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Industry Notes (The Oregonian) - Items for the Monday Industry Notes feature should be submitted to The Oregonian Business News Department via e-mail at money@news.oregonian.com or by fax at 503-294-4079.

Industry is fishing for attention (New Orleans Times-Picayune) - Less than a month after Hurricane Katrina struck, the LSU Ag Center released a statement analyzing the storm's impact on the commercial fishing industry.

Lobbying group may help boost Texas' film production industry (BizJournals) - The Texas film industry has lost at least $500 million in film productions during the last three years to states offering film incentives, according to the Texas Film Commission.

Green laws slowing mining: industry boss (The Age) - Over zealous environmental laws governing the mining industry are stalling billions of dollars of developments and reducing Australia's competitiveness in the global market, according to a mining industry leader.

New apps heat up N.E. chip industry (BizJournals) - Intel Corp.'s launch last week of its new Core 2 Duo processor is expected to be a major step forward in carving itself a competitive edge in the national landscape of high-volume processors. On a regional level, the news also places a timely exclamation mark on a spate of activity in the New England semiconductor industry, driven by the development of new applications.

New companies jump into crowded in-game advertising industry (BizJournals) - Big companies are earmarking growing chunks of their ad budgets for brand advertising in online video games with hopes of reaching young male consumers. This new in-game advertising industry (predicted to bring in more than $700 million by 2010) has found its heart in San Francisco, with companies like Double Fusion, Engage Advertising and AdScape Media thumping here.

Senator Schumer takes on rent-to-own industry (WRGB) - (New York - AP) - Senator Charles Schumer is taking on the rent-to-own industry.

Wine industry fears wine glut will affect local sales (ABC via Yahoo!7 Finance) - The Queensland Wine Industry Association says it is concerned local product sales will drop because cheap Australian wine is flooding bottle shops.

Cauayan's garment industry gaining ground in export biz (Sun Star) - THE garment industry in Cauayan town has been gaining popularity since it was established last year. It has provided its residents with another livelihood program, which earns a steady income.

Sub-par nursing homes called an industry problem (Dayton Daily News) - Although Consumer Reports considers Northwood Nursing and Rehabilitation Center one of the country's most consistently undesirable nursing homes, its September issue calls quality a widespread industry problem that is not sufficiently punished.