April 11, 2002

Singapore's economy contracted more than expected in first quarter, shrinking 2.6 percent compared with period in 2001; Singapore's economists predict economy will manage at least 3 percent growth rate this year (S)

Dominique Browning's renovation of her Pelham, NY, home following her divorce is chronicled in her book Around the House and in the Garden: A Memoir of Heartbreak, Healing and Home Improvement; photos (M)

Andersen Agrees to Admit Wrongdoing in Enron Case Pushed by the decision of a former partner to plead guilty to obstruction of justice in the Enron investigation, Arthur Andersen has reached the outlines of a settlement with the government for both criminal and civil charges stemming from the collapse of its former client, people involved in the case said. Andersen has agreed to a government condition that it admit it committed a crime by destroying documents related to Enron last fall. The tentative agreements amount to a turnabout for Andersen, which has loudly proclaimed its innocence since it was indicted last month. [Page A1.] Web Sites Mine Data as Ads Dry Up Pressed for profits, Internet companies like Yahoo are increasingly selling access to their users' postal mail addresses and telephone numbers, in addition to flooding their e-mail boxes with junk mail. [A1.]

Thirty leaders have backed away from threat to seize $2.9 billion Dabhol, India, power plant controlled by Enron, opting to appoint group of advisers to recommend what to do now that Enron has filed for bankruptcy protection; Indian banks, which have lent almost $1.5 billion for project, have sought to protect themselves after project's sole customer, local utility, fell $240 million behind in payments for power and after Enron, which owns 65 percent of plant, collapsed amid accounting scandal; besides Enron, project's owners include General Electric Co and Bechtel Corp, each of which owns 10 percent; remaining 15 percent is owned by Dabhol's only customer, Maharashtra state utility (M)

New Jersey Town Hit by a 2nd Officer's Rampage** Seaside Heights, NJ, Police Officer Edward L Lutes Jr apparently shoots himself to death after allegedly killing five Dover Township neighbors and then driving to Barnegat Township to shoot and wound his police chief, James Costello; dead are Dominick J Galliano Jr, who had been acquitted of sexually molesting Lutes's young daughter, Galliano's son, Christopher, and wife, Gail, and Gary and Tina Williams; rampage follow Feb shooting rampage in Dover Township by retired police officer; map; photo (M)