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Oil Industry Group Paid Lobbyist $200K (AP via Yahoo! Finance) - The American Petroleum Institute, the oil industry's main trade group, paid Timmons & Co. $200,000 to lobby the federal government in the first half of 2007, according to a disclosure form.

MASTERPLAN TO MAKE MALAYSIAN CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY MORE DYNAMIC (Asia Pulse via Yahoo!7 Finance) - Regulations / Law A masterplan to inject greater dynamism into the construction industry and enable it to be globally competitive was approved today, Najib Tun Razak said Tuesday.

Masterplan to Make Malaysian Construction Industry More Dynamic (Asia Pulse via Yahoo! Asia News) - PUTRAJAYA, Aug 29 Asia Pulse - A masterplan to inject greater dynamism into the construction industry and enable it to be globally competitive was approved today, Najib Tun Razak said Tuesday.

Report: hard times ahead for DRAM industry (Ars Technica) - Although the DRAM industry has enjoyed a brief respite for the first few quarters of 2007, tracking firm iSuppli now believes the industry is headed back into the doldrums. Read More...

Australian gambling industry shares fall over horse flu outbreak (International Herald Tribune) - Tabcorp Holdings and Tattersall's shares fell after an outbreak of equine influenza shut down horse racing in Australia, paralyzing an industry that generates 15 billion Australian dollars, or $12.4 billion, a year in betting turnover.

Pakistan sugar industry finds Indian exports bitter to swallow (Indian Express Finance via Yahoo! India News) - The detainment of the Indian sugar consignment at Pakistan is a result of unfair tactics by Pakistani sugar cartel, allege the Indian exporters. The current sugar price in Pakistan market is around Rs 38 per kg in their currency. Whereas, the Indian sugar would cost them around 21-22 Pakistani rupee. So naturally, their local industry is bound to be apprehensive, said Mukesh Sindhwani of SDM ...

Equine flu threatens breeding industry (Daily Telegraph) - An outbreak of equine flu in Australia has sent jitters through the multi-billion-pound thoroughbred breeding industry, forcing some of the world's most expensive horseflesh to be kept in quarantine.

China links civil aircraft manufacturing industry with capital market (People's Daily) - China Aviation Industry Corp. I (AVIC I) on Tuesday celebrated the establishment of two civil aircraft joint ventures based in eastern Shenyang and southwestern Chengdu. The two companies had taken the lead in the nation to absorb inves ...

North American Foods blends top potato industry talent to deliver superior products (AG Weekly) - IDAHO FALLS, Idaho (AP BUSINESS WIRE)—Jul. 27, 2007—RD Offutt Company and United II Potato Growers of Idaho, Inc. have formed North American Foods, LLC. The new company, resulting from the contribution of certain assets of the companies unites the industry’s top talent from field to shelf.

Its time to clean up the Gambling industry (Scoop.co.nz) - Clubs New Zealand, the industry body for the chartered and workingmen’s club movement is tired of the dodgy operators within the gambling industry and wants them out.