Bidders still not sold out on Indian auction sites
Buy or sell anything, anytime, camera for Re 1, holiday abroad for Re 1 - these and more are the promises that billboards featuring auction sites hold out to believing passersby.

Planetasia to tap markets with domestic, ADR issues in 2001
Planetasia.com of the Microland Group is gearing up to enter the capital market with public issues at home and overseas, according to the company's president and co-CEO Aanand Sudarshan.

Fabiani firm tofloat onlinecommodities exchange
NRI investors Harish and Kamal Fabiani promoted New Jersey-based ecommerce solutions company eComServer Inc plans to set up an online commodities trading exchange in the country with investments of up to $10 million.

MSOPs light up the way to andhernagari
After ESOPs, the newest sop on the Internet is members' stock ownership plan or MSOPs. Initiating a trend is the Delhi-based Mindshare Technologies which is soon launching a portal curiously called ndhernagari.com.

Aptech arm picks up 20% in Elektraworld
BConnectB, the 100 per cent subsidiary of Aptech Limited has taken a 20 per cent stake in Elektraworld.com, a B2B exchange for the electrical engineering industry. The portal is being promoted by K K Nohria, Chairman, Crompton Greaves.

Dishnet plans to build online community of its subscribers, to woo home users
Whether its a Dishnet dial-up connectivity, or DSL (digital subscriber line) or a person going to the Dishnet hub, there is going to be community building among the subscribers of Dishnet.


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  Foreign markets
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