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EU set to curb regulatory overkill in funds industry (FT.com via Yahoo! News) - Europe's investment fund industry is held back by "regulatory overkill" and should face fewer restrictions when marketing its products abroad and merging individual funds across borders, according to a draft policy paper by the European Commission.

Tech industry adds most jobs since 2001 (BizJournals) - The U.S. technology industry added 140,200 net jobs in the first half of 2006, nearly double the number of jobs added during the same period a year earlier.

Aviation industry prepares for drug testing (ABC via Yahoo!7 News) - Members of the Australian aviation industry will attend a workshop in Sydney today in preparation for the introduction of drug and alcohol testing next year.

After a post-boom lull, cigar industry heating up again (The Herald-Tribune) - TAMPA, Fla. -- For about five years in the 1990s, the cigar industry luxuriated in a wild sales boom when celebrities and trendy 20-somethings decided that puffing imported, hand-rolled stogies was The Next Big Thing.

Side effects of ethanol industry prompt calls for change (WOI-TV Des Moines) - DES MOINES, Iowa Environmentalists are urging the ethanol industry to cut down on side effects they say are damaging the environment.

Building industry shows life (News Interactive) - A PICK-UP in new home starts and work from the mining sector helped the building industry to a slight rise in activity last month following a downturn in August.

Overhall Aviation Industry, Onitsha Monarch Tells FG (This Day) - The Obi of Onitsha, Igwe Alfred Achebe, has called on the Federal Government to reform the country's domestic airline industry to meet with the challeges of the 21 century.

China tourism industry reaps "Golden Week" harvest (People's Daily) - China's weeklong National Day holiday, one of the nation's three "golden weeks", has given a resounding boost to the country's tourism industry.

Market Watch: Pharmaceutical Industry (Impressions Magazine) - OCTOBER 03, 2006 -- Nature of the Industry The pharmaceutical and medicine manufacturing industry ranks among the fastest growing manufacturing industries in the United States.

Govt focusing on cashew industry: minister (Navhind Times) - Panaji, Oct 8: The Union Minister of State for Commerce and Industry, Mr Jairam Ramesh said that the government was focusing on the cashew industry not merely for its export performance but for the huge employment potential that it was presently generating.