March 6, 2002

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)

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

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

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)

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)

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

Suspect Stays in Pakistan Pakistan has decided against immediately handing over the main suspect in the killing of the journalist Daniel Pearl. PAGE A12 Condit Loses House Seat Representative Gary A. Condit could not escape the taint of involvement with a missing intern and lost the primary for his seat. PAGE A15

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

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)

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)

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)

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)