| Ball from Bonds' 762nd homer to be sold
Harmon knows how much the ball can help the family. David Sutton is back in the hospital as he battles cancer. "For them, it's a fairy tale come true," Harmon said. Jameson Sutton has already pledged at least half of the ball's proceeds to his parents. "I just want to help my family," he said. "I'll pay his medical bills, for their house, whatever. I gladly will." The auction house also handled the sale of Bonds' record-breaking home run ball No. 756, which went for $752,467. David Kohler, the president of SCP Auctions, said he's already had people say they'll pay up to $1 million for Sutton's baseball. Earlier in the week, local businessman Gregory Anderson made an offer of $15,000 for the ball. He said he'll take part in the upcoming auction, but doesn't know if he'd bid over $100,000.
Claim Denied, Says Canopy Collapse Victim
Two days after the canopy of a Shell gas station fell on her mini-van, Jennifer Pilott says the gas station's insurance company won't pay the claim. Gilligan Oil Co. owns the station and Cincinnati Insurance provides insurance for them. "I got a call from their insurance company saying it was an 'Act of God,' and therefore they're not going to cover anything," said Pilott. The canopy collapsed on Sunday after the weekend's 12-inch snowfall. "God didn't make that gas station. A man did. Why didn't any of the others fall down?," Pilott asked. Pilott says her own insurance has a deductible up to $1,000. 9News spoke to Cincinnati Insurance spokeswoman, Joan Shevchik, who was unaware of Pilott's claim. Shevchik, though, issued this statement concerning the overall mission of Cincinnati Insurance:"It's our policy to pay all claims that are due under the policy contract.
Google acquires DoubleClick
US regulators approved the deal last year. Google ended a bidding war with Microsoft in April 2007 by agreeing to pay $US3.1 billion ($3.4 billion) to add DoubleClick to its internet money-making arsenal. "It's part of Google's desire to control most of the online ad revenue,'' said analyst Rob Enderle of Enderle Group in Silicon Valley. "Google is trying to become a one-stop shop for ads.'' Google's purchase of DoubleClick is likely among the reasons Microsoft is now trying to buy Yahoo for $US44.6 billion in cash and stock, analysts said. Microsoft opposed Google's purchase of DoubleClick, and says it wants to combine resources with Yahoo to battle Google's dominance on the internet. "It is hard to see how Microsoft's original acquisition effort or idea was not somehow predicated on the belief Google would acquire DoubleClick,'' Cantor Fitzgerald analyst Derek Brown told AFP.
|
