September 5, 2003

Pres Bush said to shift his approach to North Korea; reportedly authorized American negotiators to say last week in Beijing that he might take steps to help starving nation, by gradually easing sanctions and then perhapssigning peace treaty; American officials say inducements would be phased in slowly only as North Korea starts surrendering its nuclear weapons, dismantling facilities used to develop them and permitting inspectors free run of country; proposals constitute major departure from official White House statements earlier this year that North Korea would see no benefits from new relationship until it shipped all its weapons out of country and dismantled all its nuclear facilities; State Dept official says crucial change in approach at Beijing talks was in providing for sequence of rewards to North Korea; in adopting new strategy, White House apparentely acceded to arguments from within State Dept, and from allies like South Korea, that talks would break down if Washington could not describe some vision of how relations could improve (M)

Article on redevelopment efforts in South Lake Tahoe, Nev, where 1950's-era cabins are less expensive than in tonier resort towns on north side of lake; photos (M)

Future Network Expanding Into Consumer Magazines No publishing company flew higher than Future Network USA in the late 1990's, propelled by the booming new economy magazine Business 2.0, and few fell harder in the bust. But two years after a restructuring, a chastened Future is poised for another growth spurt in the United States, this time with a twist. Future is expected to announce today that it is buying Guitar World magazine and three other publications from Harris Publications for $16 million. The purchase of the Guitar World properties is an effort by the publisher to broaden its base into the less cyclical consumer-enthusiast field. [Page C6.]

David Nalbandian defeats Roger Federer to advance to quarterfinals of US Open; photo (M)

Clyde Haberman column reports on several books about New York City disasters that have appeared since Sept 11; says history suggest that city and its people will endure and prevail (M)

Verizon Communications and its unions announce agreement on tentative contrat that includes one-year wage freeze and retains strong job security protections that company had sought to weaken; Verizon's two main unions boast that they achieved major victories on job security and health insurance, having beaten back Verizon's efforts to make its unionized workers pay significantly more toward their health coverage; unions agree that new hires will not be covered by job security provisions; Communications Workers of America president Morton Bahr comments; specifics of contract detailed (M)

World Busin

Article profiles Jonathan Schwartz, who has been hosting eclectic AM and FM radio shows in New York City for 36 years; Schwartz, whose memoir, All In Good Time, will be published in March, can be heard locally on WNYC-FM and www.wnyc.org Web site and nationally on XM Satellite Radio subscription service; photos (M)

Large volleyball games played by Ecuadorean immigrants in backyards in East Hampton, LI, have neighbors complaining about crowds, parking and illegal gambling (M)

Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight director Armando Falcon Jr proposes that Freddie Mac board treat former chairman-chief executive Leland Brendsel and former chief financial officer Vaughn Clarke as if they were fired, move that would strip them of more than $50 million in severance and other benefits; Freddie Mac chairman Shaun F O'Malley says company has in place contractual arrangements governing corporation's obligations to both Brendsel and Clarke that it must honor; Brendsel retired in June from Freddie Mac several months into probe of company's accounting that began after questions were raised by new auditor PricewaterhouseCoopers; Clarke resigned same time; photo (M)

Number of jobless in Germany remained at 4.4 million, or 10.6 percent of work force, in August, raising hopes for recovery of job market after slightly declining numbers in two previous months (S)

Shareholders of Royal Ahold vote to appoint Anders