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Orthopedics: A (Baby) Booming Industry (SeekingAlpha via Yahoo! Finance) - Six firms control 70% of the orthopedics industry, a $22 billion pie.

E. coli outbreaks have industry, government increasing safety efforts (AG Weekly) - TRENTON, N.J. — In light of food poisoning outbreaks involving spinach and lettuce, the government and the produce industry are scrambling to make leafy greens safer before the spring planting season.

Military construction, broader industry prepare to push agenda on 2008 budget (The Hill) - The ink has yet to dry on the Pentagon’s 2008 budget request, but some members of the defense industry already are preparing to push for their top issues and lobbying agendas in the coming fiscal year, while addressing matters unresolved last year.

Services industry rate rises slightly (ABC via Yahoo!7 News) - The drought and interest rate rises have dampened Australia's services industry.

Campaigners condemn new food industry warnings as unworkable (Independent) - Half of adults will be unable to do the maths needed to understand the new labelling system being launched by the food industry in a £4bn advertising blitz next week, say campaigners.

The Options Industry Celebrates Another Record Year as Annual Volume Surges 35% Over 2005 (SYS-CON Media) - The Options Industry Council (OIC) announcedtoday that total volume for 2006 set a new annual volume record with2,027,847,586 contracts traded, representing a 34.8 percent increase overlast year's record of 1,504,311,540 contracts. Total equity volume reached1,844,181,918 contracts, surpassing the 1,369,048,282 total equitycontracts traded in 2005, a 34.7 percent increase.

Asian growth will drive consolidation in motor industry (Times Online) - Picking up speed: consolidation in the car industry The global car industry will continue to consolidate over the next five years as manufacturers battle against the rise of Asian producers, overcapacity and the high cost of raw materials,...

UK PRESS: KPMG Survey Predicts Car Industry Consolidation (Nasdaq) - Car company executives are bracing for major consolidation in the industry over the next five years due to financial pressures and overcapacity, the Financial Times reported on its Web site Wednesday, citing a survey by accounting and advisory firm KPMG.

The Online Search Industry: Predictions for 2007 (SeekingAlpha via Yahoo! Finance) - Eric Savitz submits: Here are some interesting predictions floating around the Web on the potential for radical moves in the online search industry - and most of the ideas involve what Yahoo needs to do to stay competitive with Google .

Semiconductor Industry No Longer Concerned With Inventory Glut (SeekingAlpha via Yahoo! Finance) - William Trent submits: Last month we were surprised to hear some cautionary words out of Semiconductor Industry Association President and chief cheerleader George Scalise. At the time, we said it could either be a positive contrary indicator or a sign things were really bad.