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Diving industry needs regulation - coroner (The Australian) - A CORONER has recommended WorkCover regulate the recreational diving industry after a Sydney police officer drowned while diving with colleagues.

Industry pushes for new ministry (Bangkok Post) - The government is being urged to set up a construction ministry as a sole agency to oversee the industry.

Highlights: Positive industry trends next year (New Straits Times: Computer Times) - THE local information and communications technology (ICT) industry can look forward to more opportunities for growth next year, as tech spending in major sectors of the economy continues on a positive trend.

SIA, BMA merge to form Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (Investment Executive) - The newly formed Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association today named Micah Green, former president and CEO of the Bond Market Association, and Marc Lackritz, former president of the Securities Industry Association, as permanent co-CEOs of SIFMA.

Calling all swingers of the ICT industry! (Scoop.co.nz) - Calling all swingers of the ICT industry! Fancy a date?

'Green' industry push by Bahrain (Gulf Daily News) - MANAMA: Bahrain is hosting a Green Industry conference and exhibition, to promote environmentally-friendly operations. Various companies from Bahrain and the region will exhibit their products and environmental programmes at Gulf Hotel's Gulf International Convention and Exhibition Centre.

Fish industry casts doubt over buy-back plan (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) - A New South Wales far south coast fishing industry leader says the latest State Government move to rationalise the industry looks set to fail.

Uganda flower industry loses $20m over power (The Monitor) - Uganda’s flower industry has lost over $20 million in export revenues due to power shortage in the country, according to a report on the impact of the crisis compiled by the Uganda Coalition for Sustainable Development.

ClearSpeed Technology and Tokyo Institute of Technology Set New TOP500 Record With First Accelerated Industry-Standard (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance) - BRISTOL, England----ClearSpeed Technology , the world leader in floating point coprocessor acceleration technology for high performance and technical computing , today announced that the Tokyo Institute of Technology's TSUBAME supercomputer is the first accelerated cluster based on general purpose industry-standard servers to achieve a ranking in the top ten among the world's fastest systems

Record industry sends out subpoenas (Velozie) - The Recording Industry Association of America on Wednesday said it sent out subpoenas to Internet service providers, in preparation for lawsuits it plans to file against hundreds of individuals who illegally distribute songs over the Web.