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Violence hurts East Timor coffee industry (AP via Yahoo! News) - East Timor's resurgent coffee industry, which supplies high-quality organic beans to companies such as Starbucks, has been badly hurt by a wave of violence in the capital, officials said Thursday.

Canada's Industry Minister Asked to Delay Xstrata Bid Review (Bloomberg.com) - June 1 (Bloomberg) -- Lawmakers asked the Canadian industry minister to delay reviewing a bid for Falconbridge Ltd. by Switzerland's Xstrata Plc until foreign regulators finished studying Inco Ltd.'s friendly C$19.3 billion ($17.5 billion) acquisition of the copper and nickel producer.

Ugly sheep could save wool industry (ABC via Yahoo!7 News) - The search is on for the ugliest merino lambs, because they could save Australia's billion dollar wool industry.

Violence Hurts East Timor Coffee Industry (ABC News) - Violence Threatens East Timor's Resurgent Coffee Industry; Supplies Beans to Starbucks, Others

Industry regulators drop charges against Quattrone (Houston Chronicle) - Securities industry regulators have dropped all charges against former star technology banker Frank Quattrone over how his investment bank allocated shares of hot IPOs during the late-1990s Internet boom

German Construction Industry to End 11-Year Recession (Update1) (Bloomberg.com) - June 1 (Bloomberg) -- Germany's construction industry may grow for the first time in 12 years as Europe's largest economy accelerates, spurring investment in roads and buildings, Hans- Peter Keitel, chief executive officer of Hochtief AG, said today.

Industry regulators drop all charges against Frank Quattrone (Canadian Business) - WASHINGTON (AP) - U.S. securities industry regulators have dropped all charges against former star technology banker Frank Quattrone over how his investment bank allocated shares of hot IPOs during the late-1990s Internet boom.

Violence Threatens E.Timor Coffee Industry (AP via Yahoo! Finance) - East Timor's resurgent coffee industry, known for its high-quality organic beans, has been badly hurt by a wave of violence in the capital that halted operations at the start of the harvesting season, officials said Thursday.

Unions, Ad Industry Prep To Reassess Market (Broadcasting and Cable) - The Screen Actors Guild and the American Federation of Television & Radio Artists are hoping their joint ad industry/union will have picked an outside consultant by the end of June to study what, if any, changes need to be made to the contracts for commercial actors on TV and radio.

ESA holds 'Industry Space Days' meeting (UPI) - NOORDWIJK, Netherlands, June 1 (UPI) -- The European Space Agency this week held its "Industry Space Days 2006" -- a forum for those operating in the space sector -- in the Netherlands.