Here is the AuctionBytes online-auction news roundup for Monday, June 20, 2005.

Industry News & Trends

"EBay Nation put to the test," By Michael Bazeley, San Jose Mercury News, 6/19/05
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http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/11933507.htm

Interesting editorial on the Live 8 concert-ticket controversy eBay UK faced this week:
"Peter Griffin: eBay's backdown undermines virtual marketplace," The New Zealand Herald, 6/17/05
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=5&ObjectID=10331079

eBay had two minor glitches on its site yesterday morning.
http://www2.ebay.com/aw/announce.shtml

"Online Seller eBay Suffers Growing Pains," by Laura Sydell, NPR, 6/14/05
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4702384

"Officials ease licensing burden for eBay sales," By EVAN MAYOR, Tennessean.com, 6/17/05 http://digbig.com/4drwd

"A Global Analysis of eBay," Summary of a market research report published by Byte Level Research, March 2005 on ResearchandMarkets.com
http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reportinfo.asp?report_id=301891&t=e&cat_id=7

"Former eBay exec to head Walmart.com," By Dawn Kawamoto, Cnet, 6/15/05
http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9588_22-5748207.html

"EBay takes action against "hoax" Live 8 bidders," (Reuters UK), MSnbc, 6/16/05 http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8241987

A day in the life of eBay, The Independent, 6/16/05 http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/this_britain/story.jsp?story=647185

Fraud, Privacy, Security Issues

"Man cleared in eBay antler sale case," CBC News, 6/16/05 http://stjohns.cbc.ca/regional/servlet/View?filename=nf-antler-ebay-050616