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CEO roundtable: Top tech players sound off about evolving industry (USA Today) - The communications industry is getting flipped on its head and turned inside out. To talk about these changes, USA TODAY assembled five top players from the communications industry for a discussion in front of an audience in San Francisco last week. Here are edited transcripts of the day moderated by Kevin Maney.

Alabama travel industry shows 3.3% growth in 2005 (USA Today) - Despite hurricane damage on the Gulf Coast, Alabama's travel industry grew to $7.6 billion in 2005 thanks to a boost in golf-related tourism. Jobs attributed to the industry also grew by 3,121 to 159,659.

Hairloss ad breached industry code (Reuters via Yahoo! News) - A British television advert for a hair-loss treatment endorsed by Australian cricketer Shane Warne was found in breach of industry rules Wednesday.

Warne's hairloss advert breached industry code (Reuters via Yahoo! News) - A television advert for a hair-loss treatment endorsed by Australian cricketer Shane Warne was found in breach of industry rules on Wednesday.

Models Strike in Milan Over Lack of Industry Rules (Fox News) - Models refused to pose, photographers stilled their flashes and stylists laid down their brushes for three hours Wednesday to protest the lack of rules governing their industry.

XM Satellite shares tumble in wake of recording industry suit (bizjournals.com via Yahoo! Finance) - Shares of XM Satellite Radio tumbled almost 6 percent Wednesday on the heels of a lawsuit filed by the Recording Industry Association of America.

Record Industry Sues XM Satellite (AP via Yahoo! News) - Natural allies in the music industry — record labels and a leading satellite service — are on opposing sides in a federal lawsuit over how consumers may legally record songs using next-generation radio devices.

Bligh urges uranium industry to prove safety (ABC via Yahoo! Australia & NZ Finance) - Acting Queensland Premier Anna Bligh has challenged uranium miners to use science to convince Australians that their industry is safe.

New body to develop SA car industry (ABC via Yahoo! Australia & NZ Finance) - The South Australian Government has established a new group to help sustain and develop the state's car industry.

Nuclear energy industry urged to lobby public (Financial Times) - The nuclear energy industry needs to work harder if it is to persuade the public of the benefits of building new plants, Europe's top energy official believes.