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Rising wages, skills shortage threaten India's booming IT industry (AFP via Yahoo! News) - Rising wages and a shortage of skilled workers threaten to blunt the competitive edge of India's flagship 48-billion-dollar information technology industry, experts said.

Sony Ericsson Wins UK Sport Industry Award (WTA Tour) - LONDON, England - Global Tour sponsor Sony Ericsson has been recognised for its dynamic marketing of women's tennis by winning a British Sport Industry Award in London on Thursday night.

2006 Game Developer Salary Survey Reveals Industry Trends (Gamasutra) - The editors of Gamasutra sister publication Game Developer magazine have revealed the results of its 2006 Salary Survey, calculating an average American game industry salary of $73,316, slightly down on 2005's figure of $75,039. The core data from the 2006 survey is now available in the April 2007 issue of Game Developer magazine, being delivered to subscribers in the near future, and including ...

Bush again pushes 3 nominees seen as pro-industry (Los Angeles Times) - The president could skirt the Senate by using recess appointments. WASHINGTON — The White House has renominated three people for top jobs affecting the environment who were previously blocked in Congress because of their pro-industry views.

Production and Sales in China's Papermaking Industry are Thriving with an Average Industry Growth Speed of Above 20% (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance) - DUBLIN, Ireland----Research and Markets has announced the addition of China Papermaking Industry Report, 2007 to their offering.

Bush to try again with EPA nominees / White House may skirt Congress to install 3 pro-industry choices (San Francisco Chronicle) - The White House has renominated three people for top jobs affecting the environment who previously were blocked in Congress because of their pro-industry views. If necessary, said industry lobbyists and Republican aides in Congress, Bush intends to...

Industry tightens standards on 'no proof' loans (The San Francisco Examiner) - LOS ANGELES ( Map , News ) - Designer mortgage loans that don't require borrowers to prove how much money they earn or make downpayments are getting much of the blame for the wave of defaults racking the subprime mortgage industry.

Industry asks U.S. to reject plan for gene-modified rice (The Plain Dealer) - Washington -- The U.S. rice industry wants the federal government to reject a plan to grow genetically modified rice in Kansas, saying the country's growers would suffer "financial devastation" if modified crops contaminate the commercial supply.

Wine industry faces major challenge from global warming (AFP via Yahoo! News) - A hot year is normally associated with a vintage year for wine growers but global warming could, by the end of the century, have adverse effects and already poses a major challenge to vineyards in southern France and California.

High-tech biometric industry matures (Miami Herald) - The U.S. government's growing appetite for biometrics-based ID systems to bolster security, detect terrorists, fight crime and control illegal immigration is generating billions of dollars in opportunities for an evolving industry that's coming of age in the post-9/11 era.