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...while the University can count on one of the world’s richest pools of alumni to support its efforts, many obstacles remain...
...DIED. KHOO TECK PUAT, 86, Singapore's richest man and the largest individual shareholder in Standard Chartered Bank; in Singapore. Khoo, who also owned a group of hotels that included Singapore's landmark Goodwood Park, was estimated by Forbes last year to be worth $2.6 billion. Khoo once described his share-buying strategy as: "When no one wants it, that's the time to buy a few million...
...after a century of watching the Yankees club America's small-market teams like baby seals and tigers and red sox, you have to suffer during the off-season too. In the biggest moral affront yet to your sense of fairness, last week the Yankees--already the richest, best team in baseball--traded for Alex Rodriguez (A-Rod)--the richest, best player in baseball. The Yankees now have a slightly better lineup than the National League All-Star team, one of whose members will undoubtedly be the Yankees' second baseman by the play-offs...
Amid their gloom, Boston Red Sox fans can find a ray of hope in the New York Yankees' big trade for Alex Rodriguez, baseball's highest-paid player. Over the past 15 years, having the richest player on your team has not been a ticket to success (see below). One problem: because of his restructured salary deal, A-Rod's pay won't be No. 1 in 2004. That honor now goes to Manny Ramirez--of the Red Sox. Talk about cursed...
...picked?along with Lille, France?to be European Capital of Culture for 2004, the Italian government poured in $40 million for more than 100 special events from jazz concerts to history classes. And Via Garibaldi, which housed the noble families of what was once one of Europe's richest cities, has undergone a multimillion-euro face-lift that would make Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi proud. Fa?ades have been scrubbed and frescoes restored to their original splendor, quaint courtyards and sweeping staircases now shine anew, streetlights have been added to enhance the architectural features, and busts and statues have been tucked...