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Virgin America causing turbulence in airline industry (CNN.com) - NEW YORK (Reuters) -- Start-up U.S. air carrier Virgin America Inc. has not flown a plane or even gotten a license to operate, but it is already creating turbulence in the U.S. airline industry.

Monster film success soothes South Korea's worried cinema industry (AFP via Yahoo! News) - A rare monster film is blazing a trail in South Korea's cinema history, drawing record audiences and bolstering a local movie industry being weaned from decades of a protective screen quota.

Hong Kong Film Industry Warns Downloaders (AP via Yahoo! Finance) - Hong Kong's movie industry threatened to sue 42 Internet users for illegally downloading newly released films if they don't pay US$3,000 each in compensation.

Move in India to Ban Coke and Pepsi Worries Industry (New York Times) - Industry groups are concerned that the bans could harm the country’s image as an attractive place for foreign investment.

Forest industry layoffs top 6,000 (The Globe and Mail) - MONTREAL — The shutdowns and layoffs in Canada's beleaguered forest industry grew yesterday, with two major producers announcing a pause in sawmill activities in Quebec, putting almost 400 people out of work.

India Auto Industry Growing Wildly with TATA Motors Leading the Way - VIDEO NEWS STORY (The Auto Channel) - NEW YORK - August 15, 2006: India's auto industry is poised for the same kind of historic gains experienced by the U.S. in the 1950s and '60s. TATA Motors, India's largest automaker looks to be a big winner and good investment opportunity.

Move to tackle woes of industry (The Star Online) - PENANG: District Industry Implementation Unit (DIIU) will be formed to tackle pro-blems faced by the industry players, International Trade and Industry Minister Datuk Seri Rafidah Aziz said.

Industry Proposals are of low conservation value (Scoop.co.nz) - A report prepared by NIWA for the Department of Conservation shows that areas the fishing industry proposes to close to bottom trawling are of low conservation value.

Will sites like Zillow.com shake up the real estate industry? (CNET) - Video: Will sites like Zillow.com shake up the real estate industry?. Steve Chainey bought his dream home using Zillow.com, a Web 2.0 site that combines satellite mapping imagery with home valuation analysis. This site and others like it provide consumers with research tools that have been difficult to access in the past, potentially disrupting the traditional real estate paradigm.

Poultry industry needs disinfecting (Scoop.co.nz) - The Green Party is calling for strict standards to force the poultry industry to clean up its act in the light of a study that shows 100 percent of chickens tested prior to slaughter were contaminated with campylobacter.