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World overreacted to U.S. mad cow discovery: industry (Reuters via Yahoo! News) - Major U.S. beef customers, including Japan and South Korea, overreacted to the United States' discovery of mad cow disease four years ago, the meat industry told an independent trade panel on Thursday.

House clears mortgage industry reform bill (Market Watch) - WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) -- In a response to the subprime lending meltdown, House lawmakers approved a sweeping bill on Thursday that would reform a host of mortgage industry practices.

Alaska Debates Its Dependency on Oil Industry (NPR) - As the price of oil escalates, Alaskan politicians are in special session in Juneau, mired in a debate over raising the windfall profit tax on oil companies from 22 percent to 25 percent. Meantime, four state legislators face corruption charges for taking money from the oil industry.

Carlyle exec sees lower returns for PE industry (Reuters via Yahoo! News) - The private equity industry is likely to see lower returns in coming years as it faces challenges, including more costly debt, Carlyle Group co-founder David Rubenstein said on Thursday.

China Viscose Fiber Industry Report, 2007 Available Now (Business Wire via Yahoo!7 Finance) - Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c74410) has announced the addition of "China Viscose Fiber Industry Report, 2007" to their offering.

VP Asks Banks To Support Strategic Defence Industry (Pertubuhan Berita Nasional Malaysia) - JAKARTA, Nov 16 (Bernama) -- Vice President Jusuf Kalla on Thursday asked the national banking industry to channel their idle funds to develop the country's strategic defence industry, Indonesia's ANTARA news agency reported.

Sen. Feinstein Calls For Trucking Industry Reform (CBS 2 Los Angeles) - Senator Dianne Feinstein, like thousands of CBS 2 and KCAL 9 viewers, was incredibly moved by Pat Harvey's exclusive report about the Coble family tragedy and their efforts to help reform the trucking industry.

Texas farm industry frustrated by Senate gridlock (Fort Worth Star-Telegram) - By DAVE MONTGOMERY WASHINGTON – The Senate struggled against partisan gridlock over a massive farm bill Thursday, generating a wave of frustration throughout Texas' $85 billion agricultural industry. Texas is the second-largest agricultural state behind California and leads the nation in a number of products, including cattle, wool and cotton. Hundreds of farms are arrayed throughout "the ...

Talks fail over UK race industry funding (Financial Times) - The future funding of the horse-racing industry will be determined by the government following the collapse on Wednesday night of talks between bookmakers and racecourses over the amount they should contribute to the sport.

Manpower shortage hits construction industry (rediff.com) - Said CII southern region chairman P K Mohapatra, "Though the construction industry employs about 31 million people, second only to the agriculture sector, the workforce requirement is about 5 million people every year over the next seven years to eight years to sustain the present 8 per cent growth rate."