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China Looks Set for Telecom Industry Restructuring (BusinessWeek) - Rumors of a restructuring build as the massive mainland industry eagerly awaits the debut of a homegrown 3G mobile standard

Hardwood Lumber Industry Struggles (AP via Yahoo! Finance) - Global economics and the housing bust are throwing a relentless string of problems at the mom-and-pop sawmills and logging companies that make up much of the nation's hardwood lumber industry.

EPA ties with chemical industry probed (UPI) - The U.S. Congress is investigating relations between the chemical industry and scientists hired by the EPA to check chemical safety levels, officials said.

Chemical Industry's Influence at EPA Probed (Washington Post) - A congressional committee is investigating ties between the chemical industry and expert review panels hired by the Environmental Protection Agency to help it determine safe levels for a variety of chemical compounds.

Chip industry confronts 'software gap' between multicore, programming (EETimes) - The industry is just starting to address what's being called a software gap between a rising tide of multicore processors and a lack of parallel programming tools and techniques to make use of them.

Fears for nuclear industry grow as EDF eyes British Energy bid (Independent) - Senior executives from Britain's power industry have begun lobbying Government ministers to ensure that at least one UK company is involved in some capacity in the takeover of British Energy.

One body now for halal industry (The New Straits Times) - KUALA LUMPUR: Halal Industry Development Corp (HDC) is now the only body in the country authorised to issue halal certificates.

Industry puts on a brave face (The Telegraph) - New Delhi, April 4 : Industry fears a squeeze in demand, if interest rates go up in the wake of high inflation.

Hard times hit the hardwood lumber industry in the United States (Canadian Business) - Tim Huber, The Associated Press April 4, 2008 - 3:44 p.m. CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Global economics and the housing bust are throwing a relentless string of problems at the mom-and-pop sawmills and logging companies that make up much of the hardwood lumber industry in the United States.

Venezuela: Chávez Nationalizes Cement Industry (New York Times) - President Hugo Chávez said his government could not allow businesses to continue to export raw materials needed to help tackle a domestic housing shortage.