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Industry hails technology transfer (Bangkok Post) - Thailand has made more gains in its planned free trade deal with Japan, which has agreed to a wider scope of technology transfer as requested by the Thai garment industry.

Merrill Lynch Raises Alarm on Health of Newspaper Industry (Editor and Publisher via Yahoo! News) - NEW YORK For years it has been said that the newspaper industry is on a downturn. Publishers have always characterized it as a gentle, slow decline, a perception that allows them to take time to figure things out. But a new report from Merrill Lynch's Lauren Rich Fine -- a champion of newspapers -- reveals publishers better get on the stick, because the industry may be deteriorating faster than

IT industry lauds US Senate nod to immigration Bill (The Hindu) - In a move that will bring cheer to Indian IT professionals and industry, the US Senate has approved an Immigration Reform Bill that has a provision to increase the number of H-1B visas for skilled workers from 65,000 to 1,15,000.

Rs.1b for rehabilitation of fisheries industry (Sunday Observer) - The government has channelled Rs. 1 billion for rehabilitation and reconstruction of the Fisheries industry, a spokesman for the Ministry of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources told the Sunday Observer.

Manila Action Plan for Content Industry approved (Manila Bulletin) - The 2nd Ministerial Meeting on Asian Content Industry hosted by the Philippines which ran May 26-27, 2006, at the historic Manila Hotel ended yesterday with ministers and their representatives from Brunei Darussalam, Kingdom of Cambodia, Indonesia, Japan, Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Malaysia, Republic of the Philippines, the Republic of Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam approving the Manila

Exporters back Palace decision to push mining industry’s revival (Sun Star) - THE President made the right decision in standing pat on the government’s drive to revive the mining industry.

Rockers teach pupils about music industry (Daily Record) - The students at Gill St. Bernard's private school in Gladstone on Friday got a lesson about the music industry -- and a performance -- from a knowledgeable source, a Roxbury-based band that calls itself Wellsville.

Andrew Kantor: CyberSpeak - It's the same old song from a short-sighted industry (USATODAY.com via Yahoo! News) - Ladies and gentlemen, there are some things you need to know - some things you need to be absolutely clear about because there are people out there trying to cloud the issues and convince you to give up your rights. Last week the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) sued XM Satellite Radio. Why? Because of the Pioneer Inno XM2go portable XM receiver.

Mining industry pushing for rollback of rescue rules (The Kentucky Post) - Although the anguish and anger remain raw from January's fatal accidents at the Sago and Aracoma mines in West Virginia, the coal industry wants to roll back or amend most of the federal emergency rescue rules adopted in response to them.

Iron Industry Museum Kicks-Off Season With Open House (WLUC TV 6) - The Iron Industry Museum in Negaunee hosted an open house Sunday, kicking off a series of activities to be held at the museum all summer long. The open house began with a performance by the Iron County band "White Water" which has traditionally played at the annual gathering.