March 18, 2002

Joyce Purnick column comments on Mayor Michael Bloomberg's attempt to get effective control over New York City school system (M)

Connecticut University defeats North Carolina State University, 77-74, in second round of NCAA East Regional tournament; photos (M)

Former Securities and Exchange Commission chairman Richard C Breeden holds Arthur Andersen did too little, too late to save firm in aftermath of Enron document-shredding episode, interview; holds it should have followed example of investor Warren Buffett, outside director at Salomon Brothers, who saved firm (now part of Citigroup's Salomon Smith Barney unit) after Treasury bond trading scandal in 1991 by taking over as chairman and chief executive, shoving aside top executives and throwing firm on government's mercy (M)

Hynix's Creditors Agree To Yield Control to Micron The creditors responsible for the immediate fate of Hynix Semiconductor of South Korea appeared to have overcome major hurdles on the way to an agreement to yield control of the company to Micron Technology. Under an agreement in principle, Micron would purchase all the Hynix memory chip factories and would acquire a minimum of 20 percent of Hynix's nonmemory operations for a total of $4 billion. Micron would form Korea Micron Inc., which together with its Micron Technology operations would make Micron the world's largest manufacturer of memory chips. [Page C2.]

Campaign records show that people donating money to New York State Comptroller H Carl McCall's candidacy for governor are mix of black businessmen and celebrities, usual list of Democratic donors and several people who do business with state pension fund; last group could give McCall the most trouble politically; photo (M)