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Dirt industry in Valley kicks up a bit of gold (The Arizona Republic) - Dirt is a multimillion-dollar industry in Arizona, and Valley entrepreneur Denis Day is trying to haul the industry into the Information Age, one truckload at a time.

NASTF - Next Meeting During Las Vegas 'Industry Week' (The Auto Channel) - ARLINGTON, Va., July 21 -- The National Automotive Service Task Force (NASTF) announced today that the semi-annual meeting will be held in Las Vegas during Automotive Aftermarket Industry Week. The meeting will start at 1:30 p.m. on November 1, 2006 at The Mirage Hotel & Casino in Room C2 of the event center.

Games industry 'burns out talent' (BBC News) - The games industry has a long hours culture that is burning out young talent, union Bectu warns.

China Video Industry Association to support HDMI (EETimes) - Silicon Image Inc., a supplier of semiconductors for the secure storage, distribution and presentation of high-definition content, has announced an agreement with the China Video Industry Association (CVIA), under which CVIA will promote and support the use of the High-Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI) by the consumer electronics industry in China.

Secretary of state candidate plans service industry approach (Journal Gazette & Times Courier) - CHARLESTON -- Illinois secretary of state candidate Dan Rutherford said he plans to take a service industry approach to that state office if elected in November.

Music industry shuts down popular guitar tab site (USA Today) - Wow. Just last week in this blog I noted how the music industry's deal with Gracenote for lyrics was also likely to lead to a campaign against Web sites that offer lyrics, chords and what's known as tabs -- diagrams...

Oregon Residents and Industry Lobbyists Remain Gridlocked Over Housing's Role in a City's Redevelopm (RedNova) - By Libby Tucker In a marathon five-hour session Wednesday night, residents and industry lobbyists remained gridlocked over housing's role in the redevelopment of Linnton Village, delaying a planned Portland City Council vote and leaving the fate of the community up in the air.

IBM Virtualization Achieves One of Industry's Highest Security Levels, Says Government Evaluator (SYS-CON Media) - IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced the company'smainframe and POWER-based virtualization technologies have achieved one ofthe computer industry's most stringent security certifications,illustrating IBM's virtualization leadership.

Industry vets question RadioShack’s policy shifts (Fort Worth Business Press) - /> RadioShack Corp.’s July 13 announcement that it will end quarterly earnings release conference calls has local industry watchers maintaining that it could be the first of many changes to come in the retailer’s communications department.

Sask. hires more consultants to revive forestry industry (CBC via Yahoo! Canada News) - The Saskatchewan government is hiring two more consultants to help with what it calls a crisis in the forest industry.