The chief executive of the Student Loans Company, who attracted controversy over his tax arrangements, is to stand down when his contract expires early next year.

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Student Loans boss to stand down

The old order changes. Often, it’s hard to know who is arriving. But it’s usually clear who’s leaving. This time it’s the Red Sox , Yankees and Phillies . Baseball always had its long cycles of dominant teams that mature, milk their success for years then gradually succumb to age, injury, horrid contracts, minor league systems eviscerated by win-now trades, internal conflicts and life in general. Read full article > >

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Yankees, Red Sox, Phillies are on the way out

Chelsea are set to release both Salomon Kalou and Jose Bosingwa when their contracts expire this summer.

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Blues to release Kalou & Bosingwa

Jose Mourinho signs a new four-year contract to remain as manager of La Liga champions Real Madrid until 2016.

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Mourinho signs Real Madrid deal

The Ministry of Defence will announce later that it is awarding £350m in contracts to design the next generation of nuclear armed submarines.

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Trident contracts to be unveiled

Kieron Dyer signs a new one-year deal at QPR, who also offer contracts to Radek Cerny, Clint Hill and Akos Buzsaky.

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Dyer signs one-year QPR contract

Spanish energy giant Repsol cancels a contract to provide gas to Argentina, in a continuing row after Buenos Aries nationalised one of its subsidiaries.

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Argentine gas exports cancelled

Charles Green says administrators at Rangers have told Ticketus they are terminating its contract over future ticket sales.

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Ticketus contract ‘terminated’

We asked: What’s your relationship like with contractors in your agency? Is it cordial, collaborative? Are they handling work that they should, or do you believe the work would be better handled by permanent staff? Read full article > >

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Feds, contractors face challenges

“2 Broke Girls,” CBS’ young raunchy comedy hit, has driven the network’s older raunchy comedy hit “Two and a Half Men” out of Monday night, opening up a half-hour for the network’s only new comedy this fall. Read full article > >

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Upfront Week 2012: CBS moves ‘Two and a Half Men’ to Thursday, ‘Mentalist’ to Sunday, unveils four new series

Defense contractors have slowed hiring. Tax advisers are warning firms not to count on favorite breaks. And hospitals are scouring their books for ways to cut costs. Across the U.S. economy, anxiety is rising about the potential for widespread disruptions after the November election, when a lame-duck Congress will have barely two months to resolve a grinding standoff over taxes and spending. Read full article > >

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Taxmageddon sparks rising anxiety

The Pentagon is expanding and making permanent a trial program that teams the government with Internet carriers to protect defense firms’ computer networks against massive data theft by foreign adversaries. Read full article > >

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Pentagon to expand cybersecurity program for defense contractors

Uncle Sam isn’t as flush as he used to be, but he still has enough money to pay individual private contractors as much as $763,029. That’s the federal cap on reimbursement to executives of private firms doing government work. The cap was raised in April, from $693,951, by the Office of Federal Procurement Policy. Read full article > >

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Top federal contractors get 10 percent raise

The U.S. government’s push to reduce spending on contracts has left it fending off the most challenges in 16 years from unsuccessful bidders. Contractors filed 2,353 protest-related cases during the last fiscal year with the Government Accountability Office, which arbitrates contract disputes. Read full article > >

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As U.S. government contracts dwindle, losers protest more

Arsenal are yet to propose a date for contract talks with Robin van Persie as he considers delaying any decision on his future.

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Van Persie may delay Arsenal date