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Industry's lock giveaway promotes safe guns (USATODAY.com via Yahoo! News) - A national campaign by the gun industry has provided millions of free gun locks to everyone from young mothers to hunters in an effort to keep firearms from falling into the hands of children.

Consumers' Association to file competition complaint against insurance industry (Canadian Press via Yahoo! News) - OTTAWA (CP) - The Consumers' Association of Canada is complaining to the federal Competition Bureau about "the anti-competitive and anti-consumer activities of the insurance industry."

Maturing Industry Feels Growing Pains (AdWeek.com via Yahoo! News) - While Internet advertising executives are basking in the glow of the medium's newfound prominence, attention is turning to the hurdles that could slow this segment of the industry from building scale beyond a niche medium. Among the problems discussed during Advertising Week events were the complexity of dealing with a fractured media landscape, a paucity of qualified talent and the creeping

Hong Kong music industry seeks tougher measures against online piracy (AFP via Yahoo! News) - A Hong Kong recording industry body said it is seeking tougher measures against online piracy and is exploring ways to bring offenders to court.

Toy industry looks for new 'must have' (NorthJersey.com) - NEW YORK - The toy industry is dreaming of a 1998 Christmas, just like the one when moms waited to buy Furbies in the snow.

Oil industry tensions could hurt economy, Clark warns (Nanaimo Daily News) - FORT ST. JOHN, B.C. -- Tensions within the nation's oil and gas industry could have a significant economic impact on Canada, says former prime minister Joe Clark.

Canada's Martin Speaks: U.S. Relations, Banking Industry (Bloomberg.com) - Oct. 6 (Bloomberg) -- Canadian Prime Minister Paul Martin speaks to the Economic Club of New York about relations between Canada and the U.S., the issue of oil drilling in Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) and the outlook for mergers in Canada's banking industry.

EU urges industry to do more for robots (Reuters via Yahoo! News) - European industry needs to do more to turn research on robots into viable products as the region begins to lose pace to Japan in robot manufacturing, the European Commission said on Thursday.

Auto industry, environmentalist at odds over proposed regulations (WCAX 3) - AUGUSTA, Maine Auto industry representatives are at odds with environmentalists in Maine over the costs, benefits and even the legality of proposed rules that would require new cars and trucks to cut pollution by 30 percent by 2016.

An Ill Wind Might Help the Shrimp Industry -- An ENN Guest Commentary (Environmental News Network) - When Hurricanes Katrina and Rita hit Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Texas, many thought they were witnessing the “ill wind that blows nobody good.” Property damage will be in the billions and the toll in human suffering can never be measured. How could a silver lining be found in this dark summer of tragedy for anyone in the hurricane-struck areas, much less the shrimping industry?