Here is the AuctionBytes online-auction news roundup for Friday, October 27, 2006.

"Google Base or Froogle? Google Base…sort of ," posted by Brian Smith on the ComparisonEngines.com blog, 10/26/06
http://www.comparisonengines.com/2006/10/26/google-base-or-froogle-google-basesort-of

"USPS Unveils Shape-Based Pricing Plans," By Melissa Campanelli, DMNews, 10/25/06
http://www.dmnews.com/cms/dm-news/direct-mail/38717.html

"As Shoplifters Use High-Tech Scams, Retail Losses Rise: Theft Rings Alter Bar Codes, Work Gift-Card Swindles; Fencing the Loot Online," By ANN ZIMMERMAN, Wall Street Journal, 10/25/06
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB116174264881702894.html?mod=e-commerce_primary_hs

"Beware of fraud in holiday gift cards," by NICHOLE MONROE BELL, Charlotte Observer, 10/22/06
http://www.charlotte.com/mld/charlotte/business/15820525.htm

"PayPal's off-eBay Campaign Begins to Register in Its Numbers," posted on Digital Transactions website, 10/26/06
http://www.digitaltransactions.net/newsstory.cfm?newsid=1125

"Rumor: Alibaba to Acquire Koubei," Posted by Riki Hsu on PacificEpoch, 10/26/06
http://www.pacificepoch.com/newsstories/78850_0_5_0_M

"Polish figures boost online auction house," Guardian Unlimited, 10/25/06
http://business.guardian.co.uk/story/0,,1931193,00.html

"Library worker stole rare books," BBC, 10/26/06
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/manchester/6083672.stm