Clicks turn to bricks -- Indiacar.com to raise $7m from auto industry
Indiacar.com, a portal specific to the automobile industry is currently in talks with auto manufacturers, oil companies and financial institutions to source capital to the tune of about $7 million according to Ashwin Sanghi, founder Indiacar.com.

Excel Infotech plans Rs 150cr integrated expansion
Excel Infotech, a software solutions company promoted by the Delhi-based Amtek group, has chalked out a Rs 150 crore expansion plan which involves setting up of ISP and ASP services, a large software development facility, a server farm and data centre and a foray into education and training.

Consilience 2000 -- Cyber law meets IT
The Computer and Law Society of the National Law School of India University together with Satyam Infoway Ltd is all set for its two-day conference on the role of law in the knowledge economy -- Consilience 2000 -- beginning Saturday.

Indocean Chase Capital picks up 30% stake in Chem Bazaar
US-based Indocean Chase Capital Advisors Pvt Ltd., a division of Chase Manhattan, has picked up a 30% stake for a sum of $1 million in Chem Bazaar Online Pvt Ltd which launched chemb.com, three monthsago.

Channel V -- We're not just like this only
Channel V would soon make a foray into radio waves through FM radio and Internet. Also in the offing is a thrust on integrated marketing package for advertisers involving activities on air, the Net and on-ground events.

Adhikari Brothers' Sabe TV channel launch by end-April
When Heroine No 1 Karisma Kapoor, stunning in a white churidar kurta, crooned "jab dekho, sabe dekho" into the mike on the lawns of a five star hotel here, cable operators of the city, who had waited for hours to catch a glimpse of the reigning matinee queen, lustily endorsed the product as well.


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