Here is the AuctionBytes online-auction news roundup for Thursday, July 27, 2006.

"The Not-So-Fantastic Four: Why Yahoo!, eBay, Amazon, and AOL are tanking," By Daniel Gross, Slate, 7/26/06
http://www.slate.com/id/2146541

"Bloggers lobby for PayPal in the Philippines," posted by Joey Alarilla on Cnet's Babelmachine blog, 7/27/06
http://asia.cnet.com/reviews/blog/babelmachine/0,39055810,39378326,00.htm
See the "PayPal for the Philippines" blog:
http://www.paypal4ph.com/blog

"Buyer beware at online auctions," by Louisa Hearn, Sydney Morning Herald, 7/26/06
http://www.smh.com.au/news/biztech/buyer-beware-at-online-auctions/2006/07/26/1153816238964.html

"Internet auctions: fraud risk warning," by Nick Galvin, Sydney Morning Herald, 7/27/06
http://digbig.com/4mcsw

"SEC votes unanimously for greater disclosure of executive perks," by Marcy Gordon, Chicago Sun-Times, 7/27/06
http://www.suntimes.com/output/business/cst-fin-pay27.html

"Man accused of using eBay to steal money," STLtoday.com, 7/27/06
http://digbig.com/4mcss

"beta release for The Find.com," posted on the eBay Developers Program Blog, 7/26/06
http://ebaydeveloper.typepad.com/dev/2006/07/beta_release_fo.html