Here is the AuctionBytes online-auction news roundup for Wednesday, July 20, 2005.

Industry News & Trends

"Holder Files Suit Vs Shopping.com Over EBay Merger," (Dow Jones), Morningstar.com, 7/18/05 http://news.morningstar.com/news/DJ/M07/D18/200507180729DOWJONESDJONLINE000186.html

""Refurbished" electronics proliferate online," By Marcia Biederman (New York Times), Insidebayarea.com, 7/17/05 http://www.insidebayarea.com/businessnews/ci_2866268

"Retirees bring their wares to online marketplace: Older Americans use time, trinkets as eBay sellers," By MICHELE M. MELENDEZ (Newhouse News Service), 7/16/05 http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/business/3268796

"New Business Models Changing Online Auctions," By Jack M. Germain, E-Commerce Times, 7/18/05 http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/44477.html

"From the attic to the Internet: EBay drop-off stores aim to build link for customers to sell their cast-offs," by Teresa F. Lindeman, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 7/19/05 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/05200/539922.stm

Fraud, Privacy, Security Issues

"Nigerian pleads guilty in e-mail fraud," (Reuters), Cnet, 7/18/05 http://news.com.com/2100-7348_3-5792425.html

"Old scam called curbstoning gets new life on the Web," By Peter Lewis, Seattle Times, 7/18/05 http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2002387550_curbstoner18m.html

Miscellaneous

"Yahoo! managers said to quit," (Reuters), CNN Money, 7/19/05 http://money.cnn.com/2005/07/19/technology/yahoo.reut/index.htm?section=money_latest

"Become.com Offers Comparison Shopping," By Chris Sherman, SearchEngineWatch.com SearchDay, 7/19/05 http://searchenginewatch.com/searchday/article.php/3521031

"Getting Into Blogs Helps Search Engines Find You," By Peter Kent (Boulder County Business Report), EcommerceTimes, 7/19/05 http://www.ecommercetimes.com/rsstory/44761.html

"Yahoo's 2Q Profit Up More Than Sixfold," By Michael Liedtke (AP Business Writer), 7/19/05 http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20050719/ap_on_hi_te/earns_yahoo_1