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Housing decline to bottom out in mid-2007, says industry group (Market Watch) - WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) -- A downswing in home sales and building should bottom out sometime during the middle of 2007 before recovering in the latter part of 2008, a home-building industry economist said Wednesday.

Visit U.S., travel industry tells world (International Herald Tribune) - It has taken the U.S. travel and tourism industry five years since the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks to bring the numbers of foreign visitors back to the pre-2001 level of about 50 million.

Refinery bottlenecks to dog oil industry until 2010 (AFP via Yahoo! News) - High oil prices are still being propped up by a shortage of refinery capacity and there is little sign of the bottleneck easing until 2010, industry executives and officials discussing OPEC's future have warned.

Tourism industry backs GBRMPA (ABC via Yahoo!7 News) - The head of the Queensland Tourism Industry Council says absorbing the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority (GBRMPA) into a government department would be a backward step.

Obituary: H. Bruce Davies / Securities industry executive (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette) - H. Bruce Davies, a longtime securities industry executive who was among the first to introduce regional investors to hedge funds, died at UPMC Shadyside hospital Friday of cancer. The Upper St. Clair resident was 58.

Brown lauds BMW's Mini boost to industry (Guardian Unlimited) - Car industry: BMW announces that it is switching production of Mini engines from Brazil to Birmingham.

Government, Industry Leaders to Meet at Space 2006 Convention (SpaceRef) - Hundreds of government and industry leaders are scheduled to attend Space 2006 from Sept. 19-21 at the San Jose McEnery Convention Center in San Jose, Calif., to explore the conference theme, "The Value Proposition for Space: Security, Prosperity, Discovery."

Argonaut taps industry veteran to boost its Select Markets Segment (bizjournals.com via Yahoo! Finance) - Argonaut Group Inc. has hired a 30-year veteran of the insurance industry to help expand the company's presence in targeted specialty markets.

Tourism industry supports Easter opening (Scoop.co.nz) - If New Zealand is to cement its reputation as a world class visitor destination, it is essential that shops in all areas have the ability to trade over Easter, the Tourism Industry Association New Zealand (TIA) says.

Federated downsizing Industry operation (Whittier Daily news) - 6:12 p.m. INDUSTRY - By next month, Federated Department Stores will have laid off nearly 280 workers at the company's logistics facility in Industry.