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'Real Toy Story' reveals dark side of toy industry (USA Today) - Making and selling toys isn't exactly fun and games. In fact, The Real Toy Story paints the industry as a shiny apple that is practically rotten to the core.

Global music industry in trouble, looks to new horizons (AFP via Yahoo! News) - Rampant online music piracy and plummeting CD sales over the past five years have rocked the global music industry to its core.

Drug industry takes aim at prescription law (MSNBC) - The drug industry goes to court Monday court to challenge a New Hampshire law -- the first in the nation -- that bans the commercial use of information on what drugs physicians prescribe.

Gunmen kill top Iraqi Industry Ministry official (Reuters via Yahoo! News) - Gunmen ambushed the director general of Iraq's Industry Ministry as he drove to work in Baghdad on Sunday, killing him, his daughter and two others, police and the ministry said.

Industry chiefs press for action to enforce counterfeiting laws (Financial Times) - Business leaders will today urge governments to take tough action to tackle counterfeiting and piracy of products, which costs hundreds of billions of dollars a year in lost industry earnings and tax revenues.

Global music industry in trouble, looks to new horizons (Channel NewsAsia) - CANNES, France: Rampant online music piracy and plummeting CD sales over the past five years have rocked the global music industry to its core.

Dividend tax shake-up threat to investment fund industry (Financial Times) - The investment management industry is braced for the loss of more business to Ireland and Luxembourg after Brussels called for a shake-up of dividend taxes.

Industry Ministry focus on industrial standards (MCOT) - BANGKOK, Jan 29 (TNA) – Thailand's Ministry of Industry has set aside around 38 million baht to develop more stringent industrial standards for electronics, rubber and steel products, in a bid to become more competitive as Thailand faces non-tariff trade barriers.

Global music industry in trouble, looks to new horizons (TurkishPress.com) - Rampant online music piracy and plummeting CD sales over the past five years have rocked the global music industry to its core. And with the new digital revenue streams from online music stores and mobile phones still way too low to fill the gap, the industry is looking to new horizons.

Hindujas to make $1 bn foray into India's healthcare industry (SiliconIndia) - Davos: 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 center, a senior member of the Europe-based family said.