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TUC chief attacks private equity industry (FT.com via Yahoo! News) - The quietly spoken head of the Trades Union Congress has launched an outspoken attack on the private equity industry, accusing some operators of being "amoral asset-strippers" and "casino capitalists".

As battles heat up in the food industry, Heinz boosts its marketing budget (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette) - In the food industry, the heat is turned way up.

Prawn industry warns against imports (AAP via Yahoo!7 Finance) - Quarantine inspectors must ban the importation of raw prawns to prevent the spread of disease into Australian crustacean stocks, industry experts urge.

Music industry sings from the same sheet (Financial Times) - For most of the past seven years, the music industry has been governed by a prevailing wisdom that mergers were essential if the major record labels were to survive the digital age.

IT industry received more than its share of grief on service tax (The Hindu) - CHENNAI: In the run-up to the Budget 2007, the most prominent demand of the IT (information technology) industry appears to be the one about STP. "Dwarfing all items represented on the IT industry's list of Budget expectations this year, is the extension of tax holidays available to software and ITeS (IT enabled services) exporters registered under the STP (software technology park) scheme beyond ...

GBC Materials Produces Microscopic Glass Beads For The Electronics Industry (ElectronicsWeb) - The GBC Materials division of Morgan Advanced Ceramics offers microscopic-sized glass beads for the electronics industry

Ban imported prawns, warns industry (News Interactive) - QUARANTINE inspectors must immediately ban the importation of raw prawns to prevent the spread of disease into Australian crustacean stocks, industry experts have warned.

NZ Seafood Industry shares Maori concerns (Scoop.co.nz) - "We share Maori concerns about the government's shared fisheries proposals," said New Zealand Seafood Industry Council Chief Executive Owen Symmans today. "Maori are a significant commercial participant in the seafood industry.

Seminar on Defence-Industry partnership held (Indian Express via Yahoo! India News) - "The aims and objectives of the armed forces are co-terminus with the industry. It is imperative to achieve maximum synergy between the defence and the industry to create appropriate and enabling defence technologies and strengthen defence industrial base in the country," said Lt General Daljeet Singh, PVSM, AVSM, VSM, General Officer Commanding in Chief, Army Western Command, while speaking ...

Aims of armed forces, industry co-terminus: Lt Gen Singh (New Kerala) - Chandigarh, Feb 20: The objectives of armed forces are co-terminus with industry and it is extremely important to achieve maximum synergy between them for better technologies and strong defence industrial base.