Japan's Stock Index Plunges to a 20-Year Low [1]. The fall set off alarm bells in the government and central bank, where officials are discussing ways to prop up stock prices and the dollar. By Ken Belson.
Stocks Fall on War Fears [1]. Market watchers say that as investors watch the diplomatic jockeying at the U.N. this week, many will steer clear of stocks, leading to anemic volume and more declines. By Reuters.
Senators' Husbands in Velvet Gloves [1]. Bill Clinton and Bob Dole's discussion on CBS's "60 Minutes" was most notable for its well-honed exchange on Iraq and taxes. By Alessandra Stanley.
Facing Veto Threats, Bush Starts Urgent Round of Iraq Diplomacy [1]. President Bush made an urgent round of phone calls to world leaders today, trying to salvage a resolution setting a March 17 deadline for Iraq to disarm. By The Associated Press.
Millionaire winner 'unhappy' [1]. A winner of TV's millionaire quiz did not behave like a man who had just won £1m, a researcher tells his fraud trial.
Russia ready for Iraq veto [1]. Russia says it will vote against the US and UK resolution on Iraq, if it is presented to the UN Security Council in its current form.
Husband admits hitman contract [1]. A man pleads guilty to trying to hire a hitman to kill his wife in a car crash as they went through a bitter divorce.
AOL Is Planning a Fast-Forward Answer to TiVo [1]. A secretive team at AOL Time Warner has begun talking with cable and media companies about co-opting the revolution that TiVo kicked off. By David D. Kirkpatrick.
Investment Losses Hurt Cleveland Hospital [1]. Nearly $500 million of the Cleveland Clinic Foundation's wealth has vanished because of aggressive bets on a handful of technology stocks that fizzled. By Alison Leigh Cowan.
U.S. Says Iraq Retools Rockets for Illicit Uses [1]. Weapons inspectors recently discovered rockets configured to disperse chemical or biological agents, U.S. officials say. By John H. Cushman Jr. with Steven R. Weisman.
Russia Says It Would Vote Against U.S.-Backed Resolution [1]. It was the first time that Russia has explicitly said it would vote against the resolution, but the Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov did not use the word veto. By The Associated Press.
Stocks Open Lower on War Fears [1]. Market watchers say that as investors watch the diplomatic jockeying at the U.N. this week, many will steer clear of stocks, leading to anemic volume and more declines. By Reuters.
3 Years After Nasdaq Peak, Investors Crave Safety [1]. Exactly three years ago, all seemed bright to investors. Now there is little to cheer about. By Floyd Norris.
A Living Lab for the City's New Curriculum [1]. Public School 172 is using standardized curriculums that Chancellor Joel I. Klein hopes to impose in most of New York City's elementary schools this fall. By Abby Goodnough.
AOL Is Planning a Fast-Forward Answer to TiVo [1]. A secretive team at AOL Time Warner has begun talking with cable and media companies about co-opting the revolution that TiVo kicked off. By David D. Kirkpatrick.
North Korea Fires Antiship Missile in Test Launch [1]. In a modest escalation of its challenges to the U.S. and its allies, North Korea fired a surface-to-ship missile on Sunday night. By The New York Times.
Africa's Lost Tribe Discovers American Way [1]. After enduring years of persecution, about 12,000 Somali Bantu refugees are to be resettled in the U.S. over the next two years. By Rachel L. Swarns.
More Students Line Up at Financial Aid Office [1]. Universities are awash in financial aid requests, often from students who never thought of asking for help before. By Greg Winter and Jennifer Medina.
New Analysis Sees Shuttle Breakup Beginning Earlier [1]. A NASA analysis shows that the Columbia was already spinning out of control in the last two seconds of data transmission. By Matthew L. Wald with John Schwartz.
U.S. Says Iraq Retools Rockets for Illicit Uses [1]. Weapons inspectors recently discovered rockets configured to disperse chemical or biological agents, U.S. officials say. By John H. Cushman Jr. with Steven R. Weisman.
