Reuters - Google Inc. is expected to unveil on Wednesday an online payment system called GBuy, which analysts say will allow merchants to accept payment for services and could become a broad-based alternative to eBay's PayPal, the dominant system.

Reuters - It will cost more than half a million dollars for a successful bidder to dine with Warren Buffett, with bidding for that privilege in an online charity auction on eBay Inc. now reaching a record $500,100.

BusinessWeek Online - The headlines are enough to make you swear off eBay and lock your wallet in a safe-deposit box. Supposedly trustworthy companies like LexisNexis, Time Warner , ChoicePoint, and Wells Fargo , admit that the records of their customers or employees have fallen into the wrong hands. In one case, thieves break into a Midwest office of American International Group and steal a computer server containing personal data on 930,000 employees of companies seeking medical coverage. ...

Reuters - A bidder has offered $455,100 to eat lunch with Warren Buffett, the most ever bid to dine with the billionaire investor, in an online charity auction on eBay Inc.

Backpackers in Southeast Asia skip smuggling heroin. What's the point? It's much easier to peddle counterfeit jeans on eBay. Jeff Koyen reports from Bangkok, Thailand.

NewsFactor - EBay has rolled out two new auction tools -- a blogging site and a Wiki -- to give its members new ways to help one another use eBay as well as share information about their experiences.

Google's chief executive says the Internet search engine leader is testing a system that aims to speed purchases online but bears no resemblance to the popular PayPal payments service of Web auctioneer eBay. While, Google CEO Eric Schmidt provided limited details about the system, the company's...

USATODAY.com - Celebrities are looking sweet this summer with the ultimate good-girl accessory: the headband. "It's like a piece of jewelry or an 'it' bag - everyone wants one," says Alice Kim, accessories editor for In Style. Sales of headbands on eBay jumped 100% between April 29 and June 2, the website says.

Reuters - Internet search leader Google Inc. is testing a system that aims to speed purchases online but bears no resemblance to the popular PayPal payments service of Web auctioneer eBay , Google's chief executive said on Thursday.

AP - Users of eBay are getting new ways to tout their wares and coach one another on how to use the auction Web site.

Reuters - Internet search leader Google Inc. is testing a system that aims to speed purchases online but bears no resemblance to the popular PayPal payments service of Web auctioneer eBay, Google's chief executive said on Thursday.

Reuters - For eBay, it's a matter of supply outstripping demand.

AFP - EBay pressed its bid to bolster trading at its online auction site by announcing it would enable US-based buyers to connect with sellers using its Internet telephony service Skype.

AP - Users of eBay are getting new ways to tout their wares and coach one another on how to use the auction Web site.

Allowing prospective buyers to contact sellers directly through the Internet phone service, EBay said Tuesday it would add a "Skype Me" button to certain categories of listings.

Reuters - EBay Inc. has now registered 200 million users of its online auction services, which would make it the fifth-largest country in the world if its members could form one nation, its CEO said on Tuesday.

Reuters - Online marketplace eBay Inc. is set to detail on Tuesday how it plans to combine its Skype Web telephone-call service into its core U.S. auction business, executives said on Sunday.

AP - EBay Inc. said Tuesday that it would add a "Skype Me" button to certain categories of listings, allowing prospective buyers to contact sellers directly through the Internet phone service it acquired last year for $2.6 billion.

EBay is to launch keyword ads - where users will be linked to auctions based on words from web pages they are visiting.