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New markets boost mobile industry (CNN.com) - Mobile phone manufacturers have gathered in Barcelona for the world's top wireless trade show, 3GSM, with the industry buoyed by fast growing developing market sales and the growing popularity of mobile Internet.

N.Z. Construction Industry Slowing, BIS Shrapnel Says (Update1) (Bloomberg.com) - Feb. 14 (Bloomberg) -- New Zealand's construction industry is slowing as economic growth eases, curbing demand for commercial building, while houses become less affordable, according to BIS Shrapnel Pty, a Sydney-based forecaster.

Wells Fargo trade pricing may pressure industry (Market Watch) - NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Wells Fargo & Co.'s decision to offer investors with $25,000 in deposits and loans 100 free stocks trades a month could pressure industry rivals to lower their own prices, but it's unlikely to make them lose customers.

Taiwan Semi's Founder Predicts Gloom and Doom For the Chip Industry (SeekingAlpha via Yahoo! Finance) - William Trent submits: Weve pointed out the difficulties facing the semiconductor industry many times. One of our points has been that the industry growth rate has slowed dramatically, and many in the industry dont seem to realize it.

Industry condemns 'inflexible' plans to increase recycling (Financial Times) - European industry groups have condemned plans for a big increase in recycling as bureaucratic and inflexible.

Move fast or lose lunch, Sarin tells mobile industry (Daily Telegraph) - Vodafone's chief executive says Microsoft, Google and Walt Disney will 'eat the mobile industry's lunch'.

Tourism Industry Calls For More State Funding (WLBZ Bangor) - Maine's tourism industry says it needs more state money to attract more tourists. Industry leaders delivered the money message Tuesday at the annual Governor's Conference on Tourism at the Samoset Resort in Rockport.

MEE launched, Marc Ecko getting (all) up (in the industry) (Addict 3D) - Filed under: Business Meet 'Mr. MEE Too.' Following Getting Up , his respectable, but flawed foray into the games industry, fashion mogul and game adherent Marc Ecko has founded a new game division, dubbed Marc Ecko Entertainment (MEE).

FACTBOX-Eastern Europe's car industry (Reuters via Yahoo! Asia News) - Feb 14 (Reuters) - Following are highlights of eastern Europe's expanding auto industry: SLOVAKIA -- PSA Peugeot Citroen expects to make 300,000 Peugeot 207 cars a year by 2008. -- Kia Motors to produce 160,000 Cee'd and Sportage cars in 2007, and 300,000 by 2009. -- Volkswagen , assembled some ...

Bengal leather industry wins Roman holiday (Indian Express via Yahoo! India News) - In the offing: A regional trade office, training centre in leather technology with Italian help Technical assistance from Italy is likley to give the much-needed boost to the state's leather industry. In fact, the first initiatives to strengthen the ties between the two sides would be a training centre in leather technology and a regional office for trade in the city. "The Italian ...