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Racing Industry Establishes Barbaro Fund (Washington Post) - NEW YORK -- The racing industry reacted quickly to the death of Barbaro with the creation of the Barbaro Memorial Fund on Thursday, an initiative to raise money for research into laminitis and other equine health and safety issues.

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.

Private Spaceflight Industry Foresees Steady Progress in 2007 (SPACE.com via Yahoo! News) - The budding personal space travel industry anticipates progress on a number of fronts in 2007, including favorable U.S. regulatory decisions, the availability of affordable insurance, new spaceport developments and increased testing of new spaceship designs.

Cruise industry ups ante in competition (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette) - NEW YORK -- Finding out what's new in the cruise industry is like playing "Can you top this?"

SeedQuest - Central information website for the global seed industry (SeedQuest) - Nearly 400 seed producers and associated industry representatives from across the country were on hand for the 18th Independent Professional Seed Association Annual Conference, January 16-18, 2007. Held at the Adam’s Mark Hotel in St. Louis, MO, the event was titled “Thinking Outside the Bag,” and provided seed companies with several outstanding speakers, opportunities to visit with more than 50 ...

Stars talk on music industry jobs (Knoxville News Sentinel) - Grammy winners including Ludacris and Earl Klugh told Atlanta high school students that the music industry has plenty of different jobs to offer.

Resources industry still driving WA economy: chamber (ABC via Yahoo!7 News) - The Chamber of Minerals and Energy of Western Australia says the resources industry will underpin the Western Australian economy until 2015.

Pilbara salt mine plan worries pearl industry (ABC via Yahoo!7 News) - There is opposition from the Western Australian pearling industry to plans for a salt mine on the Pilbara coast in the state's north-west.

IDB Grant To Boost Venture Capital Industry In Caribbean, Latin America, (Investors Offshore) - The Inter-American Development Bank’s Multilateral Investment Fund has announced the approval of a US$500,000 grant to strengthen the venture capital industry in Latin America and the Caribbean.

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.