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DRAM industry faces oversupply in 2006, 2007: Gartner (AFP via Yahoo! News) - The medium term outlook for the global dynamic random access memory (DRAM) market is bleak with the industry dogged by oversupply, information and technology research agency Gartner Inc says.

Spending bolsters energy reserves -industry (Reuters via Yahoo! News) - Canadian crude oil and natural gas reserves held steady in 2004 as record investment of C$33 billion allowed new reserves to keep pace with production, the country's main energy industry lobby group said on Thursday.

Disease could cost global insurance industry $20bn (FT.com via Yahoo! News) - 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 on Wednesday.

Industry watches for turnaround at Renault (Houston Chronicle) - Auto industry watchers knew Carlos Ghosn was setting himself a tough task when he took up the Renault chief executive job and stayed on as head of Nissan as well. But a surprise profit warning from the French automaker, hit by flagging sales at home and a tired model line, has made that challenge clearer than ever.

Securities industry calls for "hybrid" rules (Market Watch) - WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) -- Executives in the securities industry called for a new regulatory framework for broker-dealers in congressional testimony Thursday.

Australian Pork Industry Loses Battle To Stop Imports (Asia Pulse via Yahoo! Australia & NZ News) - The pork industry has lost a year-long court battle to stop the importation of potentially diseased meat, sparing the government from having to overhaul its quarantine system.

Senators reject proposal to tax oil industry's windfall profits (Houston Chronicle) - The U.S. Senate shot down an oil industry windfall profit tax amendment proposed by senators Byron Dorgan, D-N.D., and Christopher Dodd, D-Conn., in a 44-55 vote on Thursday.

AUSTRALIAN PORK INDUSTRY LOSES BATTLE TO STOP IMPORTS (Asia Pulse via Yahoo! Australia & NZ Finance) - Trade / foreign investment The pork industry has lost a year-long court battle to stop the importation of potentially diseased meat, sparing the government from having to overhaul its quarantine system.

Mobile industry tests the wi-fi airwaves (Reuters via Yahoo! News) - The mobile industry is ramping up for a new generation of cellphones and services combining the long-distance strengths of traditional cellular service with the short-distance, low-cost advantages of wi-fi.

INDUSTRY REPRESENTATIVES HAVE MET DTI MINISTERS REGULARLY SINCE ELECTION (Financial Times) - Since the May election, nuclear power industry executives have been in and out of the Department of Trade and Industry, writes Christopher Adams. According to a written parliamentary answer, there have been no less than five meetings between ministers and industry representatives since July.