Here is the AuctionBytes online-auction news roundup for Tuesday, June 14, 2005.
Industry News & Trends
"EBay stores adjust," By MICHAEL GIBBS, Northwest Herald, 6/12/05
http://www.nwherald.com/BusinessSection/293184364526240.php
"eBay's Whitman to make frequent trips to Shanghai, PayPal launch planned," (AFX), Forbes, 6/13/05
http://www.forbes.com/home/feeds/afx/2005/06/13/afx2089062.html
"Pierre Omidyar on "Connecting People,"" BusinessWeek (Interview with Robert D. Hof), June 20 issue
http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/05_25/b3938900.htm
"Bidding for eBay bucks," by Chris Serres, Star Tribune, 6/11/05
Free registration required
http://www.startribune.com/stories/535/5451345.html
"Too busy to sell on eBay? There's help," by Nan Connolly, Idaho Statesman, 6/12/05
http://www.idahostatesman.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050612/NEWS02/506120323/1001/NEWS
"Motoring through eBay for used cars," by By STEVEN COLE SMITH, (Orlando Sentinel)
http://www.capecodonline.com/cctimes/biz/motoringthrough12.htm
"On eBay, Reeling in Business Upstate," USNews.com, (June 20, 2005 issue)
http://www.usnews.com/usnews/politics/whispers/articles/050620/20whisplead.htm
"Internet Seller eBay Heads into Second Decade," by Scott Horsley, NPR, 6/13/05
(Audio cast, includes interview with eBay founder Pierre Omidyar)
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4700501&sourceCode=RSS
Weird, Unusual, Celebrity or Charity Auctions
"Halstead Hospital equipment part of live Web auction," by Bill Wilson, BizJournals.com, 6/10/05
http://www.bizjournals.com/wichita/stories/2005/06/06/daily32.html
"Start-up hopes to lure buyer on eBay: Point Park student wants to sell his online store," By Corilyn Shropshire, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 6/10/05
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/05161/519394.stm
Fraud, Privacy, Security Issues
"Man nabbed in stolen-goods sting," Phil Helsel, New Haven Register, 6/10/05
http://digbig.com/4dqsw
