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Retaliation against U.S. a rotten option in lumber dispute: industry council (Canadian Press via Yahoo! News) - TORONTO (CP) - Retaliating against the United States over its refusal to accept legal defeat in the softwood lumber dispute would hurt Canada more than the Americans, a Canadian forest industry spokesman says.

Google faces suit by book industry (Washington Post) - NEW YORK (Reuters) - Google Inc. faces a second lawsuit filed by the book publishing industry over plans to digitally copy and distribute copyrighted works without permission, a book organization group said on Wednesday.

Bill Would Restrict Lawsuits Against Gun Industry (NPR) - The House is set to take up legislation that would block most liability lawsuits against gun manufacturers and dealers. The Senate has already passed the bill. If approved, the bill would derail suits filed by cities and shooting victims. Advocates say that without the law, many in the industry could face bankruptcy.

Lufthansa Chief Warns Airline Industry in `Desperate' Situation (Bloomberg.com) - Oct. 19 (Bloomberg) -- Deutsche Lufthansa AG Chief Executive Wolfgang Mayrhuber today called the airline industry's situation ``desperate'' as analysts warned Europe's biggest carriers won't be able to escape the impact of $65-a-barrel oil for much longer.

Music Industry Helps Bridge The Gulf With “Hurricane Relief: Come Together Now” (Recording Industry Association of America) - WASHINGTON/LOS ANGELES, October 17, 2005 – EMI Group, SONYBMG, Universal Music Group, Warner Music Group and Concord Music Group along with the Recording Industry Association of America today announced the release of Hurricane Relief: Come Together Now , a double CD multi-artist benefit album to aid the Gulf Coast victims devastated by recent hurricanes Katrina and Rita. All of the participating

CPC Proposal Calls for Developing Manufacturing Industry in Next Five Years (RedNova) - CPC proposal calls for developing manufacturing industry in next five years BEIJING, Oct.

Charter industry not real concerned about fish habitat proposals (Newport News-Times) - Three members of the charter sport boat industry indicated they were not terribly worried about the essential fish habitat proposals from the Pacific Fishery Management Council.

Electric utility industry pushing for big rate hike (Chicago Tribune) - The utility industry group that manages much of the nation's power grid is trying to sharply raise electric rates for a swath of the U.S. stretching from Chicago to New Jersey, and critics say it could mean a billion-dollar windfall for Exelon Corp.

Montana governor says states, industry must solve energy crisis (Grand Forks Herald) - BOZEMAN, Mont. - Skyrocketing oil and natural gas prices pushed coal into the spotlight at a regional energy conference here. Panel discussions on Montana's currently stagnant coal industry and new clean coal technology were packed.

Hard times for Maltese industry - MLP (di-ve) - October 19 2005 1500CEST Hard times for Maltese industry - MLP The Maltese industry is going through a lot of difficulties and the country needs a policy that offers a future to this sector that is so important for Malta's economic development, Malta Labour Party (MLP) deputy leader Charles Mangion said during a press conference on Wednesday.