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Report calls on federal tax agency to get tougher on construction industry (Canadian Press via Yahoo! News) - OTTAWA (CP) - A program to catch more tax cheats in the construction industry is a good start, but the Canada Revenue Agency needs to impose more penalties and cast its net far wider, says a newly released study.

Mayor moves to restore New Orleans' lifeblood industry (CNN.com) - Mayor Ray Nagin called Friday for a major expansion of casino gambling in hurricane-hit New Orleans in a desperate attempt to quickly heal its battered lifeblood industry -- tourism.

Revenue Canada report says agency needs to do more to catch tax cheats in construction industry (CBC) - An internal report for the Canada Revenue Agency said a program to catch tax cheats in the construction industry is good a beginning, but the agency needs to do more.

Delphi, America's Largest Auto Supplier, Files for Bankruptcy, Sending Shockwaves Through Industry (The Auto Channel) - DETROIT October 8, 2005; Dee-Ann Durbin writing for the AP reported that Delphi Corp., the largest U.S. auto supplier, filed for bankruptcy Saturday, sending shock waves through the nation's auto industry, which already is weakened by high labor costs and falling market share.

Kraft paper price hike hits packaging industry (The Hindu) - THE corrugated packaging industry in the small-scale sector today finds its viability increasingly eroded by the periodic price hike in Kraft paper, its principal raw material, and other inputs. The erratic supply of Kraft paper from mills is adding to its cup of woes.

Consumers' group to file complaint against insurance industry (Canadian Press via Yahoo! News) - OTTAWA (CP) - The Consumers' Association of Canada is complaining to the federal Competition Bureau about "the anti-competitive and anti-consumer activities of the insurance industry."

Travel and tourism industry has a new online domain (Baltimore Sun) - A new online domain for the travel industry is open for business.

Industry's lock giveaway promotes safe guns (USATODAY.com via Yahoo! News) - A national campaign by the gun industry has provided millions of free gun locks to everyone from young mothers to hunters in an effort to keep firearms from falling into the hands of children.

Auto industry, environmentalists clash over emissions (Portsmouth Herald) - AUGUSTA, Maine - Auto industry representatives disagreed with environmentalists, physicians and a prominent Maine car dealer Thursday over the costs, benefits and legality of proposed pollution standards for new vehicles sold in Maine.

Deaths: Tobin Armstrong, voice for cattle industry (Houston Chronicle) - KINGSVILLE - Tobin Armstrong, a rancher with strong political ties who served for 48 years as director of a leading cattle industry association, died Friday after an extended illness. He was 82. Armstrong, who died at University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, was born in 1923 in San Antonio and grew up on the famous King Ranch in South Texas.