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Auto industry boosts local economy but angers some Pasco residents (BizJournals) - The economic impact of the Florida automotive industry is second only to tourism, according to the Florida Automobile Dealers Association.

Chongqing to adjust auto industry (China Daily) - Southwest China's Chongqing Municipality will vigorously develop its auto parts industry and expand investment in technologies and new product research and development in an effort to optimize product structure.

CEMENT INDUSTRY Concrete progress limited (The Nation) - The cement industry expects growth of only 1 or 2 per cent next year following delays to the new mega-projects, along with signs of only slight growth in new residential projects.

Italian fashion industry gives too-skinny models the boot (Seattle Post-Intelligencer) - ROME -- Italy once was famed for the sultry, full-bodied beauties it contributed to the international scene. A month after the death of an anorexic Brazilian model, the Italian government has teamed up with the fashion industry to promote a "healthy, sunny, generous, Mediterranean model of beauty."

Industry urged to pursue toll manufacturing (The Herald) - ECONOMISTS say industry should seriously take initiatives to promote toll manufacturing next year if capacity utilisation is to be increased.

Manmohan asks steel industry to modernise (India Daily) - India's strategic advantages in the steel sector made it imperative for the industry to modernise and rapidly expand capacity without being complacent, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said today.

Middle East's tourism industry needs to prioritise service recovery says performance expert (AME Info) - The Middle East's tourism industry needs to prioritise service recovery if it is to secure repeat business, decrease customer maintenance costs and reduce exposure to price competition, according to one of the region's leading performance experts.

Voice Of Industry (Times of Malta) - FOI celebrates 60 years - Cecilia Vella, executive, Federation of Industry Malta Federation of Industry (FOI) members, council members, past presidents, dignitaries and representatives of other constituted bodies got together on Thursday to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the FOI's birth. At...

Procrastinators hit the malls (CNN.com) - (AP) -- Bargain hunters and latecomers flocked to stores on Sunday as the retail industry offered increased discounts and other come-ons the day before Christmas.

People's Daily editorial calls for modernizng agricultural industry (People's Daily) - The People's Daily, the flagship newspaper of the Communist Party of China, is to carry an editorial on Sunday calling for efforts to modernize the agricultural industry in an active way.