MARKETPLACE ROUND-UP

          Doug Flutie's agent, Jack Mula, on endorsements for his
     client: "We've had about 75 companies from throughout the
     [U.S.] call us and the earning potential for Doug is
     enormous -- tens of millions of dollars, easily" (Toronto
     GLOBE & MAIL, 11/10)....Online skating magazine 817
     publisher Kenny Oyedeji, on the sport of soaping, in which
     participants wear shoes with a smooth, plastic sole and can
     slide down rails, steps and ledges: "I personally think
     [soaping] is going to sort of die out. ... [People are
     saying] if skaters are going to skate, they should just get
     skates" (U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT, 11/9 issue).