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Australia's Building Industry Slowed in March, Index Shows (Bloomberg.com) - April 10 (Bloomberg) -- Australia's building industry grew more slowly in March as rising interest rates crimped the housing market and a commercial construction boom slowed.

Industry losses start to bite (Toowoomba Chronicle) - MORE than 500 people have lost their jobs in Toowoomba during the past year because of industry closures. Another 900 jobs are in jeopardy if the city loses several major employers to other locations around Australia over coming months.

New Book Urges Deregulating US Mutual Fund Industry (Nasdaq) - WASHINGTON -(Dow Jones)- A new $20 paperback may shake up the $10 trillion U.S. mutual fund industry.

RCAU Announces: CompleteAuto Launches Listing Software Into the $15 Billion Motorcycle Industry (The Auto Channel) - ORLANDO, Fla.--CompleteAuto, an RCAU company (Pink Sheets:RCAU), announced today that it has extended its software platform by introducing the CompleteAuto software to the $15B motorcycle industry.

Semiconductor industry ready for further trade lib (INQ7 Business) - THE SEMICONDUCTOR and electronics industry is the most prepared domestic sector for further global trade liberalization, a study sponsored by the Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry showed.

Gain an Insight Into the Size and Scope of the Asian Contact Center Industry (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance) - DUBLIN, Ireland----Research and Markets has announced the addition of Asian Contact Center Industry Benchmarking Report 2007: China, India, Singapore, Thailand, Malaysia and The Philippines to their offering.

Hosting Industry Site, Geek Certified, Up for Sale (TopHosts.com) - April 9, 2007 – Geek Certified, a website that provides a venue for resolving disputes and ratings within the hosting industry announced that it is up for sale.

China's MII focusing on flat-panel industry (Electronics Supply and Manufacturing) - China's Ministry of Information Industry is stepping up its efforts to steer local companies into the flat-panel TV industry.

China's MII focusing on flat-panel industry (EETimes) - China's got fabs, now it wants a chunk of the flat-panel industry. The Ministry of Information Industry recently said it will step up its efforts to support companies looking to move into this area. Given Taiwan and South Korea's leading market share, that may be a tall order

China's Petrochemical Industry Sees Profits Rise 18.3 Percent in 2006 (RedNova) - China's petrochemical industry sees profits ris