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The Reinsurance Industry Looks Beyond Transaction Processing to Innovative Automation and Better Risk Management (Insurance and Technology) - The reinsurance industry is shifting to an information-based operational approach with an increased emphasis on discovering ways to automate, while profiting from, information management.

The Reinsurance Industry Looks Beyond Transaction Processing to Innovative Automation and Better Risk Management The ... (Finance Technology Network) - Q: In terms of automation, where is the reinsurance industry today relative to other insurance industry segments? What have been the biggest automation challenges for reinsurers?

SXSW: The Inside Scoop - how to get a job in the game industry (Addict 3D) - For the most part, the "Inside Scoop" about getting a job in the gaming industry sounded like getting a job in pretty much any industry, except maybe trading decommissioned nuclear weapons on the black market.

Kentucky Legislators: Horse Industry Deserves Better (BloodHorse) - Two Democratic legislators in Kentucky have formally asked Republican Gov. Ernie Fletcher why the horse industry won’t have broad representation at an agriculture summit scheduled for March 15 in Louisville.

Fast-food industry's vulnerable underbelly (Los Angeles Times) - After an E. coli outbreak led to steps to make meat safer, illness from the germ is linked increasingly to fresh produce. The Klaus family has lived the fast-food industry's nightmare: people getting sick from E. coli .

Industry's finest awarded at China's first ACE Awards (Electronic Engineering Times Asia) - China had its first Annual Creativity in Electronics (ACE) Awards this month, celebrating the creators of technology and how they impact the industry.

Internet becoming indispensible to European travel industry (AFP via Yahoo! News) - European travel agencies are ceding a rising share of their business to the Internet, as consumers grow accustomed to less personal service but more flexibility.

Report: I-10 bridge could be costly to maritime industry (Mobile Press-Register) - A new Interstate 10 bridge over the Mobile River could cost the city's maritime industry as much as $250 million a year depending on which of three proposed routes is chosen, according to a report commissioned by Alabama's highway department.

High oil and gas prices keep industry, investors focused on Permian Basin (Midland Reporter-Telegram) - "With the (oil) industry as hot as it is, a lot of money comes into the industry," said Jon Thoma, senior vice president of Wells Fargo Bank's Energy Banking Group.

Final plans set for DST computer change (USA Today) - The switch to daylight-saving time may be nice for after-dinner strolls and might even save some energy (which was Congress' motive), but the computing industry has had to scramble. Many people only recently realized the change would even impact computers.