First, we call it corporate underwriting, not advertising. Try a seven-second delay. From Oregon Public Broadcasting, I'm Christy George for Marketplace. And that's the top of our news for Friday. Rundown Sports and Corporate Hospitality Venus Williams faces-off with Lindsay Davenport tomorrow at Wimbledon and there will be plenty of business people in the stands courtesy of corporate hospitality.
Companies often use big sporting event tickets as perks to schmooze business deals.
Stephen Beard reports on this long-standing tradition. Week on Wall Street Marketplace host David Brancaccio wraps up the week on the world's financial markets with Dallas stockbroker David Johnson. Reporter Leda Hartman recently spent some time South Carolina coast and has this report. That story coming up along with the latest in world business news.