New York Jets quarterback Vinny Testaverde jams right thumb and will be out of training camp for at least few days; photo (M)

Testaverde Hurts Thumb And Jets Hold Breath

Amanda Hesser article visits beekeeper John Miller in North Dakota, which produces more honey than any state except California; Miller is migratory beekeeper, transporting hives from crop to crop; honey-making and grading processes described; map; photos (M)

In the Clover, A Bee Nirvana

New York Giants rookie tight end Jeremy Shockey arrives at training camp after five-day holdout and long night of travel; photos (M)

Giants' Shockey Navigates Rough Day

Article on meticulous restoration of two giant murals by Barry Faulkner that hang in National Archives rotunda as background for Declaration of Independence, Constitution and Bill of Rights; photos; works were commissioned in 1934 (M)

Restoration for 'Freedom' Murals at Archives

Government's confusion over how to respond to growing crisis in telecommunications industry bursts into open, as Democrats, Republicans and a regulator offer competing and often contradictory prescriptions for fixing industry's problems; FCC Chmn Michael K Powell receives chilly lecture from senators on Commerce Committee--some of whom urge him to step up deregulation while others ask him to impose greater oversight; hearing illustrates that matter of overhauling nation's muddled telecommunications policies has yet to find political consensus; growing number of telecommunications companies report financial trouble; photos of Powell, and others at committee hearing: John J Legere of Global Crossing, John W Sidgmore of WorldCom and Afshin Mohebbi of Qwest (L)

Telecommunications: Lament but Little Repair

Michelin, Europe's largest tire maker, announces better-than-expected results for first half of year; says it expects income to grow by about 7 percent in 2002; first-half net income increased 16 percent, to 254 million euros ($249 million) (S)

World Business Briefing | Europe: France: Profit At Michelin

Japan's jobless rate remains at near-record 5.4 percent (S)

World Business Briefing | Asia: Japan: Jobless Rate Unchanged

Ford Motor Co decides not to build second generation of Excursion sport utility vehicle, which is seven feet tall and able to seat a softball team; Excursion, cited by critics as industry's most visible symbol of sport utility vehicle excess, is expected to be discontinued at conclusion of 2004 model year; was introduced in 1999 as 2000 model year vehicle; photo (M)

Ford Said to Be Close to Ending The Excursion

Newly elected French government announces plans to sell majority of its stake in Air France, reducing its ownership from 54.5 percent to less than 20 percent; photo of Finance Min Francis Mer (S)

World Business Briefing | Europe: France: Government To Cut Airline Stake

Analysis of urgent task facing Defense Sec Donald H Rumsfeld as he presses case for ground action against Iraq to eliminate its weapons of mass destruction; he must make sure American military forces are ready should Pres Bush elect military option in coming months (M)

Urgent Task For Rumsfeld

Sen John Kerry, in possible effort to set himself apart from Democratic pack in race for presidential nomination, has been attacking Pres Bush's foreign policy, strategy many other Democrats view as too risky in light of war on terrorism; cites errors in American ground campaign in Afghanistan, interview; Republicans and some Democrats say attacking Bush on war-related issues is nearly risk-free for Kerry because he is decorated Vietnam veteran whose patriotism is not easily impugned; photo (M)

In Attacks on Bush, Kerry Sets Himself Apart

Italy plans to sell all of Ente Tabacchi Italiani, country's biggest cigarette maker, to raise funds to cut government's debt (S)

World Business Briefing | Europe: Italy: Tobacco Stake For Sale

Arrival of American troops in Philippines to help country fight Muslim rebels coincided with surge in investor optimism over government's economic goals; six months later that optimism is fading; government's promise not to let its budget deficit swell beyond 130 billion pesos ($2.5 billion) has been chief concern among investors; Pres Gloria Macapagal Arroyo's government is already over budget (S)

Budget Deficit in Philippines Damages Investor Confidence

YES Network chairman Leo Hindery Jr, whose deal-making skills are often championed within industry, expresses frustration over not being able to resolve dispute with Cablevision, which continues to keep televised New York Yankees games out of millions of fans' homes; photos (M)

Hindery and Art of the Deal: Little Art, No Deal for YES

Footlights column; Blue Man Group's Tubes to open Broadway Theater Thursdays series at Children's Museum; Bridgehampton Chamber Music Festival noted; Israel Philharmonic's US pops tour featuring Michael Feinstein is postponed because of poor ticket sales; sponsors say security and insurance are not reason, noting that orchestra has own security; New York Public Library to exhibit illuminated manusacripts; photos (S)

Footlights

Manulife Financial Corp reports 13 percent increase in second-quarter earnings to 344 million Canadian dollars ($218.8 million) (S)

