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Column: Michigan must prepare for a smaller, still vital auto industry (MLive.com) - As another North American International Auto Show in Detroit folds its tent for another year, what remains is an auto industry in hasty retreat as it attempts to restructure.

Nanotechnology industry puts focus on safety issues (Chicago Tribune) - Like the proverbial elephant frightened by a mouse, segments of American industry are awakening to potential danger in really tiny particles.

State owes almost $5 million promised to lure new industry (WPMI 15) - MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - The state of Alabama owes almost $5 million in incentives that it promised to 65 companies if they would locate in the state, a debt that some legislators worry may be used by rival states in the hunt for new industry.

Pharma industry complains of harassment (Daily Times) - Staff Report ISLAMABAD: The local pharmaceutical industrial units have complained that officials from the ministry of health are harassing them to apply WTO condition to their factories without allowing sufficient time. A delegation of the pharmaceutical industry, led by Nasir

Russia to extend control over metal industry (Daily Times) - MOSCOW: Russia plans to create a state-controlled holding company to consolidate and exercise control over key elements of the country’s metallurgy industry, Russia’s state-owned arms export company said on Friday. The holding company would buy stakes in metal companies, which supply to the military,

INDUSTRY & ECONOMY (The Hindu) - Anti-dumping probe initiated on pen-G imports from China LOW-priced Chinese made penicillin-G imports continue to have a telling effect on the fortunes of the domestic industry manufacturing the drug.

Russia to extend control over metals industry (AFP via Yahoo! News) - Russia plans to create a state-controlled holding company to consolidate and exercise control over key elements of the country's metallurgy industry, Russia's state-owned arms export company said.

Drug industry officials see room to improve safety (Reuters via Yahoo! News) - The U.S. government's monitoring of drug side effects could be strengthened but does not need the major changes critics have advocated, industry officials told an expert panel on Thursday.

Hospitality industry opposes 'hamburger tax' (Benton Courier) - Phillip Brown, the spokesman for members of Benton's hospitality industry, said his group intends to again oppose the city's efforts to enact a so-called "hamburger tax" by campaigning to have the issue placed on the ballot.

Tourism industry fails to attract genuine tourists (News From Bangladesh) - Country's tourism industry failed to attract genuine tourists as the travelers for business and other purposes were dominating the sector during the last two years, official sources said, reports BDNews.