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Fast Forward: Dead aim at the cable industry (Fortune via Yahoo! Finance) - When it comes to outsize ambition, you gotta admire the guys at Building B. This until-now secretive startup is making a flat-out assault on the cable TV industry. The company talked a little bit at CES on Monday.

Dead aim at the cable industry (CNN Money) - When it comes to outsize ambition, you gotta admire the guys at Building B. This until-now secretive startup is making a flat-out assault on the cable TV industry. The company talked a little bit at CES on Monday. Its service, launching later this year, aims to merge full-blown conventional digital television with full-blown Internet video, from YouTube to Comedy Central's online archive of "The ...

Energy Bill Troubles Solar Industry (AP via Yahoo! Finance) - The omission of renewed investment tax credits for solar energy in the wide-sweeping energy bill signed by President Bush late last month has put the future health of the U.S. solar power industry in question.

Where have all the new drug's gone: Industry's medicine cabinet running empty on compounds (The Star-Ledger) - The pharmaceutical industry's research drought is showing no signs of getting better. The Food and Drug Administration last year approved only 18 drugs, according to the agency's preliminary 2007 data.

Experts: Marine-industry move hurts state (Bradenton Herald) - Experts agree that the marine industry has taken quite a hit locally and statewide the past few years.

Candy billionaire fights energy industry push in Montana (The Bismarck Tribune) - BILLINGS, Mont. - A reclusive billionaire whose family owns the Mars candy empire is emerging as a formidable opponent to the energy industry's development plans in southeastern Montana.

State mortgage industry feels business dip (East Valley Tribune) - Arizona's mortgage industry was one of the hardest-hit in the country last year, with more than 2,000 jobs lost to company closures and layoffs.

Industry insiders: Vail’s loss is Intrawest’s gain (Vail Daily) - VAIL, Colorado — Ski industry insiders say Vail Resorts lost one of the good ones when Bill Jensen agreed to go to work for Intrawest.

Automakers’ close ties to the electronics industry are apparent in the gadgets and advancements on display at the ... (Reading Eagle) - Automakers’ close ties to the electronics industry are apparent in the gadgets and advancements on display at the International Consumer Electronics Show.

Officials eye zoning to bar dirty industry (The Daily News Transcript) - With Planning Board members on hand, selectmen last night discussed strategies to use zoning to keep out undesirable industries. Selectmen voted unanimously to hold a special Town Meeting in March with the intent of eliminating "noxious industry proposals" and amending vague language.