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Digital Music Industry Challenged to Follow Fans' Lead (PC World via Yahoo! News) - Music industry executives at the Billboard Digital Music Live conference at CES discussed what the industry needs to do to meet the needs of music fans who appear to be running the show.

Digital music industry challenged to follow fans' lead (InfoWorld via Yahoo! News) - At the Consumer Electronics Show this year, it's clear that consumers are making choices that are driving industry changes, and nowhere is that more evident than in the digital music business.

The Untold Story: How the iPhone Blew Up the Wireless Industry (Wired News) - After suffering bumps in the road to development, Apple's iPhone takes the wireless industry by storm, and turns a power structure between carriers and manufacturers on its head in the process.

Toy industry tries to regain parents' trust (International Herald Tribune) - The toy industry is fighting to restore its reputation after high-profile safety scares last year.

Indonesia mulls local flour subsidy - Industry official (Antara News) - Indonesia's government may subsidise the price of wheat flour by paying a 10 percent value added tax for locally processed wheat in order to lower the price of local flour, an industry official said on Wednesday.

Star's insurance industry investigation places third in Philip Meyer awards competition (The Kansas City Star) - A Kansas City Star investigation into the insurance industry has been named one of the best uses of social science research in journalism last year.

Korea: Korea To Ease Financial Industry Regulations (Sin Chew Jit Poh) - SEOUL, KOREA: President-elect Lee Myung-bak Wednesday (9 Jan) pledged to ease regulations to boost the finance industry during a meeting with heads of major banks, and securities and insurance companies.

Time to turn S'pore's silver industry into gold: Lim Boon Heng (Straits Times) - IT'S A booming sunrise industry as the world's and Singapore's population ages - so global companies, urged the minister in charge of ageing issues, Mr Lim Boon Heng, should use Singapore as a "living lab to innovate and experiment" before launching new businesses to corner the "silver industry" in Asia.

The Chinese Airport Advertising Industry Will Develop Towards Advanced Design Technology According To 2007 Report (Business Wire via Yahoo!7 Finance) - Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c79036) has announced the addition of "China Airport Advertising Industry Report, 2007" to their offering.

Chinese Laptop Industry Report 2007 2008 Is Available Now (Business Wire via Yahoo!7 Finance) - Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c78971) has announced the addition of "China Laptop Industry Report, 2007-2008" to their offering.