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Canadian canola oil industry ready for New York City's switch to zero trans fats (SeedQuest) - The Canadian canola oil industry is ready to help New York City food service operators take trans fats out of their fryers. Canola Council president Barb Isman says, “Canola oil is the natural choice to replace partially hydrogenated oils in deep frying.

Industry Criticizes EU Chemical Law (AP via Yahoo! Finance) - BRUSSELS, Belgium -- European business lobbies on Wednesday warned that the EU's draft legislation controlling the use of chemicals will stifle competitiveness, lead to increased cost for the industry and burden companies with unnecessary bureaucracy.

Global Warming Endangers California Wine Industry (NPR) - The effects of global warming could decimate California's premium wine industry within 100 years, a new study says. Dierdre Kennedy reports.

Industry surprise at a 2016 target for all new homes (Guardian Unlimited) - The chancellor's announcement that he wants all new houses built by 2016 to be "zero-carbon" appeared to take the industry and other government departments by surprise.

Gates won’t change 2008 budget, industry believes (The Hill) - Robert Gates, the incoming Pentagon chief, has spurred high expectations of change in U.S. strategy in Iraq, but the defense industry does not anticipate any major changes in budget and policy decisions that could curtail their business, at least for now.

Intel Announces ATCA Blade Server for the Telecommunications Industry with Linux Support (Linux World) - Intel has announced a new ATCA blade server for the telecommunications industry with Carrier Grade Linux support. The Intel NetStructure MPCBL0050 Single Board Computer is the first AdvancedTCA (ATCA) blade server based on the Intel Core microarchitecture. Also unveiled today were the new power-efficient Dual-Core Intel Xeon processor LV 5138 and LV 5128.

50 Cent Is "Heated," Claims Film Industry Bias (SOHH) - 50 Cent reportedly has some complaints about bias in the film industry; specifically the fact that concerned citizens who rallied against promotional material for his film, "Get Rich Or Die... Visit SOHH.com for the complete story.

Aquaculture Industry Welcomes Government Funding (Scoop.co.nz) - "The New Zealand aquaculture industry is extremely heartened by the announcement by the Government today of $2.9 million additional funding to support further development of aquaculture" commented Callum McCallum, Chair of the New Zealand Aquaculture Council.

IT industry criticizes acquisition panel recommendations (Federal Times) - A trade association representing the high-tech industry is taking aim at some of the procurement reform recommendations of an influential advisory panel, arguing they would slow down and inflate the costs of government procurements.

ISPE To Continue To Lead Innovation In The Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Industry (PharmaceuticalOnline) - The International Society for Pharmaceutical Engineering (ISPE) was created more than 25 years ago when six pharmaceutical engineers gathered at the American Airlines Admiral Club at La Guardia airport with the goal to create a group that could address the needs of pharmaceutical manufacturers and engineers. Today, ISPE is a global society with a membership of more than 23,000 industry