Here is the AuctionBytes online-auction news roundup for Thursday, December 02, 2004.

Industry News & Trends

"Downtown north? OFFICIALS WILLING TO IGNORE LONG-FOLLOWED PLANNING RULES," By Barry Witt, Mercury News, 12/2/04
http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/politics/10319463.htm

"On-line auction house faces legal move over party tickets," by Craig Brown, The Scotsman, 12/1/04
http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/scotland.cfm?id=1377722004

"Classified act: LIVEDEAL'S ONLINE ADS A LOCALIZED MIX OF EBAY AND CRAIGSLIST," By Michael Bazeley, Mercury News, 12/1/04
http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/10310496.htm

"Shopping Search Update 2004, Part 1," by Chris Sherman, SearchDay, 11/30/04
http://searchenginewatch.com/searchday/article.php/3440591

"CEO Approval Tracker: November's Bottom-Ranked CEOs, by David M. Ewalt, 12/1/04
http://digbig.com/4cffc

Weird, Unusual, Celebrity or Charity Auctions

"It's Lowell on eBay: A treasure trove of the region's past is up for bid on the Internet," by Christine Phelan, Lowell Sun, 11/29/04
http://www.lowellsun.com/Stories/0,1413,105~4746~2565226,00.html

"Cereal grain is a hot item on eBay" (AP), KFVS12.com, 12/1/04
http://www.kfvs12.com/Global/story.asp?S=2633866

"eBay of the Elves," By Seth Jayson, Fool.com, 11/30/04
http://www.fool.com/News/mft/2004/mft04113014.htm

Fraud, Privacy, Security Issues

"Bankruptcy takes shine off eBay's online jewellery store," By Patrick Gray, The Age, 11/30/04
http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/11/29/1101577387344.html?oneclick=true

"Cyber Cops Say 'Tis the Season to Be Wary," By Lisa Baertlein, Reuters, 11/29/04
http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=internetNews&storyID=6945775

"Cybercrime - together we can defeat it,"by Andrew Donoghue, Silicon.com, 11/29/04
http://software.silicon.com/security/0,39024655,39126181,00.htm

"ClearCommerce Merchant Holiday Hotline Assists Online Retailers Fight Fraud" Press Release, Clear Commerce, 11/17/04
http://www.clearcommerce.com/press/Holiday_Hotline_Release_11_17_04.html

Miscellaneous

"Selling On eBay Just Got Easier: Web Site Allows Consumers To Hire Someone Else To Make Sales," News Channel 10, 11/30/04
http://www.turnto10.com/consumerunit/3956569/detail.html

"Car sales courtship dance evolves online," By Matt Conn (Central Wisconsin Sunday), Stevens Point Journal, 11/28/04
http://www.wisinfo.com/journal/spjlocal/284087999330289.shtm

"Building With EBay, Piece by Piece: Do-It-Yourselfers Increasingly Turn to Online Auction Site for Deals on Household Products," By Mary Ellen Slayter, Washington Post, 11/27/04
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A10872-2004Nov24.html