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Bush, automakers discuss industry woes (AP via Yahoo! News) - President Bush told Detroit-based auto industry leaders on Tuesday that they had "tough choices" to make their companies competitive in a difficult global environment and promised a "continuing dialogue" between government and industry.

Automakers have tough choices to make in industry, Bush says (The Arizona Republic) - WASHINGTON - President Bush told U.S. auto industry leaders on Tuesday he recognized they had ''tough choices'' to make their companies competitive in a difficult global environment and promised a continuing dialogue between government and industry.

Aerospace Notebook: Aerospace industry hopes fair will lure engineers (Seattle Post-Intelligencer) - Hundreds of job seekers turned out for an aerospace job fair. The industry is facing an engineer shortage.

Joint Statement Regarding The Meeting Between President George W. Bush And The CEOs of America's Domestic Auto Industry (The Auto Channel) - WASHINGTON, DC - We appreciate the President meeting with us today on issues that we believe are not only critical to the domestic auto industry, but also affect overall American manufacturing competitiveness.

Detroit Automakers to Meet With Bush, Press Industry Aid Plan (Bloomberg via Yahoo! News) - Nov. 14 (Bloomberg) -- Leaders of Detroit's automakers finally sit down with President George W. Bush today to air their ideas for helping their ailing industry -- at a moment when Bush has become less relevant to the discussion.

Japan's service industry activity index down 1.3% in Sept. (Kyodo via Yahoo! Asia News) - _ Japanese service industry activity weakened in September from the previous month, sending the key index down 1.3 percent as cooler weather caused falls in electricity and gas consumption, the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry said Wednesday.

Bush says he wants a 'vibrant' domestic auto industry (Detroit News) - WASHINGTON -- After months of delays, President Bush met today with the chief executive officers of Detroit's Big Three automakers and told them he wants a domestic auto industry that "is as vibrant and solid as possible."

Uranium industry told to win over the public (The West Australian) - A Federal Government task force has warned that Australia’s uranium industry will continue to lose the public relations battle unless it gets more active in countering anxieties aroused by anti-nuclear groups.

Our View: Health care costs put brakes on auto industry (Mankato Free Press) - The leaders of two major U.S. automakers showed up to the White House driving hybrid vehicles. Hoping to prove to the president that they were making “relevant products” perhaps, the hybrids were an answer to an earlier Bush criticism about the industry.

Ample Room For Taiwan To Develop Exhibition Industry: Official (Asia Pulse via Yahoo!7 News) - Taiwan has ample room to develop its exhibition industry, given the country's strengths in several sectors as well as its booming tourism industry, an official of the semi-official Taiwan External Trade Development Council (TAITRA) said Tuesday.