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AUSTRALIAN RACING INDUSTRY TO START HORSE FLU VACCINATIONS TODAY (Asia Pulse via Yahoo!7 Finance) - Tourism / leisure   The equine influenza (EI) vaccine being hailed as the saviour of the Australian racing industry has arrived and will be administered to racehorses from today.

Australian Racing Industry To Start Horse Flu Vaccinations Today (Asia Pulse via Yahoo!7 News) - The equine influenza (EI) vaccine being hailed as the saviour of the Australian racing industry has arrived and will be administered to racehorses from today.

The entertainment industry in figures (BBC News) - Microsoft has hailed the £84m that Xbox 360 game Halo 3 made in the first 24 hours it was being sold as a record for an entertainment product. Industry watchers are wary of declaring this as the start of a new era for computer and video games because many other sectors of the industry are larger.

Six Filipinas nabbed for working in the 'wrong' service industry (New Straits Times) - Perhaps the term “service industry” needs to be better defined.

Entire industry eager for contract details (The Plain Dealer) - As the ink dries on the new four-year contract between General Motors Corp. and the United Auto Workers, retirees, workers, Ford and Chrysler are all anxious to see the details of what could be a watershed pact for the industry.

Vatican urges better pay, work for women in travel industry (Seattle Times) - The Vatican lamented the lack of women in leadership positions in the tourism industry and today called for equal work and pay for women...

Portables to power PC industry (BBC News) - The XO laptop is likely to have a big impact on the computer industry at large, not just developing nations.

Premier Wen urges technological upgrade in coal industry (China Economic Net) - Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao on Thursday called for technological upgrade to sharpen the competitive edge of China's coal industry and protect Chinese miners.

Con-way Freight Wins Industry's Top Safety Award from American Trucking Associations (Finanzen.net) - Con-way Freight, the industry’s leading less-than-truckload (LTL) freight transportation company and a subsidiary of Con-way Inc. (NYSE: CNW), announced today it is the recipient of the 2007 President’s Trophy award for the ...

China opens arms to foreign investment in hi-tech industry: NDRC official (People's Daily) - A senior official on Thursday said China welcomed more overseas investment to develop the country's hi-tech industry. "China welcomes more international hi-tech companies to set up regional headquarters, R&D centers, procurement centers ...