News in brief

Supermodel Heidi Klum has lost a contract has her contract with Germany's largest mail order firm terminated because she's pregnant with her second child.

A real estate developer is charging the Canadian government with rigging a bid process to steer a contract to a higher-priced bidder.

Actress Uma (Kill Bill) Thurman has signed a "multi-million dollar contract" to be the "new face" of Louis Vuitton luggage.

Ontario's physicians are voting today on a new contract with the government, and the result seems too close to call.