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Asia Keeps Burmese Industry Humming (Washington Post) - RANGOON, Burma -- Hundreds of women leaned over sewing machines amid the soft whir of industry. Row after row they sat, dark eyes intent on work, cheeks smeared with a traditional chalky cosmetic made from tree bark.

iBiquity Digital Chooses Specialist KGPR to Increase HD Radio(TM) Awareness in Auto Industry (The Auto Channel) - LAS VEGAS, Jan. 7, 2006 -- International Consumer Electronics Show -- To more effectively communicate the advantages, impact and importance of digital HD Radio to the automotive industry, iBiquity Digital Corporation, the sole developer and licensor of HD Radio technology, has appointed Kermish- Geylin Public Relations to be its communications agency to work with the automotive media.

Seaweed industry to be shore thing in Hebrides (The Scotsman: Scotland News) - THE age-old seaweed industry is being revived in the Outer Hebrides. Malcolm MacRae and Martin MacLeod from Luirbost on the Isle of Lewis are opening a state-of-the art seaweed-drying facility at Arnish near Stornoway.

Hi-tech zones account for half of revenue of China's hi-tech industry (People's Daily) - The national hi-tech zones now account for half of the revenue of China's hi-tech industry and 65.4 percent of the nation's high-tech companies, sources with the Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST) said in Beijing Saturday.

Hospitality industry opposes 'hamburger tax' (Benton Courier) - Phillip Brown, the spokesman for members of Benton's hospitality industry, said his group intends to again oppose the city's efforts to enact a so-called "hamburger tax" by campaigning to have the issue placed on the ballot.

Jeffry Gardner: Moviemakers are still out of touch, and it's killing the industry (Albuquerque Tribune Online) - Earlier this week, Edward J. Smith stepped onto the pages of the Wall Street Journal and declared Hollywood was doing just swell and "reports of the death of our industry have been greatly exaggerated."

2005, record sale and production in Iran's auto industry (Payvand Iran News) - The year 2005 was a record sale in Iran's auto industry history. Total of 994,000 light and heavy vehicles, valued at $11.6b, hit the nation's roads while overall auto and part exports stood only at $350m, the Persian service of ISNA reported on Saturday. -Mehr

Gwinnett Clean and Beautiful names the Highway 78 CID Business and Industry of the Year (The Weekly) - DULUTH (Jan. 7) - Gwinnett Clean and Beautiful, a non-profit organization that involves more than 150,000 volunteers a year on community issues including recycling, waste management, air and water quality, litter, graffiti, green space and neighborhood improvement, recognized the Hwy 78 CID as their Business and Industry of the Year at the 26th Annual Awards Banquet held on January 6, 2006.

Technology industry heavyweights and hopefuls converge on Las Vegas (Canada.com) - For the better part of one surreal week every year in early January, Las Vegas is taken over by a small army of the technology industry’s movers and shakers, with more than 150,000 people forming a temporary city that Google co-founder Larry Page yesterday lovingly referred to as "a convention of geeks."

Adult industry talks Internet tech (CNET) - Web site owners, content providers explain the newest ways they're using high tech in the adult video industry.