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Software Industry Shows Signs of Middle Age (eWeek) - It's getting harder for small software companies to survive in a maturing industry where the biggest companies are sucking up the lion's share of the available IT dollars, according to a top investment banker.

China's Oil & Chemical Industry Profit Surges 33.5% In Jan-Oct (Asia Pulse via Yahoo! Australia & NZ News) - Profit of China's oil and chemical industry topped 306.46 billion yuan (US$37.9 billion) in the first ten months of this year, up 33.5 per cent year-on-year, according to a China Association of Oil and Chemical Industry report.

Japan 2006 auto sales seen up 0.5%--industry group (Reuters via Yahoo! Asia News) - TOKYO, Dec 15 (Reuters) - Sales of new cars, trucks and buses in Japan are forecast to rise 0.5 percent in 2006 after modest growth this year, supported by strong demand for trucks and a gradual economic expansion, an industry group said on Thursday.

CHINA'S OIL & CHEMICAL INDUSTRY PROFIT SURGES 33.5% IN JAN-OCT (Asia Pulse via Yahoo! Australia & NZ Finance) - Chemicals Profit of China's oil and chemical industry topped 306.46 billion yuan (US$37.9 billion) in the first ten months of this year, up 33.5 per cent year-on-year, according to a China Association of Oil and Chemical Industry report.

Fantasy becomes reality for New Zealand's booming movie industry (AFP via Yahoo! News) - A few years ago New Zealand was a movie backwater, but thanks to hobbits, unicorns and an over-sized ape the nation has become the centre of the world's multi-billion dollar fantasy film industry.

Cattle industry pleased with Japan's decision on U.S. beef (AG Weekly) - BILLINGS, Mont. -- Cattle industry officials welcomed Japan's decision Monday to resume limited beef shipments from the United States nearly two years after a case of mad cow disease in this country halted the lucrative trade.

German Chemicals Industry Association VCI Predicts Slowdown after Impressive 2005 Results (ChemPoint) - BELLEVUE, December 7, 2005 -- German chemicals industry association VCI announced Wednesday that it expects smaller rises in chemical production, sales and prices in 2006. This comes after output and sales growth in 2005 came in well ahead of what VCI had previously anticipated.

Union seeks commitment on Collie coal industry (ABC via Yahoo! Australia & NZ Finance) - A major coal union has called on the Western Australian Government to prove it is committed to keeping the industry and the Collie community, in the state's south-west, alive.

Dow Jones to adopt industry classification benchmark (India Infoline) - Dow Jones Newswires, the leading provider of real-time news and information solutions for financial professionals, will adopt the Industry Classification Benchmark (ICB) as its classification standard for identifying industry groups in its news content starting on Feb. 18, 2006.

Perak approves guidelines for bird’s nest industry (New Straits Times) - The State Government has approved the guidelines for the bird’s nest industry, which will be gazetted at the next executive council meeting.