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Music Industry Takes XM Radio to Court (NewsFactor via Yahoo! News) - The Recording Industry Association of America is at it again, but this time, instead of suing individuals who download songs illegally from file-sharing networks, the music-industry bulldog is going after XM Satellite Radio.

Lawmakers Vow to Work With Auto Industry (AP via Yahoo! News) - Lawmakers who met with the leaders of the Big Three U.S. automakers on Thursday pledged to work with them to help the industry compete against foreign carmakers.

S. Korean Auto Industry Seeks Leniency (AP via Yahoo! News) - South Korea's automobile industry began a campaign Thursday asking for leniency and temporarily release of the indicted chairman of Hyundai Motor Co., the country's largest vehicle maker.

Australian Nuclear Power Industry Is Inevitable, Howard Says (Bloomberg.com) - May 19 (Bloomberg) -- Australia, which has the largest known reserves of uranium, will eventually have a nuclear power industry, Prime Minister John Howard said.

CEO roundtable: Top tech players sound off about evolving industry (USATODAY.com via Yahoo! News) - 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.

Fijians set sights on dairy industry (ABC via Yahoo! Australia & NZ News) - Fiji is hoping for a boom in its dairy industry, as its dominant sugar industry faces a downturn.

Governor praises biotech industry (North County Times) - SAN DIEGO ---- After hearing sobering reminders of the biotech industry's financial problems, more than 500 attendees at Thursday's Calbio 2006 conference got a well-received morale boost from Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger.

'Resilient' tourism industry coping with fuel hikes (ABC via Yahoo! Australia & NZ Finance) - A leading figure in Australian tourism is confident the industry can cope with spiralling fuel costs.

Cabela's coming brings cheers from tourism industry (The Times of Northwest Indiana) - With Cabela's finally set to locate in Hammond, officials in the Northwest Indiana's tourism and travel industry are celebrating. "It's great news for the region," said Bill Wellman, spokesman for Whiteco Industries. "Anything that big and economically important is a shot in the arm for the region.

Communications Industry presents PlayStations to the Daniel Delicata Memorial Association (di-ve) - The Malta Communications Authority (MCA) together with the communications industry presented ten PlayStations to the Daniel Delicata Memorial Association.