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Turmoil in US newspaper industry grows as Tribune Co. in focus (AFP via Yahoo! News) - The US newspaper industry is facing growing turmoil as readers and advertisers increasingly turn to newer media, pressuring some of the industry's most prominent players.

10 Things The Tech Industry Should (But Probably Won't) Be Thankful For (InformationWeek) - Gratitude has never been a hallmark of the technology industry--ask Scott McNealy--but a thoughtful reverie about recent events is probably in order around the holiday season, no matter how embarrassing.

Construction industry slows but still generates big money (BizJournals) - Hawaii's construction industry is slowing, but even as the number of big-ticket jobs decline over the next two years, the business will still be generating more money than during the last peak in the early 1990s.

TSIA: Taiwan semiconductor industry grew more than 20% on year in 3Q (Digi Times) - Taiwan's semiconductor industry had an on-year production value growth of 23.2% versus 9.3% for the global semiconductor industry in the third quarter of 2006, according to figures posted by the Taiwan Semiconductor Industry Association (TSIA).

Business News: More academia-industry ties (New Straits Times: Computer Times) - COLLABORATION between the information and communications technology (ICT) industry and the academia could get a further boost soon when plans for local professors to spend their sabbatical leave in technology-based multinational companies that has presence in the country firm up.

CPT R&D vice president talks about FPD industry trends (Digi Times) - DigiTimes recently had a chance to talk to Kuang-Lang Chen, vice president of TFT-business R&D center at Chunghwa Picture Tubes (CPT), about the recent FPD International 2006 show in Yokohama, Japan (October 18-20) and his vision of FPD (flat-panel display) industry trends. The following is an excerpt from the conversation.

Turkish Defense Industry Companies To Attend "ideas 2006" In Pakistan (TurkishPress.com) - ANKARA - Turkish defense industry companies will attend IDEAS 2006 Defense Industry Fair which will be held in Pakistan between November 21st and 24th.

Insurance industry's coverage proposal (San Francisco Chronicle) - You wouldn't expect the defense industry to come up with a plan for world peace. And you wouldn't expect the junk-food industry to set the agenda for battling obesity or the tobacco industry to be a leader in healthy living. So why would anyone...

Major NZ conference to map wine industry future (Scoop.co.nz) - A conference aimed at mapping the next steps in the sustainable growth and global competitiveness of New Zealand’s wine industry takes place in the Hawke’s Bay next week.

Financial services the new pillar of industry (China Daily) - The world has evolved from a traditional mercantile economy to one that puts emphasis on financial service industry and China needs to cater to this trend and make a major shift in its economic development policy.