Pinnacle Brands has hired the Dallas, TX-based Martinez
Group Int'l to help market its sports trading cards in Latin
America (ADWEEK, 6/17 issue)....If a Formula One racing series
returns to the United States, Disney Sports Officials say,
contrary to prior reports, Walt Disney World will not be one of
its possible sites (ORLANDO SENTINEL, 6/21). ...Coca-Cola stock
was up 1/4 to 46 3/4 after Prudential Securities repeated a buy
on the company ("NBR," PBS, 6/20)....Palatine, MI-based Square D
has signed a primary sponsorship agreement with NASCAR's FILMAR
Racing team and driver Kenny Wallace (CHICAGO TRIBUNE,
6/21)....Rollerblade Inc., which earlier had said it planned to
go public this summer, has postponed its IPO "indefinitely." The
company declined to say why (Minneapolis STAR TRIBUNE, 6/21).
....Rawlings Sporting Goods Co. reported net earnings up 12.7%
above those of the comparable quarter last year
(Rawlings)....ProLine Int'l, manufacturer of ProLube Xtreme, has
signed a one-year agreement as a Bronze-Level Official Supplier
of USA Hockey InLine (USA Hockey In-Line).
