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Canada beef industry targets Asia after crisis (Reuters via Yahoo! News) - Talks aimed at opening Asian markets closed to Canadian beef since mad cow disease was detected three years ago should get a kick-start from Thailand's decision to lift its ban, an industry official said on Monday.

British NGO blames industry for failing to stop 'blood diamonds' (AFP via Yahoo! News) - The diamond industry has promised much but done little to end the illegal trade in so-called blood diamonds, which fund wars in Africa, the British non-governmental organisation Global Witness said.

IT industry 'needs a new reputation' (The Age) - The Australian information technology (IT) industry needs to shed its reputation as a boring boys club in order to attract talent and females to a career in technology, new research has found.

IT industry 'needs a new reputation' (AAP via Yahoo!7 News) - The Australian IT industry needs to shed its reputation as a boring boys club in order to attract talent to a career in technology, new research has found.

Grape glut hurts wine industry (Sydney Morning Herald) - Australia's grape glut is continuing to hurt the wine industry, with a smaller 2006 vintage failing to take the sting out of the oversupply problem. -

Oil industry fights an angry Congress over lease loophole (The Hill) - Long the target of angry rhetoric about “windfall” profits, the oil industry now faces something more tangibly painful: a bipartisan push in Congress to force the industry to pay billions of dollars more in royalties to the federal government.

Content industry continues to push aggressive copyright laws (Ars Technica) - Hundreds of years ago, cheap and simple reproduction came to the masses, and it's worked out well for almost everyone. Why does the content industry want to rewind the calendar?

AMD Geode(TM) LX Processor Continues to Demonstrate Industry Leadership With Strong Customer Demand; AMD Embedded (FinanzNachrichten) - One year after its introduction to the market, the AMD Geode(TM) LX processor family continues to build momentum and industry demand.

British NGO blames industry for failing to stop 'blood diamonds' (TODAYonline) - A diamond prospector filters earth in Koidu, eastern Sierra Leone, some 250 km east of Freetown, in 2001. The diamond industry has promised much but done little to end the illegal trade in so-called blood diamonds, which fund wars in Africa, the British non-governmental organisation Global Witness said.

Fishing industry: Trust us - Greens not impressed (Scoop.co.nz) - Allowing the fishing industry to police itself is a bit like putting Bonnie and Clyde in charge of bank security, Green Party Fisheries Spokesperson Metiria Turei says.