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Tech Industry Seeks to Boost Patent Bill (AP via Yahoo! Finance) - Landmark patent reform hangs in the balance as technology industry lobbyists make a last-ditch effort to secure the Senate votes needed for passage of a bill this legislative session.

Govt Mulls Allowing State-level Industry Union For Electronic Industry (Bernama) - PARIS, Oct 26 (Bernama) -- Malaysia is considering to allow the establishment of state-level industry union for the electronic sector but maintaining the restriction on the formation of nationwide industry union.

Wafer Foundry Industry Report 2007 Is Out Now (Business Wire via Yahoo!7 Finance) - Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c72593) has announced the addition of "Wafer Foundry Industry Report, 2007" to their offering.

Stats show decline in screen industry revenue (NZPA via Yahoo!Xtra News) - Revenue gains were made in television broadcasting between 2005 and 2006 but there were declines in the rest of the screen industry, according to new statistics.

States Luring Film Industry Away From California (KGO-TV Bay Area) - Is the golden state losing its luster for Hollywood movie makers? ABC7's Carolyn Tyler looks at how California film industry is being lured away.

Senate Urges FG to Save Textile Industry (This Day) - The Senate yesterday, called on the Federal Government to review existing import waivers on cotton-yarn, polyester and polyester filaments produced locally, as the first step towards revamping the textile industry.

Computer & Communications Industry Association Opposes Amnesty for Telecoms (Electronic Frontier Foundations) - Last week, the influential Computer & Communications Industry Association (CCIA) sent a letter to Speaker of the House Pelosi opposing amnesty for telecommunications companies involved in the illegal warrantless surveillance program . CCIA encouraged Congress "to reject broad immunity provisions in favor of a better balance between legitimate national security interests and basic Fourth ...

S. Korea's Commerce, Industry Minister Pitches T-50 Jet To UAE (Asia Pulse via Yahoo!7 News) - South Korea's commerce and industry minister will be in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) next week to pitch the country's advanced supersonic jet in the hopes of gaining a defense bid worth over US$1 billion, the government said on Friday.

S. KOREA'S COMMERCE, INDUSTRY MINISTER PITCHES T-50 JET TO UAE (Asia Pulse via Yahoo!7 Finance) - Defence   South Korea's commerce and industry minister will be in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) next week to pitch the country's advanced supersonic jet in the hopes of gaining a defense bid worth over US$1 billion, the government said on Friday.

Industry players enraged by perlemoen plan (Independent Online) - The government has moved to suspend all wild perlemoen harvesting for the sake of conservation - a decision that has the fishing industry up in arms.