Here is the AuctionBytes online-auction news roundup for Thursday, January 5, 2006.
"EBay Users Hit by Mass Phishing Attacks," (VNU), Newsfactor, 1/3/06
http://www.newsfactor.com/story.xhtml?story_id=003000002LX0
"Those Born to Shop Can Now Use Cellphones," by Bob Tedeschi, New York Times, 1/2/06
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http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/02/technology/02ecom.html
"Craigslist Blocks Search Engine Spiders and Listings," posted by Steve on the Search Engine Journal blog, 1/3/06
http://www.searchenginejournal.com/index.php?p=2716
"Winners and Losers: Online auctioneer fetches best price of 2005," By Michael Jivkov, Independent, 1/3/06
http://news.independent.co.uk/business/analysis_and_features/article336247.ece
"Overstock Pursues Fund Suit," Red Herring, 1/4/06
http://www.redherring.com/Article.aspx?a=15162&hed
"Ditch those gifts," BY PAM DEFIGLIO, Daily Herald Staff, 12/27/05
http://www.dailyherald.com/search/searchstory.asp?id=136351
"Owners' Web Site Gives Realtors Run for Money," By JEFF BAILEY, New York Times, 1/3/06
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http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/03/realestate/03madison.html
"Will Whitman's EBay Savor Caviar Ban?" by Greg Levine, Forbes, 1/3/06
http://www.forbes.com/2006/01/03/caviar-ban-ebay-cx_gl_0103autofacescan14.html
"Micropayment Company Webpay Raises $24 Million; IPO Next," posted by Rafat Ali on the PaidContent.org Blog, 1/3/06
http://www.paidcontent.org/pc/arch/2006_01_03.shtml#052956