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Govt to provide further $110m for racing industry (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) - The Federal Government has announced a $110 million assistance package for those in the horse racing industry suffering financial hardship due to the equine flu quarantine.

Recording industry files lawsuits against 8 Mainers (Boston Globe) - Seven Maine college students and a mother from Biddeford face federal lawsuits as part of an aggressive attempt by the recording industry to curb illegal sharing of music online.

SPECIAL REPORT: The human side of industry slowdown (Naples Daily News) - Two faces of the industry downturn in Southwest Florida.

Aegis revenues double industry average (Financial Times) - A year-long winning streak in international media pitches and fast-growing digital businesses helped Aegis increase its first-half revenues by almost twice the industry average.

Afghan poppy industry eludes U.S. control (CNN.com) - In a small district in southern Afghanistan, U.S.-backed Afghan drug forces opened fire on farmers who were blocking roads and throwing rocks to protest the destruction of their poppy fields earlier this year. Scores were injured in the firefight.

Shipping industry needs global emmisions regulation (Environmental News Network) - The world's shipping industry needs global regulations that are consistently enforced by the United Nations if it is to cut emissions, the chairman of the International Chamber of Shipping said on Friday. Public pressure is building for ship owners to curb air pollution and take part in markets in permits to emit sulfur and greenhouse gases.

Ethanol industry demand increases on-farm grain storage (Tri-State Neighbor) - The ethanol industry not only influenced the increased corn acres planted last spring - it will impact the way producers store grain this harvest.

N.C. aims to switch gears from textile industry to biotechnology (The Charlotte Observer) - Until the late 1950s, the low-slung brick building in the center of this minuscule town was home to the Kayser-Roth hosiery mill. Some 400 workers tended to clattering looms, churning out pantyhose. The hosiery mill is gone now, along with much of the Carolina textile industry -- a casualty of the global reordering that has concentrated production in Asia and Latin America. But the old brick ...

The Industry Standard is Coming Back, Maybe (paidContent.org via Yahoo! Finance) - As Business 2.0 closes, another of the old names is being dusted off and will possibly make a comeback: The Industry Standard, at TheStandard.com. The now-placeholder site was discovered by chance by Eric Savitz at Barron's, and now IDG told us in a statement: "IDG Communications is exploring the creation of a media property covering emerging technologies and the internet economy, potentially ...

Is TV/Magazine Personality's Daughter Paying Too Much? Recent News Reports Suggest Higher Than Industry-Standard Costs ... (PR.com) - As the 41-year-old daughter of a famous TV and magazine personalty allegedly tries to get pregnant, a number of media outlets have reported that she is being treated with in vitro fertilization. Her reported fees are higher than industry standards according to a fertility expert. Dr. Gail Whitman-Elia, founder and medical director of Advanced Fertility & Reproductive Endocrinology Institute, LLC ...