Connecticut University women's basketball team defeats Boston College, 96-54, to win ninth Big East tournament in a row and receive automatic berth in NCAA tournament; photos (M)

Big East Final Is Just a Formality for UConn

New York Knicks defeat Milwaukee Bucks 102-89 in what is perhaps best performance of troubled season; photo (M)

They Look Like A Wonder Team, If Just for a Night

Amanda Hesser discusses chorizo, Spanish pork sausage cured with paprika and garlic; photos; recipes (M)

Truly Spanish Chorizo, In America At Last

ImClone Systems and Bristol-Myers Squibb agree to new terms for their drug development partnership that will give Bristol-Myers greater control and reduce its payments to ImClone; deal signals that two companies reached truce in relationship that deteriorated badly after Food and Drug Administration rejected ImClone's application for approval of its cancer drug Erbitux; ImClone's chief executive Samuel D Waksal and his brother, Harlan W Waksal, chief operting officer, will remain in their jobs; Andrew G Bodnar, Bristol-Myers senior vice president who is also member of ImClone's board, will take of team of employees from both companies that will be responsible for winning approval for Erbitux; Bristol-Myers chairman-chief executive Peter R Dolan comments (M)

Bristol and ImClone Revise Cancer Drug Venture

Institutional Shareholder Services sides with Hewlett-Packard management, led by Carleton S Fiorina, and against Walter B Hewlett in urging shareholders to approve company's plan to buy Compaq Computer; support of firm, which advises institutional investors, including holders of 23 percent of Hewlett-Packard shares, is crucial to deal; photo (M)

Hewlett-Packard Gains Key Backing For Compaq Merger

Deutsche Telekom reports loss of 3.5 billion euros in 2001, in contrast to profit of 5.9 billion euros year earlier (S)

World Business Briefing | Europe: Germany: Loss At Telekom

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Bank of Canada, citing stronger-than-expected economic recovery, keeps its target for overnight interest rates unchanged at 2 percent (S)

World Business Briefing | Americas: Canada: Interest Rate Steady

Australia's economy sailed unscathed through 2001 and will probably grow steadily for rest of 2002; new survey of spending plans of Australian companies finds that in aggregate they intend to invest 21 percent more in coming fiscal year, which begins on July 1, than year earlier, biggest rise in decade; more jobs were created in January than in any other month in decade; stock market is near its high; economy is growing at robust place of nearly 4 percent per year; that Australia is bucking global trend is all more remarkable given country's dependence on exports of commodities and raw materials; Deutsche Bank senior economist Tony Meer says cheap currency 'has been a competitive advantage for Australia'; photo (M)

Australia Is Riding Its Own Cycle

Dr W Gene Corley, leader of team probing World Trade Center's collapse, and Arden L Bement Jr, National Institute of Standards and Technology director, are calling for new national construction standards to make public and governmental buildings more resistant to catastrophic failures in event of terrorist attacks; will make call public for first time at Congressional hearing; experts say proposals could limit height of high-rises and discourage use of designs like open, arching atriums below towering office structures; no federal agency has power to enforce building codes across nation; photo (M)

New Rules Proposed To Help High-Rises Withstand Attacks

Ira Berkow article contends that New York Knicks coach Don Chaney, whose contract was surprisingly extended for another year, is too soft to coach struggling team and will most likely follow in footsteps of predecessor Jeff Van Gundy and leave before year is over; photo (M)

It's a Bad Choice For This Bad Team

Mortgage lender Halifax says it will 7 million pounds to borrowers in response to ruling by Britain's financial ombudsman that bank improperly offered dual rates to new and existing customers (S)

World Business Briefing | Europe: Britain: Mortgage Lender Penalized

Group of German-based artists place container in city center of Berlin asking for donations for Kirch Holding founder-chief executive Leo Kirch; company is trying to sell assets to avoid defaulting on $5.7 billion in debt; photo (S)

World Business Briefing | Europe: Germany: Artists For Media Chief

New York City is reviewing proposal by Federated Department Stores to open branch of Bloomingdale's in historic building in Manhattan's SoHo section; site is within area most affected by Sept 11 terrorist attacks; photo (M)

Bloomingdale's Considers Opening a SoHo Branch

New trends in kitchen-cleaning products discussed; fragrance seen

Test Kitchen; Aromatherapy at the Dishpan

Four industrious beavers disappear from Dismal Swamp in Middlesex County, NJ, after building and rebuilding dam that some in South Plainfield found troublesome and dismantled (M)

Our Towns; Missing: Lodgers With Big Teeth

Syrian Pres Bashar al-Assad meets with Saudi Crown Prince Abdullah, Riyadh, and backs his plan for Arab nations to normalize ties with Israel in return for full Israeli withdraw from land occupied in 1967 war; Syria calls for Israeli withdrawal from Golan Heights and for right of return for Palestinian refugees; Egyptian Pres Hosni Mubarak, meeting with Pres Bush, Washington, urges greater American role in peace effort; calls for immediate meeting between Israeli Prime Min Ariel Sharon and Palestinian leader Yasir Arafat; bomb planted in Arab schoolyard on Jerusalem outskirts and crude rockets fired from Gaza Strip at Sderot, Israel, fuel rapidly expanding Israeli-Palestinian feud; Israeli officials question claim that bomb, which exploded after students were ushered indoors, limiting injuries, was planted by previously unknown Jewish vigilante group; photos (M)

