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Textile deal covers 34 categories-industry (Reuters via Yahoo! News) - China has agreed to U.S. import curbs on 34 textile and clothing categories through the end of 2008 under a pact that potentially could be signed this week in Geneva, a U.S. industry official said on Sunday.

Africa's diamond industry aglitter as tycoon sets up new projects (AFP via Yahoo! News) - Diamond tycoon Lev Leviev has shaken up Africa's diamond industry by setting up two pioneering projects to cut and polish rocks that are mined on the continent locally.

New-player concern for poppy industry (The Mercury) - THE poppy industry is in uproar over a recent decision by the State Government to allow a third corporate player to grow and process poppies in Tasmania.

'Overhaul visitor industry, create tourism master plan' (Saipan Tribune) - To arrest the further decline in the tourism industry, a newly formed group is suggesting the immediate adoption of a new 10-year tourism master plan in the CNMI addressing all pressing issues facing the sector.

China's Steel Industry Cuts Production To Keep Prices Stable (Asia Pulse via Yahoo! Australia & NZ News) - China's steel industry has agreed to cut production by 5 per cent to keep the prices from falling further, according to Qi Xiangdong, deputy secretary general of China Iron & Steel Association (CISA).

CHINA'S STEEL INDUSTRY CUTS PRODUCTION TO KEEP PRICES STABLE (Asia Pulse via Yahoo! Australia & NZ Finance) - Steel China's steel industry has agreed to cut production by 5 per cent to keep the prices from falling further, according to Qi Xiangdong, deputy secretary general of China Iron & Steel Association (CISA).

Tuna king offers a stake in industry (The Advertiser) - ONE of Australia's most successful aquaculture pioneers, the Stehr family of Port Lincoln, will launch an $18 million initial public offering in a tuna industry company.

Furor over oil-industry windfall puts GOP to the test (CBS Market Watch) - WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) -- Lawmakers want the oil industry to consider giving a little something back this holiday season. Namely, profits.

Pioneers of Automotive Internet Industry Honored at J.D. Power and Associates International Roundtable Event On 10th (American International Automobile Dealers Association) - Nearly a dozen pioneers who were instrumental early on in leveraging the Internet within the automotive industry were honored last night during a J.D. Power and Associates International Roundtable dinner at Caesars Palace .

TV’s Brown speaks of changing ag industry, mad cow disease (Montana Standard) - DEER LODGE — Agriculture is a changing industry, and is needed to feed the world, keynote speaker Taylor Brown of the Northern Ag Network said at the recent Powell County chamber banquet in Deer Lodge.