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Radio industry explores new avenues (Reuters via Yahoo! News) - Embracing emerging technology, the radio industry made significant steps in 2006 toward a future more in tune with its marketplace.

Travel industry groups oppose terror risk program (CNN.com) - WASHINGTON (AP) -- Eight major U.S., Canadian and European travel industry associations urged the government to suspend a computerized system for assessing international travelers as potential terrorists.

Travel industry sets up 'one-stop' passport shop (USA Today) - Eager to see an unimpeded flow of travelers into the USA once new passport regulations take effect next month, the Travel Industry Association this week launched getapassportnow.com to provide "one-stop shopping" for passport applicants.

Merrill Goozner: Why Does Medicare Subsidize Industry Seeding Trials? (HuffingtonPost) - One of the worst-kept secrets in medical research is that much of what passes for cutting edge knowledge is actually thinly-veiled advertising by the drug industry for drugs that have already been FDA-approved. Example: A company has an anti-inflammatory pain pill that has been approved for arthritis pain; they now want to test it on dental patients with tooth aches. Such studies add almost ...

IT Confidential: A Holiday Gift List For A Deserving Industry (InformationWeek) - Who's been naughty, who's been nice, in the computer industry?

Kiwi Film Industry Cooperates With Asia (AP via Yahoo! Finance) - Prime Minister Helen Clark said Friday that cooperation is thriving between New Zealand's film industry and those of other Asian countries, with deals in place with China, South Korea and Singapore.

Polytunnel ruling threatens fruit industry (Times Online) - They are either a blot on the landscape or the saviour of the British fruit industry, and now the High Court has ruled that farmers must get planning permission before they can put up a polytunnel....

Investors wary of industry’s growth (The State) - SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — The ethanol industry appears poised for another big year in 2007, as companies scramble to take advantage of continuing government subsidies and a growing political desire to reduce the country’s dependence on foreign oil.

Campaign to have commemorative stamp of petroleum industry rejected (The Derrick) - The Oil 150 committee launched the project to mark the 150th anniversary of Drake Well in 2009. An intense campaign to have a special U.S. commemorative stamp issued to mark the 150th anniversary of the petroleum industry has fallen on deaf ears.

This year featured wacky decision-making in the IT industry (CNET) - Video: This year featured wacky decision-making in the IT industry. Somebody must have been hitting the egg nog early this year. How else to explain some of the more bizarre happenings in the computer business in recent memory? Join Charles Cooper, Jim Kerstetter, Ina Fried and Michael Kanellos for the final edition of 2006’s CNET News.com Reporters’ Roundtable.