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A Range Of Industry Groups Could Thrive In 2006 (Investor's Business Daily via Yahoo! News) - Few would have predicted that at the end of 2005, the best performing industry index would be computer manufacturers. Six months ago that group, which includes Apple Computer and Hewlett-Packard , ranked 135th out of IBD's 197 industry groups. Today it's No. 1.

San Diego's biotech industry aims to maintain dominant presence in '06 (San Diego Daily Transcript via Yahoo! News) - The stage is set for a great year in 2006 for the biotech industry, especially in San Diego County. But, 2005 is going to be a hard year to top.

A Range Of Industry Groups Could Thrive In 2006 (Investor's Business Daily via Yahoo! Finance) - It's never easy to pick out up-and-coming industry groups.

WiQuest Announces Industry's First Gigabit Ultrawideband Chipset; Advanced Design Enables Unprecedented Performance, (RedNova) - WiQuest Communications, a leading fabless semiconductor company developing complete ultrawideband (UWB) solutions, today announced the availability of its WQST110 and WQST101 chipset, the industry's first commercially-available, high-performance silicon delivering wireless communication speeds up to one gigabit-per-second.

Accounting Errors Vex Auto Industry: GM, Dana, Delphi Make Costly Blunders (RedNova) - By Jason Roberson, Detroit Free Press, Detroit Free Press Dec. 30--The auto industry, usually immune from the accounting snafus that have plagued companies like Enron Corp., WorldCom Inc.

Trucking industry enjoys good times (Silicon Valley/San Jose Business Journal) - Truck transportation revenue industry-wide has jumped more than 10 percent from 2003 to 2004, according to a report released Thursday by the U.S. Census Bureau.

'Raising prices only answer to industry woes' (Bangkok Post) - Retail prices of sugar, which have been frozen for more than two decades, should be freed up now to tackle shortages and skyrocketing prices, says Chakramon Phasukvanich, the Industry Ministry's permanent secretary.

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.

Industry Demand Pushes Schools To Keep the Numbers Up (Engineering News Record) - At a time when demand for construction industry talent is at record highs, more engineering and construction programs struggle to produce results. The trend bodes well for graduates in job and salary offers but campus uncertainties are not leaving employers very happy about the future.

Legalise Charcoal Industry, Says Study (AllAfrica.com) - Failure by the Kenya govern-ment to regulate the charcoal industry is denying the exchequer up to Ksh5.1 billion ($68 million) in taxes annually, according to a survey released last week.