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Homebuilding industry is taking a hit (The Providence Journal) - The housing industry -- which largely carried the U.S. economy through the tribulations of the 2000 stock-market crash, a recession and climbing oil prices -- has lost its vigor in recent months and now has begun to bog down the broader economy,...

China's steel industry urges tighter controls on foreign investment (AFP via Yahoo!7 Finance) - BEIJING (AFP) - China's steel industry wants tighter controls on foreign investment, amid growing concerns a more protectionist mood may be taking hold in Asia's second-largest economy.

Transbotics Secures Upgrade Order for Existing LGV System in the Food and Beverage Industry (The Auto Channel) - CHARLOTTE, N.C.--Aug. 1, 2006--Transbotics Corporation, (OTCBB: TNSB) (www.transbotics.com), announced it has received an order for upgrading an existing Laser Guided Vehicle system from a customer in the food and beverage industry.

St. Paul settles with regulators in insurance industry probes (Market Watch) - SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- St. Paul Travelers said on Tuesday that it agreed to pay $77 million to settle with regulators that have been investigating questionable insurance industry practices.

Industry Contributes To Region's Smoggy Skies (NBC 5 Dallas Fort Worth) - Summer in North Texas means an air pollution problem that is plainly visible, and while vehicle emissions are the primary cause for smoggy skies, industry shares part of the blame.

Nursery industry loses billions in sales (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) - Queensland's biggest plant-based rural industry is having, by its own admission, its worst year in two decades. The nursery industry had been worth about half a billion dollars in sales to domestic and export markets a year.

The Options Industry Council Announces Continued Growth as July Options Trading Increased 37% Over Same Period Last Year (SYS-CON Media) - The Options Industry Council (OIC) announced today that total options trading volume in July reached 154,613,858 contracts, a 36.9 percent increase over the year-ago level of 112,876,662 contracts.

Senator pushes for Indigenous art industry inquiry (ABC via Yahoo!7 Finance) - Northern Territory Labor Senator Trish Crossin says she is continuing to push the Commonwealth for a widespread inquiry into the Indigenous art industry.

China's steel industry urges tighter controls on foreign investment (TODAYonline) - Steel coils on a construction site in Beijing. China's steel industry wants tighter controls on foreign investment, amid growing concerns a more protectionist mood may be taking hold in Asia's second-largest economy

Zillow 'humbled' by real estate industry (San Diego Daily Transcript via Yahoo! News) - SAN FRANCISCO -- The creators of online home-valuation service Zillow learned the same lesson that many innovators and entrepreneurs before them have learned: Real estate is difficult, it's local and it's not the travel industry.