Here is the AuctionBytes online-auction news roundup for Friday, November 19, 2004.

Industry News & Trends

"Big Postal Rate Hikes Coming" (Kiplinger Business Forecasts), Hoovers Online, 11/15/04
http://digbig.com/4cdkc

"Internet Shopping ... in Person," by Mylene Mangalindan, Wall Street Journal, 11/18/04
http://online.wsj.com/article/0,,SB110074016012177525,00.html?mod=e%2Dcommerce%5Fprimary%5Fhs

"eBay mum about plans in the Philippines," By Erwin Lemuel Oliva, INQ7.net, 11/17/04
http://beta.inq7.net/breaking/index.php?index=7&story_id=18408

"Internet Auction Applies for Delisting From KOSDAQ" Yonhapnews, 11/17/04
http://www.yonhapnews.net/Engnews/20041117/300500000020041117185631E8.html

Weird, Unusual, Celebrity or Charity Auctions

"Big Bam charity in limbo," by Todd Wallack (San Francisco Chronicle), SFGate.com, 11/18/04
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2004/11/18/BUGV89T72O1.DTL

"Federal Agency Removes Old Dam Journals from Online Auction" News10.net, 11/17/04
http://www.news10.net/storyfull1.asp?id=8560

"Ticket for motorcycle: That's not on eBay," by Mark I. Johnson, News-JournalOnline.com, 11/18/04
http://www.news-journalonline.com/NewsJournalOnline/News/Neighbors/DailyJournal/03AreaDJ01111804.htm

Fraud, Privacy, Security Issues

"Cyclist taken for a ride in online scam," By Blair Anthony Robertson, Sacramento Bee, 11/17/04
http://www.sacbee.com/content/news/story/11449901p-12364119c.html

"Man charged with defrauding eBay users in sports card auctions" (AP), San Jose Mercury News, 11/18/04
http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/local/states/california/northern_california/10216687.htm

"Caught in a phishing trap," By Matt Hines, CNET, 11/18/04
http://asia.cnet.com/news/security/0,39037064,39201732,00.htm

Miscellaneous

"Kmart Launches Redesigned Website" (PR Newswire), Yahoo Finance, 11/18/04
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/041118/deth012_1.html