Here is the AuctionBytes online-auction news roundup for Friday, March 17, 2006.

"EBay Exec Sees "Very Healthy" Growth on Home Turf," By Stephen Wisnefski (Dow Jones), SmartMoney, 3/14/06
http://www.smartmoney.com/bn/ON/index.cfm?story=ON-20060314-000462-1017

"Some Finding Perils in Online Real Estate," by Katie Hafner, New York Times, 3/11/06
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http://digbig.com/4gsnx

"Mum sentenced over online auction scams (Daily Telegraphy), News.com.au, 3/16/06
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,10117,18483547-2,00.html

"Canadian military to probe sale of gear on eBay," By Danny Glenwright, (Reuters), ITNews.com.au, 3/16/06
http://www.itnews.com.au/newsstory.aspx?CIaNID=30869&r=rss

"Accepted by Google Base to Sell Through Google Payments," posted by "rustybrick" on the SEORoundTable blog on 3/14/06
http://www.seroundtable.com/archives/003481.html

"Alibaba, Agricultural Bank of China cooperate on e-payments," Xinhuanet, 3/16/06
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-03/16/content_4310216.htm

"Google considers European retail push," By Eoin Callan and Richard Waters, Financial Times, 3/16/06
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11845806

"Landmark, Cox to divide Trader Publishing Co.," By BATTINTO BATTS JR., Virginian Pilot, 3/16/06
http://home.hamptonroads.com/stories/story.cfm?story=101510&ran=185172

"Keynote Speeches and Day 1 at SES," posted by Shak on the ChinaWhite blog on 3/17/06
http://www.chinawhite.net/archives/2006/03/keynote_speeche.html