Here is the AuctionBytes online-auction news roundup for Thursday, April 21, 2005.

Industry News & Trends

"EBay's Profit Increases 28%, but Fails to Impress Wall St.," by Gary Rivlin, New York Times, 4/21/05
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http://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/21/business/businessspecial3/21ebay.html??

"Yahoo Profit Up on Web Ads, Stock Rises," by Lisa Baertlein, Reuters, 4/19/05
http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=internetNews&storyID=8232008

"In Brief: eBay.pl; Teta; Telmax," Warsaw Business Journal, 4/18/05
http://www.wbj.pl/?command=article&id=26509

"Amazon expands into more niche markets," By Byron Acohido, USA Today, 4/18/05
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/techinvestor/corporatenews/2005-04-18-amazon-usat_x.htm

"Taking the long view on eBay - Commentary: A decade of glory, a humbling comedown," by Bambi Francisco, Marketwatch, 4/19/05
http://digbig.com/4depa

"Lawmakers Introduce Bill to Extend Internet Tax Ban: If passed, bill would permanently bar Internet access levy, among others," by Grant Gross, (IDG News Service), PCWorld.com, 4/19/05
http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,120503,00.asp

"Can eBay Auction Off Its Laurels?" Posted by Dennis on the TechDirt Blog, 4/20/05
http://techdirt.com/articles/20050420/0112226_F.shtml

"Sony Launches Online Auctions for "EverQuest,"" Reuters, 4/20/05
http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=internetNews&storyID=8239050

Weird, Unusual, Celebrity or Charity Auctions

"New pope memorabilia for auction on eBay: Online hawkers rush to auction charms, signed photographs of newly elected Pope Benedict XVI," by David Ellis, CNN, 4/19/05
http://money.cnn.com/2005/04/19/news/newsmakers/pope_auction

"Marquette online auction now open," MiningJournal.net, 4/18/05
http://www.miningjournal.net/columns/story/0418202005_col02-cl0418.asp

Fraud, Privacy, Security Issues

"China sentences Americans to prison for selling pirated DVDs," (AP), SiliconValley.com, 4/19/05
http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/news/editorial/11433412.htm

"China Convicts American for Counterfeit," by Peter Wonacott, Wall Street Journal, 4/20/05
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http://online.wsj.com/article/0,,SB111389013750810477,00.html

"AOL to block identity theft sites," (Reuters), Yahoo News UK, 4/20/05
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/050420/80/fgoz6.html

Miscellaneous

"Eleven Vettriano Paintings Fail to Sell at Sotheby's Auction," Bloomberg, 4/19/05
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000102&sid=aGgiF4sc5q7A&refer=uk

"AOL sued over chatroom," by Kevin Krolicki, Australian IT, 4/18/05
http://digbig.com/4dehm

"Questioning Eziba's Decisions," by Bob Tedeschi, New York Times, 4/18/05
Free registration is required. http://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/18/technology/18ecom.html