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FCC May Clamp Down on Cable Industry (PC Magazine via Yahoo! News) - The FCC on Tuesday is set to consider a report that will reportedly recommend tighter FCC regulation of the cable industry, a suggestion that prompted members to fire off letters urging the commission to re-consider.

1,000 Sex Offenders Found Working In Central Florida's Service Industry. (WKMG Local6.com via Yahoo! News) - More than a 1,000 sexual predators and offenders are working in the Central Florida service industry, a Local 6 News investigation uncovered.

Web site parody packs a punch against payday loan industry (The Kansas City Star) - At a time of growing criticism of the subprime lending industry, who would boast about “Helping payday lenders extract maximum profit from the working poor.”

Vietnamese apparel industry defeated in home market (Vietnam Net) - VietNamNet Bridge - Though the Vietnamese clothing industry is leading the country’s export turnover, only 25% of apparel available on the local market is Vietnamese-made.

SeedQuest - Central information website for the global seed industry (SeedQuest) - COCERAL , representing grain and feedstuffs traders and FEFAC , representing EU compound feed manufacturers, urge the EU Farm Council meeting on 26 November 2007 to take rapid action to prevent irreversible damage to the EU livestock and feed industry leading to a major disruption in the feed and food chain as set out in the third scenario of the DG AGRI report (e.g. none of the three most ...

UP sugar industry in a piquant state (Indian Express Finance via Yahoo! India News) - Even though 10 days have passed since the Allahabad High Court directed sugar mills in Uttar Pradesh to start crushing of cane, only 5-6 sugar mills in western region of Uttar Pradesh have started the process yet while the rest are expected to start crushing by the first week of December. However, the situation of the sugar industry is far from turning sweet. While angry farmers have been ...

Texas artichoke growers aim to break California hold on industry (Austin American-Statesman) - UVALDE — California has long had an arti-chokehold on the spiny-leafed vegetable industry in the United States. The unusual-looking vegetable, used in dips and salads or eaten alone with melted butter or mayonnaise, is a finicky grower.

Challenges in the IT industry (The Star--The People's Paper) - The audience listened raptly as Hewlett-Packard (M) Sdn Bhd managing director T.F. Chong gave an insight into the opportunities at HP and spoke about values he learnt throughout his 30 years of experience in the IT industry.

Yukon mining forum opens as industry sees upswing (CBC North) - The Yukon's largest mining convention of the year opened Monday, hot on the heels of what industry insiders say has been a good year for the territory with another one to come.

Mather 'to support electronics industry' (The Scotsman: Business) - AFTER his first set-piece meeting with representatives of the Scottish electronics sector, the enterprise minister, Jim Mather, vowed to work to improve the image of the industry in the eyes of talented Scottish graduates and to find new ways to attract...