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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 bovine spongiform encephalopathy in this country halted the lucrative trade.

Music industry slump accelerated in 2005 (Reuters via Yahoo! News) - It all seemed so promising for the music business heading into 2005. CD sales were up, albeit ever so slightly, for the first time in four years. Legitimate purchases of downloads and ringtones for the first time totaled in hundreds of millions of dollars. And file traders and peer-to-peer network operators were on the run from industry lawsuits. The seeds of recorded-music's recovery from

Hospitality industry opposes 'hamburger tax' (Benton Courier) - Phillip Brown, the spokesman for members of Benton's hospitality industry, said his group intends to again oppose the city's efforts to enact a so-called "hamburger tax" by campaigning to have the issue placed on the ballot.

Correction: Switzerland-Airline-Industry (AP via Yahoo! News) - In a Dec. 14 story about the world airline industry, The Associated Press erroneously reported the industry's probable net loss this year as a result of high fuel prices, interest payments, restructuring and other costs. The correct figure is $6 billion, not $4.68 billion, according to the International Air Transport Association.

Auto industry in crisis Congressional e-hearing extended (Autoblog) - If you, or someone you know, is an employee or retiree of Delphi or General Motors, this is for you. If you are interested in the human impact of the restructuring of the auto industry, this is for you, too. Democrats of the House Committee on Education and the Workforce have an e-hearing in progress - The American Auto Industry in Crisis: The Threat to Middle-Class Jobs, Heath Care,

'05 saw more of the same from video game industry (Chicago Tribune) - Beyond a few innovative titles and some promising new hardware, the video game industry largely continued to do in 2005 what it does best: churn out sequels, movie tie-ins and ultraviolence.

Western New York's Auto Industry Takes Another Painful Hit (WIVB-TV Buffalo) - (Tonawanda, NY, December 17, 2005) - - Western New York's Auto Industry is taking another painful hit. General Motors is laying off 240 workers at its Tonawanda engine plant next month.

Filmhouse projectionists win industry 'Oscar' (The Scotsman: Entertainment) - A PROJECTION team from a Capital art-house cinema has scooped a top industry award.

Officials: Rebuilding fishing industry to cost $1.2B (The Clarion-Ledger) - WASHINGTON — It will cost an estimated $1.2 billion to rebuild the Gulf Coast's battered commercial fishing industry, federal and state officials say.

Correction: Switzerland-Airline-Industry (AP via Yahoo! Finance) - In a Dec. 14 story about the world airline industry, The Associated Press erroneously reported the industry's probable net loss this year as a result of high fuel prices, interest payments, restructuring and other costs.