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Video: Gamers have trouble refusing insurance industry favor (MSNBC) - Dec. 11: Rachel Maddow is joined by Dan Porter, CEO of gaming Web site OMGPOP, to explain a scheme by the health insurance industry to bribing internet users into sending health reform opposition mail in exchange for video game bonsues. (Other)

NAT GAS Legislation Currently Has 121 Co-sponsors Signed On The House Side: Will Make Natural Gas A Good Industry For ... (Wall Street Transcript via Yahoo! Finance) - 67 WALL STREET, New York - December 11, 2009 - The Wall Street Transcript has just published its Oil & Gas Production and Distribution Report offering a timely review of the sector to serious investors and industry executives. This 76 page feature contains expert industry commentary through in-depth interviews with public company CEOs, Equity Analysts and Money Managers. The full issue is ...

Glamour rules AFI industry awards (Adelaide Now) - AUSTRALIAN movie stars channelled old Hollywood glamour as they walked the red carpet for the AFI Industry Awards.

Oil-Industry Lobbying Group Cuts Staff, Cites Push to Modernize (Bloomberg via Yahoo! News) - Dec. 11 (Bloomberg) -- The American Petroleum Institute, the oil industry’s biggest lobbying group, let go 15 percent of its 250-person staff in an effort to modernize advocacy efforts, said Jack Gerard, the group’s president.

Expert Sees Bright Future For New Orleans Film Industry (WDSU New Orleans) - A film expert predicts bigger things for Louisiana's film industry next year.

Game sales down again but industry hopes for rebound (San Jose Mercury News) - Sales of video game products fell in November, the latest bad news for an industry that has had a tough year.

Canadian Industry Minister Clement Schedules Press Conference (Bloomberg) - Dec. 11 (Bloomberg) -- Canadian Industry Minister Tony Clement has scheduled a press conference today at 8:30 a.m. in Ottawa, according to an advisory issued by his office.

Three Sheets Northwest | Boat dealers must refocus to survive, industry leader says (Seattle Times) - Boat dealers in the Northwest and across the country need to think more innovatively and run leaner operations if they are going to survive the recreational marine industry's crippling downturn ...

'Modern Warfare' Aside, Gaming Industry's Not Bulletproof (E-Commerce Times) - For all its graphics firepower and blockbuster action, "Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2" couldn't blow up the perception that the video game industry is still reeling from the recession's aftershocks. Industry market-watchers NPD Group released November sales figures Thursday, showing continued year-over-year declines in software, hardware and accessories.

Clean energy to grow into 1.6 trillion euros industry: WWF (AFP via Yahoo! News) - The clean energy technology sector will grow into a 1.6 trillion-euro (2.4 trillion-dollar) industry by 2020, becoming the third largest industrial sector after automobiles and electronics, WWF said Friday.