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Semiconductor Industry Association Cuts Forecast (Update2) (Bloomberg.com) - June 13 (Bloomberg) -- The Semiconductor Industry Association cut its forecast for the market's growth this year to 1.8 percent, citing falling prices for memory chips and microprocessors.

Semi Industry Association Cuts Global Sales Growth Forecast from 10% to 1.8% (Seeking Alpha via Yahoo! Finance) - William Trent submits: The Semiconductor Industry Association [SIA ] lowered its forecast for 2007 sales, saying: Sharp declines in average selling prices for microchips in several key market segments microprocessors, DRAMs, and NAND flash will contribute to slower growth in worldwide sales of semiconductors in 2007, the Semiconductor Industry Association said today. [... ]

Alteon President Urges Aviation Training Industry TO Lower Costs (Asia Pulse via Yahoo!7 News) - (Full text of statement. Contact details below.) MEDIA RELEASE PR26485 Alteon President Urges Aviation Training Industry to Lower Costs and Improve the Quality of Pilot Training SEATTLE, June 13 /PRNewswire-AsiaNet/ -- "The aviation training industry needs to lower the cost of simulators, increase training quality and efficiency and reduce the time required to train pilots," Alteon Training ...

Wafers that once went to landfills are now chip-industry gold (Market Watch) - SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Not long ago, used chip wafers were considered all but worthless, sent to landfills or recycling centers. But semiconductor makers have found a new home for the millions of wafers they exhaust each year: the emerging solar industry.

Advertising Placements by Industry and Top Sponsored Links, May 2007 (ClickZ) - The industry breakdown of ad placements and unit types and top 25 companies placing sponsored links.

Industry minister acknowledges acrimonious debate over wireless ’oligarchy’ (Canadian Business) - Colin Perkel June 13, 2007 - 6:25 p.m. TORONTO (CP) - The federal government is going to have to make some tough decisions on the future of mobile phone services amid recriminations the country has become a wireless oligopoly, the country's industry minister says.

Exchange Industry Tries To Clean House: A 1031 Cautionary Tale Part 3 (CoStar Group) - A spate of recent troubles involving a handful of financial intermediaries of 1031 tax free exchanges has sent the industry reeling from the negative publicity. In response, one industry group, the Federation of Exchange Accommodators (FEA), is hoping...

State Lawmakers To Seek Federal Probe Of Oil Industry (The Morning News) - LITTLE ROCK -- The legislative Joint Energy Committee voted Wednesday to call on the U.S. Justice Department to investigate possible anticompetitive and anticonsumer practices in the oil industry.

Sony sees electronics sales outpacing industry (Reuters via Yahoo! India News) - NEW YORK (Reuters) - Sony Corp. expects growth in electronics sales to outpace the industry this fiscal year, fueled by demand for big televisions and digital cameras, while a fall in component prices could boost profits, a top executive said on Wednesday.

Is Internet radio doomed?; New rates threaten to wipe out industry (The Post and Courier) - Bunky Odom, a music industry veteran and Sullivan's Island resident, had high hopes when he recently launched Radio Free Charleston, an Internet radio station. "We want to bring new music to Charleston ... music that doesn't get played on traditional radio," said Odom. Those plans ma...