Here is the AuctionBytes online-auction news roundup for Tuesday, November 9, 2004.

Industry News & Trends

"Shopping With My Friendsters," By Bob Tedeschi, New York Times, 11/8/04
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http://www.nytimes.com/2004/11/08/business/08ecom.html

"Some Shoppers Find Fewer Happy Returns: Databases Limit Excessive Exchanges," by Ariana Eunjung Cha, Washington Post, 11/8/04
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A30908-2004Nov6.html

Postal-Related News

"USPS May File Phased Rate Increase in '05," by Melissa Campanelli, DMNews.com, 11/5/04
http://dmnews.com/cgi-bin/artprevbot.cgi?article_id=30946

"FedEx Raises Rates for 2005" (AP), biz.yahoo.com, 11/5/04
http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/041105/fedex_rates_2.html

"Deutsche Post Replaces DHL Head After Cutting U.S. Forecast," Bloomberg, 11/6/04
http://quote.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000080&sid=aRsMwN3dD8bI

Weird, Unusual, Celebrity or Charity Auctions

"Bosox curse contract: $1M plus: Philanthropist raising funds for shelter by selling Ruth-to-Yankees document on eBay," CNN.com, 11/7/04
http://money.cnn.com/2004/11/06/news/newsmakers/ruth_ebay/?cnn=yes

"Action game Halo 2 sold early on eBay" (AP), Modesto Bee, 11/7/04
http://www.modbee.com/24hour/technology/story/1800910p-9675149c.html

"Death Row Scot puts artwork up for sale," by Nicola Stow, The Scotsman, 11/6/04
http://news.scotsman.com/arts.cfm?id=1284882004

Fraud, Privacy, Security Issues

"EBay was built on faith in people, but that faith can be misplaced," by Kristin Charleton (CanWest News Service), Canada.com, 11/8/04
http://www.canada.com/technology/story.html?id=ad840bd9-3fdf-4cf6-8903-2d3838e73ef6

"Going, going, fraud! Charges made in online bidding," by Michael Gormley (AP), Newsday.com, 11/7/04
http://www.newsday.com/news/local/wire/ny-bc-ny--cyber-fraud1107nov07,0,4039254.story?coll=ny-ap-regional-wire

"School's Stolen Computers Found on eBay," By Wendy Thermos, LA Times, 11/6/04
http://www.latimes.com/technology/business/innovation/la-me-pv6nov06,1,4213106.story?coll=la-business-recent_tech_news

Miscellaneous

"Montoursville man makes eBay easy," by Stephanie Farr, Williamsport Sun-Gazette, 11/7/04
http://www.sungazette.com/articles.asp?articleID=11621

"UK rises to third in world ecommerce league: Only Ireland and Sweden are more sophisticated users of IT, says annual government survey," by Sarah Arnott, Computing, 11/8/04
http://www.vnunet.com/news/1159250