World Business Briefing | Americas: Canada: Insurer's Profit Rises

Defense Sec Donald H Rumsfeld holds air power alone cannot destroy all of Iraq's weapons of mass destruction, including mobile biological-weapons laboratories, news conference; holds Saddam Hussein has concealed his weapons programs in ways that would make inspections ineffective, even if he agrees to let inspectors return; makes it clear that Bush administration has not settled on specific plan for unseating Hussein and eliminating his arsenal; has stepped up his drive to warn of arsenal, strategy some say is meant to lay groundwork for possible war with Iraq; Gen Joseph Hoar, set to testify at Senate hearings on Iraq, expresses wariness about using military force before other avenues are exhausted, phone interview; growing number of lawmakers from both parties are voicing concern that Bush administration is heading precipitiously toward war (M)

AIR POWER ALONE CAN'T DEFEAT IRAQ, RUMSFELD ASSERTS

 Powell Meets North Korean  Colin L. Powell met Foreign Minister Paek Nam Sun in the countries' highest-level contact since President Bush took office.   PAGE A7    Whales Stranded Again  A day after the rescue of dozens of pilot whales that beached themselves on Cape Cod, they were again stranded and dozens died.   PAGE A10

INSIDE

Brazil's battered currency reaches new low, as concerns grow about nation's fragile finances; government dspatches mission to Washington for talks with International Monetary Fund; graph (M)

As Currency Sinks, Brazil Seeks Fresh Aid

Senate Ethics Committee severely admonishes Sen Robert G Torricelli of New Jersey, holding he violated Senate rules by accepting and failing to disclose expensive gifts from David Chang, former campaign contributor he repeatedly aided, letter to Torricelli; finds he used poor judgment and created at least appearance of impropriety; orders him to pay back to Chang full value of gifts plus interest; Torricelli apologizes, speech to Senate; has lost much of lead in re-election drive in recent weeks; Sen Daniel K Inouye, who led inquiry, calls probe thorough and fair; table of recent disciplinary actions against senators (M)

ETHICS COMMITTEE FAULTS TORRICELLI ON GIFT VIOLATIONS

International Business Machines Corp will buy PricewaterhouseCoopers' consulting unit for $3.5 billion in move that will speed IBM's shift from selling just computers and software toward future of providing information technology to corporate customers as utility-like service; PricewaterhouseCoopers, which has been exploring ways to spin off unit for two years, drops earlier plan to sell shares in consulting firm to public; planned sale leaves just one big accounting firm, Deloitte & Touche, with large consulting operation, which Deloitte plans to spin off by end of year; photo (M)

THE MARKETS: Market Place; I.B.M. Will Pay Pricewaterhouse $3.5 Billion for Consulting Unit

Article examines restaurants' identities and how, if identity is tampered with, it adversely affects business; shutdown of New York's Russian Tea Room discussed; photos (M)

When Makeovers Go Awry

Fires in electrical transformers like those that have knocked out power around New York City in past few weeks are likely to become more common as utility systems show their age; systems were built during time of much lower demand for power (M)

Power Problem Here to Stay, Experts Predict

Comment on special relationship that Merrill Lynch managing director Schuyler Tilney had with Enron; he was lead investment banker in dealings with Enron in Houston, and was close personal friend of of Andrew S Fastow, Enron's former chief financial officer; two years ago he was part of group of 96 Merrill executives who invested about $16 million of their own money in one of off-balance-sheet partnerships created by Fastow; wife Elizabeth A Tilney had even closer ties: was senior Enron executive and personal friend of chmn Kenneth L Lay; photo (M)

Merrill Banker Had Many Direct Ties to Enron

Pres Bush signs sweeping bill overhauling corporate fraud, securities and accounting laws; bill creates regulatory board with investigative and enforcement powers to oversee accounting industry and punish corrupt auditors; sets new standards for prosecuting wrongdoing and gives corporate whistle-blowers broad new protections; sets long prison terms for executives who defraud investors; Bush, who earlier opposed bill's provisions and touted his team's corporate experience, hails bill and casts himself as protector of small investor and rank-and-file worker; vows stiff punishment for corporate wrongdoers; is flanked by key economic advisers, Securities and Exchange Commission chairman Harvey L Pitt, Atty Gen John Ashcroft and Congressional members of both parties; Democrats, led by Sen Tom Daschle, try to seize political upper hand by calling for more legislation and noting that Bush was corralled into backing bill; photos (M)

Bush Signs Bill Aimed at Fraud In Corporations

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July 31, 2002

Headlines from July 31, 2002

Testaverde Hurts Thumb And Jets Hold Breath

In the Clover, A Bee Nirvana

Giants' Shockey Navigates Rough Day

Restoration for 'Freedom' Murals at Archives

Telecommunications: Lament but Little Repair

Billboard 200

Busted Stuff

Nellyville

The Eminem Show

By The Way

Let Go

Notable Births

Historical Context for July 31, 2002