News in brief

Britain’s Cable & Wireless is denying that it has terminated its sponsorship contracts with two West Indian cricket stars.
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Dubai is getting ready to award a multi-billion dollar contract to start construction of its urban light rail system.
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The empire of contract is extending into a place that few would have predicted back when Grant Gilmore was predicting its death: the Russian armed forces.
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Rutgers students are organizing against a renewal of the school’s exclusive beverage deal with Coca-Cola.
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Two college basketball coaches coming off big seasons get new deals: Kim Mulkey-Robinson of Baylor (6 years)  and John Beilein of West Virginia (a two year extension)