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Foreign tourists avoid US, but industry has strong internal market (AFP via Yahoo! News) - Foreign tourists are increasingly avoiding visits to the United States, but the US tourism industry remains strong thanks to a healthy internal market, according to industry officials.

The Iraq Memoir Industry (The Nation via Yahoo! News) - The Nation -- The Iraq-official memoir publishing industry is beginning to resemble a circular firing squad. In last Sunday's Washington Post, Paul Bremer duked it out with those who've accused him of incompetence and stupid decisions which contributed to the insurgency we see raging in Iraq today.

Tourism industry facing multiple threats (Stuff) - A new strategy being developed by the tourist industry seeks to combat hurdles thrown up by global warming, growing competition and low earnings.

Farmers keen on sheep industry solutions (Newstalk via Yahoo!Xtra News) - Sheep farmers are keen to work with meat companies to find solutions to problems in the sheep meat industry.

Citrus Tax Increase Proposed To Help Juice Up The Industry (The Tampa Tribune) - LAKELAND - Florida citrus officials are proposing the highest taxes on farmers in at least a decade to fund research and marketing for the beleaguered industry.

Industry training investment out of step (Scoop.co.nz) - “Today’s Budget aims to invest in New Zealand’s future, but the investment in growing industry training is out of step with the needs of businesses and workers”, said Jeremy Baker, Executive Director of the Industry Training Federation.

Cameco CEO says uranium industry flying high, mining company is ‘resilient’ (Canadian Business) - May 16, 2007 - 6:32 p.m. SASKATOON (CP) - Times have changed for the better as far as the uranium industry is concerned and that has made Cameco Inc. strong and resilient, chief executive Gerry Grandey told shareholders of the company (TSX:CCO) at their annual meeting Wednesday.

Industry Heads off to Lure North Americans (Scoop.co.nz) - Auckland, New Zealand, 17 May 2007: New Zealand has its sights firmly set on luring lucrative overseas conference and incentive business down under and an industry group is off to the United States in a bid to do just that.

Tourism industry celebrates successes, looks to future (BizJournals) - State Secretary of Tourism Mike Cerletti said he is concerned about the potential impact of higher gas prices on the state's tourism industry, but he still foresees a strong year for visitorship to New Mexico. Cerletti was addressing the annual Albuquerque Convention & Visitors Bureau tourism lunch today, held in conjunction with National Tourism Week.

EIN News Launches Airline Industry Today News Service, Internet's Most Comprehensive News Aggregation Service Dedicated ... (SYS-CON Media) - The Washington DC-based IPD Group announced today that it has launched the Airline Industry Today news service (http://airlines.einnews.com/), thus further extending its EIN News portfolio of media monitoring sites.