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Music industry betting on mobiles (BBC News) - The music industry and retailers are hoping mobile music downloads will reverse the decline in music sales.

Aerospace industry headed to another record year (St. Louis Post-Dispatch) - WASHINGTON — The aerospace industry is finishing a record-setting year on a number of fronts, the Aerospace Industries Association reported Thursday at its annual year-end review and forecast.

Music Industry Pressures EU Politicians for Filtered Internet (Electronic Frontier Foundations) - The music and film industry continues to pursue its idea of a politically "corrected" Internet - one that they imagine could protect their old business models without requiring any extra costs on their part.

Tourism industry renews marketing program, fees (BizJournals) - The businesses that make up the state's tourism industry have voted by a wide margin to continue the program that collects a slice of their revenue to pay for California Travel and Tourism Commission marketing efforts, the commission reported Thursday.

UN Aviation Agency Wants Greener Industry (Scoop.co.nz) - Global air transportation has brought millions of jobs, a major boost to the world economy and valuable savings in time for many people, but its benefits may be in jeopardy unless the industry takes more steps to improve its environmental performance, the United Nations International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) said today.

Dept of Biotech, FICCI sign MoU to create, manage industry platform (PharmaBiz) - The Department of Biotechnology (DBT), Ministry of Science & Technology and Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry (FICCI) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding for accelerating R&D investments in the biotech sector.

Ohio oil, gas industry booming (The Cincinnati Post) - COLUMBUS, Ohio - High energy prices and a 2004 law that opened cities and villages to drilling have created a boom in Ohio's oil and gas industry. Records show that 952 wells were drilled last year, 31 percent more than in 2005.

Surveys say manufacturing industry better off than perceived (BizJournals) - Two recent surveys, one by a Downtown accounting firm and one by a New York City bank, paint a rosier-than-expected picture of the manufacturing industry.

Bush and mortgage industry work out plan to help subprime loan-holders (International Herald Tribune) - The Bush administration and the mortgage industry have agreed on a plan to freeze interest rates for as much as five years for a portion of the two million U.S. homeowners with subprime loans.

RasGas chief presents LNG industry prize (Gulf Times) - RASGAS managing director Hamad Rashid al-Mohannadi has presented the prestigious ‘Outstanding Contribution to the development of the LNG industry in 2007’ award to Martin Houston, executive vice president and managing director (North America, Caribbean and Global- Gas) for the BG Group, at a glittering awards ceremony in Rome.