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European Phone Industry Split on the Need to Bulk Up (New York Times) - Deal talk may be swirling around European telecommunications companies, but the industry is still divided about whether big cross-border mergers make sense.

Travel Industry Gets New Online Domain (AP via Yahoo! News) - A new online domain for the travel industry is open for business. Airlines, theme parks, restaurants, tourism offices and others in travel and tourism are eligible for Web sites and e-mail addresses ending in ".travel."

Report: Biotech industry has strong 3rd quarter (San Diego Daily Transcript via Yahoo! News) - Reinforcing the strong performance in the capital markets in the third quarter, the biotech industry raised almost $10 billion in financings and partnering, according to Burrill & Co.'s Quarterly Biotechnology Report, which tracks the ongoing performance of the biotechnology industry.

Travel industry gets new online domain (USA Today) - A new online domain for the travel industry is open for business. Airlines, theme parks, restaurants, tourism offices and others in travel and tourism are eligible for websites and e-mail addresses ending in ".travel."

SBC, Verizon To Transform Industry With Acquisitions (Forbes) - Banc of America said the mergers are "among the most transformative events in the telecom industry."

Miss. Steel Mill Targets Auto Industry (AP via Yahoo! News) - Crews started moving dirt Monday to prepare the construction site for an $880 million mill in north Mississippi that plans to produce high-grade steel for the automotive industry.

Domain for travel industry open for business (CNN.com) - NEW YORK (AP) -- A new online domain for the travel industry is open for business.

Travel Industry Gets New Online Domain (ABC News) - New Online Domain for the Travel Industry _ '.travel' _ Is Open for Business

Special effects industry's tax break crusade (Financial Times) - The post-production industry - companies that create special effects for films made in Hollywood and elsewhere - is lobbying for tax breaks to match or better those enjoyed by its overseas rivals, warning that it risks losing both market share and its most talented employees.

Katrina Slams Gulf's Outdoor Industry (ABC News) - Aftermath of Hurricane Katrina Slams Outdoor Industry in Louisiana, Coastal Mississippi