INDUSTRY HEADLINES

VALVE MANUFACTURING

• Emerson Opens New Technology Center in China
• Curtiss-Wright Announces Senior Management Appointments

WATER & WASTEWATER

• Obama: Water Issues Seen as Likely Priorities
• North Kent Wastewater Plant to Launch 'New Era' for Treating Sewage

CHEMICAL PROCESSING

• Industrial Production Up 1.3% in October
• Chemical Project Cancellations this Year Remain Significantly Below Last Year's Levels

POWER & ENERGY

• House Panel Backs Waxman as Energy Chairman
• Could ‘Energy Islands’ Power the Future?

OIL & GAS EXPLORATION

• 'Rules of the Road' Set for Oil Shale Drilling
• Agency Begins Process to Allow Drilling off Va. Coast

REFINING & PETROCHEMICAL

• Refiners Slowing Momentum
• Canada's Booming Oil Sands Sector Shows Signs of Weakening As Crude Prices Tumble

OTHER INDUSTRIES

• ITT Ranks Fifth on G.I. Jobs Magazine's 2008 Top 50 Military-Friendly Employers List
• Frost & Sullivan Awards Baxter's BioPharma Solutions Business the Customer Service Leadership of the Year

MANUFACTURING & THE ECONOMY

• Unions Sure Organizing Bill Will Pass
• New Manufacturing Cost Study Shows Corporate Tax Burden Has Widened Steadily Since 2003