Here is the AuctionBytes online-auction news roundup for Friday, January 21, 2005.

Industry News & Trends

"Online marketplaces team up for more market share," China View, 1/20/05
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-01/20/content_2487718.htm

"Penny pinches eBay: Stock plummets $19.72 after 1-cent earnings shortfall," By Mike Hughlett, Chicago Tribune, 1/21/05
http://digbig.com/4cmnd

"Investors dump eBay on earnings letdown," by John Sterlicchi, Evening Standard, 1/20/05
http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/business/articles/timid397262

This is a PDF file of the transcript of eBay's Fourth Quarter 2004 Earnings Conference Call where eBay presented financial results to analysts and took questions.
Paid subscription to Wall Street Journal required:
http://online.wsj.com/documents/transcript-ebay-20050120.pdf

"Fee increase not enough to turn users off eBay," by Peter Griffin, The New Zealand Herald, 1/21/05
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=5&ObjectID=10007367

"AOL Search: Playing In the Big Leagues Now," by Chris Sherman and Gary Price, Search Day, 1/20/05
http://searchenginewatch.com/searchday/article.php/3461491