Here is the AuctionBytes online-auction news roundup for Tuesday, June 28, 2005.
Industry News & Trends
"Oops! Brick sale blocked," by Guy Dixon, The Globe and Mail, 6/28/05
http://digbig.com/4dtkn
"CNBC peeks behind the scenes at eBay," by Tom Jicha, Sun-Sentiel.com, 6/29/05
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/features/columnists/sfl-tvtjebayjun29,0,3894732.column
"PayPal coughs to "internal comments" edit slip," The Register, 6/20/06
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/06/20/paypal_slip
Link to a discussion thread about it:
http://www.auctionbytes.com/forum/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=15475
"Taobao Plots eBay Offensive: A scrappy challenger to eBay hopes to take a shot at eBay," Red Herring, July 4, 2005 Print Issue
http://digbig.com/4dtew
"Under the hammer," The Standard, 6/27/05
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/stdn/std/Markets/GF27Ag09.html
"Survey Finds Contentment at eBay's Core," By Kevin Kelleher, TheStreet.com, 6/27/05
http://digbig.com/4dthj
"EBay faithful all smiles at S.J. event," by Katherine Corcoran, San Jose Mercury News, 6/26/05
Registration required.
http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/local/11989896.htm
"eBay gets an earful from sellers," by Elinor Mills, Cnet, 6/27/05
http://news.cnet.co.uk/software/0,39029694,39190324,00.htm
"Taking care of business at eBay Live," By Michael Bazeley, San Jose Mercury News, 6/25/05
Registration required
http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/11984480.htm
"EBay sellers say they'd welcome rival market," (Reuters), Boston Globe, 6/27/05
http://digbig.com/4dten
"eBay extends protection plan to lure small business buyers," by Robert Mullins, San Jose Business Journal, 6/24/05
http://sanjose.bizjournals.com/sanjose/stories/2005/06/27/smallb3.html
"Some Businesses Say eBay Starting to Slip," by Rachel Konrad (AP), SFGate.com, 6/26/05
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2005/06/26/national/a095229D25.DTL
"Hard Look at EBay," By NANCY DEWOLF SMITH, Wall Street Journal, 6/24/05
Paid subscription required
"eBay Sheds Light on Translation Plans," posted by John Yunker on Corante Blog, 6/23/05
http://digbig.com/4dtes
"AOL takes bold step: Content's now free," by Paul Davidson, USA Today, 6/22/05
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/techinvestor/corporatenews/2005-06-22-aol-free_x.htm
