Here is the AuctionBytes online-auction news roundup for Monday, October 17, 2005.

Meg Whitman, President and Chief Executive Officer, eBay Inc., will appear on "Bloomberg On The Markets" on Bloomberg Television at 9:53 a.m. ET on October 20, 2005.

"Regulators will hold off enforcement on Internet "auctioneers,"" by Dale Wetzel, (AP), Grandforks.com, 10/16/05
http://www.grandforks.com/mld/grandforks/news/state/12919778.htm

"Online cigarette vendor settles: Mass. to get list of customers in tax crackdown," By Bruce Mohl, Boston Globe, 10/11/05
http://digbig.com/4eydk

"Finance ministry to begin taxing online auctions," By Jackie Lin, Taipei Times, 10/12/05
http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/biz/archives/2005/10/12/2003275508

"eBay/VeriSign Deal Could Remake the Online Payment Market," by Avivah Litan on Gartner site, 10/12/05
http://www.gartner.com/DisplayDocument?doc_cd=132752

"London Police to Work With Western Union, EBay to Reduce Fraud," Bloomberg UK, 10/13/05
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000102&sid=aTpCLFHVpz8U

"How eBay Uses Metadata to Enhance Its Web Services," by Alan Lewis, O'Reilly XML.com, 9/28/05
http://www.xml.com/pub/a/2005/09/28/ebay-metadata-web-services.html

"Gay sex site sues PayPal in Katrina flap," by Larry Buhl, PlanetOut.com, 10/14/05
http://www.planetout.com/news/election/article.html?2005/10/14/1