Here is the AuctionBytes online-auction news roundup for Monday, May 29, 2006.

"TALKS COOL BETWEEN MICROSOFT AND EBAY," by Tim Arango, New York Post, 5/26/06
http://www.nypost.com/business/64226.htm

"Microsoft in Talks To Acquire Ebay," Slashdot, 5/27/06
http://slashdot.org/articles/06/05/27/0650231.shtml

"Tie-ups between internet giants "likely,"" New Zealand Herald, 4/24/06
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/story.cfm?c_id=3&ObjectID=10383308

"The Bar Code Gets a Hip New Life: Cellphone Services Read Codes On Ads, Products, Buildings And Link to Details Online," By JESSICA E. VASCELLARO," Wall Street Journal, 5/24/06
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http://online.wsj.com/article/SB114843472842861406.html

"Robot targets eBay tax dodgers," This is Money, 5/26/06
http://digbig.com/4htmx

"Free Snipe Friday," press release posted by AuctionSniper on Ecommwire, 5/22/06
http://ecommwire.com/?id=505

"Man held over 13 mil. yen online auction scam," The Yomiuri Shimbun, 5/27/06
http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/20060527TDY02005.htm

"Legislature Okays Parking Garage, Not Medicaid," Kutv.com, 5/24/06
Utah legislators passed a measure intended to help Internet retailer Overstock.com Inc. and other Utah companies fight stock manipulation.
http://kutv.com/local/local_story_144224751.html

"Gradient says Overstock criticism was "free speech,"" (Bloomberg), Salt Lake Tribune, 5/26/06
http://www.sltrib.com/business/ci_3871057

"Brokers in an uproar over Utah law cracking down on "naked short selling,"" (AP), Lincoln JournalStar, 5/28/06
http://digbig.com/4hwbs

"Drilling Down: Rivalry or Alliance? Maybe a Bit of Both," By MARIA ASPAN, New York Times, 5/29/06
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http://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/29/technology/29drill.html