PGA Honda Classic winner Tim Herron has signed on to
represent MN's Rush Creek Golf Club. Herron is a Wayzata, MN,
native (Rush Creek)....Emirates, the international airline of the
United Arab Emirates, has signed as a co-sponsor of the Dubai
World Cup -- the world's richest horse race (Emirates)....The
Cubs are advertising in Chicago papers with the tagline:
"Sandberg has risen ... our ticket prices haven't!" (CHICAGO SUN-
TIMES, 3/11)....ReSource has become the "official nutritional
drink" of the PGA Tour. ReSource is produced by Sandoz Nutrition
of Minneapolis (PGA Tour)....Circuit City is sponsoring a NASCAR
team and will soon sell NASCAR souvenirs in its stores (RICHMOND
TIMES-DISPATCH, 3/11)....Boston Chicken Inc. announced yesterday
that its restaurant franchisees are losing money and will
continue to do so. However, stock analysts were not surprised at
the news, and said the losses will be recouped when expansion
slows (DENVER POST, 3/12)....Cobra Golf has renewed its
endorsement agreement with PGA Tour player Jim McGovern (Cobra
Golf)....Intrawest Corp., which has purchased interests in
Stratton, Snowshoe, Tremblant, Blackcomb and Panorama ski areas,
is profiled in this week's BUSINESS WEEK. Interwest's buying
spree is part of a "growing recognition" the ski industry needs
to consolidate due to growing costs (BUSINESS WEEK, 3/18
issue).... "Bloomberg Business News" reports Coca-Cola is a stock
to watch and predicted shares will rise in anticipation of a
positive presentation to Wall Street analysts (PBS, 3/11).
