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Music industry launches suit targeting Baidu, Sohu (Market Watch) - HONG KONG (MarketWatch) -- Some of the world's biggest music labels have joined to launch copyright-infringement lawsuits in a Beijing court against two Chinese Internet companies that allegedly offer illicit music downloading, in what amounts to the biggest claim for damages of its kind in China involving the music industry, according to a media report.

Australian March Construction Industry Shrinks on Higher Rates (Bloomberg.com) - April 7 (Bloomberg) -- Australia's construction industry shrank in March for the first time in seven months as demand for homes fell after the central bank raised interest rates to the highest in almost 12 years.

McGauran defends racing industry move (ABC via Yahoo!7 News) - Retiring National Party MP Peter McGauran says he sees nothing wrong with taking a job in the thoroughbred industry when he leaves Parliament.

Hard times hit U.S. lumber industry (MSNBC) - Global economics and the housing bust are throwing problems at the mom-and-pop sawmills and logging companies that make up much of the nation’s hardwood lumber industry.

Inquiry ordered to help motor industry (Financial Times) - Business minister Shriti Vadera has ordered a review aimed at helping the UK motor industry tackle the twin challenges of low-cost competition and emerging low-carbon car technologies.

INDUSTRY: Commitee wants local veterans memorial (Peoria Journal Star) - INDUSTRY — Historical research into the tiny McDonough County village of Industry is behind a community effort to put up a veterans memorial on Main Street.

New moves to boost life sciences industry (Daily Telegraph) - A new board to promote the UK's life sciences industry abroad will meet this week to hammer out a strategy for increasing the UK industry's global profile.

Talks aim to stamp out tourism industry racism (ABC via Yahoo!7 Finance) - The Northern Territory's Anti-Discrimination Commissioner is in Alice Springs this week to try to address concerns about racism in the tourism industry.

Industry continues working toward new water facility (The Macomb Journal) - INDUSTRY - The Industry Village Board has been searching for answers on its new water and filtration plant and went a step in the right direction as an outside source told of its finding during a peer review of plans submitted by Farnsworth Group.

FG to Revive Automobile Industry (This Day) - The federal government has restated its commitment to reviving the automobile industry.Towards this,the country is to embark on large-scale manufacture of motor vehicles under the new Nigerian Vehicle Project.