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Recording industry to force consumers to buy music! (BusinessWeek) - The recording industry won an undisputed victory today, with the announcement that Grokster would shut down. ( link .) This is just the beginning of a broader legal offensive.

Magna Q3 profit up 20% to US$159M; outlook shaky in 'negative' car industry (Canadian Press via Yahoo! News) - TORONTO (CP) - Magna International Inc. will benefit from the troubles of many of its competitors in a tough auto industry environment, the president of the global parts supplier said Tuesday.

Asian poultry industry faces wrenching change from bird flu (AFP via Yahoo! News) - The Asian poultry industry, which has boomed in the past decade to meet the needs of a fast-growing, wealthier population, faces dramatic change as a result of avian influenza.

Serenity Sells ; Demands of Modern Life Driving Growth of Day-Spa Industry (RedNova) - By DEBBIE KELLEY THE GAZETTE The desire to escape the pressures of everyday life as well as societal pressures to defy the aging process are advancing the spa industry beyond its traditional role as pamperer of the self- indulgent.

Hefty oil industry profits attract greater scrutiny (The Arizona Republic) - The stakes couldn't be higher for captains of the oil industry today when they appear before a joint hearing of two U.S. Senate committees to answer questions about the highest corporate profits ever.

AMD's Open Platform Management Architecture Embraced By Industry Leaders (Asia Pulse via Yahoo! Australia & NZ News) - (Full text of statement. Contact details below.) SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 9, 2005--AMD (NYSE:AMD) today announced key industry acceptance and support of its Open Platform Management Architecture (OPMA) specification that defines a common system interface between the server motherboard and its management subsystem. Leading infrastructure vendors, system builders and solution

Oil industry executives to be grilled about record profits (KRON 4 Bay Area) - CAPITOL HILL Top oil industry executives have the unenviable task this morning of explaining their record profits to two Senate committees.

Knight Ridder's Fate May Be Industry Omen (Hartford Courant) - As big shareholders of Knight Ridder Inc. pressure executives to consider selling the United States' second-largest newspaper company, an increasing number of industry veterans say the fight's outcome could write the future of print journalism.

Costs of packaging surge with plastics industry hurt (The Charlotte Observer) - Of all the raw materials that have seen price hikes since hurricanes ravaged the Gulf Coast -- including plywood, drywall and metal -- few have been as sharp as the rise in prices in the plastic industry. Prices for the three most common resins used to make plastic have jumped between 20 percent and 30 percent since August -- compared to post-Katrina increases of 1.8 percent in cement, 2 percent

India's software industry looking beyond 2008 (ZDNet India) - Indias booming IT industry is already looking beyond 2008. Industry body Nasscom is currently preparing a position paper outlining the strategy for developing the countrys software industry so that it can secure a higher percentage of the global IT pie as well as increase the industrys share in the countrys GDP.