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Gaming industry sales grow by 43% in 2007 (USATODAY.com via Yahoo! News) - In December, Nintendo had its biggest month ever with the hot-selling game system. Holiday shoppers bought 1.4 million Wiis, according to sales data released Thursday by the NPD Group. The Wii's success helped drive the video game industry to a record-setting $17.9 billion in sales, about 43% higher than 2006's $12.5 billion, which was also a record.

Campbell announces new measures for troubled B.C. forest industry (The Globe and Mail) - B.C. Premier will appoint a roundtable to review government forestry regulations in an effort to buoy the ailing industry

Glass half full, real estate industry telling Atlantans (Atlanta Journal-Constitution) - Local real estate industry leaders made another stab this week at counteracting the growing tide of gloomy news about mortgages, foreclosure and home sales. At a panel discussion assembled by the Mortgage Bankers Association of Georgia and the Georgia Association of Mortgage Brokers, representatives of bankers, brokers, real estate agents and builders encouraged consumers to "think of the glass ...

Broadway Producers Panel, with Bernstein and Hulce, Part of Jan. 27 Entertainment Industry Expo (Playbill) - Jed Bernstein will host a panel featuring several Broadway producers — including Spring Awakening 's Tom Hulce — as part of the upcoming Entertainment Industry Expo in New York City.

Local 2 Investigation Prompts Call For Change In Trucking Industry (KPRC Local 2 Houston) - HOUSTON -- Local 2 Investigates exposed the problem last year. Now massive, nationwide changes to the trucking industry are being proposed. Our hidden camera investigation showed how a person with no experience and little training could still get a license to drive an 18-wheeler.

Supreme Court Won't Take Tobacco Industry Case (News Channel 5 Nashville) - The U.S. Supreme Court has rejected a request by tobacco companies to consider making it harder for smokers to prove they were misled by the industry.

Industry watching for strike-inspired bidding wars, hot films at Sundance (CBC) - A day into the 2008 Sundance Film Festival, industry watchers are on the lookout for bidding wars and record high distribution deals stemming from the ongoing U.S. screenwriters strike.

AEP construction program leads industry (Point Pleasant Register) - NEW HAVEN - American Electric Power's aggressive program to install emissions-reduction equipment on its existing plants and build new generation facilities has grown to become the largest in the utility industry and second largest in the nation.

X-by-wire not susceptible to power failure, industry says (Electronics Supply and Manufacturing) - MUNICH, Germany — While airplanes crash in the case of a total electric power failure, cars merely get less comfortable despite an increasing content of safety-critical electronic systems. At least this is what the automotive industry promises.

Former Michigan Agri-Business Association Chairman Geers Receives Award for Contributions to Agri-Business Industry (Grainnet.com) - Lansing, MI—The Michigan Agri-Business Association honored a past Chairman of the MABA Board for his contributions to the agri-business industry and the association at the MABA annual Winter Conference this week.