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Toll CEO's remarks stoke builder stocks before industry gathering (Market Watch) - BOSTON (MarketWatch) -- Toll Brothers Chief Executive Robert Toll's comments Tuesday that some of the luxury home builder's markets appear to be "dancing on the bottom" provided a lift for the battered sector's shares a day before a big industry conference.

U.S. Policy to Spur Oil Prices: Industry (AP via Yahoo! Finance) - Policies that restrict energy production, combined with rising demand for petroleum products, will maintain upward pressure on oil prices for at least the next year, according to a survey of industry executives.

Dialysis industry faces bipartisan fire in House (The Hill) - The House Ways and Means Committee, frequently the setting for bitter partisanship under Chairman Bill Thomas (R-Calif.), will hold its final hearing of the 109th Congress today on an issue of bipartisan interest, much to the chagrin of one sector of the healthcare industry.

Pfizer Problems Emblematic of Industry Obstacles (NPR) - The cancellation of Pfizer's drug torcetrapib highlights the difficulties facing an industry that has been extraordinarily successful over the past decade. A slew of blockbusters are losing patent protection, pipelines for new drugs are empty and the companies are struggling to refill them.

Chip design industry in India set to nearly quadruple by 2010, says iSuppli (Digi Times) - India's integrated circuit (IC) design industry is booming, with market revenue expected to reach US$2.1 billion by 2010, rising at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 29%, up from US$596 million in 2005, research firm iSuppli predicts.

Two more plants to close in pork industry shakeup (The Globe and Mail) - The shakeup in Canada's pork industry continued this week as Canada's largest processor, Olymel LP, said it will close two plants in Quebec and backed out of plans for a new facility in Winnipeg.

Strong year forecast by insurance industry leader (The Herald) - Insurers can look forward to another strong year in 2007, according to European industry leader Swiss Re, which said yesterday it expected to see continuing merger activity in the sector.

An Insight Into The South Korean Chemicals Materials And Foods Industry (ChemicalOnline) - Research and Markets has announced the addition of "Country Industry Forecast - Economic and Financial Analysis for the South Korean Chemicals Materials and Foods Industry" to their offering

Taiwan to push flexible film industry (Digi Times) - The Electronics and Optoelectronics Research Lab (EORL) of Taiwan's Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) will help develop Taiwan's flexible film industry and plans to establish the Flexible Liquid Crystal (LC) Film Special Interest Group (SIG) by year-end, according to Jack Hou, director of Flexible Electronics Technology Division, EORL.

NEWSPAPER INDUSTRY’S TOP YOUNG TALENT HONORED AS PRESSTIME MAGAZINE’S ‘20 UNDER 40’ (NAA Presstime) - Vienna, Va. - Twenty of the best and brightest young professionals in the newspaper business are profiled in the 14 th edition of PRESSTIME magazine’s “20 Under 40” feature, designed to recognize those who have proven themselves as “change agents within their companies and the industry, providing much needed leadership and vision,” according to the editors.