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Musicals drive banner Broadway season: industry officials (AFP via Yahoo! News) - Musicals are proving to be the economic engine of Broadway, drawing some 12.2 million theatergoers in the banner 2007-2008 season, according to industry officials, who said they expect more of the same this year.

Palestinians pin biz hopes on high-tech industry (San Francisco Chronicle) - Hunched over their laptops, Palestinian software engineers are working on a program that makes desktop computers accessible from anywhere. But the real breakthrough they are working toward is the possibility that the fledgling Palestinian high-tech industry...

Boating industry hits economy's troubled seas (The Sacramento Bee) - From the lazy byways of the Delta to the shores of Lake Tahoe, a soggy economy and stratospheric fuel prices are hurting Northern California's boating industry. Anne Chadwick Williams / awilliams@sacbee.com A boat pulls a water skier Friday on the Sacramento River past Miller Park. High gas prices could keep some boaters off the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta's byways this Memorial Day ...

Competition pressuring profits in telecom industry: Conference Board (The Canadian Press via Yahoo! Canada News) - TORONTO - Canadians can expect intense competitive pressure to hold down price increases in the telecommunications industry for the next few years, the Conference Board of Canada predicts.

Competition pressuring profits in telecom industry: Conference Board (Canadian Business) - David Friend, The Canadian Press May 28, 2008 - 7:11 p.m. TORONTO - Canadians can expect intense competitive pressure to hold down price increases in the telecommunications industry for the next few years, the Conference Board of Canada predicts.

Biotech groups hoping for industry contacts (Wisconsin State Journal) - Chuck Oehler is preparing his PowerPoint and pamphlets, getting ready to show off his company, Primorigen Biosciences, to the world. Primorigen is one of the Wisconsin companies chosen to make a presentation at BIO, the international biotechnology convention being held in San Diego June 17-20. With an expected attendance of 20,000 from the global bioscience industry, BIO is a chance for ...

Vail Resorts taking powder on state's ski industry group (Rocky Mountain News) - The behemoth Vail Resorts Inc. dealt a blow to Colorado's ski industry trade group when it announced plans Thursday to pull out of the organization because of disagreements about its future direction.

New initiative for hotel industry targets housekeeping jobs (Straits Times) - HOTELS can now seek funding to install electronically-operated devices to help make the job of housekeeping attendants easier - and entice older workers and woman to join the tourism industry.

Tobacco industry targets youth (Khaleej Times) - DUBAI — The tobacco industry is launching products to specifically target the youth, according to a senior health expert.

Auto industry feels the pain of tight credit (Austin American-Statesman) - The auto industry is getting sideswiped by the housing crisis.