Here is the AuctionBytes online-auction news roundup for Wednesday, August 2, 2006.

"Scammers deploy bots for Ebay manipulation: Scripts used to boast feedback ratings," by Tom Sanders, VNUnet.com, 8/1/06
http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/news/2161395/scammers-deploy-bots-ebay

"EBay bidding to better police problem sellers: Online auction site offering a range of penalties to handle more moderate infractions," by Verne Kopytoff, San Francisco Chronicle, 7/31/06
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/07/31/BUGRBK7RSC1.DTL

"Overstock.com CEO's Father Leaves Board," (AP), Houston Chronicle, 8/1/06
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/fn/4086293.html

"Jack Ma aims to unlock the Middle Kingdom: Alibaba is set to be China's answer to eBay - but CEO Jack Ma's ambitions hardly end there," By John Heilemann, Business 2.0, 7/31/06
http://money.cnn.com/magazines/business2/business2_archive/2006/08/01/8382260

"Amazon.com Jewelry and Watches Sales up More Than 100 Percent in Second Quarter 2006," Amazon Press Release, 8/1/06
http://digbig.com/4mekw

"Positive eBay feedback "worth its weight in gold": A good reputation pays off," Robert Jaques, VNUnet, 8/1/06
http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/news/2161451/positive-ebay-feedback-worth

"Web Start-Ups Lure Executives At eBay, Yahoo," By MYLENE MANGALINDAN, Wall Street Journal, 8/1/06
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http://digbig.com/4mekt

"Froogle Changes," posted by Brian Smith on his ComparisonEngines blog, 7/31/06
http://www.comparisonengines.com/2006/07/31/googles-shopping-ambitions

"What They're Wearing: Media-Mogul Fashion Dilemma," By RACHEL DODES, Wall Street Journal, 7/22/06
http://digbig.com/4megn