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British industry minister meets EADS managers (AFP via Yahoo! News) - British Industry Minister Alistair Darling met with the two chief executives of European aerospace and defence group EADS for a "constructive" meeting, his ministry said.

SKorea announces plan to bolster film industry (AFP via Yahoo! News) - South Korea has announced a 665 million dollar growth plan for its film industry amid complaints the government has hurt homegrown filmmakers by allowing in too many foreign movies.

Climate change to hit Australian wine industry (Reuters via Yahoo! News) - Global warming will force changes to Australia's A$4.8 billion ($3.6 billion) wine export industry, threatening the very existence of some varieties as temperatures rise, a scientist said on Monday.

Industry, Govt urged to take mining exploration seriously (ABC via Yahoo!7 Finance) - The mining industry says Australia is sending billions of dollars overseas because of a lack of incentives for local exploration.

Oil Industry Giants To Post Huge Profits (The Tampa Tribune) - WASHINGTON - The oil industry's profit party is still raging, just not as wildly as last year.

Merrill Lynch buys energy industry adviser Petrie Parkman (Market Watch) - NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Merrill Lynch & Co., seeking a bigger role advising the gas industry, on Monday said it agreed to boutique investment bank Petrie Parkman & Co. for an undisclosed amount.

Council Calls For Review Of Industry Good (Scoop.co.nz) - The Fonterra Shareholders’Council is calling for a formal review of how dairy industry good activities are delivered because the current structure is not reaching targeted levels of performance.

OUR OPINION: High-tech industry welcomed (The Valdosta Daily Times) - The Valdosta-Lowndes County Industrial Authority made an exciting announcement Monday regarding a new industry that the authority has been working to recruit for nearly a year.

Forest industry questions 'rainfall tax' (ABC via Yahoo!7 News) - The forest industry has called on Federal Agriculture Minister Peter McGauran to clarify how he plans to charge tree plantations for their water use.

New Oklahoma beef plant could harm industry, analyst says (Agriculture Online) - OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) -- A $200 million beef processing plant that is to be built in the Oklahoma Panhandle could be financially harmful to the beef industry, an industry analyst said.