Urgent Diplomacy Fails to Gain U.S. 9 Votes in the U.N. [1]. Still hopeful that it will get the needed votes, the Bush administration will press for action this week on a new Iraq deadline. By Steven R. Weisman with Felicity Barringer.
Judge Rejects Suits That Sought Headsets for All Cellphone Users [1]. Mobile phone manufacturers and carriers have won dismissal of lawsuits seeking to force them to provide headsets for their customers. By Bloomberg News.
F.D.A. to Put New Rules on Dietary Supplements [1]. The Food and Drug Administration moved to impose new rules on dietary supplements that would force manufacturers to make clean and accurately labeled products. By Donald G. Mcneil Jr. with Sherri Day.
Misgivings About Nudging the Elderly Into Managed Care [1]. The public's misgivings about H.M.O.'s pose real problems for the White House effort to increasingly push Medicare patients into managed care. By Fred Brock.
Beyond Botox: An Industry's Quest for Smooth Skin [1]. Unrelenting demand for treatment of wrinkles has fostered the development of cosmetic fillers, which are supposed to work faster and last longer than Botox. By Sana Siwolop.
Endowment Losses Hurt Major Cleveland Hospital [1]. Nearly $500 million of the Cleveland Clinic Foundation's wealth has vanished because of aggressive bets on a handful of technology stocks that fizzled. By Alison Leigh Cowan.
Russia ready for Iraq veto [1]. Russian says it will vote against the US and UK resolution on Iraq, if it is presented to the UN Security Council in its current form.
Palestinians trim Arafat powers [1]. The Palestinian parliament votes to create the new post of prime minister, in what is seen as a significant reform.
Service sector confidence slump [1]. Britain's once-buoyant service sector has been hit by a collapse in confidence as there is more bad news for manufacturers.
Strasbourg bomb plotters jailed [1]. Four Algerians are given long jail terms for plotting to blow up a Christmas market in the French city of Strasbourg.
Guam, Hurt by Slump, Hopes for Economic Help From Military [1]. For the Pentagon, Guam's new appreciation of the military comes as the Bush administration reviews American troop levels in Northeast Asia. By James Brooke.
Unrest Clouds Bolivia Leader's Future [1]. Bolivia remains on edge, with the government seriously debilitated and Western diplomats worried about its future. By Juan Forero.
Workers' Plight Brings New Militancy in China [1]. Since last fall, tens of thousands of disgruntled workers in a remote industrial outpost have defiantly staged a series of protests. By Elisabeth Rosenthal.
YES Counting on Legislation [1]. With the YES Network unavailable to Cablevision subscribers, fans cannot watch Nets or Yankees games on local cable. A recent bill, however, could change that. By Richard Sandomir.
Among Factions in Strike, Some Strutting and Fretting Backstage [1]. Camps in the Broadway strike over orchestra minimums are claiming absolute solidarity. But the seeds of dissension could grow if the strike continues. By Robin Pogrebin.
Judge Dismisses Writer's Suit Over Payments [1]. A court has dismissed a lawsuit by a writer who sought $6.8 million in fees for helping the family of art dealer Paul Rosenberg recover paintings by Matisse, Monet, Léger and Bonnard. By Terry Pristin.
Men of the Theater, Competing for Oscars [1]. Stephen Daldry and Rob Marshall are dyed-in-the-wool theater veterans who are new to the movies. Both of their films are nominated for Oscars. By Robin Pogrebin.
Discord Over Concerts in the Heartland [1]. Community Concerts, this nation's most venerable concert presenter, is in disarray, with canceled bookings and bounced checks to dozens of artists. By Ralph Blumenthal.
Military Prepares to Look at War Through a High-Definition Camera Lens [1]. If war is indeed coming soon to Iraq, images of that war are likely to follow not long afterward all shot in high-definition digital video. By Debra Kaufman.
War Would Upend Plans of Publishers and Retailers [1]. If the United States goes to war with Iraq, publishers and book retailers will probably see many of their promotional plans upended. By Bill Goldstein.
Military Now Often Enlists Commercial Technology [1]. Many of the technologies used by the U.S. armed forces have their origins in commercial rather than military initiatives. By Simon Romero.
