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Food industry advertising draws fire from children's health advocates (International Herald Tribune) - As a crucial meeting of members of the WHO draws near, anti-obesity groups and the food industry accuse each other of dealing in misinformation.

BOOMING MIDEAST AVIATION INDUSTRY FACES ENVIRONMENTAL CHALLENGE (Asia Pulse via Yahoo!7 Finance) - Environment / water pollution   The Middle East's growing aviation industry is facing a major environmental hurdle as massive airport development continues to spiral around the region.

Booming Mideast Aviation Industry Faces Environmental Challenge (Asia Pulse via Yahoo!7 News) - The Middle East's growing aviation industry is facing a major environmental hurdle as massive airport development continues to spiral around the region.

Industry absorbs foreign investment (Vietnam Net) - VietNamNet Bridge – Of 1,445 foreign-invested projects licenced in 2007, 823 invest in industry. These projects have total registered capital of US$8.06 billion, accounting for 57% of the total number of foreign-invested projects and 45.2% of total registered capital.

Government slashes building industry red tape (Scoop.co.nz) - Minister for Building and Construction, Shane Jones, today announced plans to slash red tape in the building industry and provide simpler, more flexible consents process for starter homes.

Chip industry (Austin American-Statesman) - Two decades ago, Austin's Sematech research consortium started proving that fiercely competitive companies in the chip industry could work together to solve common problems that threatened to slow the pace of technical innovation.

Industry wakes up to dangers of its mega-bonus culture (eFinancial News) - City workers are used to having their bonuses criticised by outsiders. But the €4.9bn ($7.7bn) worth of trading losses suffered by Société Générale’s equity derivatives group have triggered a good deal of introspection and prompted banks to think the unthinkable: that their bonus-orientated culture may be damaging their industry.

'Green' cars boost Thai auto industry (AFP via Yahoo! News) - Incentives from the Thai government to encourage automakers to produce fuel-efficient "eco-cars" have yielded a raft of major investments and started to change how Thais drive, experts say.

Bright horizons for SA’s wine industry (SABC News) - The South African wine industry looks set to have yet another good year ahead. Harvest estimations show that 2008 will be, for the third consecutive year, unexpectedly prosperous.

After years working in Hollywood, screenwriter William Goldman concluded that, in the entertainment industry, “nobody ... (eFinancial News) - After years working in Hollywood, screenwriter William Goldman concluded that, in the entertainment industry, “nobody knows anything”. The same dictum might well apply to today’s confused and volatile capital markets.