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N.L. energy industry has good prospects in '06, but premier talking tough (Canadian Press via Yahoo! News) - HALIFAX (CP) - The East Coast offshore oil industry is poised to add projects in 2006 but first the firms must strike deals with two premiers demanding a bigger cut of the profits.

Beef Industry Recovering, Johanns Says (AP via Yahoo! News) - The beef industry is finally recovering from the discovery of mad cow disease in the United States two years ago and can expect a growing number of foreign customers, Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns said Wednesday.

Hedge fund manager fined, barred from industry (bizjournals.com via Yahoo! Finance) - John Mangan Jr., who co-manages local hedge fund Mangan & McColl Partners with Hugh McColl III, has been fined $125,000 and permanently barred from the brokerage industry.

CHINA OFFERS TAX BREAKS TO ENERGY INDUSTRY (Asia Pulse via Yahoo! Australia & NZ Finance) - Regulations / Law China's determination to remove energy bottlenecks is reflected in the tax breaks and incentives offered to the industry yesterday.

China Offers Tax Breaks to Energy Industry (Asia Pulse via Yahoo! Asia News) - BEIJING, Dec 22 Asia Pulse - China's determination to remove energy bottlenecks is reflected in the tax breaks and incentives offered to the industry yesterday.

Industry to meet biofuel targets (ABC via Yahoo! Australia & NZ Finance) - Prime Minister John Howard has announced that industry is expected to easily meet the Government's biofuels production target of 350 megalitres by 2010.

Tas vege industry in need of reform: report (ABC via Yahoo! Australia & NZ Finance) - A warts and all report into Tasmania's vegetable industry has found it is way behind its competitors in New Zealand, Britain and North America.

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.

Japan's service industry activity rises 1.2% in Oct. on month (Kyodo via Yahoo! Asia News) - _ Japan's service industry activity index rose 1.2 percent in October from the previous month, boosted by brisk sales at wholesalers including major trading houses and at retailers of household appliances such as flat-panel televisions and white goods, the government said Thursday.

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.