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Diamond industry bares all under transparency initiative (AFP via Yahoo! News) - The diamond industry, accused in the past of being opaque, bared all on Monday by publishing production figures for the first time as part of a transparency initiative to counter the "conflict diamond" trade.

U.S. airline industry could post record profit this year (International Herald Tribune) - The Air Transport Association said it expected the industry income to reach $4 billion in 2007.

Securities Industry 2006 Profit Surges (AP via Yahoo! Finance) - The U.S. securities industry's 2006 pretax profits nearly doubled from a year earlier, hitting their highest level ever, the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association said Monday.

Rising Wages, Skills Shortage Threaten India's IT Industry (Industry Week) - April 3, 2007 -- India's $48 billion information technology industry is facing rising wages and a shortage of skilled workers, experts said.

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.

Dollar Little Changed as Industry Report Shows Factory Slowdown (Bloomberg.com) - April 2 (Bloomberg) -- The dollar was little changed against the euro and the yen after an industry report showed a decline in U.S. factory growth last month while a gauge of prices manufacturers pay rose more than economists forecast.

Spring may turn into season of reckoning for housing industry (Denver Post) - Springtime usually means good times in the housing industry, but this year it's threatening to become a grim season of reckoning.

Dollar Little Changed as Industry Report Shows Factory Slowdown (Bloomberg.com) - April 2 (Bloomberg) -- The dollar was little changed against the euro and the yen after an industry report showed U.S. factory growth last month was slower than economists forecast.

No part of the airline industry is immune from strike threats (USA Today) - Labor discord apparently runs so deep throughout much of the airline industry that not even airport parking attendants are immune. The Detroit Free-Press writes that parking attendants at Detroit Metro Airport called off a strike threat after reaching a tentative...

Poor marks for airline industry (KVOA Tucson) - Most likely, passengers can expect more problems as the airline industry adapts to changes in baggage security and an increase in air travel and passenger demands.