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Toy industry could face 2006 sales decline (Reuters via Yahoo! News) - U.S. toy makers may have trotted out a laughing Elmo, a life-sized miniature pony and a digital camera for 3-year-olds this year, but the new products may not be enough to pull the industry out of a slump.

Egypt exporters sound alarm bells over textile industry (AFP via Yahoo! News) - The Egyptian textile industry, one of the jewels of the country's economy, needs urgent reforms if it is to survive fierce global competition, exporters and officials said.

Telecoms: Big deals dominate industry (FT.com via Yahoo! News) - The industry was electrified in March when AT&T of the US agreed to buy BellSouth, a smaller rival, for $89.4bn including debt. It is the second biggest telecoms transaction ever, and will create the world's biggest telephone company if approved by regulators.

3G World Congress Heralds 2007 as a Crucial Year for Industry Development (pzone via Yahoo!7 Finance) - HONG KONG, Nov. 29, 2006 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- In advance of the biggest week for the telecommunications industry since the turn of the millennium, the 11th Annual 3G World Congress and Mobility Marketplace (4 - 7th December) publicly urges the industry's key players to consider carefully their contribution to the stability of the world's communications infrastructure, and encourages them to engage

Consolidation must continue in steel industry: Mittal (Yahoo! India News) - London, Nov 30 (IANS) Consolidation and globalisation must continue to be the dominant trends in the steel industry of the future, according to Indian-origin steel magnate Lakshmi Mittal.

Regional SME sector offers key growth opportunity for private equity industry, says DIFC Authority (AME Info) - The small and medium enterprise (SME) sector in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region offers a range of prime growth opportunities for the private equity and venture capital industry, said Nasser Alshaali, CEO of the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) Authority.

$1B eyed from Japan for shipping industry (INQ7 Business) - THE government intends to borrow $1 billion from the Japanese government to develop the shipping industry, Economic Planning Secretary Romulo Neri said Wednesday.

The Magic of Nanotechnology ; Experts, Researchers Describe Promises, Challenges of Industry (RedNova) - By ANDREW EDER, edera@knews.com In describing the potential of nanotechnology for the manufacturing industry, researcher J. Storrs Hall drew on a quote from British author Arthur C. Clarke. "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic," Clarke wrote.

Industry welcomes oil price cut; demands more power for OMCs (New Kerala) - New Delhi, Nov 29: Industry chambers today welcomed the government's decision to reduce fuel prices, but demanded more powers for oil companies to independently fix the prices.

U.S. Gay Rights Organizations Unveil Healthcare Industry Rating System (Gay Wired) - The Human Rights Campaign and the Gay and Lesbian Medical Association have developed a tool to rate the healthcare industry on how it treats its gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender patients and to educate the gay community about what to expect from healthcare providers and facilities, the groups said.