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Game Maker Cuts Forecast as Industry Seems in Slide (New York Times) - Electronic Arts reported that its holiday sales would be "well below" earlier projections, the latest sign of a sharp slide in performance for the industry.

Ex-FBR Broker Barred From Securities Industry (Washington Post) - A former stock broker with Friedman, Billings, Ramsey Group Inc. was fined $125,000 and barred from the securities industry, the latest in a string of former FBR executives and clients entangled in a 2001 private stock placement managed by the Arlington investment house.

San Diego's visitor industry can expect moderate growth in 2006 (San Diego Daily Transcript via Yahoo! News) - San Diego's visitor industry can expect moderate growth in 2006 as consumer confidence grows and the nation continues its love affair with travel, according to a forecast issued Tuesday by the San Diego Convention & Visitors Bureau.

$64B diamond industry rocked by fraud (CNN Money) - A scandal has rocked the $64 billion global diamond business and tarnished the credibility of one the industry's biggest players, according to a news report Tuesday

KongZhong Receives Five Awards at the '2005 China Annual Game Industry Conference' (Boursorama) - BEIJING, Dec 20 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ -- KongZhong Corporation , a leading provider of advanced second-generation (2.5G) wireless value-added services in China, today announces that it has received five awards at the "2005 China Annual Game Industry Conference".

Monsoon Spells Buoyancy For India's Fertiliser Industry In 2005 (Asia Pulse via Yahoo! Australia & NZ News) - As the government went all out to cut corners on the subsidy front, the fertiliser industry, riding on the Left support to the UPA government, managed to stave off such moves in the sector during the year.

Tour industry urges holiday home register (ABC via Yahoo! Australia & NZ News) - The tourism industry wants every holiday home in Western Australia to be put on a public register, as part of its push to regulate the use of private properties for short-stay accommodation.

VIETNAM'S PAPER INDUSTRY SEEKS INVESTMENT (Asia Pulse via Yahoo! Australia & NZ Finance) - Statistics Although Vietnam's pulp and paper industry has yet to draw foreign investment, it has attracted US$205 million from domestic investors since 2001, said the president of the Vietnam Paper Association, Phan Quy Ky.

Vietnam's Paper Industry Seeks Investment (Asia Pulse via Yahoo! Asia News) - HANOI, Dec 21 Asia Pulse - Although Vietnam's pulp and paper industry has yet to draw foreign investment, it has attracted US$205 million from domestic investors since 2001, said the president of the Vietnam Paper Association, Phan Quy Ky.

Cox Urges Industry to Speed Interactive Data Adoption (WebCPA) - Washington (Dec. 21, 2005) - Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Christopher Cox recently met with representatives of the accounting and financial reporting software industry to express support for integrating interactive data capabilities into existing accounting and financial reporting software.