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In Tulsa, Bill Haisten reports Oklahoma State football coach MIKE GUNDY’s “amended contract is an eight-year agreement worth a total of $25.525 million.” For ’13-19, OSU will also “contribute $600,000 annually to a Gundy retirement fund.” Built into the amended contract are “incentives that include $150,000 for a Big 12 title and $400,000 for a Bowl Championship Series national title” (TULSA WORLD, 3/15)....Golfer RORY MCILROY and British Olympic gold medalist DENISE LEWIS were among the guests last night at a White House state dinner for British Prime Minister DAVID CAMERON (AFP, 3/14)....WMG Chair & CEO CASEY WASSERMAN and News Corp. Cheif Digital Officer JON MILLER are among a group of investors who "have put a total of $7.5 million" into holding company K2 Media (ALLTHINGSD.com, 3/15)....A’s Owner LEW WOLFF, whose firm Maritz, Wolff & Co. owns the Fairmont S.F. hotel along with Saudi Arabia's PRINCE ALWALEED BIN TALAL, has agreed to sell the property for $200M (BIZJOURNALS.com, 3/14).

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