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Suppliers are main pillars of global auto industry (The Edge Daily) - Automotive components suppliers are becoming important players in the global auto industry by globalising their operations and development of new products, said The Economist Intelligence Unit (EUI).

"Internet-illiterate" mom battles recording industry over illegal music downloads (Blogging Baby) - A mom is fighting the recording industry on charges that she illegally downloaded songs onto her computer. Yet a federal judge says the mom is "an Internet-illiterate parent, who does not know Kazaa from kazoo, and who can barely retrieve her email."Ouch!! Patricia Santangelo of White Plains, N.Y, is being sued by the Recording Industry of America . The lawsuit contends that Santagnelo, a mom

Woes in U.S. auto industry expected to hurt Midwest most (USA Today) - The Midwest, with its heavy dependence on factory employment, had higher unemployment than the nation this year. Even though manufacturing appears to be rebounding, the region might not catch up in 2006. Overall growth is being hurt by problems at domestic auto manufacturers.

Gamers console themselves with hardware windfall The buzz from the new Xbox will propel the industry into next year, as (San Francisco Chronicle) - The video gaming industry is ending this year with a big bang, as Microsoft attempts once again to become the dominant player with its hot-selling Xbox 360 consoles.

Gamers console themselves with hardware windfall / The buzz from the new Xbox will propel the industry into next year, (San Francisco Chronicle) - The video gaming industry is ending this year with a big bang, as Microsoft attempts once again to become the dominant player with its hot-selling Xbox 360 consoles. The $24 billion industry this year also saw an explosion of video games in cell...

Blige 'written Off' By Record Industry (Teen Music) - R+b star Mary J Blige has blasted the music industry for writing off her career, but confesses its attitude fuelled her determination to succeed.

Internet-illiterate' single mom takes on recording industry (The Plain Dealer) - White Plains, N.Y. -- It was Easter Sunday, and Patricia Santangelo was in church with her kids when, she says, the music recording industry peeked into her computer and decided to take her to court.

DRIVEN AWAY: How the auto industry lost a generation (Detroit Free Press) - When Ralph Moore was looking for a job in the 1960s, there was no question whether he wanted to work in Detroit's auto industry. "Those were top-of-the-line jobs," says Moore, a 60-year-old Michigander who worked for more than 30 years at Ford's Rouge complex before retiring to Onaway.

Fitness Industry Woos Black Consumers (ABC News) - Fitness Industry Woos Black Consumers by Using a Touch of Soul, Hip-Hop and Gospel

Vigorous campaign to resurrect tourism industry (Daily News) - TOURISM Minister Anura Bandaranaike in a press to mark the first anniversary of the tsunami on December 26 states: Helping the most affected tourism industry from tsunami was a major task of the Ministry of Tourism and its agencies such as the Sri Lanka Tourist Board, the Sri Lanka Convention Bureau together with the key industry partners.