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Cable industry set to answer the bandwidth question (Reuters via Yahoo! News) - When the cable industry gathers in Las Vegas this week for their annual summit, one question everyone will be asking is how they can sustain the stunning subscriber growth of the past 12 months.

India's airline industry runs into turbulence (International Herald Tribune) - The industry has grown at breakneck speed, but it is still hemorrhaging money, and some operators are struggling to meet day-to-day expenses even as they order more planes.

Dubai Will Farm Pearls, Revive Industry, With Australia's Arrow (Bloomberg.com) - May 6 (Bloomberg) -- Dubai, the Persian Gulf emirate planning an exchange to tap the $1 billion-a-year global pearl trade, will restart its traditional pearl farming industry with Broome, Australia-based Arrow Pearls Co.

Industry Notes (The Oregonian) - Items for the Monday Industry Notes feature should be submitted to The Oregonian Business News Department via e-mail at money@news.oregonian.com or by fax at 503-294-4079.

-- The industry itself, however, was split on whether science and technology would be able to find solutions for ... (InfoBolsa) - Terrorism, Illegal Immigration 06/05/2007 23:08:00 Business Wire industry. Voters Addressed Controversial Topics -- By a margin of two-to-one, voters said they believe embryonic stem cell research is a positive development (63 percent positive development, 31 percent troubling development).

Subcommittee reviews crop insurance industry (Iowa Farmer) - Washington - The House Agriculture Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management held a hearing May 1 to review the crop insurance industry. Rep. Bob Etheridge from North Carolina is chairman.

Unions urge G8 leaders to monitor private equity industry (Guardian Unlimited) - Trade union leaders will today press to get private equity on to the agenda of the June G8 summit amid anger over the impact of the industry on wages and workers' rights.

Tea woes: Industry in dire straits (NDTV) - Even as the West Bengal government tries to give industry in the state a boost, the tea industry - one of the oldest in the state -- is in bad shape. Tea gardens in North Bengal are being locked out one after the other.

Wine industry bets on a pricey drop (Tenterfield Star) - The Australian wine industry has set an ambitious target to sell an extra $4 billion worth of wine during the next five years despite facing dire conditions of drought and climate change.

Dubai's Pearl industry to be revived (MENAFN) - Dubai's Pearl industry to be revived