September 5, 2002

Reserve Bank of Australia leaves target rate for overnight loans between banks unchanged at 4.75 percent for third month and investors are not expecting another increase in borrowing costs this year as evidence emerges that economy is slowing (S)

Bandai Co will develop new video games for Nintendo Co's GameCube video game player (S)

David Pogue State of the Art column examines Adobe's newly released Photoshop Elements 2.0; program has many of same editing features found in company's professional version at fraction of cost; some cameras will be packaged with software; this is not first time Adobe has tried to attract amateur market, but it may be most successful, as this release is much more user-friendly than previous versions; photo; drawing (M)

NYC & Co, city's convention and visitor's bureau, says slightly more Americans visited New York City in 2001 than in 2000, despite troubled economy and World Trade Center attack; domestic visitors spend nearly 10 percent less in 2001 than in 2000; number of international visitors to city dropped last year, though specific figures will not be released until later in year; 29.5 million domestic tourists visited city in 2001, compared with 29.4 million in 2000; graph; photo (M)t

Interbrew says first-half earnings fell 12 percent, compared with first six months of 2001 (S)