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Canada Considers Aid Package for Forest-Products Industry (Bloomberg.com) - Nov. 16 (Bloomberg) -- Canada may provide financial aid to its forest industry, which has been hurt by an advancing Canadian dollar, rising costs and punitive duties on lumber shipments to the U.S., said David Emerson, Canada's industry minister.

GRAMMY Jam(TM) Celebrates Stevie Wonder to Raise Funds for the Entertainment Industry Foundation's National Arts and (The Auto Channel) - LOS ANGELES--Nov. 16, 2005--The Recording Academy(R) and the Entertainment Industry Foundation (EIF) announced the musical event, GRAMMY Jam(TM), celebrating the music of 22-time GRAMMY(R) Award-winning artist Stevie Wonder.

AIRBUS SIGNS US$500 MLN DEAL WITH CHINA AVIATION INDUSTRY CORP (Asia Pulse via Yahoo! Australia & NZ Finance) - Transport Airbus has signed a contract valued at US$500 million with the China Aviation Industry Corporation, China Securities News reported Wednesday.

Airbus Signs US$500 MLN Deal With China Aviation Industry Corp (Asia Pulse via Yahoo! Australia & NZ News) - Airbus has signed a contract valued at US$500 million with the China Aviation Industry Corporation, China Securities News reported Wednesday.

Industry group predicts better-than-expected chip sales (San Francisco Chronicle) - Worldwide chip sales in 2006 will grow by 7.9 percent to $245.5 billion, fueled by strong sales of computers, cell phones and other consumer electronics gizmos like iPods and digital televisions, an industry group predicted Wednesday. Chip sales in...

CIBER Delivers R.L. Polk's Next-Generation Parts and Service Marketing Technology for the Auto Industry (The Auto Channel) - DETROIT, Nov. 16, 2005 -- CIBER, Inc. today announced the successful delivery of next-generation parts and service marketing technology for R. L. Polk & Co. (Polk), a leader in information and solutions for the automotive industry.

Hedge fund official: Rules split industry (The Charlotte Observer) - The hedge fund industry is divided about registering with the Securities and Exchange Commission, hedge fund manager Alex Porter said after a forum Tuesday at Queens University of Charlotte.Of the eight funds represented in the panel discussion, about half have registered, said Porter, a Queens trustee who helped organize the discussion. His $2 billion New York-based fund, Porter Olin, has

Microsoft, Cable Industry Agree On Cable-Ready PCs (TechWeb) - Microsoft and a cable industry consortium have reached an agreement that's expected to lead to Windows Media Center-based PCs that are digital-cable ready.

SPREAD OF DISEASE COULD COST GLOBAL INSURANCE INDUSTRY $20bn (Financial Times) - A flu pandemic could cost the global insurance industry between $15bn and $20bn (£8.6bn-£11.5bn) and put severe strain on some insurers, Standard & Poor's, the credit ratings agency, warned yesterday, writes Andrea Felsted.

INDIA'S JHARKHAND LAUNCHES WORK ON FIRST SEZ FOR AUTO INDUSTRY (Asia Pulse via Yahoo! Australia & NZ Finance) - Transport In a move that could fuel economic growth as well as deliver cost advantages to the industry, the Jharkhand government on Wednesday launched works on a Special Economic Zone for the automobile and auto component sector.