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Indo-German ties The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII|) has launched a new Website on Indo-German business relations to mark Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee’s visit to Germany. The Website, www.indogermanbiz.org, aims to facilitate bilateral trade and investment. It provides information updates on the state of the economy of the two countries, bilateral trade statistics, business opportunities and business events. The site is linked to the Federation of German Industries. SARS impact on IT SARS will cut IT spending in the Asia Pacific region, excluding Japan, but not dramatically, reports UPI. The research firm IDC expects the market to reach $ 76.1 billion in 2003, one billion less than its earlier forecast. IDC also reduced the expected industry growth rate from 7.6 per cent to 6.1 per cent. "The SARS outbreak has clearly depressed market demand but it has also changed some working and consumer habits," said Kitty Fok, vice president, Central Research Group at IDC Asia/Pacific. With consumer panic part of the initial response to SARS, the consumer PC and IT market is expected to be one of the worst hit in SARS-infected countries. The IT market in China is by far the largest one hurt by SARS, and the outlook for the containment of outbreak is uncertain. Britney memorabilia’s e-sale Britney Spears has put her clothes and other thingson auction to raise money for the Britney Spears Foundation, which funds a weeklong performance-arts camp for kids. At www.gottahaveit.com, Britney fans can acquire not just a selection of more than 50 of her video, film and stage costumes, but they can also bid on signed posters, photography and items from her childhood. "They’re kind of iconic or whatever, but it’s not like I’m going to be wearing them anytime soon. And although I’m kind of sad about some of the pieces going, I know that the money we raise will have a huge payback," the US pop princess was quoted as saying by MTV. By opting for the more premium packages, one can share "personal experiences" with Britney, which include meeting her on the set of a video shoot, attending the Britney Spears Camp for the Performing Arts, and getting tickets and backstage passes for her upcoming tour. Internet suicides Three persons were found
dead in an apartment in western Japan in what appeared to be the latest
in a series of group suicides linked to the Internet, the police said.
More than a dozen persons have died so far this year in group suicides
in which participants are believed not to have known each other before
meeting online. A 30-year-old man and two women aged 21 and 18 were
found dead last night of carbon monoxide poisoning from a charcoal stove
in a sealed room in the man’s apartment in the western city of Kyoto,
said a police officer at the Fushimi precinct. The three were from
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