Egyptian Pres Hosni Mubarak says in interview that Egyptian intelligence warned American officials approximately week before September 11 terrorist attacks that Osama bin Laden's Al Qaeda network was in advance stages of executing significant operation against American target; says information was derived from secret agent with close contact with bin Laden organization; says Egypt's intelligence chiefs tried unsuccessfully to halt operation, but had no indication of target or magnitude of attack; says American intelligence was fully informed; cites warning as evidence that Egypt has become valuable intelligence partner of US in war against terrorism, especially since September 11; photo (M)

EGYPT WARNED U.S. OF A QAEDA PLOT, MUBARAK ASSERTS

New Jersey Nets prepare for Game 1 of NBA finals against Los Angeles Lakers, aware of enormity of task in facing Lakers' center Shaquille O'Neal; photos (M)

Massive Assignment: Containing O'Neal

Baltimore Orioles defeat New York Yankees, 4-3; photos (M)

Errant Pitch Is Costly For Yanks

Lombard Odier and Darier Hentsch, Swiss private banks, will merge to form Lombard Odier Darier Hentsch & Cie, which will be known as LODH; photo (M)

2 Private Swiss Banks Announce a Merger

Castorama Dubois Investissement SCA and Kingfisher PLC agree to name Rothschild & Cie Banque to arbitrate their dispute over Kingfisher's 5.3 billion euro ($5 billion) offer for rest of Castorama under terms of 1998 accord under which it bought 55 percent stake; Castorma says former arbitrator, Schroder Salomon Smith Barney, failed to disclose its role as adviser to another company headed by Kingfisher chairman Francis Mackay; photo (S)

World Business Briefing | Europe: France: Arbitrator Named In Retail Bid

Egyptian Pres Hosni Mubarak says he will press Pres Bush at upcoming talks in Washington to support declaration of Palestinian state early in 2003, interview; says he will urge administration to apply international pressure to Israelis and Palestinians to return to negotiations; says he is prepared to follow footsteps of Anwar el-Sadat and travel to Israel, but not while killing continues and only if it would help clinch deal; photo (M)

MUBARAK TO PRESS BUSH ON A STATE FOR PALESTINIANS

John Tierney column assesses future development of World Trade Center site, noting that it has now been transformed into construction site from scene of devastation and ruin; notes Mayor Bloomberg's comment on issue, that 'You have to see not what we would like but what the marketplace wants' (M)

The Big City; In New York, Change Is Traditional

NASA holds gathering of some 100 astronomers, physicists, chemists, geologists and biologists at Space Telescope Science Institute at Johns Hopkins University for discussions that center on new field of astrobiology; discussions and debates address questions about interstellar weather, nature and history of life on Earth and which parts of galaxy are suitable for life; plans are put forward for generation of spacecraft that will search for extraterrestrial life; photos; graphs (M)

NASA Presses Its Search for Extraterrestrial Life

Moldova says it will sell 51 percent stake in state-owned telecommunications monopoly by August (S)

World Business Briefing | Europe: Moldova: Telecom Sale Set

Article assesses outcome of latest Tony Awards, in which Thoroughly Modern Millie, despite mixed reviews, won six awards, including best musical, while acclaimed Urinetown: The Musical, won for best score, book and direction; Pulitzer Prize-winning Topdog/Underdog came away with no Tonys and Edward Albee's The Goat, or Who is Sylvia?, which received mixed reviews, won best play award; photo (M)

The Science Of the Tonys, Impenetrable And Inexact

Andre Agassi defeats Paul-Henri Mathieu after he is down two sets by winning last three of five sets in stunning comeback at French Open; photo (M)

A Winning Encore From Agassi

Japanese officials attending annual International Whaling Commission meeting in Shimonoseki, Japan, offer what they say is proof, in form of photographic displays of whale digestive systems, that whales are eating fish needed for humans; contend many whale species have rebounded, putting fisheries at risk; Australian and American scientists argue that Japan's whale 'research' is cover-up for hunting and that DNA research could be conducted on feces and skin without killing whales; photo (M)

Whalers and Their Foes Enlist Scientists

Horse trader Russell Reineman, who sold War Emblem to Saudi prince Ahmed bin Salman weeks before horse won Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes, considers sale business deal, not loss; War Emblem's former trainer Frank Springer regrets decision; photos (M)

No Regrets Letting This Winner Get Away

Former workers at Windows on the World at top of World Trade Center say that David Emil, who managed restaurant, and had pledged to do his utmost to help restaurant's workers and their families, has not kept his word; they contend that as he prepares to open his next big restaurant, four-level extravaganza in Times Square called Noche, he is not giving all 90 jobs at Noche to Windows workers; Emil says he is unnerved by criticisms and insists that he has done his best to help workers; photo (M)

