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'Labor would fast-track auto industry review' (Adelaide Now) - A FEDERAL Labor government would fast-track a review of the Australian automotive industry to ensure its long-term future, Opposition Leader Kevin Rudd says.

Coakley: Car insurance industry may not be ready for Patrick plan (Boston Globe) - The state's auto insurance industry may not be ready for the push by the Patrick administration to bring increased competition into the market, Attorney General Martha Coakley said Tuesday.

MTSU's concrete degree builds up industry's ranks (The Tennessean) - MURFREESBORO, Tenn. (AP) -- Carl Turnbow Jr. started college as a computer science major, before switching to something more solid. Like hundreds of other students at Middle Tennessee State University, Turnbow is now studying for a bachelor's degree in concrete management. The industry-funded program has become the fastest-growing major on campus.

SEMI Industry Forecasts Taste Best With a Grain of Salt (Seeking Alpha via Yahoo! Finance) - William Trent submits: Chip equipment orders seen rising 1 pct this year: Sales of equipment used to make microchips are seen rising 1 percent this year to $40.9 billion, cooling markedly from last years 23 percent growth, a U.S. industry group said on Monday.

18 Jul 2007 : Cape film industry adds R3.5bn to SA economy (Cape Business News South Africa Business) - The Western Cape film industry has contributed at least R3.5bn to South Africa’s gross domestic product (GDP) in the 2006 financial year. At the same time the film industry contributed R936m to the Western Cape Gross Geographic Product (GGP), of which R684m is contributed to the Cape Town GGP.

Market Watch: Pharmaceutical Industry (Embroidery Monogram Business) - OCTOBER 01, 2006 -- Nature of the Industry The pharmaceutical and medicine manufacturing industry ranks among the fastest growing manufacturing industries in the United States.

Coakley: Car insurance industry may not be ready for Patrick plan (WPRI 12 Providence) - BOSTON (AP) - Attorney General Martha Coakley says the state's auto insurance industry may not be ready for increased competition. Insurance Commissioner Nonnie Burnes yesterday (Monday) announced a proposal to transition the state to "managed competition."

Papers Detail Industry's Role in Cheney's Energy Report (Washington Post) - At 10 a.m. on April 4, 2001, representatives of 13 environmental groups were brought into the Old Executive Office Building for a long-anticipated meeting. Since late January, a task force headed by Vice President Cheney had been busy drawing up a new national energy policy, and the groups were g...

Japan PM criticises nuclear industry after leak (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has criticised the country's nuclear industry over its response to this week's earthquake.

Local hospital officials bemoan having to spend heavily to keep up with rival institutions, but an insurance industry ... (Reading Eagle) - Local hospital officials bemoan having to spend heavily to keep up with rival institutions, but an insurance industry official argues more competition is the answer.