September 18, 2002

Nigella Lawson lauds Tuscan cuisine; recalls travels in Tuscany; recipes; photos (L)

Tesco, Britain's biggest supermarket chain, reports first-half net profit rose 15 percent, to $360 million; company stock falls 5 percent; stock-price graph (S)

Analysts and shoppers blame lackluster August retail sales in part on merchants, citing lack of new fashion trends; overall retail sales were up 1 percent from 2001 level, while comparable-store sales for traditional back-to-school retailers were mostly down; sales table; photos (M)

Tyco International reports uncovering web of deception and personal enrichment that spread throughout its management ranks; details moves by former chief executive L Dennis Kozlowski that systematically created corporate culture of greed and excess; says he secretly gave 51 employees $56 million in bonuses, and $39 million more to pay taxes on bonuses, to offset loans from company, acting without board approval; itemizes tens of millions of dollars in his personal spending with company money; report is result of four-month probe by David Boies; many of employees who got loans that were later forgiven are still on payroll; table of some of items Kozlowski bought with Tyco money (M)

Footlights column; Phillips Collection opens exhibition of works by Pierre Bonnard; New York University Grey Art Gallery presents modern Iranian art, photographs and revolutionary posters of 1960's and 70's; photo; Woodstock Film Festival honors Tim Robbins (S)