April 8, 2004

Computer Associates International's former chief financial officer Ira H Zar, former vice president David Rivard and former senior vice president David Kaplan are expected plead guilty to fraud charges related to federal investigation of company's accounting practices; Judge I Leo Glasser is expected to accept pleas (M)

Wholesalers say 50 to 60 percent of sushi in United States is frozen at some point in its journey from ocean to restaurant table; cite health concerns and growing demand; Food and Drug Administration regulations stipulate that with exception of tuna, which has very clean flesh, all fish to be eaten raw must be frozen first, to kill parasites; FDA leaves enforcement of frozen-fish rule to local health officials; tuna is often frozen, too, because global consumption of sushi continues to rise; even in Japan, many sushi bars routinely use frozen fish when fresh is unavailable or more expensive than market will bear; photos (M)

Japan's foreign currency reserves rose to record high of $827 billion in March as financial authorities intervened heavily in currency markets to protect nation's exporters; foreign currency reserves grew by $50 billion in March from $777 billion at end of February (M)

Success of men's and women's basketball programs at Connecticut University has helped raise popularity of school, increase enrollment, elevate test scores of students admitted to school and improve endowment numbers over past decade; school has capitalized on its isolation between New York City and Boston, where sports teams are abundant, creating niche for Connecticut residents for whom sports teams are almost nonexistent; photos (M)

Christopher Bortugno III's restoration and decoration of crumbling old barn on family property in Stuyvesant Falls, New York, described; photos (M)