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Mobile phones set to propel music industry into online age (AFP via Yahoo! News) - Mobile phones are proving the saviour of the struggling music industry and could be the vital springboard needed to propel the business finally into digital sales, industry experts have said.

Weak industry hurts Swift profits (The Arizona Republic) - A weakened trucking industry and a one-time charge cut into fourth-quarter profits of Phoenix-based Swift Transportation Co. {b} Meritage Homes' earnings drop in 4th quarter

Trinidad & Tobago to Shut Sugar Industry (AP via Yahoo! Finance) - Trinidad and Tobago will shut down its centuries-old sugar industry, which was pushed to the brink of collapse by big cuts in subsidies from the European Union, agriculture officials said Wednesday.

VIETNAM'S PAPER INDUSTRY PREDICTS 18 PCT GROWTH IN 2007 (Asia Pulse via Yahoo!7 Finance) - Statistics Vietnam's paper industry projects to produce 1.13 million tonnes of paper and 905,000 tonnes of pulp this year, according to the Vietnam Paper Association.

Vietnam's Paper Industry Predicts 18 PCT Growth In 2007 (Asia Pulse via Yahoo!7 News) - Vietnam's paper industry projects to produce 1.13 million tonnes of paper and 905,000 tonnes of pulp this year, according to the Vietnam Paper Association.

Senate committee to examine credit-card industry (Market Watch) - WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) -- Members of the Senate Banking Committee are scheduled to convene their first consumer-oriented hearing of the new Congress on Thursday, and examine ways to tighten rules related to the credit-card industry's billing, marketing and disclosure practices.

Growing Industry Cooperation Fuels 60% Expansion in Messaging Anti-Abuse Working Group (SYS-CON Media) - grew by over 60 percent in 2006 and, as a result, has significantly bolstered the industry's ability to protect users' inboxes. The efforts within MAAWG to foster cooperation among network operators and email vendors last year cut across national boundaries and led to the development of several important new tools to help stem the flow of abuse facing users.

SeedQuest - Central information website for the global seed industry (SeedQuest) - CropLife Canada today released its inaugural Stewardship Benchmarking Report, which highlights the numerous stewardship activities and achievements of the plant science industry.

A cleaner future for the auto industry? (Gazette.Net) - Plug-in hybrid vehicles. When John J. ‘‘Jack” Fitzgerald Jr. looks to the future of the auto industry, that’s what the founder and president of Fitzgerald Auto Malls in North Bethesda sees.

Washington, DC January 23, 2007 The Biotechnology Industry Organization (SeedQuest) - (BIO) today applauded President Bush s far-reaching initiatives to catapult the U.S. biofuels industry into the next level of commercial development, to address climate change from transportation sources and to increase energy security.