Minoru Mori

Dick Harter Former Oregon Ducks coach Dick Harter, 81, the University of Oregon men's basketball coach whose Ducks team ended UCLA's 98-game home winning streak in 1976, died Monday at a South Carolina hospital, according to Island Funeral Home in Hilton Head. The cause was not given. Harter compiled a college record of 295-196 at Rider University, Pennsylvania, Oregon and Penn State. He won two Ivy League championships with Pennsylvania. In the NBA, Harter was the first head coach of the expansion Charlotte Hornets in 1988.

Dick Harter Former Oregon Ducks coach Dick Harter, 81, the University of Oregon men's basketball coach whose Ducks team ended UCLA's 98-game home winning streak in 1976, died Monday at a South Carolina hospital, according to Island Funeral Home in Hilton Head. The cause was not given. Harter compiled a college record of 295-196 at Rider University, Pennsylvania, Oregon and Penn State. He won two Ivy League championships with Pennsylvania. In the NBA, Harter was the first head coach of the expansion Charlotte Hornets in 1988.

The Museum of Modern Art announced Thursday that it has agreed to serve as the "principal cultural partner" in a project by Japan's leading real estate developer, billionaire Minoru Mori, to create an art museum atop a 54-story office tower in Tokyo.

The Museum of Modern Art announced Thursday that it has agreed to serve as the "principal cultural partner" in a project by Japan's leading real estate developer, billionaire Minoru Mori, to create an art museum atop a 54-story office tower in Tokyo.

The oil-rich Sultan of Brunei and the Walton family of Wal-Mart fame led the list of Fortune magazine's annual ranking of the world's wealthiest people. Americans dominate the domain of billionaires with 26 individuals or families on the list of the richest 101. Wealth* Rank Name (billions) 1 Sultan of Brunei $37.0 2 Walton family $23.5 3 Mars family $14.0 4 Minoru Mori, $13.0 Akira Mori 5 Samuel I. Newhouse Jr., $10.0 Donald Newhouse, & family Publications 6 King Fahd $10.

People in Hong Kong call him chiu yan , or Superman. Li Ka-shing is easily the British colony's most admired man. He is also the fourth-richest person in Asia behind the Sultan of Brunei and Japanese property tycoons Minoru Mori and Toichi Takenaka. He has a business empire that straddles the globe, from oil fields in Canada to a telecommunications network in Britain, to container terminals in southern China. His personal wealth has been estimated at $3.5 billion, according to Forbes.

One of the larger urban redevelopments in the world, providing new options for Tokyo tourists, is set to open Friday. The $4-billion Roppongi Hills complex, which some liken to New York City's Rockefeller Center, includes a high-tech Hyatt hotel, a 54th-floor observation deck with 360-degree views of the city, an outdoor theater, scores of restaurants, more than 100 shops, a nine-screen movie theater and hundreds of apartments and offices. A major art museum will be added in the fall.

Few museums in the world can rival the location of the Mori Art Museum. Situated atop Tokyo's most imposing skyscraper in the middle of the city's trendiest area, this prestigious premise within the shimmering 54-story Mori Tower is no mere whim. It is intended to send the message to Japan that modern art is important. In Japan, interest in contemporary art has never been high, lagging far behind the enduring popularity of the Impressionists and other renowned artists from the past.

Call it Asia's Edifice Complex. Fueled by fast-growing economies, leaders with high hopes and billionaires with big egos, the continent is displacing the United States as the home of the world's tallest towers. Once the base for the 10 highest buildings in the world, the United States can now claim only three: the Sears Tower, the World Trade Center and the Empire State Building.