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La. Town to Get Film Industry Complex (AP via Yahoo! News) - Known as "Hollywood South," Louisiana's growing movie industry is set to get the big-time movie production studio that industry leaders have said it needs.

After Wipeout, Surf Industry Eyes Rebound (ABC News) - Surfing Industry Aims to Rebound After Wipeout of Famed California Foam Maker Clark Foam

Max Blumenthal: The GOP is Addicted to Oil Industry Money (Huffington Post) - The GOP is addicted to the oil industry's money. According to the Center for Public Integrity, the GOP has accepted 73% of the whopping $67 million the oil industry made in political contributions between 2000 and 2004. Bush himself is the oil industry's largest recipient, having taking over $1.7 million from the oil industry from 1998-2004. The wheels of the conservative movement, meanwhile,

IC industry is no dog in new forecast (EETimes) - The “Year of the Dog” will not be a dog for the semiconductor industry in 2006, according to an investment banking firm.

State tobacco money to fund bioscience industry (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette) - Gov. Ed Rendell is expected to announce today an economic development initiative that would leverage tobacco settlement money to allow for a $500 million investment in the state's bioscience industry.

Industry should follow US model (PA via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News) - The Government has been urged to change its policies towards industry to develop new ways of supporting parts of the economy.

Worker shortage hits aquaculture industry (ABC via Yahoo! Australia & NZ News) - South Australia's aquaculture industry is the latest to face a critical worker shortage.

Y-Tel International Targets Wi-Fi Internet Service Industry for 2006 (SYS-CON Media) - Y-Tel International, Inc. (BULLETIN BOARD: YTLI) , a provider of telecommunications, VoIP and Wi-Fi services and devices, announced today it is developing a new business model for FY 2006 enabling the company to emerge as a leading provider in the Wi-Fi Internet Service industry. Mr. John Conroy, CEO, commented, 'This new strategy will lay the framework for launching our retail products. With the

Testing industry overwhelmed under NCLB (USA Today) - The standardized testing industry is "buckling under the weight" of President Bush's education reform plan, with the law's rapidly expanding testing mandates threatening to undermine its high ideals, says a new report out Tuesday from Education Sector, an independent Washington think tank.

Egg industry wants $35m super farms (The Advertiser) - STATEWIDE THE challenge of maintaining a self-sufficient egg industry in South Australia will require the development of several modern, super egg farms costing $35 million.