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Milk Industry Reacts to Starbucks Switch (AP via Yahoo! Finance) - Got hormone-free milk? Milk industry experts say that question is on the minds of milk producers and coffee shops alike now that Starbucks Corp. is planning to make lattes with milk free of the bovine growth hormone rBGH.

HD DVD or Blu-ray? Even the Porn Industry Won't Touch It (PC Magazine via Yahoo! News) - Reporter's Notebook: If you want to know where consumer technology is heading, look to porn and war, or so the axiom goes. PC Magazine took a break from this year's CES to ask the adult industry which high-definition DVD format will win out. The verdict? The scuttlebutt is that only one format is porn-friendly.

House Votes to Roll Back Oil Industry Subsidies (Fox News) - The House of Representatives rolled back billions of dollars in incentives for the oil industry on Thursday as they closed out the much heralded 'first 100 hours' of Democratic control.

Premier Campbell urges forest industry to look to Asia as U.S. trade tightens (Canadian Business) - VANCOUVER (CP) - Premier Gordon Campbell is urging the forest industry to turn to Asia to expand the lumber market. The premier told the Truck Loggers Association convention in Vancouver to look to Japan and China to grow its lumber markets.

Premier Campbell urges forest industry to look to Asia as U.S. trade tightens (CP via Yahoo! Canada News) - VANCOUVER (CP) - Premier Gordon Campbell is urging the forest industry to turn to Asia to expand the lumber market.

Healthcare industry set for quantum jump, says FICCI study (PharmaBiz) - The Indian healthcare industry, which registered a growth of 12 per cent per annum in the last four years, is set for a big leap with a projected growth of 170 per cent by 2012 and employing over 9 million people against the present strength of 4 million, according to a study.

Democrat backlash against US oil industry (Daily Telegraph) - Oil giants face a $14bn (£7.1bn) bill over the next 10 years after the US House of Representatives agreed on tougher measures for the industry.

Two Major Announcements For Shreveport-Bossier Film Industry (KSLA-TV Shreveport) - There were two major announcements about the Shreveport-Bossier Film Industry today. Friday morning Shreveport-Bossier Film Office Director Betty Joe Lebrun announced her intention to resign from her job there.

Industry chambers express concern over inflation (New Kerala) - New Delhi, Jan 19: Apex industry chambers today expressed concern over rising inflation that touched a two-year high of 6.12 per cent and asked the government as well as RBI to take steps to check rising prices.

Kansas wheat industry leaders head to Washington (High Plains Journal) - A number of Kansas wheat industry leaders plan to travel to Washington, D.C. later this month for the winter board meetings of the National Association of Wheat Growers and U.S. Wheat Associates.