Here is today's AuctionBytes online-auction news roundup.
"PayPal acknowledges account glitches: USERS HAD PROBLEMS MOVING FUNDS SUNDAY, MONDAY," By Elise Ackerman, Mercury News, 1/15/07
http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/local/16467720.htm
"Taobao 2006 GMV Hits 16.9B Yuan," Posted by Betty Liu on Pacific Epoch, 1/17/07
http://www.pacificepoch.com/newsstories/87175_0_5_0_M
"Google Checkout rated low in customer satisfaction. It trails rival PayPal," by Juan Carlos Perez, ComputerWorld, 1/18/07
http://digbig.com/4qsxn
"JP Morgan Report Shows PayPal Dominating Google Checkout," Posted by Barry Schwartz on SearchEngineLand, 1/18/07
(Includes link to full report)
http://searchengineland.com/070118-101548.php
"eBay's PayPal Dominates Over Google Checkout," posted by Eric Savitz on Seeking Alpha, 1/18/07
http://internet.seekingalpha.com/article/24475
"Police deny rumor of 210m yuan scandal," By Gu Jia, ShanghaiDaily.com, 1/17/07
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/?id=303151&type=Business
"NZ rivals unite to challenge Fairfax," by Helen Westerman, The Age, 1/17/07
http://www.theage.com.au/news/business/nz-rivals-unite-to-challenge-fairfax/2007/01/16/1168709754497.html
"Online firms taking a traditional strategy: With the cost of Internet advertising surging as it gains favor, companies like Chicago's uBid are trying TV and radio to get their messages across," By Ann Meyer, Chicago Tribune, 1/15/07
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/chi-0701150097jan15,0,455015.story
"eBay Express (EE) users pay attention - eBay has begun "trapping" users on EE ...," posted on the Beyond the Treeline blog, 1/18/07
http://digbig.com/4qtbc
"Marketworks forgets to RENEW DOMAIN," posted on the eBayers4Change blog, 1/15/07
http://ebayers4change.typepad.com/ebayers4change/2007/01/marketworks_for.html
"2 National Guardsmen arrested, accused of selling gear on eBay," By DAVID MERCER, Napa Valley Register, 1/18/07
http://www.napavalleyregister.com/articles/2007/01/18/news/national/doc45af7f84e7aea002222094.tx
"EBay Made Easier: Drop-Off Services Do the Cyber-Lifting for Auctioning Items Online," By Annie Groer, Washington Post, 1/17/07
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/01/17/AR2007011700629.html
"NURSE in ebay computer game scam," Yorkshire Today, 1/18/07
http://www.yorkshiretoday.co.uk/ViewArticle2.aspx?SectionID=55&ArticleID=1980472
"Skype Revamps SkypeOut Plans Again," By Mark Hachman, PC Magazine, 1/18/07
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1895,2085409,00.asp