Charges Dismissed Against Cendant and AOL [1]. A federal judge has dismissed claims against Cendant and AOL Time Warner in a shareholders' lawsuit over losses at the Internet real estate company Home-store, the companies said. By David D. Kirkpatrick.
Endowment Losses Hurt Major Cleveland Hospital [1]. Nearly $500 million of the Cleveland Clinic Foundation's wealth has vanished because of aggressive bets on a handful of technology stocks that fizzled. By Alison Leigh Cowan.
Texans See as Much to Lose as to Gain From War [1]. In the heart of Bush country, views of war with Iraq run the gamut of national opinion. For every unswerving proponent, there is a foe or equivocator. By Peter T. Kilborn.
More Students Line Up at Financial Aid Office [1]. Universities are awash in financial aid requests, often from students who never thought of asking for help before. By Greg Winter and Jennifer Medina.
Cold Winter May Delay Shipping Season in Great Lakes [1]. An unusually cold late winter has left 90 percent of Lakes Superior, Huron and Erie covered with ice, a condition that could threaten the start of the shipping season. By The New York Times.
As Houses Tilt, a Market Teeters [1]. In Amherst, N.Y., hundreds of houses are sinking into the earth. Home values have suffered, with buyers nervous about future trouble. By Lisa W. Foderaro.
Consortium May Join Bidding for a British Hotel Operator [1]. CVC Capital Partners is in talks with other private equity firms and hotel companies about forming a consortium to make a friendly offer for part or all of Six Continents, the large hotel operator, people involved in the discussions said. By Suzanne Kapner.
De Beers Reports Offers for Stakes [1]. De Beers, the big diamond producer, says several black investors have approached it with offers to buy shares. By Bloomberg News.
An Identification Expert, Wary on Terror Suspect, Gets Answers by E-Mail [1]. Mistaken identity is something of a preoccupation with Richard M. Smith, who has closely followed cases where innocent foreigners were wrongly named as terrorism suspects. By Barnaby J. Feder.
The Man Who Would Buy Everything, Everywhere [1]. Supermarket "club cards" pose a problem for the privacy-minded: Is it worth a few dollars in savings to let the store track your purchases of TV dinners and home pregnancy tests? By David F. Gallagher.
Deutsche Telekom Shuffles Board [1]. Deutsche Telekom is replacing its supervisory board chairman, Hans-Dietrich Winkhaus, with Klaus Zumwinkel, chief executive of Deutsche Post. By Bloomberg News.
Invention Tests Water Safety [1]. Two inventors received a patent for a system that sends a beam of light through water to make sure it is safe to drink. By Sabra Chartrand.
CitySearch to Start Search Engine [1]. CitySearch is planning a new advertising program that puts a local spin on the highly successful pay-per-click approaches of Google and Overture. By Bob Tedeschi.
Songs to Start Out on Video Games [1]. In a first for the music industry, a big record label will introduce songs on a new video game, Vendetta, not the radio. By Lynette Holloway.
AOL Is Planning a Fast-Forward Answer to TiVo [1]. A secretive team at AOL Time Warner has begun talking with cable and media companies about co-opting the revolution that TiVo kicked off. By David D. Kirkpatrick.
As Cellphones Become Cuter, Clarity Suffers [1]. Industry analysts, researchers and consumers say that many of the small, versatile new models are not as good as the old ones. By Matt Richtel.
3 Years Later, Investors Crave Safety [1]. Exactly three years ago, all seemed bright to investors. Now there is little to cheer about. By Floyd Norris.
Marketers Brace for War [1]. The prospect of war is casting a shadow over Madison Avenue as worried advertisers postpone media-buying decisions. By Stuart Elliott.
Wall Street bucks war jitters [1]. New York shares are up on rumours that soldiers may be close to Osama bin Laden, but war jitters continue to hammer markets elsewhere.
Ahern rejects Sinn Fein claims [1]. The Irish Government rejects Sinn Fein claims that it "colluded" with the British Government over the issue of sanctions.
