Here is the AuctionBytes online-auction news roundup for Monday, December 5, 2005.
"eBay Eachnet Sued For Counterfeit Clothing," Posted by Eric Wan on Pacific Epoch, 12/2/05
http://www.pacificepoch.com/newsstories/47218_0_5_0_M
"Online classifieds site Kijiji launches in 5 Indian cities," IndianInfoline, 12/1/05
http://www.indiainfoline.com/news/news.asp?dat=70966
"Big Firms Caught With Their Patents Down," By Steven Pearlstein, Washington Post, 12/2/05
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/12/01/AR2005120101509.html
"EBay CEO: 40,000 XBox 360 Consoles Sold On Ebay," By Desiree J. Hanford, (Dow Jones Newswires), MorningStar, 12/1/05
http://digbig.com/4fnke
"Xbox bidders warned to beware: Phony auctions are offering the box - no console, just the box," by Todd Bishop, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, 12/4/05
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/250703_xboxebay03.html
"Overstock.com up; CEO buys 60,000 shares," (AP), Seattle Post-Intelligencer, 12/2/05
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/1310AP_Overstockcom_Stock.html
"The bizarre world of Patrick Byrne's Overstock," by Ashlee Vance, the Register, 12/3/05
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/12/03/overstock_issues
"Person of the Week: Jeff Skoll," by Bob Woodruff, ABCNews, 12/2/05
http://abcnews.go.com/WNT/PersonOfWeek/story?id=1367665
"Alibaba on a mission," By Sage Brennan, Marketwatch, 12/4/05
http://digbig.com/4fnjw
"Single-letter domains for sale?" By Kieren McCarthy, Techworld, 12/2/05
http://www.techworld.com/applications/news/index.cfm?NewsID=4917
"eBay Software Counterfeiter Pleads Guilty," posted by ByteEnable on Linuxelectrons, 12/1/05
http://www.linuxelectrons.com/article.php/20051201222235243
"New Players in Shopping and Comparison Search," By Chris Sherman, SearchDay, 12/1/05
http://searchenginewatch.com/searchday/article.php/3567571
"Unwanted giftcards regifted online: Web sites provide a marketplace for buying, trading store credit," By Ylan Q. Mui (Washington Post), MSnbc, 12/3/05
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10303021
"Shortages of hot gifts: A Christmas ritual," by Nick Wingfield and Robert A. Guth (Wall Street Journal), AZCentral.com, 12/2/05
http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/1202wsj-gift-shortages02-ON.html
"Gone Spear-Phishin'" by By TIMOTHY L. O'BRIEN, New York Times, 12/4/05
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http://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/04/business/yourmoney/04spear.html
"Hunt on for Little Frat Pins: War waging against collectors who shop for Greek badges on eBay. War waging against collectors who shop for Greek badges on eBay," by Catherine Sharick, (Columbia News Service), The Ledger, 12/2/05
http://www.theledger.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20051202/NEWS/512020317/1021
