aaargh! what CRAP THEY WRITE AND HOW INACURRATE AND B-S - - ALL TO SENSATIONALISE ANDHURT oh, well, when the going gets tough, the tough get going!!!! xoxox i'm doing FINE AND i'm going to continue to help the company through this tough spot! xox Original Message From: Michael Krems Sent: Monday, February 26, 2001 12:06 AM To: Isabel Maxwell; Gideon Mantel; Rip Gerber; Amir Lev Cc: Debbie Kay; Subject: New York Post Negative Piece On Maxwell Family Touches First on CP, Then Commtouch Tharp called seeking comment on lawsuit filed by Lionel Glancy...he didn't mention anything about doing a piece on Maxwell family "curse." IT'S THE MAXWELL CURSE Sunday,February 25,2001 By PAUL THARP It's nearly a decade since the mysterious sea death of disgraced media tycoon Robert Maxwell, but his heirs are still having trouble shaking the family curse. Three businesses his offspring have gotten involved in are facing serious financial problems, with huge losses for investors. Two of the companies have been accused in lawsuits of financial misdeeds. The Securities and Exchange Commission is investigating one of those, Critical Path. Robert Maxwell at his peak in 1991 owned the New York Daily News, London's Daily Mirror and Macmillan publishing, with a staff of 40,000 working in 29 nations. London-based Maxwell might have become one of the world's great information barons but his empire sat on a dubious finanical footing and he was accused of looting the Mirrors pension funds to keep it afloat. On Nov. 6, 1991, as his complex corporate web unraveled around him, the portly former Resistance fighter, slipped off the side of his yacht, Lady Ghislaine, and drowned - triggering a financial collapse heard around the world. That date would prove to be bad luck for his offspring throughout their professional lives. After Maxwell's death, his sons Kevin and Ian, who held high posts in the empire, were left to pick up the pieces. Angry British authorities and bitt