Here is the AuctionBytes online-auction news roundup for Monday, January 9, 2006.

"EBay enlistees bid for online wealth: The "dean" of eBay University conducts a seminar on getting started at the online auction site," Sandra Mathers, Orlando Sentinel, 1/8/06
http://digbig.com/4fwtn

"eBay China CEO to make "observation" job byword," (Shanghai Daily), China Economic Net, 1/4/06
http://en.ce.cn/Business/Enterprise/200601/04/t20060104_5720563.shtml

"Is eBay Leaking Information?" Posted by Mike on teh TechDirt blog, 1/5/06
http://techdirt.com/articles/20060105/1842215_F.shtml

"eBayer bids £1k for photo of 42in plasma: Auction pulled after Reg vigilante action," By Lester Haines, The Register, 1/5/06
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/01/05/ebay_plasma_scam

"Worldwide showcase: Arts find way to eBay, blogs," By Jesse Noyes, Boston Herald, 1/5/06
http://business.bostonherald.com/technologyNews/view.bg?articleid=119947

"Payments company BitPass swallows up Yaga," posted by Michael Bazeley on the Silicon Beat blog, 1/5/06
http://digbig.com/4fwgd

"Oodle exec. has classified ad, eBay background," Inman News, 1/5/06
http://www.inman.com/inmannews.aspx?ID=49467

Going postal over mail service," by Wendy Brown, The New Mexican, 1/7/06
http://www.freenewmexican.com/news/37409.html

"Hollywood's new politics," by Gaby Wood, The Observer, 1/8/06
http://observer.guardian.co.uk/review/story/0,6903,1681324,00.html

"Enough Of These Damn VoIP Silos," posted by Om Malik on his Gigaom blog, 1/5/06
http://gigaom.com/2006/01/05/voip-silos

"Scripture, Meet the Web: Placing Limits on 24/7," by Bob Tedeschi, New York Times, 1/9/06
Free registration required.
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/09/technology/09ecom.html