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Fertility industry booms online (Reuters via Yahoo! News) - More and more people have literally found life on the Internet as the estimated $3 billion fertility industry moves increasingly online.

Beef industry facing challenges (ABC via Yahoo!7 News) - The newly elected vice-president of the Cattle Council says the Australian beef industry remains strong but faces a number of challenges.

Tourism body says industry must get smarter (ABC via Yahoo!7 News) - The Tasmanian Tourism Awards in Hobart have honoured industry achievers amid warnings the industry must get "smarter and better" to keep up with a changing market.

Why does the fashion industry thrive in spite of rampant IP "piracy"? (Ars Technica) - In spite of the fact that unauthorized copying of designs is the norm, the fashion industry continues to thrive. Two law professors investigate this seeming "piracy paradox."

Cooperative set up to boost fledgling cultural industry in China (People's Daily) - Over 50 academic institutions, universities and companies from China's mainland and Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan on Friday launched a platform dubbed the China Cultural Industry Cooperative (CIC), which aims to promote and coordinate the booming sector.

Call for greater disclosure in buy-out industry (Financial Times) - The buy-out industry must be more forthcoming about the details of its activities, including often closely guarded information on the companies it now controls, a leading private equity executive has said.

MiFID could cost industry £1bn (The Scotsman: Business) - IT WILL cost the financial services industry between £870 million and £1 billion to implement the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive, Britain's financial regulator said yesterday.

Michigan Congressional Delegation Urges Bush To Help Auto Industry (Michigan Technology News) - LANSING - All 17 members of Michigan's congressional delegation have signed a letter to President Bush urging him to address issues they contend are critical to the success of the nation's auto industry - and by extension, Michigan"s economy.

No domestics on U.S. insurance industry's list of safest vehicles (KVBC Las Vegas) - The US insurance industry has released its list of the 13 safest cars -- and none of them are from the US. An industry official says that's mostly because American automakers aren't making cars with electronic stability control, which keeps vehicles stable in emergencies.

Indian industry must create patent portfolios: experts (IANS via Yahoo! India News) - Chennai, Nov 24 (IANS) Experts at an European Union (EU)-India Intellectual Property management seminar Friday here said Indian industry must create patent portfolios to manage wealth.