Here is the AuctionBytes online-auction news roundup for Monday, March 14, 2005.

Industry News & Trends

"Forbes lists the world's richest Google co-founders come in at No. 55; Gates still No. 1," Benjamin Pimentel, San Francisco Chronicle, 3/11/05
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2005/03/11/FORBES.TMP

Direct link to eBay CEO Whitman's profile in the Forbes list of World's Richest People
http://digbig.com/4cxdw

"Trusting Strangers on the Internet: Germany Firm Does eBay One Better," (AFP), Designerz.com, 3/13/05
http://technology.news.designerz.com/trusting-strangers-on-the-internet-german-firm-does-ebay-one-better.html?d20050313

"Maternity Gear with a Difference," By Stacy Perman, BusinessWeek, 3/11/05
http://www.businessweek.com/smallbiz/content/mar2005/sb20050311_5361_sb040.htm

Consignment Selling

"Stop, drop and sell: Local eBay drop-off outlets growing," By Rhonda S. Sanders, The Flint Journal, 3/13/05
http://www.mlive.com/business/fljournal/index.ssf?/base/business-2/1110730826231610.xml

Fraud, Privacy, Security Issues

"Know the risks of using online payment systems in a corporate environment," by Jonathan Yarden, TechRepublic.com, 3/11/05
http://techrepublic.com.com/5100-10595_11-5609246.html#

"For airlines, online trade puts the "ouch" in voucher," by Jeff Horwich, Minnesota Public Radio, 3/10/05
(You can hear the radio segment by clicking on the audio link.)
http://news.minnesota.publicradio.org/features/2005/03/10_horwichj_vouchers

"New Raps for Firefighter," by Jeremy Olshan , New York Post, 3/11/05
http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/40976.htm

"Police briefs" - scroll down to "Car found on eBay" News Sentinel, 3/11/05
http://www.fortwayne.com/mld/newssentinel/news/local/11111377.htm