo (M)

Ward Burton wins Daytona 500 auto race, avoiding 18-car wreck and series of smaller crashes; photo (M)

Enron Corp quietly drew up plan to cultivate close political ties to Vice Pres Al Gore during 2000 presidential race and tried to build reltionships with his inner circle even though company was one of biggest campaign contributors to George W Bush and Republicans; internal company documents and interviews with officials suggest double-sided strategy was aimed at ensuring that company wielded influence with next president; company's initiatives with Gore campaign discussed; former officials say important part of strategy was to win favor with campaign with significant increase in company's donations to Democrats (M)

Arbitration Panel to Rule On Internet Radio Royalties An arbitration panel is to rule this week on the amount that Internet radio stations must pay recording companies for songs played online. The ruling may clear up one of the more nettlesome issues facing the Internet radio business. Recording companies and Internet radio operators were mandated by a 1998 law, called the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, to come to terms on royalty fees for artists. The two sides entered arbitration last year worlds apart in their negotiations. Bob Tedeschi: E-Commerce Report. [C5.]

Brash Onwer of Rolling Stone Struggles to Rema

Joyce Purnick comments on CUNY decision that students who are illegal immigrants will have to pay higher tuition--same rates charged to out-of-state students (M)

Music industry's response to Napster and other free music downloading services, which allow fans to take music without proper permission and free of charge, still leaves artists' feeling bypassed; disgruntled artists and lawyers say two Internet services established by major record labels, where fans pay monthly fees to download songs, hardly share their revenues; say they only pay fraction of cent for each song downloaded; say some labels still are not putting music on line with proper permission (M)

Police arrest Arturo Garcia of Brooklyn in stabbing of 11-year-old Roberto Muniz, who is found on roof of Dyker Heights apartment building after apparently being abducted in attempt to extort money from his parents; photos; case reviewed (M)

Growing number of American companies, encouraged by their financial advisers, are incorporating in Bermuda to lower taxes sharply without giving up benefits of doing business in US; trend, spearheaded by insurance companies, is being followed by manufacturers and other companies; move by Stanley Works, Tyco International, Global Crossing, Nabors Industries, Ingersoll Rand and others discussed; paper transaction, as easy as securing mail drop and paying fees, allows companies to keep working headquarters in US; Treasury Department tax policy chief Mark A Weinberger says moves to Bermuda and other tax havens underscores that American international tax laws may be driving companies to make move and may need rethought; some in Congress express alarm; Senate Finance Committee's ranking Republican Sen Charles Grassley says there is no business justification, other than to escape US taxation; calls for probe; photo (M)

New York City's strained relationships with business improvement districts under Giuliani administration have improved under Bloomberg administration; City Hall is now sending out different message to BID's, groups of property owners who supplement city services like sanitation and security and promote businesses in their districts; Bloomberg says that in tough economic times, BID's will be needed to fill in gaps in city services and should be strengthened; Bloomberg puts former executive director of 14th Street-Union Square BID, Robet Walsh, in charge of Dept of Business Services, city agency that oversees BID's; photo of Daniel A Biederman, who had strained relations with Giuliani administration as head of Grand Central Partnership (M)

Gyor National Ballet Theater of Hungary will make New York City debut in performance with Budapest Klezmer Band at Joyce Theater (S)