Here is today's AuctionBytes online-auction news roundup.

"Paypal Virtual Debit Card beta out," posted on the TekGems blog on 12/26/06
http://tekgems.com/blog

"EBay Nears Deal to Buy Ticket Reseller StubHub," By DENNIS K. BERMAN, RUSSELL ADAMS and VAUHINI VARA, Wall Street Journal, 1/10/07
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http://online.wsj.com/article/SB116845273161672795.html

"Going, going ... sold! Middletown shop owner offers online auction services," By AL KEMP, The News Journal, 1/10/07
http://digbig.com/4qqky

"The Great Aussie Auction Brings Australian Vacations to Savvy Online Shoppers with Bids Starting from $1," dBusinessNews.com, 1/10/07
http://losangeles.dbusinessnews.com/shownews.php?newsid=102889&type_news=latest

"eBay: Not quite as much “IT” as one might hope," posted by Jeremy Crane on the Compete.com blog, 1/10/07
http://blog.compete.com/2007/01/10/ebay-bidders-listers

"Researchers warn eBay users of buying, selling feedback," By George Avalos, CONTRA COSTA TIMES, 1/11/07
http://www.contracostatimes.com/mld/cctimes/news/local/states/california/16434261.htm

"Keeping the masses at eBay," by John Kennedy, SiliconRepublic.com, 1/11/07
http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/news.nv?storyid=single7597

"US chain of eBay shops opens up in Australia," by REBECCA URBAN, thewest.com.au, 1/10/07
http://www.thewest.com.au/default.aspx?MenuID=30&ContentID=18308

"Wall Street Divided Over eBay's Q4 results," posted by Scot Wingo on his eBay Strategies blog, 1/10/07
http://ebaystrategies.blogs.com/ebay_strategies/2007/01/wall_street_div.html