Here is the AuctionBytes online-auction news roundup for Friday, June 30, 2006.

"Online auction house pays £56m to regain subsidiary ," Dan Milmo, The Guardian, 6/29/06
http://business.guardian.co.uk/story/0,,1809280,00.html

"Buzz Mailbag: EBay drop-off site closes," By Maureen Wallenfang, (Post-Crescent), Thenorthwestern.com, 6/28/06
http://digbig.com/4kqqg

"Questions asked over online auctions: Current legislation never envisaged auctions where goods can't be inspected," By Stephen Bell, ComputerWorld (New Zealand), 6/29/06
http://digbig.com/4kqqh

The local Washington, DC Fox TV station has three interesting segments about eBay selling, available online in video format:
http://www.myfoxdc.com/myfox/pages/InsideFox/GoodDay?pageId=5.2

"Rock Star CEOs: A new breed of Chinese entrepreneurs, weaned on the Web, is shattering the stereotype of business leaders as cautious and self-effacing. Alibaba CEO “Crazy Jack” Ma is leading the pack," by Melinda Liu, (Newsweek), MSnbc, 6/27/06
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/13581014/site/newsweek

"Ebay says Skype members now exceed 100 million users," By Mark Boslet, Marketwatch, 6/28/06
http://digbig.com/4kqjs

"Google's eBay Challenge," by Robert Hof, BusinessWeek, 6/28/06
http://www.businessweek.com/investor/content/jun2006/pi20060628_081708.htm

"Google Watch: Ten Possible Consequences of Google's Gbuy," by Steve Bryant, eWeek, 6/27/06
http://digbig.com/4kqjy

"Open your wallet to Google," By Elinor Mills, Cnet, 6/28/06
http://news.com.com/2100-1038_3-6088759.html

"Manheim, Copart Resolve Legal Dispute Over Online Auction Technology," By Jennifer Reed, AutoRemarketing.com, 6/29/06
http://www.autoremarketing.com/ar/news/story.html?id=5179