Here is the AuctionBytes online-auction news roundup for Friday, November 17, 2006.

"PayPal founder's photo slideshow site gets funding," By Eric Auchard, Reuters, 11/15/06
http://digbig.com/4pfge

"Web Pioneers eBay and Amazon Face a Threat From Older Retailers," By VAUHINI VARA and MYLENE MANGALINDAN, Wall Street Journal, 11/16/06
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http://online.wsj.com/article/SB116365082461224830.html

"Shoppers standing in line not for gift, but for gain" Profit - A Vancouver man hires helpers to buy PlayStations for resale," by JOSEPH ROSE, OregonLive.com, 11/16/06
http://www.oregonlive.com/search/index.ssf?/base/news/1163649322249030.xml?oregonian?lcfp&coll=

"Zuji forms strategic partnership with eBay Singapore: Online travel company Zuji has signed a strategic partnership with eBay Singapore to provide eBay members online travel services with immediate effect," Eyefortravel.com, 11/16/06
Editor's Note: I'm not familiar with this website.
http://www.eyefortravel.com/index.asp?news=53522

"Making It Big on eBay," By Michael Tuft, BBC Money Programme, 11/16/06
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/6154754.stm