Here is the AuctionBytes online-auction news roundup for Wednesday, October 25, 2006.

"Tencent make investments to rival Alibaba and Ebay," ChinaKnowledge.com, 10/24/06
http://www.chinaknowledge.com/news/news-detail.aspx?id=4727

"China Construction Bank, Alibaba launch co-branded bank card," (AFX), Forbes, 10/24/06
http://www.forbes.com/home/feeds/afx/2006/10/24/afx3114125.html

"Amazon.com profit falls less than estimated," By Andria Cheng (Bloomberg News), Chicago Tribune, 10/24/06
http://www.chicagotribune.com/technology/chi-061024amazon-story,0,3595428.story

"Shippers help small business in new ways: DHL, FedEx, UPS woo entrepreneurs with loans, services," by Jim Wyss, Columbus Dispatch, 10/22/06
http://www.columbusdispatch.com/business-story.php?story=dispatch/2006/10/22/20061022-F2-02.html

"Edgeio gets $5 million to expand Web 2.0 classifieds site," posted by Matt Marshall on the VentureBeat blog, 10/23/06
http://venturebeat.com/2006/10/23/edgeio-gets-5-million-to-expand-web-20-classifieds-site

"IBM Sues Amazon Over E-Commerce Patents," By BRIAN BERGSTEIN, (AP), Forbes, 10/23/06
http://www.forbes.com/business/services/feeds/ap/2006/10/23/ap3112239.html

"Free Skype Minicards," posted by Delyn on the eBay Developer's Program blog, 10/23/06
http://ebaydeveloper.typepad.com/dev/2006/10/free_skype_mini.html

"Certified Provider Fair recap," posted by Cindy on the eBay Developer's Program blog on 10/24/06
http://ebaydeveloper.typepad.com/dev/2006/10/certified_provi_2.html

"Having Fun at the eBay Listing Day," Posted by Jeff on the eBay Chatter blog on 10/24/06
http://ebaychatter.typepad.com/the_chatter/about_chatter.html