Image appears transparent when viewd in ie6, chrome, safari not in Firefox!

Hi,
Please help me correct the code, (see below) the image (in the absolute path) appears transparent when viewed in IE 6, chrome , safari except in Firefox.

<script src=“http://cincinnati.com/scripts/jquery.min.js” type=“text/javascript” charset=“utf-8”></script>
<script src=“http://cincinnati.com/scripts/jquery.meerkat.1.3.min.js” type=“text/javascript” charset=“utf-8”></script>
<style type=“text/css” media=“screen”>

                    #meerkat-wrapper {
                     width: 940px;
                       margin: 0 auto;

                    }
                    .ody-skin .ody-custom .footer-container div.ad_728x90 {width:100%}
                   .close-meerkat {
                         position: absolute;
                         display: block;
                         padding: 3px 3px 3px 3px;
                         font-family: arial, sans-serif;
                         font-size: 0.875em;
                        line-height: 10.8px;
                         text-decoration: none;
                         cursor: pointer;
                         z-index: 10000;

                     }

                     a.close-meerkat:link {color: #000; background-color: #cccccc; font-weight: bold;}

                     .dont-show {
                         position: absolute;
                         display: block;
                         width: 80px;
                         padding: 0 1px 2px 2px;
                         background-color: #cccccc;
                         font-family: arial narrow, sans-serif;
                         font-size: 0.705em;
                         text-decoration: none;
                         cursor: pointer;
                         z-index: 10;
                         line-height: 10.8px;
                     }

                    

                            a.dont-show:hover {color:#FFF;}
                 .meerkat {
                        position: relative;
                        display: none;
                        z-index: 5;

                    }
                    
                    a.click-through 
                    {
                    display: block;
                    position: absolute;
                    top: 10px;
                    height: 65px; 
                    bottom: 15px;
                    width: 890px;
                    z-index: 1; 

}
.pos-bot .close-meerkat {right: 2px; top: 2px;}

                     .pos-bot .dont-show {right: 0px; top: 78px;}
         &lt;/style&gt;
         
         &lt;!-- CHANGE FILE NAME AND PATH TO AD FILE BELOW BEGINNING AT background: 'url(\'http://cincinnati.com --&gt;
         
    



       &lt;script type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8"&gt;

                  $(function(){
                  $('.meerkat').meerkat({                      
                  background:'url(\'http://cincinnati.com/sponsors/dashboard/verbargs_940x90.gif\') repeat-x left top',
                  height: '90px',
                  width: '940px',
                  position: 'bottom',
                  close: '.close-meerkat',
                  dontShowAgain: '.dont-show',
                  animationIn: 'fade',
                  animationSpeed: 1000,
                  removeCookie: '.reset'
                  }).addClass('pos-bot');
                 $('#bottom').click(function(){
                 $('.meerkat').destroyMeerkat();
                 $('.meerkat').meerkat({
                 height: '90px',
                 width: '940px',
                 position: 'bottom',
                 close: '.close-meerkat',
                 dontShowAgain: '.dont-show',
                 animationIn: 'fade',        
                  animationSpeed: 1000,
                 removeCookie: '.reset'
                 }).removeClass('pos-bot');
                 $('.code').hide();
                 $('.bottom_').show();
                 return false;
                             });

                         });
                         if(navigator.platform == 'iPad' || navigator.platform == 'iPhone' || navigator.platform == 'iPod') 

{
$("#meerkat-wrapper").css(“position”, “static”);
};
</script>

        &lt;div id="meerkat-wrapper"&gt;

<div class=“meerkat”>
<a href=“ADCLICK” class=“click-through” target="_blank"></a>
<a href="#" class=“close-meerkat”>x</a>
<a class=“dont-show”>Don’t Show Again</a>

      &lt;/div&gt;
             &lt;/div&gt;