Here is the AuctionBytes online-auction news roundup for Tuesday, August 22, 2006.

"EBay Merchants Seek Management Change: Wall Street Stands by Whitman As Profit, Revenue Growth Slow; A Dichotomy Over Perspective," By MYLENE MANGALINDAN, Wall Street Journal, 8/21/06
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http://online.wsj.com/article/SB115612349175640700.html

"Yahoo to pay users for auction losses," THE ASAHI SHIMBUN, 8/19/06
http://www.asahi.com/english/Herald-asahi/TKY200608190112.html

"EBay: The OS for E-Commerce?" By Wade Roush, Technology Review, 8/9/06
http://www.technologyreview.com/read_article.aspx?id=17280&ch=biztech&sc=&pg=1

"French firms target eBay in anti-counterfeit drive: Complaint, due to be filed next month, aims at forcing auction site, others to clamp down on product pirates," (Reuters), News.com, 8/18/06
http://news.com.com/2100-1038_3-6107415.html

"Author Releases New Book - "How I Sued PayPal and Won," press release posted by Paul Bezaire on PRWeb, 8/11/06
http://prweb.com/releases/2006/8/prweb423648.htm#

"PayPal Exec Says eBay Ban Against Google Checkout Is "Overplayed,"" Digital Transactions, 8/21/06
http://www.digitaltransactions.net/newsstory.cfm?newsid=1058