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Travel industry veteran taps into faith-based niche (BizJournals) - Littleton travel-industry pro Kevin Wright has launched the World Religious Travel Association (WRTA) and his own consulting business in recent months.

Grocery Industry Prepares for Bird Flu (ABC News) - Grocery Industry Prepares for Pandemic Bird Flu With Little Government Oversight

Fresh snow boosts Alpine ski industry (BBC News) - A worried ski industry welcomes a week of snowfall in the Alps, reports James Cove.

Green fuel policy failing, warns biodiesel industry (Financial Times) - The British biodiesel industry will this week tell the Treasury it must act urgently to salvage a central element of the government's environmental policy.

Industry wins committee battle over Idaho elk farms (AG Weekly) - BOISE, Idaho — An industry-backed plan to regulate Idaho elk ranches trumped stricter proposals during Senate debate that included talk of “grain-fed monsters” and “French-kissing” elk spreading disease through fences.

Fears tax decision to stifle truffle industry (ABC via Yahoo!7 Finance) - The chairman of a truffle business in Manjimup, in southern Western Australia, says the Federal Government's decision to cut tax concessions for investment in horticultural ventures will stop future development of the potentially thriving industry.

Zhang Xiaogang chairs China steel industry association (People's Daily) - Anshan Iron & Steel Group Corporation's general manager Zhang Xiaogang has been elected president of China Iron and Steel Industry Association (CISIA), said sources with the company based in Anshan, northeast China's Liaoning Province.

Newcastle hosts coal industry campaign launch (ABC via Yahoo!7 Finance) - The New South Wales Minerals Council will launch a major campaign today in Newcastle, on the state's central coast, hitting back at calls for the coal industry to be phased out.

Motor industry set to invest record R5.8bn this year - Naamsa (Independent Online) - New investment by South Africa's motor manufacturing industry is expected to decline by 7 percent to R5.75 billion this year from last year's record capital expenditure.

Wall rancher finalist for beef industry award (Rapid City Journal) - Rancher Myron Williams of Wall was recently chosen as a finalist for the Beef Industry Vision Award.