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World's travel industry braces for bird flu (USA Today) - The world's travel industry says it's already working to ease fears over bird flu, upgrading air filters on planes and stockpiling drugs, hoping to head off a potential disaster.
Music industry still singing the blues (USATODAY.com via Yahoo! News) - With a backslide in motion, the music industry is in a funk.Again. Weakening album sales will place year-end totals behind 2004, making last year's modest gain over 2003 more of a hiccup than a hike.
Exxon Profit Rises to $9.92 Bln, Oil Industry Record (Update2) (Bloomberg.com) - Oct. 27 (Bloomberg) -- Exxon Mobil Corp., the world's largest publicly traded oil company, said third-quarter profit jumped 75 percent to an oil industry record of $9.92 billion as energy prices surged to all-time highs.
Shell Profit Surges to Record for the Oil Industry (Update5) (Bloomberg.com) - Oct. 27 (Bloomberg) -- Royal Dutch Shell Plc reported a third-quarter profit of $9 billion, a record for the oil industry, because of a pipeline sale and surging energy prices.
Shell Profit Surges to Record for the Oil Industry (Correct) (Bloomberg.com) - (Corrects to say record for oil industry, adds investor comments in 14th paragraph.) Oct. 27 (Bloomberg) -- Royal Dutch Shell Plc reported a third-quarter profit of $9 billion, a record for the oil industry, because of a pipeline sale and surging energy prices.
Industry: Bird Flu Won't Curb Thanksgiving (AP via Yahoo! News) - With Thanksgiving a month away, the turkey industry says consumers aren't letting fears of bird flu get in the way of the most poultry-centric of holidays.
Music Industry Continues Campaign Against Campus Internet Theft (Recording Industry Association of America) - WASHINGTON – In an ongoing effort to combat Internet theft on university campuses and encourage students to turn to legal music services, the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), on behalf of the major record companies, today announced a new round of copyright infringement lawsuits against 745 individuals, including computer network users at 17 colleges.
Reuters 3rd-Quarter Sales Rise on Financial Industry Demand (Bloomberg.com) - Oct. 27 (Bloomberg) -- Reuters Group Plc, the world's largest publicly traded provider of financial data, said third- quarter revenue grew 8 percent as the financial services industry strengthened.
UK mobile industry to adopt code (Financial Times) - Britain's mobile phone industry is bringing in a voluntary code of conduct next month to stop consumers being ripped off by misleading premium-rate entertainment services.
Tobacco industry to introduce IC cards to stop minors' smoking (Kyodo via Yahoo! Asia News) - _ Japan's tobacco industry bodies will introduce a system aimed at preventing minors from smoking with the help of micro chip-imbedded cards, they said Thursday.
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Battered by Industry Slump, GM and Chrysler Hold Merger Talks (Washington Post) - General Motors and Chrysler, bruised by the severe industry downturn, have held preliminary discussions about combining operations, including a full-scale merger, according to people familiar with the talks. It was unclear over the weekend whether the discussions were progressing and what, if anything, would result.
Travel industry begins its descent (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune) - The travel industry has been hit hard by the economic slowdown, particularly in the past few weeks. Airlines reported sharp declines in passenger traffic for September.
Steel industry attacks Brussels plans (Financial Times) - A steel and iron industry lobby group has accused bureaucrats of a “vindictive” campaign to chase the sector out of Europe to meet European Union climate change goals.
US car groups prepare for industry shake-up (Financial Times) - A massive realignment is looming in the global motor industry as financially troubled carmakers and their parts suppliers seek stronger partners and buyers.