Here is the AuctionBytes online-auction news roundup for Tuesday, August 23, 2005.

"Ebay encourages sellers to cash in on Xmas rush," By Robin Langford, Netimperative.com, 8/18/05
http://www.netimperative.com/2005/08/18/Ebay_Xmas_rush/view

"eBayness," posted by Jared Spool on User Interface Engineering, 8/12/05
http://www.uie.com/brainsparks/2005/08/12/ebayness

"eBay's popularity spurs growth of drop-off stores," by Jim Wyss, Miami Herald, 8/22/05
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"EBay director Cook nets $6 million," By Karl Schoenberger and Jack Davis, Mercury News, 8/22/05
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"EBay buys led to drug bust: Man accused of manufacturing Ecstasy had bought lab items online," by Felisa Cardona, Denver Post, 8/20/05
http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_2958169

"Why eBay Must Win In China: The potential is enormous. But Alibaba's deal with Yahoo! is a huge threat," by Bill Powell and Jeffrey Ressner, Time Asia Magazine, 8/29/05
http://www.time.com/time/asia/magazine/article/0,13673,501050829-1096554,00.html

"Learn to sell the eBay way," By Ryan Basen, Baltimore Sun, 8/21/05
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"Google might be cooking up plan to take bite of PayPal pie," by James Coates (Chicago Tribune), LA Times, 8/21/05
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http://www.latimes.com/technology/chi-0508210221aug21,1,6352114.column?coll=la-utilities-technology