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Carlyle bullish on Japanese chip industry (International Herald Tribune) - Semiconductor firms are getting the most attention in the technology industry from private equity funds.

The Epicenter of Russia’s Oil Industry (The Globalist) - On a recent trip to Russia, Anatol Lieven found himself in Khanti-Mansiisk in Western Siberia. If you have never heard of the place, you are forgiven. However, it is very much worth getting to know — since it is the epicenter of Russia’s oil industry.

China's 2007 coal exports seen flat -industry group (Reuters via Yahoo! Asia News) - BEIING, April 16 (Reuters) - Industry group China National Coal Association said on Monday that it expects the country's coal exports in 2007 to stay at 2006's level of 64 million tonnes or come in slightly lower.

Advertising Placements by Industry and Top Sponsored Links, March 2006 (ClickZ) - The industry breakdown of ad placements and unit types and top 25 companies placing sponsored links.

Local airport authority supports exempting sales tax for aviation industry (Williamsport Sun Gazette) - The Williamsport Regional Airport Authority agreed Thursday to support the Aviation Council of Pennsylvania’s efforts to exempt the aviation industry from paying a 6 percent state sales tax.

Revamp of franchise industry rules (The Star Online) - CHINA'S chaotic franchise industry is expected to reorder itself as a new regulation takes effect in May.

Kenya: SOS for Sour Sugar Industry (AllAfrica.com) - Pressure is increasing on the Government to negotiate the extension of Comesa safeguards, ending in March next year, if it hopes to save the sugar industry.

Hawke's Bay larva puts $40m industry at risk (Stuff) - A moth larva that has stopped New Zealand's $40 million apple export industry to Taiwan came from an orchard in Hawke's Bay.

Toyota boosts Thai truck industry (CNN.com) - BAN PHO, Thailand (Reuters) -- Executives at Toyota Motor's pristine new plant in a Bangkok suburb point out the factory is the first in Thailand to run on clean natural gas.

Litho woes weigh down semicon industry (Electronic Engineering Times Asia) - The lithography world has suddenly turned upside-down as the industry gets socked by a double whammy: The window of opportunity is slowly closing on EUV lithography for IC production, but the most likely alternative—a version of 193nm immersion—is proving expensive.