CNN plans vernacular channel in India through joint venture
CNN International is keen to set up a local language channel in the country with a joint venture partner. "We have launched vernacular language versions of CNN in countries like Germany, Spain and Turkey. We find the Indian market attractive enough." CNN president Chris Cramer said.

Firstandsecond, eGurucool book revenue-sharing arrangement
Education portal eGurucool.com has entered into an alliance with online book store, Firstandsecond.com to offer a e-commerce link for buying books on the Web.

Hello! Yahoo.co.in
Yahoo! It's finally in India. In a swift and silent operation Yahoo! is set to soft launch its India-specific portal, Yahoo.co.in, on Thursday in Mumbai.

Who wants to be a Zillionaire?
On "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire", the ABC network's popular game show, one person plays against the house for a $1 million prize. Now, imagine the same game with 20,000 contestants.

Satyam Infoway to provide Web-hosting solutions
Satyam Infoway Ltd is planning to provide Web-hosting facilities for corporates and dotcom companies and totally manage the back-end of the business for its clients. The business of web hosting was earlier managed as part of its data centre operations and Satyam was catering to 200 clients.

No xenophobia here? German firms to offer pay parity to Indian IT professionals
German information technology companies will have to pay recruits from India the salary offered to their German counterparts, according to Bonn's consul general.


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