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Bombs target Iraq industry minister convoy, killing 12 (AFP via Yahoo! News) - A series of bombs has exploded near the convoy of Iraq's industry minister, killing 12 people and wreaking havoc across a Baghdad neighborhood as leading politicians struggled to end the violence.

Forum Takes Music Industry Pulse (TechWeb) - Digital content is changing the music industry and no one knows that more than participants in a Digital Music Forum in Hollywood.

Boat industry looks for lifesavers (The Palm Beach Post) - Tax incentives, industry-specific property assessments, a hurricane repair fund and job training.

How does your work in the seed industry benefit from what you learned in your earlier professional life? (SeedQuest) - Conversely, do you believe that other industries could benefit from some of the things you have learned as a seed industry executive? As the international seed executives’ answers to two important questions posed by SeedQuest would suggest, there is change underway in the seed trade.

HAZE HAS YET TO AFFECT MALAYSIA'S TOURISM INDUSTRY (Asia Pulse via Yahoo!7 Finance) - Environment / water pollution The present haze situation in this country has yet to affect the tourism industry as it is not alarming, says Tourism Malaysia Director-General Mirza Mohammad Taiyab.

Haze Has Yet To Affect Malaysia's Tourism Industry (Asia Pulse via Yahoo!7 News) - The present haze situation in this country has yet to affect the tourism industry as it is not alarming, says Tourism Malaysia Director-General Mirza Mohammad Taiyab.

Feds not doing enough to woo foreign tourists, industry says (The Arizona Republic) - The U.S. government isn't doing enough to prevent the nation from losing ground as a top international tourism destination, travel industry leaders said in a report released Tuesday.

'Pharma industry stands to lose Rs.330 cr with new MRP regime' (PharmaBiz) - The pharmaceutical industry is estimated to lose at least Rs.330 crore in business as a consequence of the transition to the new MRP regime since October, 2 2006, in addition to the several crore of rupees spent for printing bi-lingual and new MRP labels.

Ad ban"hurts" pharmaceutical industry (NZCity) - The pharmaceutical industry fears it could lose out if the government decides to ban direct to consumer advertising. The Health Ministry has sought public comment on the issue before April, saying a decision has to be made by the end of the year.

Ottawa's car-emissions move creates cloud of anxiety for auto industry (Canadian Business) - Gary Norris October 4, 2006 - 4:33 p.m. TORONTO (CP) - Carmakers are being "picked on" as the federal government plays politics with environmental policy, a leading auto-sector analyst said after industry executives were told in Ottawa that new exhaust-pollution rules are coming down the pipe.