MasterCard Int'l VP/U.S. Sponsorships and Events Jeff
Price, on choosing Sabres G Dominik Hasek to appear in
MasterCard's "Priceless" campaign: "As we looked at the
landscape today and asked who are the great players who
would fit our Priceless campaign, he made a whole lot of
sense. Our aim is to extend the integration of our
Priceless brand position into hockey" (BUSINESS FIRST OF
BUFFALO, 3/8 issue)....A DETROIT NEWS editorial examines
college student protests of "universities' supposed
involvement with overseas sweat shops." From the editorial:
"Working conditions in poor countries may be appalling by
Western standards. But to millions of Third World laborers,
the so-called sweat shops represent new -- and better --
employment opportunities than they have had in the past. ...
It is a sign of good times in the United States that
students can find nothing more weighty than Third World
factories to agitate against" (DETROIT NEWS, 3/10)....The
WPSL signed Louisville Slugger as its exclusive equipment
and uniform supplier for the '99 season (WPSL).
