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Bush set to give ethanol industry its biggest boost yet (International Herald Tribune) - After three decades of surviving mostly on tax subsidies, the ethanol industry is poised to get an endorsement as a potential homegrown alternative to gasoline.

Music industry divided over digital future (Reuters via Yahoo! News) - With global music sales down for a seventh straight year, the talk at an annual industry meeting in Cannes, France, has become heated over how to develop digital sales against competition from the dreaded F word -- free.

Music industry divided over digital future (ZDNet) - Industry executives bicker over the merits of digital rights management while global sales continue to slip.

Tourism industry welcomes Qld skills plan (ABC via Yahoo!7 News) - Queensland's tourism industry has welcomed the State Government's latest plan to battle the skills shortage.

S. Korea Tops The List In Global Shipbuilding Industry (Asia Pulse via Yahoo!7 News) - South Korea took the No. 1 ranking in the global shipbuilding industry in terms of new orders, order backlogs and the volume of vessels built last year, a London-based market researcher said Tuesday.

S. KOREA TOPS THE LIST IN GLOBAL SHIPBUILDING INDUSTRY (Asia Pulse via Yahoo!7 Finance) - Statistics South Korea took the No. 1 ranking in the global shipbuilding industry in terms of new orders, order backlogs and the volume of vessels built last year, a London-based market researcher said Tuesday.

Industry body calls for Indo-US free trade pact (rediff.com) - The South India Chamber of Commerce and Industry has emphasised the need for a dialogue between the US and India for drafting a free trade agreement to further boost trade between the two countries.

Hotel industry attracts investor interest (Financial Times) - The Barclay brothers’ interest in Intercontinental Hotels Group comes as the hotel industry is enjoying a period of growth that observers have not seen since the early 1970s.

Cork industry audit shows decline in tainted corks (San Francisco Business Times) - A recent "audit" by the Cork Quality Council, a wine cork industry group, showed that its member companies have reduced cork taint caused by the chemical TCA by 80 percent in the last four years, officials said Monday. Year by year breakdowns are not available.

Forest industry facing worst crisis in its history, needs help: unions (Canadian Business) - Dennis Bueckert January 22, 2007 - 4:04 p.m. OTTAWA (CP) - Canada's $80-billion forest industry is facing the worst crisis in its history and needs federal help to survive, unions representing forestry workers said Monday.