News in brief

England’s Chelsea has signed the largest sponsorship contract in U.K. soccer history, getting $95.4 million over five years from Samsung.

Editorial staffers at the Boston Herald have approved a new contract that will eliminate nearly a third of their jobs by offering buy-outs, but give the remainder 5% annual increases.

Boeing lands a $6 billion contract with Air Canada for 32 new jets, including 14 of the hot new 787 Dreamliners.

Northrop Grumman will be bidding against the University of California for the $44 billion (over 20 years) management contract for the Los Alamos National Laboratory.

A contract employee in Abu Dhabi has learned that you don’t break your labor contract without a very good reason.

The Louisiana Supreme Court has agreed to hear a squabble among various public entities dealing with how much they should get under their contracts with casino companies.