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'Girls Gone Wild' boss can't attend adult industry conference (USA Today) - A federal judge has loosened the legal leash on Girls Gone Wild founder Joe Francis, but kept it taut enough to prevent the soft porn filmmaker from attending an adult industry conference this weekend in Phoenix.

New entry in space tourism industry (AP via Yahoo! News) - A California aerospace company plans to enter the space tourism industry with a two-seat rocket ship capable of suborbital flights to altitudes more than 37 miles above the Earth.

Racing industry slams High Court betting decision (ABC via Yahoo!7 News) - The Perth racing industry expects to lose millions of dollars, after the High Court found legislation outlawing betting exchanges in Western Australia was unconstitutional.

New Report Reveals the 100 Top Grossing Enterprises in China's Copper Mining Industry and Compares Their Strategies (Business Wire via Yahoo!7 Finance) - Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c86809) has announced the addition of The 100 Top Grossing Enterprises in China's Copper Mining Industry: Comparative Analysis and Development Strategy to their offering.

New Zealand Energy Min Refutes Industry Claims On Elec Price Hike (Nasdaq) - WELLINGTON -(Dow Jones)- New Zealand Energy Minister David Parker Thursday labeled as "wishful thinking" industry claims that government plans to reduce greenhouse gas emissions would substantially raise electricity prices.

Games industry chases tax deals to halt exodus (Financial Times) - Britain's games industry is intensifying calls for the government to grant tax breaks to help prevent a brain drain to Canada after SCi, the UK's largest games publisher, became the latest company to shift production across the Atlantic.

Retooling The Wine Industry (South African Wine News) - Vintners, growers, bankers, sales managers and wholesalers shared their aspirations for the industry with researchers from the Graduate School of Management and the Department of Viticulture and Enology at UC Davis this week.

Meat industry must adapt to rapid change (Scoop.co.nz) - Increasingly complex consumer demands abroad and dynamic agricultural conditions at home are driving the need for New Zealand’s export meat sectors to adapt, says a recently-released industry report.

Advertising Industry Gold ADDY Award For Television Campaign To OneWorld Communications (Broadcast Newsroom) - SAN FRANCISCO, BUSINESS WIRE -- OneWorld Communications received top advertising industry kudos, the Gold ADDY Award, for the creativity of its "Telephone Soap Opera" television campaign, from the Greater San Francisco Ad Club on March 20, 2008.

Sport merges into global entertainment industry (Reuters via Yahoo! News) - An unprecedented auction at the Hilton Towers hotel in Mumbai on February 20 illustrated just how dramatically sport is spreading beyond traditional boundaries and merging into the global entertainment industry.