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Student Loan Industry Faces New Rules From Education Dept. (Washington Post) - U.S. Education Secretary Margaret Spellings announced yesterday an overhaul of rules governing the student loan industry, including measures prohibiting lenders from offering schools gifts in exchange for business and a mandate that each university include at least three companies on its preferred lender list.

AUSTRALIAN CARDBOARD INDUSTRY PRICE FIXER GETS US$33 MLN FINE (Asia Pulse via Yahoo!7 Finance) - Regulations / Law   Billionaire Richard Pratt and his Visy group of companies have been fined a record A$36 million (US$33.26 million) for colluding in a price fixing deal with their arch rival in Australia's cardboard industry.

Australian Cardboard Industry Price Fixer Gets US$33 MLN Fine (Asia Pulse via Yahoo!7 News) - Billionaire Richard Pratt and his Visy group of companies have been fined a record A$36 million (US$33.26 million) for colluding in a price fixing deal with their arch rival in Australia's cardboard industry.

Research and Markets: By 2011, the Effective Tanker Shipping Capacity of Nanjing Water Transport Industry Co., Ltd ... (Business Wire via Yahoo!7 Finance) - Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c73250) has announced the addition of 'Company Study of Nanjing Water Transport Industry Co., Ltd., 2007' to their offering.

Auto industry: 3-year-old child not 50-year-old athlete (Vietnam Net) - VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam should not place too many demands on the 3-year-old infant automobile industry, said Do Huu Hao, Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade.

Leather industry pitches for help to offset Re impact (Indian Express via Yahoo! India News) - The leather industry, which is on the brink of closure owing to the unprecedented rupee rise, has sought Centre's support till the rupee settles at its pre-March level. In a memorandum to the ministry of commerce, the Council for Leather Exports (CLE) has called for introducing Foreign Exchange Fluctuation Allowance (FEFA) to the extent of 6.22% of FoB(free on board) value to support the leather ...

Perfect Industry prevail (Khaleej Times) - DUBAI — Perfect Industry topped the Pool by defeating FBM-KNM ‘A’ by 24 runs, ESAB LLC by 30 runs and Goltens by 60 runs in the league rounds to qualify for the knock-out round of Insports Indoor Cricket Tournament, a Press release said.

Music industry helps therapy centre to grow (Scoop.co.nz) - Members of the New Zealand music industry opened both their hearts and their wallets in Auckland last night (Thu. Nov 1).

(AFX UK Focus) 2007-11-02 04:09 GMT: SKorean shares trim losses as heavy industry advances - UPDATE (Interactive Investor) - SEOUL (Thomson Financial) - South Korean shares were lower midsession Friday but had recouped much of their earlier losses as investors returned to buy heavy industry stocks while avoiding high-tech counters and financials.

SKorean shares trim losses as heavy industry advances (Sharewatch) - SEOUL (Thomson Financial) - South Korean shares were lower midsession Friday but had recouped much of their earlier heavy losses as investors returned to buy heavy industry stocks while avoiding high-tech counters and financials.