Windows on the World Workers Say Their Boss Didn't Do Enough

Hugo Boss names Tony Lucia chief executive of its United States unit, succeeding Marty Staff, who resigned; Staff's allies say parent company trumped up complaints against him to deny him hefty severance package after he tried to resign over clash with its new chief executive, Bruno Salzer; Staff's lavish spending in pursuit of buzz-creating strategy noted; photos (M)

A Big Change in Style, And Staff, at Hugo Boss

Stocks of several large energy companies fall sharply as investors question continued viability of electricity trading as major component of industry's business; Williams Cos shares plunge after Gov Gray Davis says state will seek federal probe of charges company manipulated natural gas prices in California in 2000; El Paso Corp shares fall on report that treasurer Charles Dana Rice apparently killed himself; El Paso chairman William A Wise calls market reaction unwarranted (M)

Investors Cast Doubt on Energy-Trading Businesses

Article describes groundbreaking procedure, performed four years ago on Janet McCourt of Pembroke, Mass, in which bone marrow transplant from her sister put multiple myeloma, form of blood cancer, into remission and altered McCourt's immune system, so that kidney transplant, also from her sister, was not rejected; scientists hope to retrain patients' immune systems to tolerate transplants of foreign tissues; photo (M)

Novel Steps Train the Body To Tolerate Donor Tissue

ABC will sell some $1.3 billion in commercial time before start of prime-time season, down from year-earlier $1.6 billion, despite unexpected strength in demand in so-called upfront market for its five rival broadcast networks; total upfront market could reach $7.5 billion to $7.6 billion; analysts cite increased demand from advertisers in several key categories and growing belief that waiting to buy commercial time during season will cost more than making deals now (M)

ABC Lagging In Shift Toward Strong Demand For Ad Time

Market Place column on chief executive L Dennis Kozlowski's legacy at Tyco International; holds it will be judged by company's performance after his resignation; supporters cite his record at improving operations and cutting costs at acquired companies; critics say achievements reflect aggressive and creative accounting (M)

Market Place; Now Will Come the Sorting Out Of the Chief Executive's Legacy

America Movil SA will raise its stake in Telecom Americas Ltd to 93 percent, from 42 percent, buy 39 percent stake from Bell Canada International for $146 million in cash and $220 million in notes and exercising option to buy SBC Communications Inc's 11 percent stake (S)

World Business Briefing | Americas: Mexican Cellphone Concern Expands

L Dennis Kozlowski resigns as chairman and chief executive of Tyco International Ltd as prosecutors press criminal investigation into whether he evaded sales taxes on purchase of millions of dollars worth of art; is suspected of buying $8 million to $12 million in paintings for Fifth Avenue apartment from dealers in New York, shipping them to Tyco's headquarters in New Hampshire to evade sales taxes before shipping them back to Manhattan; some dealers allegedly shipped empty cartons to New Hampshire and delivered paintings directly to Kozlowski's Manhattan apartment; practice reportedly enabled Kozlowski to avoid $650,000 to $1 million in taxes; resignation deepens crisis at Tyco, conglomerate whose stock has lost three-quarters of value since start of 2002, leaving investors $85 billion poorer; sources close to case say his indictment is imminent; graph (M)

Tyco Chief Out As Tax Inquiry Picks Up Speed

Parliament will begin final work on bill to give South Africa ultimate ownership of all of nation's mineral resources, which mining companies would then exploit only under license, giving state final say on mining; move is aimed at turning mines into engines of economic betterment for more of black majority; photo (M)

A Radical Overhaul for South African Mining

Article assesses American Ballet Theater as its finances slowly improve and it grapples to regain spiritual health; photos (M)

Ballet Theater: Signs of Promise Amid Struggle

Profile of and interview with New York City Council Speaker Gifford Miller, six months into his term; Miller, at 32 exceptionally young to be leading Council, faces looming budget deadline; Miller labors to steer inexperienced Council through budget negotiations made unusually thorny by city's dire financial condition; photos (L)

A High-Wire Test, Pass or Fail; New Council Leader Is on the Spot as Deficit Looms

General Motors will 34 percent stake in SAIC-Wuling Automotive, Chinese minivan and minitruck maker, for $30 million from Shanghai Automotive Industry Corp and Wuling Automotive, which will retain 66 percent share (S)

World Business Briefing | Asia: China: G.M. Buys Stake In Automaker

Fernando Sergio Marcelo Marcos Belaúnde Terry was a Peruvian politician who twice served as President of Peru. Deposed by a military coup in 1968, he was re-elected in 1980 after twelve years of military rule.

June 4, 2002

Headlines from June 4, 2002

EGYPT WARNED U.S. OF A QAEDA PLOT, MUBARAK ASSERTS

Massive Assignment: Containing O'Neal

Errant Pitch Is Costly For Yanks

2 Private Swiss Banks Announce a Merger

World Business Briefing | Europe: France: Arbitrator Named In Retail Bid

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P. Diddy & Bad Boy Records Present... We Invented The Remix

Come Home With Me

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