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Jamaica to create fish sanctuaries, boost industry (Miami Herald) - Jamaica's agriculture ministry is creating eight fish sanctuaries to help protect endangered species and boost a struggling industry.

$4.2m 'scammed' from meat industry (Daily Telegraph) - A SYDNEY accountant has been accused of stealing up to $4.2 million from Australia's meat industry in a decade-long scam.

Mining Industry Says Bailout Includes Tax Breaks (WYMT Mountain News) - A mining industry group is praising Congress for including a series of tax breaks for coal in the $700 billion government bailout for the nation's financial industry and a budget measure.

Minister takes aim at fashion industry (News Interactive) - THE Rudd government plans to take on the fashion industry with a new code of conduct to tackle its potrayal of stick-thin women.

No shortage of tax-free work for pot 'clippers' who groom marijuana plants in B.C.'s illegal grow-op industry (Whistler Question) - VANCOUVER - There's green to be made clipping and trimming the green leaves in British Columbia's marijuana industry. The prospect of tax-free income is driving some people into temporary work as "clippers" for indoor and outdoor grow operations.

Minister takes aim at fashion industry (News Interactive) - THE Rudd government plans to take on the fashion industry with a new code of conduct to tackle its "unrealistic" portrayal of women.

Mining Industry Gets Tax Breaks in Bailout Bill (WSAZ NewsChannel 3 West Virginia) - The Washington, D.C.-based National Mining Association says the measure signed into law by President Bush on Friday and the short-term budget bill signed earlier in the week help the coal industry.

No shortage of tax-free work for pot 'clippers' who groom marijuana plants in B.C.'s illegal grow-op industry (Times & Transcript) - There's green to be made clipping and trimming the green leaves in British Columbia's marijuana industry.

Amusement parks industry eyes 25 percent annual growth (IANS via Yahoo! India News) - Kolkata, Oct 4 (IANS) Riding on the demand of theme amusement parks in the country, the industry is expecting to grow at a robust rate of 25 percent every year, a senior official said.

Approval of $700 billion bailout for U.S. financial industry (660 News) - With the U.S. economy on the brink and elections looming, Congress approved an unprecedented $700 billion government bailout of the battered financial industry on Friday and sent it to President George ...