Here is the AuctionBytes online-auction news roundup for Thursday, September 28, 2006.

"eBay China says no agreement signed," China Knowledge, 9/28/06
http://www.chinaknowledge.com/news/news-detail.aspx?id=4460

"Is eBay Bailing out of China?" posted by Michael Arrington on TechCrunch, 9/26/06
http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/09/26/ebay-bails-out-of-china

"eBay acts over privacy fears," by Tom Espiner, Zdnet.co.uk, 9/27/06
http://news.zdnet.co.uk/internet/0,39020369,39283670,00.htm

"The San Francisco PESA Summit," Posted by Colin Rule on eBay's Chatter blog, 9/27/06
http://www.ebaychatter.com/the_chatter/2006/09/the_san_francis.html

Jeffrey McManus was previously head of eBay Developer's program, went to Yahoo, and has now started his own company. Here's a review from VentureBeat of Jeffrey's new service called Approver.
"Approver, a simple way to collaborate online," by Matt Marshall, VentureBeat, 9/22/06
http://venturebeat.com/2006/09/22/approver-a-simple-way-to-collaborate-online

"eBay Inspires Double Vision," by Kevin Kelleher, TheStreet.com, 9/28/06
http://auctionbytes.com/cab/abn/y06/m09/i28/s01