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Retailers, Credit Card Industry Clash (Washington Post) - BOSTON -- Retailers and the credit card industry are at odds as they try to restore consumer confidence after recent massive thefts of credit card information.

Possible Strike for Television Industry After No Progress in (Fox News) - Hollywood writers and studios abruptly break off talks for negotiations over contracts that could cripple the television industry with a strike.

N.H. residents among those targeted by recording industry (Boston Globe) - Several New Hampshire residents are among those named in federal lawsuits filed by the recording industry in its effort to crack down on illegal music sharing over the Internet.

Software industry lags behind potential (Vietnam Net) - VietNamNet Bridge - The local market for information technology products and services has been unable to match rising demand, industry officials have said.

Industry hopes downloaders heed message (El Paso Times) - DULUTH, Minn. -- The recording industry hopes $222,000 will be enough to dissuade music lovers from downloading songs from the Internet without paying for them. That's the amount a federal jury ordered a Minnesota woman to pay for sharing copyright music online.

Music industry wins song-download case (Reuters via Yahoo! News) - The recording industry has won a major fight in its effort to stop illegal music downloading with a U.S. jury decision to impose $222,000 damages against a Minnesota woman who used a Web service to share music.

Writers strike looming, Could cripple TV industry (CTV.ca) - Talks between Hollywood writers and studios abruptly broke off for the weekend, dimming hopes of averting a strike that could cripple the television industry.

Over dlrs 12.5bn investment in petchem industry in 4th plan (Islamic Republic News Agency) - Iran - Petchem - Investment A dlrs 12.5 billion investment will be made in the petrochemical industry in the Fourth Five-Year Economic Development Plan (2005-10).

Record Industry Win May Spark Slowdown In Illegal Downloads (Investor's Business Daily via Yahoo! News) - The record industry's first courtroom victory over digital piracy could end up being its last.

Life insurance industry sees 20% growth in premiums (ABS-CBNNEWS.com) - The life insurance industry is forecasting another 20 percent growth in premiums this year, equaling the growth in 2006. Total premium income in 2006 reached P56.4 billion, or 20.23 percent higher than the P46.9 billion recorded in 2005.