Here is the AuctionBytes online-auction news roundup for Tuesday, August 9, 2005.

Industry News & Trends

"EBay sellers turn rural Michigan home into a profit powerhouse," by Mike Wendland, Detroit Free Press, 8/8/05
http://www.freep.com/money/tech/mwendland8e_20050808.htm

"Yahoo dealing for a big move into China," by David Barboza, (New York Times), International Herald Tribune, 8/8/05
http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/08/08/business/alibaba.php

"Alibaba - an investment, then IPO?" By Bambi Francisco, MarketWatch, 8/8/05
http://digbig.com/4eena

Miscellaneous

"Bidding Up Local Ads: Newspapers Bypass Google With Services That Auction Online Spots to Businesses," by David Kesmodel, Wall Street Journal, 8/9/05
Paid subscription required.
http://digbig.com/4eemw

"The eBay way: Isle residents turn trash into cash - and make a living from it - via online auctions," By Gary C.W. Chun, Honolulu Star Bulletin, 8/8/05
http://starbulletin.com/2005/08/08/features/story1.html