Here is the AuctionBytes online-auction news roundup for Tuesday, October 4, 2005.

"EBay Draws Skype Skeptics On Wall Street," By MYLENE MANGALINDAN, Wall Street Journal, 10/3/05
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http://online.wsj.com/article/SB112830069063758143.html

"Questions for Meg Whitman: The eBay CEO talks about auctions, Skype and her favorite sites," By Jeffrey Ressner, Time, 9/29/05
http://www.time.com/time/business/article/0,8599,1111746,00.html

"State Controller Steve Westly defends IPO profits as eBay exec," By Chris O'Brien, San Jose Mercury News, 10/3/05
http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/business/12804426.htm

"Don't bid goodbye to your cash on eBay," By Joe Morgan, Times Online, 10/1/05
http://business.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,8214-1804332,00.html

""Virtual Card" Offers Online Security Blanket: Some Fraud-Wary Credit Card Customers Opt for Single-Use Numbers," By Caroline E. Mayer, Washington Post, 10/1/05
http://digbig.com/4ettc

"eBay Antiques Barometer for August," Press release posted on 9/28/05
http://news-antique.com/?id=510

"eBay gives charities a shop window on every PC," By David Derbyshire," the Telegraph, 10/3/05
http://digbig.com/4etsr

"Murdoch in talks for €2bn Dutch new media business," by Rupert Steiner, The Business Online, 10/2/05
http://digbig.com/4ettb