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Travel industry: U.S. losing out on international tourism (CNN.com) - Travel industry leaders meeting in Washington Wednesday said they want the U.S. government to stop treating tourists like terrorists, and to take steps to reverse a steep decline in overseas travel to the United States that followed the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.

Travel industry proposes 'trusted traveler' plan for foreign visitors (USA Today) - The U.S. travel industry is asking Congress today to launch a special trusted traveler program for frequent international visitors, believing it would help stem the USA's diminishing appeal to travelers from abroad. Under the proposal, regular visitors from abroad could submit extensive personal information to the U.S.

Blair pledges to continue investment in steel industry (AFP via Yahoo! News) - Prime Minister Tony Blair has pledged continued support for investment in the steel industry following the sale of Anglo-Dutch producer Corus to Indian giant Tata Steel.

Tas wine industry heads to UK for tastings (ABC via Yahoo!7 News) - The Tasmanian wine industry is holding a week of tastings in the UK to convince shoppers that the island's wines are better than the Australian mainland.

The latest from the 2007 Cattle Industry Convention (Agriculture Online) - There are always lots of cowboy hats in Nashville, but they're even more plentiful this week. It's the annual Cattle Industry Convention that has descended on Music City, and a record crowd is expected of over 6,000 ranchers and other industry reps. In addition to the convention, it's the annual meeting of the National Cattlemen's Beef Association, the chief sponsor of the event.

FCC ruling changed phone industry in 1968; it could happen again today (USA Today) - Maybe U.S. consumers need another Carterfone to bust open the cellphone industry. No, this is not referring to some hotline on Jimmy Carter's White House desk. ("Mr. President, Brezhnev's on the Carterfone yet again. Something about Prince Albert in a can.") The landmark 1968 Carterfone Decision is a "neat historical analogy" to a couple of current conflagrations in technology, says J.P. Auffret, ...

Element 21 Golf Tops the List of Winners at the ING Industry Honors Awards (SYS-CON Media) - Element 21 Golf Company ('E21') (OTCBB: EGLF)(FRANKFURT: BJQ) reports that it has received the prestigious ING(International Network of Writer's) Industry Honors Award for the BestPR/Campaign Event in 2006 in recognition of the e21 sponsored Golf ShotAround The World.

SPIL forecasts slower growth for packaging industry, overcrowding in DDR2 segment (Digi Times) - After reporting flat fourth quarter results, Siliconware Precision Industries Limited (SPIL) has projected that its revenues will slip further in the first quarter of 2007, with company chairman Bough Lin adding that the entire testing and packaging industry will see weaker growth this year.

Electrical engineer potters around in Chinhat, tries to revive dying industry (Indian Express via Yahoo! India News) - Amitabh Banerjee holds an electrical engineering degree. But he prefers to be a potter. While he admits that it used to be a profitable business earlier, Banerjee is now among the few potters left at Chinhat - once famous for its pottery industry. "As my mother was an artist, I too developed an inclination towards arts. Money was also a factor. In the '70s, we were earning around Rs 3,000 a ...

Minister urges GC marine industry to embrace change (Queensland Business Review) - Minister for State Development John Mickel is urging the Gold Coast region's marine industry to embrace changes that will help it remain competitive in the face of tough overseas competition.