1.   Bratt said that investigators interviewed him for three hours last October about the visas and a contract awarded to a former employee, Joe Lake.

2.   Executives and managers of the old BofA were covered by so-called change-of-control agreements, contracts awarding them big payouts if the bank were sold.

3.   The contract awarded to Texas Commerce and First Southwest calls for the companies to manage the fund through the end of the year.

4.   The following is a list of government contracts awarded to private companies.

5.   In the United States, a significant sum of money comes from the Defence Department in the form of research contracts awarded to universities and industrial firms.

6.   Lastman also said he will make public all existing documents pertaining to the bid for the Summer Games, and the contracts awarded to Carol Anne Letheren.

7.   The IOC described the eight-year deal with Sema as the biggest sports-related information technology contract ever awarded.