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Develoment industry leader: We get no respect (Naples Daily News) - In the Florida Home Builders Association publication this past week, association vice president Paul Thompson wrote that the industry provides most Floridians with their single largest source of wealth. It provides jobs for one of every five residents. It’s the driving force behind the state’s economy and pumps billions of dollars into government coffers. But instead of appreciation, the industry ...

Jobs Abound in Bay Area Hospitality Industry (The San Francisco Examiner) - The Bay Area is the state's second largest tourist destination as well as a popular spot for corporate groups to host professional conferences and events. An entire industry of hotels, restaurants, and catering companies exists to serve this rotating population of short-term visitors. All the players in the hospitality industry took a hit with the tourism drought in the months post September ...

Whisky industry's Indian tax victory on the rocks as new tariffs loom (The Scotsman: Business) - THE Scotch whisky industry could face a raft of new punitive taxes in India just days after the government announced it was to slash import duties.

Opportunities To Explore In Food Processing Industry (Bernama) - SHAH ALAM, July 7 (Bernama) -- There are opportunities for companies to explore in the food processing industry, Deputy International Trade and Industry Minister Ng Lip Yong said.

Region reaps benefits from growing film industry (The Daily Comet) - MANSFIELD, La. Until that late April day when Denzel Washington tried unsuccessfully to pop quietly into Grand Cane and Mansfield to check out potential settings for "The Great Debaters," DeSoto Parish had not been on the radar in the region's burgeoning movie industry.

FMPOC Seeks Dialogue On Proposed Legislation For Ports Industry (Bernama) - PETALING JAYA, July 7 (Bernama) -- The Federation of Malaysian Port Operating Companies (FMPOC) has requested a dialogue with the Transport Ministry on the proposed legislation to set up a new structure to administer the ports industry.

Commissioners learn about the local marine trades industry (Outer Banks Sentinel) - The Dare County Marine Industry Association (DCMIA) recently hosted a meeting with Dare County commissioners at Paul Mann Custom Boats in Manns Harbor, providing an opportunity for the county's elected officials to learn firsthand about the marine trades industry and to discuss local issues affecting commerce.

Iraq moves to regulate oil industry (The Record) - BAGHDAD -- The Iraqi Cabinet signed off Tuesday on a revised bill to regulate the country's oil industry and sent it to parliament -- a major step in reaching a long-delayed benchmark sought by the U.S. to promote reconciliation between Iraq's Sunnis and Shiites.

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.

Tourism industry: Workers needed (Billings Gazette) - CHEYENNE - Representatives of Wyoming's hospitality industry say the state's worker shortage is exacerbated by the limited numbers of visas available for guest workers.