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Airline industry slowly emerging from financial turmoil (AFP via Yahoo! News) - The US airline industry appears to be slowly emerging from its financial misery with profits returning for the first time since the September 11, 2001 terror attacks.

Heady days for the ethanol industry (International Herald Tribune) - The ethanol industry has come a long way, joining the oil industry and producers of major agricultural commodities as an entrenched political force in Washington.

Citrus Industry Reports $800M Loss (AP via Yahoo! Finance) - Citrus growers said Tuesday they lost at least $800 million during a recent five-day freeze, the most devastating blow to the industry in more than a decade.

Music Industry Debates Downloading Dilemma (PC Magazine 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.

Housing industry welcomes inflation drop (ABC via Yahoo!7 News) - The housing industry says the latest inflation figures should encourage the Reserve Bank to keep interest rates on hold when it meets next month.

Japan's Nov. All Industry Activity Index Fall First Time In Two Months (Nasdaq) - (RTTNews) - In November, Japanese economic activity slowed down form the prior month, the all industry activity index revealed Wednesday. The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry said that Japan's all industry activity index fell 0.2% on month to 106.9 points in the current month.

Citrus Industry Reports $800M Loss (KiplingerForecasts.com) - Citrus growers said Tuesday they lost at least $800 million during a recent freeze, the most devastating blow to the industry in more than a decade.

Japan's All Industry Activity Index Falls More-than-expected In November (Nasdaq) - (RTTNews) - Wednesday, Japan's all industry activity index fell 0.2 percentage points to 106.9, on seasonally adjusted basis, in November from 107.1 for the previous month, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry said.

*CORRECTION: Japan Nov. All Industry Activity Index 106.9 Vs. 107.1 In Oct. (Nasdaq) - (RTTNews) - CORRECTION: Japan Nov. All Industry Activity index 106.9 Vs. 107.1 in Oct.

*Japan Nov. All Industry Activity Index 106.9 Vs. 1071.2 In Oct. (Nasdaq) - (RTTNews) - Japan Nov. All Industry Activity index 106.9 Vs. 1071.2 in Oct.