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Passage of storm-water program gets stormy reaction from construction industry (San Diego Daily Transcript via Yahoo! News) - Representatives from the construction industry were disappointed by the quick unanimous adoption of a new storm-water permit by board of the San Diego Regional Water Quality Control Board, at its Wednesday meeting.

Pharma Industry Lags On Research Efficiencies (Investor's Business Daily via Yahoo! News) - A December report by the Government Accountability Office shows that the biopharma industry's return on investment in research and development is bad and getting worse.

Pharma Industry Lags On Research Efficiencies (Investor's Business Daily via Yahoo! Finance) - A December report by the Government Accountability Office shows that the biopharma industry's return on investment in research and development is...

Government renews cash to embattled TV fund amid industry standoff (Canadian Press via Yahoo! News) - OTTAWA (CP) - Heritage Minister Bev Oda has renewed $200 million over two years to the Canadian Television Fund, now rocked by a crisis of industry support that could staunch its cash flow and threaten fall productions.

Media Industry Job Cuts Surge in 2006 (AP via Yahoo! Finance) - The media industry saw job cuts soar 88 percent last year, the largest amount since the dot.com bust in 2001, according to a recent study.

Hindujas to make $1 bn foray into India's healthcare industry (IANS via Yahoo! India News) - Davos, Jan 27 (IANS) The Hinduja Group is making a $1 billion foray into India's commercial healthcare industry with specialty hospitals in several cities and a modern research centre, a senior member of the Europe-based family said.

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.

DVD wars to be decided by porn industry (Detroit Free Press) - The DVD format war between Blu-Ray and HD-DVD is far from settled but you may be surprised to know the deciding vote will probably come from the porn industry.

China Highway Industry Report, 2007 (The Auto Channel) - DUBLIN, Ireland--Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c49240) has announced the addition of China Highway Industry Report, 2007 to their offering.

FSA Recognizes Industry Solution To Contract Certainty (Compliance Reporter) - The U.K. Financial Services Authority recognized that the insurance industry has achieved a solution to contract certainty in the U.K. This has resulted in a more efficient market for buyers, brokers and insurers and brought competitive benefits to the U.K. market, the FSA said in an announcement.