Source: ChinaView Who is the most welcomed chief executive officer in the eyes of the South Korean CEOs at the ongoing APEC Forum? A poll showed that Meg Whitman, CEO of online auction pioneer eBay Inc., is expected to draw the biggest attention during the APEC CEO Summit next week. The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC)…

Source: The Seattle Times (Seattle, Washington) Google, targeting the online auction market dominated by eBay, is seeking to patent a system that creates Internet ads automatically and makes it easier for people to sell products on the Web. Google Automat will let advertisers enter details of items they want to sell and automatically create an…

Source: The Baltimore Sun (Baltimore, Maryland) This fall, the federal government finished improvements to Firstgov, its Internet sales portal, which directs users to more than 100 web sites hawking items to the public – from archived American folk music recordings to Lamborghinis once driven by drug lords. Each federal agency’s links direct users to different…

Source: TVNZ (New Zealand) A teenager who swindled eBay customers out of thousands now wants to advise the internet auction site on how to tackle online criminals. Phillip Shortman, 18, of south Wales, was sentenced to 12 months’ detention in May this year after duping customers out of $113,400 NZ (about $78,123 US). Shortman’s crimes…

Source: South Bend (Indiana) Tribune Here’s a bright idea: a Hurricane Katrina memorial light switch cover. It’ll cost you 10 bucks. No? How about a Katrina relief bracelet, or several hundred, in as many colors as a box of Lucky Charms? Not so much? Maybe a can of Anheuser-Busch drinking water. The can says “Not…