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Malaysian palm oil industry denies fuelling orang-utan extinction (AFP via Yahoo! News) - Malaysia's palm oil industry denied accusations it was driving orang-utans towards extinction.

EU ministers look to boost arms industry competition (AFP via Yahoo! News) - European Union defence ministers gather in southern England to examine a plan to inject competition into Europe's arms industry, amid warnings the bloc is failing to address its security needs.

EDB adopts strategy to capture slice of cyber gaming industry (Channel News Asia via Yahoo! Asia News) - SINGAPORE : Singapore is off to a good start in its bid for a bigger bite of the multi-billion-dollar cyber gaming industry.

Industry ads promote school policy (Beverage World) - The beverage industry is getting ready to spend millions of dollars on an ad campaign to publicize its new policy restricting soft drink sales in school vending machines.

Mega Mergers Might Not Help Airline Industry (RedNova) - By James W. Brock As more of the nation's largest airlines sink into bankruptcy, mega-mergers are beginning to be touted as a cure for the airline industry's serious ills.

CHINA'S SANY GROUP TO HIKE STAKE IN SANY HEAVY INDUSTRY (Asia Pulse via Yahoo! Australia & NZ Finance) - Machinery / engineering Sany Group announced to increase its holding of the shares of Sany Heavy Industry Co., Ltd. (SSX:600031) in the coming 12 months.

China's Sany Group To Hike Stake In Sany Heavy Industry (Asia Pulse via Yahoo! Australia & NZ News) - Sany Group announced to increase its holding of the shares of Sany Heavy Industry Co., Ltd. (SSX:600031) in the coming 12 months.

NATA Announces Call for Nominations for 2005 Industry Excellence Awards (Aircraft Maintenance Technology) - The National Air Transportation Association (NATA) is now accepting nominations from its members for the 2005 NATA Industry Excellence Awards.

Silicon Valley grows up: Tech industry matures, stabilizes (USATODAY.com via Yahoo! News) - There are signs that tech is maturing - possibly even approaching middle age. Gulp. Don't expect to hear about it from tech entrepreneurs, who would rather talk about "changing paradigms." Instead, look at the surprising signs of stability in the notoriously go-go industry.

AUSTRALIAN SUPERANNUATION INDUSTRY ASSETS UP 17.6% IN 2004-05 (Asia Pulse via Yahoo! Australia & NZ Finance) - Statistics The Australian superannuation industry's assets grew by nearly 18 per cent to more than $US740 billion ($A980.39 billion) in the 2004/05 financial year.