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Carlsbad firm hopes to revolutionize auto industry (San Diego Daily Transcript via Yahoo! News) - A car company in Carlsbad is hoping to revolutionize the automotive industry with a prototype designed to be inexpensive, rust free and get 330 miles to the gallon.

FASTER READJUSTMENT OF CHINA'S PETROCHEMICAL INDUSTRY URGED (Asia Pulse via Yahoo! Australia & NZ Finance) - Chemicals As one of the largest petroleum consumers in the world, China should accelerate readjustment of its industrial structure of the petrochemical industry for a sharper competitive edge, said Yuan Jingtang, academician of Chinese Academy of Engineering Science and also chief engineer of China Petroleum and Chemical Corporation.

Faster Readjustment Of China's Petrochemical Industry Urged (Asia Pulse via Yahoo! Australia & NZ News) - As one of the largest petroleum consumers in the world, China should accelerate readjustment of its industrial structure of the petrochemical industry for a sharper competitive edge, said Yuan Jingtang, academician of Chinese Academy of Engineering Science and also chief engineer of China Petroleum and Chemical Corporation.

Fears Asian bird flu affecting WA abalone industry (ABC via Yahoo! Australia & NZ News) - The spread of the bird flu virus across Asia is claimed to be affecting Western Australia's abalone industry.

Car industry ‘lost’ its way (Asia News Network) - The nation has lost its direction in the automotive industry, former Proton chief executive officer Tengku Mahaleel Tengku Ariff said. Instead of becoming a car exporter, Malaysia was reverting to a labour supplier in the automotive industry, he said.

Car industry has lost its way (The Star Online) - PENANG: Malaysia has lost its direction in the automotive industry, former Proton chief executive officer Tengku Tan Sri Mahaleel Tengku Ariff said.

Fears Asian bird flu affecting WA abalone industry (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) - The spread of the bird flu virus across Asia is claimed to be affecting Western Australia's abalone industry. The Abalone Industry Association says demand for the delicacy has dropped this season, with up to 10 tonnes of stock sitting in cold storage.

Real estate industry expected to make soft landing (People's Daily) - Two years after people began to hear about China's economic "soft landing," now it has finally come about. At least, the buzz word has materialized in the real estate industry, China's most important engine for domestic spending.

Trio create bad image for industry (The Star Online) - The three fish breeders discovered to have fed faeces and carcasses to their freshwater fish have given the industry a bad name.

ASML Chip-Machinery Orders Rise, Indicating Industry Rebound (Bloomberg.com) - Jan. 18 (Bloomberg) -- ASML Holding NV, Europe's largest maker of semiconductor equipment and a bellwether for the chip industry, said orders in the fourth quarter were at the highest in five quarters, indicating a market rebound.