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2006: Record Year for Game Industry (NewsFactor via Yahoo! News) - Brisk holiday sales in December finished a record year for the video game industry, according to recently released figures from market research firm NPD Group.

Ghost authorship of industry funded drug trials is common (EurekAlert!) - Ghost authorship is the failure to name, as an author, an individual who has made a substantial contribution to a scientific article. A study of 44 industry-initiated trials from Denmark in the 1990s found evidence of ghost authorship for 33 trials, which increased to 40 if a person qualifying for authorship was just acknowledged rather than being named as an author.

INSURANCE INDUSTRY’S CLOUT (Sun-Sentinel) - Here's a sampling of the insurance industry's spending on political campaigns and lobbying. A company's spending includes spending through subsidiaries. All figures have been rounded to the nearest $1,000.

Cutting-edge industry has mostly been sold abroad (Financial Times) - Smiths' involvement with the UK's aerospace and defence industry goes back to the early days of powered flight, when it became one of the first suppliers of instruments for aircraft cockpits.

Busted storm another bad omen for snowmobile industry (Boston Globe) - Monday's snowstorm that fizzled into a mess of sleet and freezing rain pushed Vermont's snowmobile industry one step closer to turning the season into a complete washout.

Plan to offer free basic financial information welcomed by industry (Financial Times) - The financial services industry yesterday welcomed a government initiative to offer free basic financial information to every adult but warned that the service must not stray into offering detailed personal advice.

Oil and gas industry pushes into the Gulf of Mexico's deep waters (The Shreveport Times) - WASHINGTON "" The oil and gas industry didn't get everything it wanted from Congress last year, but it managed to expand the offshore drilling frontier in the Gulf of Mexico.

Tourism industry gets summer boom (NZCity) - 16 January 2007 New Zealand's growing reputation as a hot holiday destination is seen as the reason our tourism industry is breaking records. The Christmas-New Year period has been one of the most successful on record, with places like Northland, Gisborne and the West Coast doing particularly well.

Finance minister, trade and industry minister to visit India (AFP via Yahoo! News) - Chancellor of the Exchequer Gordon Brown and Trade and Industry Secretary Alistair Darling are set to visit India on Monday for a three-day trip, Darling's department said.

EPIN Media Takes Center Stage at International Cultural & Creative Industry Expo (RedNova) - BEIJING, Jan. 15 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ -- Beijing EPIN Media Co., Ltd., a member of EPIN Technologies (China) Ltd., was in the spotlight again recently during the First China Beijing International Cultural & Creative Industry Expo held on December 12.