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Canada cattle industry sees hope in U.S. trade move (Reuters via Yahoo! News) - A new U.S. proposal to allow more imports of Canadian cattle would help but not cure the battered Canadian beef industry, still hurting from trade bans sparked by mad cow disease, industry officials said on Friday.

US auto industry braced for tough 2007 (AFP via Yahoo! News) - The US auto industry heads into its annual party facing intensifying pressure from Asian rivals and an economic slowdown that threatens to worsen its financial woes.

10 New Year's Resolutions for the Index Industry (SeekingAlpha via Yahoo! Finance) - Jim Wiandt submits: Sometime between late-night carousing and an early morning hangover, I managed to come up with a few 2007 New Year's resolutions for the index industry. Never in my years of following the exchange-traded fund [ETF ] and index business has the terrain shifted so rapidly.

Sugar industry losing skilled workers to mines (ABC via Yahoo!7 Finance) - Queensland cane growers say the price of sugar is likely to be affected by the industry's loss of skilled workers to the mining sector.

4Q'06 Performance Suggests A More Amicable Industry Backdrop For Auto Retailers (SeekingAlpha via Yahoo! Finance) - Bottom line: using inventories as a gauge, the industry environment looks to have improved.

Recording industry group files infringement lawsuits (The Express-Times) - The Recording Industry Association of America filed a new round of copyright infringement lawsuits Wednesday, including four in Pennsylvania. Palmer Township resident Kerese King, 66, of the 2600 block of Chestnut Lane, is named in the suit.

Area restaurant industry felt ups, downs during 2006 (Mesabi Daily News) - Summer business was good, winter business could be better. The restaurant industry feels the ups and downs just like the northern Minnesota temps. “It was absolutely a fantastic year,’’ said Amy Martinich of the La Cocina and Cantina restaurant in Virginia specializing in Mexican food.

Suraya Al-Attas on Saturday: Film industry can only get bigger and better (New Straits Times) - THE year that was ended on a decidedly happy note for the Malaysian film industry.

Qld's film, television industry resurges (The West Australian) - Queensland is back on the fickle film and television industry's A-list, attracting attention from internationally-acclaimed heavyweights such as Steven Spielberg and Baz Luhrmann.

Indian industry not investing in research and development: SAIL chairman (New Kerala) - Ahmedabad, Jan 5: The Indian industry, especially the manufacturing sector, has not been investing in research and development to devise new technologies, Chairman of Steel Authority of India (SAIL) Ltd S K Roongta said today.