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Hong Kong music industry launches legal battle against illegal online music file-sharing (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette) - HONG KONG -- Top Hong Kong record companies have launched their first legal battle against illegal music file sharing on the Internet as part of a global campaign against online piracy, an industry representative said last week.

FEMA, insurance industry offer help to homeowners at Home Show (Miami Herald) - In an effort to help South Florida homeowners who suffered damage to their homes and property, representatives from FEMA and the insurance industry will be at the Fort Lauderdale Fall Home Design & Remodeling Show, in the lobby of the Broward County Convention Center today from noon to 10:30 p.m.

Ethanol market getting crowded, industry group says (Sioux City Journal) - YANKTON, S.D. (AP) -- Existing and proposed ethanol plants in South Dakota don't leave a lot of room for Yankton to cash on what could become the nation's second largest corn market, according to an industry group.

World Cyber Games testament to booming video game industry (Channel NewsAsia) - SINGAPORE : Billed as the world's biggest video gaming festival, the World Cyber Games being held in Singapore is testimony to a multi-billion dollar industry that analysts say now rivals music and movies in the popularity stakes.

Nauru strikes deal with Australian firm to revive phosphate industry (The Star Online) - MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) _ The impoverished Pacific island of Nauru has forged a partnership with an Australian company in an attempt to revive its once lucrative phosphate industry, officials said Sunday.

National policy targets sustainable growth in construction industry (Sunday Observer) - The new national policy on the construction sector targets a sustainable growth in the local construction industry and outlines various incentives for local industries. The new national policy was approved by the cabinet recently.

AD woos heavy industry (AME Info) - Abu Dhabi has embarked on a policy of developing heavy industry like aluminium, steel, petrochemicals and automobile parts, chairman of the Abu Dhabi Economy and Planning Department, Sheikh Hamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan told the new Oxford Business Group study Emerging Abu Dhabi.

Hospitality industry opposes 'hamburger tax' (Benton Courier) - Phillip Brown, the spokesman for members of Benton's hospitality industry, said his group intends to again oppose the city's efforts to enact a so-called "hamburger tax" by campaigning to have the issue placed on the ballot.

Film industry losing sight of big picture (The New Zealand Herald) - Acclaimed New Zealand director Andrew Adamson is predicting the end of the golden weather for the booming Kiwi film industry.

Rubber industry dev’t pushed (Minda News) - GENERAL SANTOS CITY - Citing the rubber industry’s “big opportunity”, North Cotabato Governor Emmanuel Piñol expressed optimism that it will eventually become a P100-billion industry and that the target is to plant rubber in at least one million hectares or about 500 million trees in a span of 50 years.