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Mergers seen taking off in US airline industry (USA Today) - Mergers, which would give airlines more control over capacity and thus the power to raise fares have long been seen as a critical next step for the airline industry. Analysts say a new round is on the horizon, and when it begins, carriers will not want to be left behind.

China's steel industry urges tighter controls on foreign investment (AFP via Yahoo! News) - 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.

SA abalone industry fears virus widespread (ABC via Yahoo!7 News) - South Australia's Fishing Industry Council says it is possible a deadly virus infecting Victorian abalone stocks could already be in South Australia.

Cloudmark Equips Cable & Wireless Barbados With Industry-Leading Security for Messaging Services (SYS-CON Media) - Cloudmark, the leader in real-timemessaging security, is providing Cable &Wireless (Barbados) Limited with the CloudmarkAuthority platform, renowned for the industry's fastest, most accurateanti-spam, anti-phishing and zero-houranti-virus filtering technology. Cable & Wireless Barbados hosts an ISPinfrastructure used in 11 countries and has deployed Cloudmark's Authorityplatform to shield

Minding Mindanao's mining industry (INQ7 Business) - THE Philippine mining industry is one of the most promising industries in Asia. The country has vast mineral resources and its strategic location makes exports to other Asian nations easier.

Industry unites to plan for future employment (Scoop.co.nz) - New Zealand's leading hospitality organisations have combined to launch a major strategy aimed at ensuring this country’s $17.2 billion tourism industry has the employees and skills it needs to grow and prosper.

Strong economic growth powers machine industry By Wang Xu (China Daily) Updated: 2006-08-03 08:51 (China Daily) - China's machinery industry notched up 32.23 per cent growth in the first half of the year, fuelled by the nation's strong economic growth, said top officials from the China Machinery Industry Federation (CMIF).

SA abalone industry fears virus widespread (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) - South Australia's Fishing Industry Council says it is possible a deadly virus infecting Victorian abalone stocks could already be in South Australia. The ganglioneuritis virus was found in four Victorian abalone farms late last year.

FBI joins with industry to tackle ID theft (InfoWorld) - ( InfoWorld ) - The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation is stepping up its fight against online fraud with a new initiative called Operation Identity Shield, according to a senior FBI official. The project, which is already in operation, is one of a growing number of collaborations between the FBI and the technology industry. "It's sort of an evolution of what we've seen in the phishing

The Games Industry In China (Slashdot) - The increasingly important role that China is taking on the world stage, both politically and economically, has been reflected in the gaming industry of the last few years. Last week BusinessWeekOnline published an article looking at 'China's Online Gaming Craze'. The piece looks at the huge surge in online players in China, and estimates that the online gaming market for the country will surpass