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Romanian filmmaker seeks support for industry (Reuters via Yahoo! News) - Movie director Cristian Mungiu appealed for urgent support to revive the Romanian film industry on Monday following the success of his film at the Los Angeles Film Critics Association's awards.

Web and Summer Olympics may keep U.S. ad industry prosperous in 2008 (International Herald Tribune) - Forecasters believe the continuing strength of ad spending online and the stimulative effects of the Summer Olympics in Beijing, should keep the industry from suffering a recession in 2008.

FERC Seeks Industry Cyber-Security Plans (AP via Yahoo! Finance) - Federal energy regulators said Monday they have asked the White House to approve a rule that requires the electric industry to submit detailed reports about its progress in addressing potential cyber-security vulnerabilities.

Bush and mortgage industry work out plan to help subprime loan-holders (International Herald Tribune) - The Bush administration and the mortgage industry have agreed on a plan to freeze interest rates for as much as five years for a portion of the two million U.S. homeowners with subprime loans.

Auto Industry's 2007 Timeline (AP via Yahoo! Finance) - 2007 was a year of major changes for the auto industry. Some key dates: Jan. 7: General Motors Corp. unveils the Chevrolet Volt, an electric concept car, at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit and says it could be on the road by 2010.

Humor: Google Scares Wireless Industry (CoolTechZone) - I've already talked about the extensive initiative that the wireless industry is going to have to take because of Google. It's scared of Google. If not scared, it wants to get its fair share of advertising revenue from Google. What better way to do that than becoming partners with one of the top online advertising companies.

China Petrochemical Industry Report Gives a Full Analysis of the Latest Trends and Emerging Opportunities in the ... (Business Wire via Yahoo!7 Finance) - Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c76830) has announced the addition of "Market Analysis - China Petrochemical Industry" to their offering.

Government offers bailout package to sugar industry (Hindustan Times via Yahoo! India News) - THE GOVERNMENT has offered a soft loan package to the sugar industry to clear cane price arrears for the current and previous marketing season.

Charlie Cray: The Oil Industry's Future: An Illusory Platform (HuffingtonPost) - I felt like I'd just walked onto the set of the sequel to Jurassic Park: there was an industry dinosaur who I'd thought was gone for good.

Key dates in the auto industry in 2007 (WOOD TV 8 Grand Rapids) - 2007 was a year of major changes for the auto industry. Some key dates: Jan. 7: General Motors Corp. unveils the Chevrolet Volt, an electric concept car, at the North...