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Crisis? What crisis? Canadian auto industry solid, DesRosiers says (Canadian Press via Yahoo! News) - TORONTO (CP) - If you have the impression that the Canadian automotive industry is in crisis, you've been misled, says the country's best-known analyst of the vehicle sector.

Construction industry builds online work site (Canadian Press via Yahoo! News) - OTTAWA (CP) - Canada's construction industry, facing shortages of new workers as older ones retire, has erected a new job site - online at www.careersinconstruction.ca.

Reid Unveils Radical Overhaul of UK Defence Industry (Space War) - London (SPX) Dec 16 -- Launching the Defence Industrial Strategy (DIS), John Reid said: "The Defence Industrial Strategy I am publishing today is as important for the defence industry as the strategic defence review was for the Armed Forces.

China's Electro-Components Industry Posts Steady Growth In Q3 (Asia Pulse via Yahoo! Australia & NZ News) - China's electro-components industry registered 303.98 billion yuan in sales revenue in the first nine months of 2005, increasing by 19.78 per cent year on year and 3.91 percentage points higher than in the first half, according to statistics from 3,043 electro-components enterprises.

CHINA'S ELECTRO-COMPONENTS INDUSTRY POSTS STEADY GROWTH IN Q3 (Asia Pulse via Yahoo! Australia & NZ Finance) - Statistics China's electro-components industry registered 303.98 billion yuan in sales revenue in the first nine months of 2005, increasing by 19.78 per cent year on year and 3.91 percentage points higher than in the first half, according to statistics from 3,043 electro-components enterprises.

GLOBAL SHIPPING INDUSTRY TO STRENGTHEN STRATEGIC ALLIANCES IN 2006 (Asia Pulse via Yahoo! Australia & NZ Finance) - Statistics South Korean shippers forecast cooperation among global shipping firms will increase next year in an attempt to check the lead of the world's largest shipper AP Moeller-Maersk A/S, industry sources said Friday.

Global Shipping Industry To Strengthen Strategic Alliances In 2006 (Asia Pulse via Yahoo! Australia & NZ News) - South Korean shippers forecast cooperation among global shipping firms will increase next year in an attempt to check the lead of the world's largest shipper AP Moeller-Maersk A/S, industry sources said Friday.

Timber industry badly needs revitalization (The Jakarta Post) - With only 10 percent of the timber-processing companies declared by the foresty ministry to be performing adequately, the country's wood industry badly needs revitalization, non-governmental groups say.

SA Govt urged to shell out more egg industry funds (ABC via Yahoo! Australia & NZ News) - There are concerns South Australia's multi-million dollar egg industry will be wiped out in the next few months unless the State Government provides some assistance to struggling producers.

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.