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B.C. forest industry vows to boost safety in woods as accident deaths mount (Canadian Press via Yahoo! News) - VANCOUVER (CP) - Facing mounting anger over the rising death toll in the woods, British Columbia's biggest forest companies have promised to improve safety in the logging industry.

Embattled Soft Drink Industry Toots Its Horn in Odd Way (RedNova) - By Caroline Wilbert, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Dec. 2--It wasn't Backwards Day. Or April Fools'. Yet an industry trade group sent out a news release touting the fact that sales of its core product are down.

Cattlemen debate host of industry issues (Montana Standard) - BILLINGS — Members of the Montana Cattlemen’s Association (MCA) debated a veritable menu of industry issues during the recent MCA convention held in Billings.

Chairman of Cable Giant Urges Industry Shift to Flexible Pricing (New York Times) - Breaking ranks with his compatriots in the cable industry, Charles F. Dolan, the chairman of the Cablevision Systems Corporation, said yesterday that he supported giving consumers the option of paying only for the channels they want, not just the large bundles of channels that are typically offered.

Dow CEO Testifies Before House Appropriations Joint Sub-Committee on Impact of U.S. Natural Gas Crisis on Industry (ChemPoint) - Midland, November 09, 2005 -- Andrew Liveris, president and chief executive officer of The Dow Chemical Company, testified today during a House Appropriations joint sub-committee hearing in Washington, D.C. on the impact of high and volatile U.S. natural gas prices on the nation's energy consumers, particularly the chemical industry.

Soda industry: School sales fall (Corvallis Gazette Times) - It’s not often that an industry brags when sales are down. But the American Beverage Association sounds almost proud when it declares in a report released Thursday that the amount of non-diet soft drinks sold in the nation’s schools dropped more than 24 percent between 2002 and 2004.

Bird flu ‘phobia’ hits UAE poultry industry (Khaleej Times) - ABU DHABI — The UAE poultry industry is facing a real crisis due to bird flu ‘phobia’, which has gripped majority of white meat consumers. The demand for chicken has drastically fallen to the lowest ebb since the announcement last month about the surfacing of the virus in Kuwait.

China not a threat to auto industry giants yet (The Star Online) - MICHIGAN: China's fledgling automotive industry harbours enormous potential but may not mount a full-fledged, export-oriented challenge to automotive giants from Japan, the United States and Europe for at least another decade, a study said.

Surprise Canyon, green industry hypocrites, one appreciative reader (Pahrump Valley Times) - The November 18 article on Surprise Canyon ("Battle looms over Death Valley's Surprise Canyon, PVT Nov. 18) illustrates the power and hypocrisy of the Green Industry.

Hospitality industry opposes 'hamburger tax' (Benton Courier) - Phillip Brown, the spokesman for members of Benton's hospitality industry, said his group intends to again oppose the city's efforts to enact a so-called "hamburger tax" by campaigning to have the issue placed on the ballot.