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Media Industry Tallies Historic Katrina Cost (AdWeek.com via Yahoo! News) - Hurricane Katrina will go on record as the costliest natural disaster ever to hit the media industry, carving out a projected $1.13 billion in lost ad revenue and other communications spending between August 2005 and September 2006. Factoring in the five other storms that hit the U.S. in 2005, the total losses climb to $1.59 billion, according to an analysis by Stamford, Conn.-based PQ Media, a

Canada will protect its softwood industry: PM Martin (AFP via Yahoo! News) - Canada will move to protect its softwood lumber industry if the United States continues to ignore a NAFTA decision favorable to the country, Prime Minister Paul Martin said.

Sugar Industry Facing A Crisis (CBS News) - The nation's largest sugar cane refinery located in the heart of St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana was all but wiped out by Hurricane Katrina. Kelly Cobiella reports the sugar industry is facing a crisis.

German auto-parts firm finds way to defy industry slump (International Herald Tribune) - When Manfred Wennemer talks about the American auto industry these days, he sounds like a driver thankful to have survived a nasty pile-up with just a few scratches.

Govt's fishing industry plan wins praise (Sydney Morning Herald) - A critic of Australia's marine fisheries management, the Humane Society International (HSI), has welcomed the government's $220 million package for the industry.

Industry fears wine surplus will last years (ABC via Yahoo! Australia & NZ Finance) - The national regulator of the wine industry is predicting that problems of oversupply in the sector could last up to five years.

VIETNAM"S SOFTWARE INDUSTRY RECORDS ANNUAL GROWTH OF 45% (Asia Pulse via Yahoo! Australia & NZ Finance) - Statistics Vietnam's fledgling software industry has in the past three years made remarkable progress with an annual growth rate of between 30-45 per cent, said an official of the industry.

Vietnam"S Software Industry Records Annual Growth Of 45% (Asia Pulse via Yahoo! Australia & NZ News) - Vietnam's fledgling software industry has in the past three years made remarkable progress with an annual growth rate of between 30-45 per cent, said an official of the industry.

New marine industry trainee supervisor scheme to draw Singapore workers (Channel NewsAsia) - SINGAPORE : More industries are expected to join the Job Re-Creation Programme, which will mean more new jobs for Singaporeans. The programme, which redesigns jobs, has seen results in the marine and off-shore industry.

Industry lists pluses of drilling in winter (Billings Gazette) - JACKSON - A representative of the oil and gas industry defended the move to increase drilling in crucial big-game winter ranges, saying removing winter restrictions is "something we've talked about for a long time."