Here is the AuctionBytes online-auction news roundup for Monday, January 31, 2005.

Industry News & Trends

"Baazee to become eBay India," by Rahul Gupta, 1/27/05 http://www.ciol.com/content/news/2005/105012704.asp

"Ebay fee increases force companies to rethink plans," By Kevin Felt, Whittier Daily News, 1/29/05 http://www.whittierdailynews.com/Stories/0,1413,207~12041~2681550,00.html

"Overstock.com Announces Q4 and Year End 2004 Financial Results," Corporate press release posted on Overstock.com Website, 1/27/05 http://www.shareholder.com/overstock/ReleaseDetail.cfm?ReleaseID=154030

"eBay is the Intersection of Commerce and Community says Whitman at Rotman Business Design Conference," Press Release posted to Canada Newswire, 1/28/05 http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/January2005/28/c8314.html

Weird, Unusual, Celebrity or Charity Auctions

"Drive-through strip club being auctioned on eBay," by DAN NEPHIN (AP), TimesLeader.com, 1/27/05 http://www.timesleader.com/mld/timesleader/10749119.htm

"Your ad here: Pregnant belly pops up on eBay auction: MB woman courts companies on Web," By Tonya Root, The Sun News, 1/27/05 http://www.myrtlebeachonline.com/mld/myrtlebeachonline/10745252.htm

"NEWEST AD CRAZE: SKIN IS IN," New York Post, 1/29/05 http://www.nypost.com/business/39024.htm

"Developer selling Morris Island in Chas. Harbor on eBay," (AP), Wistv.com, 1/27/05 http://www.wistv.com/Global/story.asp?S=2864979&nav=0RaPVfdW

"Charity bids for "Tonight" bike revving up on eBay," By Dana Bartholomew, LA Daily News, 1/28/05 http://www.dailynews.com/Stories/0,1413,200~20954~2680141,00.html

Fraud, Privacy, Security Issues

"Cops: $160,000 eBay scam broken up," By KRIS WERNOWSKY, Times Leader, 1/29/05 http://www.timesleader.com/mld/timesleader/10763355.htm

"Fremont Man Allegedly Fails To Deliver eBay Items," NBC11.com, 1/28/05 http://www.nbc11.com/news/4141306/detail.html

"Boy of 13 in £20,000 internet con," by Ed Harris, Evening Standard, 1/24/05 http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/news/article.html?in_article_id=397384&in_page_id=2

Miscellaneous

"Special Events Help Drive Customer Loyalty," BY MARILYN MUCH, INVESTOR'S BUSINESS DAILY, 1/31/05 http://www.investors.com/editorial/managing.asp?v=1/29