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Pimlico Special Is Canceled; Industry Leaders Make Plea (Washington Post) - On a day when the Maryland Jockey Club canceled the second-most prestigious race on its calendar for 2007, leaders of the Maryland racing industry went before the state Senate Finance Committee to plead for help from the legislature for their ailing sport.

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

Internet shaking up US media industry (AFP via Yahoo! News) - The Internet is causing something of an earthquake in the US media industry, which last year reported a nearly two-fold increase in job cuts as more people turn to the Web as their main source for news.

Horse-slaughter industry in flux (Dallas Morning News) - A federal court decision that upheld a Texas ban on horse meat for human dining has thrown the horse-slaughter industry into flux, with two airlines saying they won't transport the meat and with representatives of Texas' two slaughter plants giving conflicting reports about whether they have temporarily ceased operations.

Services top world industry, UN report says (International Herald Tribune) - Some 40 percent of workers are employed in the services sector, compared with 38.7 percent in agriculture and 21.3 in industry, the International Labor Organization said.

Dodd promises scrutiny on credit-card industry (Market Watch) - WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) -- Senate Banking Committee Chairman Christopher Dodd, D-Conn., served warning on the credit-card industry and banks on Thursday they'll come under heightened scrutiny in the months ahead and that they should "cease and desist" any practices that harm consumers.

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.

New limits roil lending industry in Japan (International Herald Tribune) - Japan's ¥20 trillion consumer finance industry is in turmoil as debt-burdened borrowers take advantage of a government crackdown on the nation's lenders, including subsidiaries of Citigroup and General Electric.

Cable industry: AT&T bill won't boost competition (BizJournals) - The cable TV industry on Jan. 25 told state policymakers that a bill aimed at easing AT&T Inc.'s entry into the pay TV market would do little to increase competition in the field.

Labor crunch looming for hospitality industry (Gazette.Net) - With Maryland’s tourism and hospitality industry expecting more than 1 million job openings in the next six years, state officials plan to roll out a wide marketing campaign and pursue more partnerships with schools to polish the industry’s image as a career choice.