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Britain's financial industry regulator criticizes hedge fund controls (International Herald Tribune) - Britain's financial industry watchdog is launching a formal assessment of the systems hedge funds have in place to prevent market abuses after finding current levels of control disappointing.

Raytheon Teams With Industry Best To Pursue Army Satellite Communications Program (Space War) - by Staff Writers Orlando FL (SPX) Oct 30, 2007 Raytheon will team with the industry's best communication solutions providers in pursuing the Army's next generation of satellite communications, the High Capacity Communications Capability, or HC3. Raytheon's significant systems integration expertise includes its work on the Navy's Zumwalt class destroyer program and its recent $1 billion Navy ...

Boom in China's coal industry draws interest from U.S. investors (International Herald Tribune) - American pension and mutual fund money is being invested in the Chinese coal industry, which is lucrative but has a poor record for pollution and worker safety.

Building Trade Shortages Pose Challenges To Australian Building Industry- HIA (Nasdaq) - (RTTNews) - Building trade shortages in Australia continued to put upward pressure on trade prices, a Trades report from Housing Industry Association-Austral Bricks showed Monday.

FDI attraction: Industry and real estate take the lead (Vietnam Net) - VietNamNet Bridge - Real estate and heavy industry have attracted the most attention from foreign investors over the past few months, said the Foreign Investment Department under the Ministry of Planning and Investment. Industry led with 5.3 billion USD, followed by services with 4.25 billion USD.

Reimagining the Automobile Industry by Selling the Electricity (New York Times) - A top Silicon Valley technologist has devised a plan to reinvent the auto industry around electric-powered cars by building battery-charging stations around the world.

Ottawa paintball industry offers gift to shooting victim (CBC Ottawa) - A young woman blinded in her left eye in a drive-by paintball attack has received a $4,000 cheque from members of Ottawa's paintball industry.

As Democrats Criticize, Health Care Industry Donates (New York Times) - In a reversal from past election cycles, Democratic candidates for president are outpacing Republicans in donations from the health care industry.

Kylie Wins Top Music Industry Award (Yahoo! Launch UK & Ireland) - Pop princess Kylie Minogue has been honoured for her 20-year career with the Music Industry Trust's Award. Minogue is the first woman in the event's 16-year history to receive the award, with previous recipients including Sir George Martin and Sir Elton John.

Lifan Industry to Seek Mainland IPO (AP via Yahoo! Finance) - Chongqing Lifan Industry Co., a Chinese motorcycle manufacturer-turned-automaker, plans to raise more than 1 billion yuan from a mainland share listing, the company's chairman said Monday.