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Israel's citrus industry blossoms again (Reuters via Yahoo! News) - The citrus industry in the land of Jaffa oranges, squeezed for a decade by economic decline and a Palestinian uprising, is blossoming again.

Reports: Attacks, bad equipment cost Iraqi oil industry $16 billion (USA Today) - Iraq's most important moneymaker its oil industry lost $16 billion in two years to insurgent attacks, criminals and bad equipment, a secret U.S. audit says. The Baghdad government "must take bold action" to protect its oil and electrical facilities, concludes an unclassified summary of the classified audit.

Construction industry safety standards 'pleasing' (ABC via Yahoo!7 News) - Northern Territory WorkSafe officers have visited 130 work sites across Darwin and Palmerston in its safety blitz on the construction industry.

Dubai's dhow cruise industry poised for more fleet additions (Khaleej Times) - DUBAI — The Dubai dhow cruise industry is poised for a major leap as four more wooden dhows will be added to the existing 36 dhows that ply along the creek. The vessels, owned by new players, are presently being constructed at the Jadaff dry docks.

Leading Media Auction Technology, Enversa, Hires Top Industry Executive to Lead Charge Into Ad Buying Sector (SYS-CON Media) - Reinforcing the idea that the media auctionformat is the way forward for beleaguered media buyers, Enversa upped theante by hiring media industry pro Jim Else as executive vice president.

Federal cut will hurt tourism: industry (CBC via Yahoo! Canada News) - Opposition from the tourism industry is continuing to grow against Ottawa's announcement that it would cut a program offering GST and HST rebates to foreign travellers.

Credit rating industry overhaul clears Congress (Reuters via Yahoo! News) - Legislation placing credit rating agencies under greater oversight was passed by the U.S. Congress on Wednesday, a response to criticism that the industry failed to flag problems soon enough at troubled firms such as Enron Corp. and WorldCom.

Texas film group aims to boost movie industry (Houston Business Journal) - Representatives of the Texas Motion Picture Alliance, a nonprofit group formed in July, will meet on Sept. 30 to organize and discuss the strategy of strengthening the state's motion picture industry.

Leading Media Auction Technology, Enversa, Hires Top Industry Executive to Lead Charge Into Ad Buying Sector (RedNova) - Reinforcing the idea that the media auction format is the way forward for beleaguered media buyers, Enversa upped the ante by hiring media industry pro Jim Else as executive vice president. Advertising execs are clamoring for a different way to buy media.

Branson pushes airline industry to make changes in emissions (The Star-Ledger) - NEW YORK -- British billionaire Richard Branson, the founder of Virgin Atlantic Airways, is pressing the aviation industry to change airport operations, including how planes descend for landings, to help reduce environment- damaging fuel emissions.