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Canadian Timber Industry Hurt by U.S. Housing Bust (NPR) - The Canadian soft-wood lumber industry is in freefall. Sawmills are closing or switching to partial schedules, and unions are screaming for government aid to the affected communities. The reason? The American housing bust. But Canadian timber workers are angry at the U.S. for other reasons, too.

Cable industry group's 1Q lobbying reached nearly $3.3M (AP via Yahoo! Finance) - The National Cable & Telecommunications Association, the cable industry's main trade group, spent about $3.3 million in the first quarter to lobby on Internet regulation and other issues, according to a disclosure report.

Virginia watermen seek federal aid for crab industry (AP via Yahoo! Finance) - Virginia watermen and the Chesapeake Bay Foundation are asking Washington to approve emergency funding to help the struggling crab industry.

Veto of home inspection bill baffles industry (Atlanta Journal-Constitution) - Professional organizations in the home inspection industry wanted the law. So did the Georgia Association of Realtors. The state council that reviews licensing proposals also endorsed the idea. But Gov. Sonny Perdue did not. Hewing to his philosophy that less government is better government, Perdue last week vetoed HB 1217, which would have required that home inspectors be licensed.

Overview of the Chinese Software Industry Which Reached Total Value of $633 Billion (Business Wire via Yahoo!7 Finance) - Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c92375) has announced the addition of "China: Software Industry" to their offering.

Overview of the Chinese Semiconductor Manufacturing Equipment Industry with Focus on Key Emerging Markets (Business Wire via Yahoo!7 Finance) - Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c92359) has announced the addition of "China: Semiconductor Manufacturing Equipment Industry" to their offering.

U. of Michigan Airline Survey Pans Industry (TheStreet.com) - Southwest ranks first, but the airline industry ranks lowest of 43 industries in a customer satisfaction survey.

National Semiconductor Introduces Industry's First Quad Multipoint-LVDS Transceiver (ElectronicsWeb) - National Semiconductor Corp. recently introduced the industry's first quad multipoint-low-voltage differential signaling (M-LVDS) transceiver designed for backplane clock distribution in Advanced Telecom and Computing Architecture (ATCA) and MicroTCA line cards. The new quad-channel transceiver is compliant with the EIA/TIA-899 M-LVDS standard

Country cabbies call on Govt for industry regulation (ABC via Yahoo!7 Finance) - South Australian country taxi operators say they are isolated and frustrated by the lack of Government action to regulate their industry.

Exploring the music industry's other alternatives (CNET) - Featured links from the CNET Blog Network Exploring the music industry's other alternatives -- Don Reisinger has some ideas for the music industry. Do you have others? Audioengine 2: Audiophile grade computer speakers for $199 -- Let's face it, most PC speakers sound pretty awful, but Audioengine's $199 a pair speakers are good enough for persnickety audiophiles. SMS on the rise ...