| PropertyRoom.com Signs 900 th Contract, Inking Houston Police ...
MISSION VIEJO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--PropertyRoom.com, the largest site for online police auctions, today announced the signing of the police department of Houston, Texas, the fourth largest city in the US and the company's 900th contract. "It absolutely thrills us to bring the Houston Police Department on board," said Rob Hagen, CEO of PropertyRoom.com. "And of course, we find it exciting to book our 900th contract. Given the acceptance of PropertyRoom.com as the standard for online police auctions, we see accelerated growth and expect to ink our 1,000th contract sometime this summer." "PropertyRoom.com helps us to minimize time and labor," said Houston Police Chief Harold L. Hurtt, "And an opportunity to maximize efficiency strongly appeals to us. We look forward to a long and productive relationship." With the Houston contract, PropertyRoom.com now counts three of the top five US police departments as clients, spanning the country from New York to Los Angeles.
SIMPSON BOOK RIGHTS TO BE AUCTIONED
LATEST: The rights to O.J. SIMPSON's scrapped book IF I DID IT is to be auctioned off next month (APR07). Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge GERALD ROSENBERG earlier this month (MAR07) ordered the rights to If I Did It - which hypothetically places Simpson at the scene of the 1994 murder of his ex-wife NICOLE BROWN SIMPSON and her friend RON GOLDMAN - be sold. Details of the sale have been sent to publishers, Hollywood studios and talent agencies, according to Goldman family attorney DAVID COOK, who hinted the family may also bid for the controversial manuscript. Rosenberg previously ruled if the book is ever published, proceeds must help pay off the $33.5 million (GBP17 million) Simpson owes following a 1997 civil case for wrongful death. The sale will take place on 17 April (07), and will be carried out by the Sacramento County Sheriff's department in California.
Brazil the sole bidder to host 2014 Soccer World Cup
Johannesburg, April 20 (NNN-BUANEWS) Brazil is the sole bidding nation for the right to host the 2014 FIFA World Cup, following Colombia's withdrawal from the bidding process. "Brazil is now the only remaining candidate for the right to host the 2014 FIFA World Cup after the Colombian football association officially withdrew its candidature on April 11," FIFA, the world football governing body, said on its official Website. "In a letter addressed to FIFA, Colombian FA president Luis H. Bedoya Giraldo stated that the Colombian FA had decided to withdraw from the bidding procedure. No reason was given for the association's decision." The Brazilian football association visited the FIFA last week and handed over the Bidding Agreement form that needed to be submitted by April 16, 2007, in order for the country's interest in hosting the 2014 FIFA World Cup to be officially confirmed.
Man auctions speeding ticket on web
Wellington - In a strange example of Internet madness, a New Zealander has sold a NZ$130 (about R500) speeding ticket on a local online auction website, a newspaper reported on Friday. Nearly 30 000 people viewed Bob Grieve's ticket on the Trade Me site before Allan Hearn, an insurance assessor from Pukekohe, bought it for 51 New Zealand dollars. Hearn said he had never had a speeding ticket - a gap in his life that is now filled, The Press of Christchurch reported. "For 50 bucks, who cares?" he asked. "I told my missus about it, and she called me an idiot." Grieve, a TV cameraman from Christchurch, posted his photograph holding the ticket on the site and said he had fielded a flurry of amorous comments as well as bids. One woman asked if the holder came with the ticket and bid four times, he said.
Russian Days at Sotheby's auction fetch 51 million dollars
NEW YORK. April 19. KAZINFORM - The Russian Days held in the framework of the Sotheby's s auction in New York on Tuesday fetched 51 million dollars. The Vision of St. Sergius When a Child" picture by modern Russian painter Nesterov proved the most expensive lot sold for 3.8 million dollars. Given a bonus the bidder is to pay to the Sotheby's fund the cost of the picture totaled 4.296 million dollars. The "Happy Arcadia" by Konstantin Makovsky was sold for 3.4 million dollars (bonus included). The bidders showed an unexpected interest in the "Young Flower Girls" picture by Alexei Kharlamov finally sold for 2.8 million dollars after numerous bids. Passions were running high over two more pictures Pirosmani's "Arsenal Hill at Night and "Lady with a Parasol" by Natalia Goncharova finally sold for 1.6 and 1.5 million dollars, respectively.
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