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U.S. bond insurer group assures industry "strong" (Reuters via Yahoo! News) - An industry group that represents bond insurers on Friday tried to reassure markets that its members, including MBIA Inc and Ambac Financial Group Inc , are "financially strong."

EU industry chief unveils toy safety crackdown (Reuters via Yahoo! News) - The EU industry chief unveiled plans on Friday to revise the bloc's toy safety standards with a ban on some chemicals and on packaging toys as giveaways with foods such as sweets or cereals.

Continental pilots react to industry merger talks (bizjournals.com via Yahoo! Finance) - Continental Airlines Inc.'s pilots union has activated its strategic merger and acquisition response team center following the recent resumption of industry merger talks by other airlines.

10 people from trade and industry in Padma list (New Kerala) - New Delhi, Jan 25 : Steel tycoon Lakshmi Narayan Mittal, Infosys mentor N.R. Narayana Murthy and Tata boss Ratan Naval Tata lead the 10 names from trade and industry in the Padma awards list announced here Friday on the eve of Republic Day.

Paper industry boss says 17 firms fudged (Asahi.com) - The head of the association that oversees the paper manufacturing industry said Friday that of 24 companies that produce recycled paper products, 17 had falsified content ratio.

Ottawa working with industry to improve rail safety after Alta CN train wreck (The Canadian Press via Yahoo! Canada News) - EDMONTON - Transport Canada says it is working with the railway industry to improve track safety following a CN derailment that dumped almost 800,000 litres of oil onto the shore of an Alberta lake.

Kenya: Violence Hits Hard Building Industry (AllAfrica.com) - The building and construction industry is yet to quantify effects of the post-election violence that has hit parts of the country.

Liard First Nation takes Yukon mining battle to industry event (CBC North) - The Liard First Nation is threatening a showdown with Yukon mining companies when the entire industry meets next week in Vancouver.

10 people from trade and industry in Padma list (Calcutta News) - Steel tycoon Lakshmi Narayan Mittal, Infosys mentor N.R. Narayana Murthy and Tata boss Ratan Naval Tata lead the 10 names from trade and industry in the Padma awards list announced here Friday on the eve of Republic Day.

U.S. bond insurer group assures industry "strong" (KPLC Lake Charles) - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - An industry group that represents bond insurers on Friday tried to reassure markets that its members, including MBIA Inc (MBI.N) and Ambac Financial Group Inc (ABK.N),...