Here is the AuctionBytes online-auction news roundup for Tuesday, July 11, 2006.

"Media friction underlies exclusive retreat," by MICHAEL LIEDTKE, (AP), SanLuisObispo.com, 7/10/06
http://www.sanluisobispo.com/mld/sanluisobispo/news/15008018.htm

"Ebay’s Stock Drop: Is it G-Checkout or Hype Over Skype?" submitted by David Philips on the Seeking Alpha website, 7/10/06
http://internet.seekingalpha.com/article/13313

"Online auction winner handed real-life raw deal: An online auction. A luxury car. An ecstatic bidder. But no dice, says the dealership," BY STEPHANIE RODRIGUEZ, Miami Herald, 7/9/06
http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/14997874.htm

"Multi-Channel Shoppers Spend Big, but Don’t Carry Loyalty Across Channels," CRM Today, 7/10/06
http://www.crm2day.com/news/crm/119267.php

"Britain buys into the online auction craze: Record numbers are buying and selling on the internet - which also means more of us are being ripped off, warns Jessica Bown," Sunday Times, 7/9/06
http://business.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,9558-2261504,00.html

"Injunctive Relief and the "Working" Standard ," posted by Dennis Crouch on the Patently-O blog, 7/10/06
http://www.patentlyo.com/patent/2006/07/injunctive_reli.html