Mideast Turmoil: The Bloodshed; SYRIA CHIEF BACKS SAUDI PEACE PLAN AS MIDEAST BOILS

Zurich court throws out legal challenge by collapsed Swissair to prevent its former regional subsidiary Crossair from using new name, Swiss; decision clears way for new national carrier, merger of Swissair and Crossair operations, to start operating as 'Swiss' airlines on March 31 (S)

World Business Briefing | Europe: Switzerland: Swissair Challenge Fails

Government-owned Korea Electric Power Corp breaks off talks with leaders of company union on strike since beginning of last week; union says it will try to negotiate directly with government (S)

World Business Briefing | Asia: South Korea: Utility Ends Union Talks

Analysis: Pres Bush, in imposing tariffs on much of steel imported into US, is gambling that he could help domestic steel makers without endangering economic recovery; Bush is betting that he can increase his chances of winning trade negotiating authority from Congress without poisoning economic relations with much of rest of world while he is courting international support for his war on terrorism; he is also hoping to bolster his own re-election prospects in battleground states without being seen as abandoning his free trade, antitax philosophy; chart; photo of US trade representative Robert Zoellick;

Steel Tariffs Weaken Bush's Global Hand

Article on attempt to propel pop singing divas into movie stardom, which has been heating up with release of three feature films in last few weeks; late singer Aaliyah's film, Queen of the Damned, Britney Spears' movie, Crossroads, and Mandy Moore's movie, A Walk to Remember, have proven to be less than spectacular with audiences; highly publicized debacles like Mariah Carey's Glitter have not scared off potential crossover artists; photos (M)

Hollywood Bound? Good Luck, Divas; Pop Stars Try to Parlay Fame Into Big-Screen Success, but Few Quit Their Day Job

United States official describe grueling battle in which American Special Operations forces fought off Al Qaeda ambush in eastern Afghanistan after being trapped by intense fire for 12 hours, unable to evacuate wounded; say American forces returned to site where two helicopters were attacked while touching down after discovering that Navy Petty Officer Neil C Roberts had fallen from helicopter and watching him via airborne surveillance video being dragged off to his death by Al Qaeda fighters; say 7 Americans died and 11 were wounded in ambush of would-be rescuers; say hard-core Al Qaeda and Taliban fighters suffered heavy casualties while putting up surprisingly fierce resistance; senior officers predict remaining Al Qaeda and Taliban will be captured or killed in coming days; photos (M)

A Nation Challenged: The Combat; U.S. Tells How Rescue Turned Into Fatal Firefight

Egypt wants free trade agreement with US; Egypt's economy has taken beating since last year's terrorist attacks, mainly from sharp falloff in international tourism; Egypt says it needs help to help build up trade with US beyond fairly modest $4.2 billion in volume recorded last year; American officials say odds remain long of such pact, and Egypt is not yet in shape to reap full benefit of trade deal (M)

Egypt Hopes for Free Trade Pact With U.S.

American-led ground troops fight their way under withering fire toward Taliban and Al Qaeda strongholds in eastern Afghanistan mountains, reportedly pushing to within few hundred feet of bunkers and caves of enemy fighters apparently ready to fight to death; American officials call battle fiercest of war as stress shifts from intensive bombing to ground assault; United States helicopters continue shuttling fresh troops and supplies up into Shah-i-Kot valley, heart of battle zone; map; photos (M)

A Nation Challenged: The Scene; Americans Battling Closer to Qaeda Bunkers

Anthony Tommasini reviews Metropolitan Opera production of three French works: Satie's ballet Parade, Poulenc's opera Les Mamelles de Tiresias and Ravel's opera L'Enfant et les Sortileges, conducted by James Levine; photo (M)

Best Defense In the Face Of War

Bryan Charles Fogarty was a Canadian ice hockey defenceman who played for the Quebec Nordiques, Pittsburgh Penguins and Montreal Canadiens. He set several records while in the junior leagues and was a high draft choice in the National Hockey League (NHL). However, his hockey career was marred by persistent alcohol and drug use, which prevented him from playing a full season at any point and led to him being frequently traded.

March 6, 2002

Headlines from March 6, 2002

Big East Final Is Just a Formality for UConn

They Look Like A Wonder Team, If Just for a Night

Truly Spanish Chorizo, In America At Last

Bristol and ImClone Revise Cancer Drug Venture

Hewlett-Packard Gains Key Backing For Compaq Merger

Billboard 200

J To Tha L-O! The Remixes

[Hybrid Theory]

Drive

The Rebirth Of Kirk Franklin

Word Of Mouf

Notable Deaths

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