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Nobel-winning discovery spawned new industry (Reuters via Yahoo! News) - RNA interference, whose discovery brought Americans Andrew Fire and Craig Mello the Nobel Prize in Medicine on Monday, is one of the hottest new areas of biotechnology and has spawned its own mini-industry.

Biotech Seized on Nobel-Winning Industry (AP via Yahoo! Finance) - The technology at the heart of Monday's Nobel Prize in medicine spawned a niche biotechnology industry almost as soon as it was discovered in 1997.

Biotech Seized on Nobel-Winning Industry (KiplingerForecasts.com) - (AP) STANFORD, Calif. The technology at the heart of Monday's Nobel Prize in medicine spawned a niche biotechnology industry almost as soon as it was discovered in 1997.

Chip industry chafes under Moore's Law-era models (Planet Analog) - BOSTON — The private-equity buyout movement is just one sign of a tectonic shift in the semiconductor industry as businesses that have chased Moore's Law now grapple with "technology overshoot," two Harvard professors said last week.

CBH up-beat about grain industry future (ABC via Yahoo!7 News) - The chairman of grain handler CBH says the $130 million upgrade of its terminal at Port Albany in southern Western Australia demonstrates its continuing confidence in the industry.

Taiwan To Reduce No Of Foreign Labourers In Tech Industry (Asia Pulse via Yahoo!7 News) - The government will make a policy shift to gradually end imports of foreign labourers for Taiwan's hi-tech industry within two or three years, Council of Labor Affairs (CLA) Chairman Lee Ying-yuan said Monday.

TAIWAN TO REDUCE NO OF FOREIGN LABOURERS IN TECH INDUSTRY (Asia Pulse via Yahoo!7 Finance) - Regulations / Law The government will make a policy shift to gradually end imports of foreign labourers for Taiwan's hi-tech industry within two or three years, Council of Labor Affairs (CLA) Chairman Lee Ying-yuan said Monday.

Construction industry forecast shows less optimism (bizjournals.com via Yahoo! Finance) - Construction industry optimism fell 30 points to 84 in the South Atlantic region, which includes Florida, according to the 31st annual CIT Construction Industry Forecast.

Spinach growers take stock of industry (AP via Yahoo! News) - Relieved farmers say they are heartened by the government's announcement that it's safe to eat most spinach, but they feel uneasy about their industry's future, knowing it may take time to win back public confidence.

Movie Industry Says Piracy Costs Higher Than Earlier Reports (GigaLaw.com) - Seeking another weapon in its war on piracy, the movie industry hopes to wow lawmakers with a study that says the economic impact of illegal DVD and Internet film distribution may be as much as three times what was previously estimated.