Here is the AuctionBytes online-auction news roundup for Tuesday, May 2, 2006.
"Business owner presses suit over eBay bidder's feedback: EBay seller presses suit over feedback," BY MATT MILLER, The Patriot-News, 5/1/06
http://digbig.com/4hjng
"Changing marketplace strains Google, eBay relationship," By Elise Ackerman, Mercury News, 5/1/06
http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/14471402.htm
"Analysts Believe eBay's Express Launched to Compete in Auction, Shopping Space," By Christine Blank, DM News, 5/1/06
http://www.dmnews.com/cgi-bin/artprevbot.cgi?article_id=36644
"Despite Growth of E-Commerce, Some Retailers Remain Offline," By DAVID KESMODEL, Wall Street Journal, 5/2/06
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http://online.wsj.com/article/SB114556563438531611.html
"Epson Hits Online Ink Cartridge Retailers - Four retailers agree to stop selling third-party ink cartridges designed for use in Epson's printers," by Martyn Williams, (IDG News Service), PC World, 5/1/06
http://www.pcworld.com/resource/article/0,aid,125599,pg,1,RSS,RSS,00.asp
"Yahoo! Tech Launches," posted on the Colin's Corner blog by Colin Crawford, 4/30/06
http://colincrawford.typepad.com/idg/2006/04/yahoo_tech_laun.html
"Five Things eBay Can Do," posted by Om Malik on the GigaOM blog, 4/27/06
http://gigaom.com/2006/04/27/five-things-ebay-can-do