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

"Why eBay, Amazon Shares Are Up," Wall Street Journal, 10/1/07
Extremely interesting article about the fact that Wall Street no longer looks solely at total auction listings and new users to gauge whether eBay and Amazon are growing, but are now looking at metrics such as revenue generated per Internet user, operating margins and overall revenue growth. "Many of these metrics are typically used to evaluate retailers such as Starbucks Corp. and Gap Inc. That means some analysts now are comparing eBay and Amazon with brick-and-mortar retailers rather than high-technology concerns."
Paid subscription required.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB119119480244544188.html

"Does anyone see a contradiction here?" by Steve Lindhorst on his GenuineSeller Blog, 9/29/07
A very interesting look at eBay's strategy with regard to eBay Motors. It highlights the confusion of whether eBay is an auction site, fixed price marketplace or classifieds site.
http://genuineseller.com/2007/09/29/does-anyone-see-a-contradiction-here

"More info on Tuesday's Trust & Safety discussion forum incident," Posted on the eBay Chatter blog, 9/26/07
http://www.ebaychatter.com/the_chatter/2007/09/more-info-on-tu.html

"PayPal on the Road," 9/25/07
http://www.thepaypalblog.com/weblog/2007/09/paypal-on-the-r.html

"Court Allows Overstock.com to Proceed: Court Rejects Petitions for Review in Overstock.com Suit, Allows Lawsuit to Proceed," CNNMoney, 9/20/07
http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/articles/apwire/D8RP7G200.htm

Skype presented the public roadmap for its API at its open house in San Jose last week, and the company presented JiWire with the U.S. Mashup Cup for JiWire's Hotspot Finder for Skype.
https://developer.skype.com/RoadMap

"Skype Strengthens Cooperation with Chinese Regime On Internet Censorship," Epoch Times, 9/29/07
http://en.epochtimes.com/news/7-9-29/60228.html

"Canadian Dollar Aiding Online Retailers," by Ian Austen, New York Times, 9/27/07
Free registration requird.
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/28/business/worldbusiness/28online.html

"Taiwan's Hon Hai in tie-up talks with China's Alibaba," (Reuters), 9/17/07
http://beta.malaysia.news.yahoo.com/rtrs/20070917/tbs-honhai-alibaba-7318940.html

"Chinese government server used in Paypal phishing attack," by Fernando Cassia, Inquirer, 9/28/07
http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2007/09/27/chinese-government-server

"Ms. Inge goes to Washington; eBay business leads resident to Capitol Hill," By BRIAN PORTER, Star Community Newspapers, 9/28/07
http://www.scntx.com/articles/2007/09/28/rowlett_lakeshore_times/news/news_11.txt

"Questions remain about eBay members' info theft," Juan Carlos Perez, (PC World), Washington Post, 9/26/07
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/09/26/AR2007092602092.html

"Acebucks Gets $1.5 Million For Virtual Facebook Currency," by Nick Gonzalez, Techcrunch, 9/23/07
http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/09/23/acebucks-gets-15-million-for-virtual-currency