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Toy story: industry squeezed in holiday crunch (AFP via Yahoo! News) - The US toy industry is having little fun this holiday season.

Buy American' no longer black and white in auto industry (The Plain Dealer) - uy American doesn't mean what it once did. Not in the auto industry. Honda's best sellers come from plants in Ohio while Ford imports cars from Mexico. Toyota opened a plant in Texas this year while Chrysler brought in cars from Europe.

OIL INDUSTRY (Dallas Morning News) - This is a good time to look for a job in the oil industry.

Toy story: industry squeezed in holiday crunch (TurkishPress.com) - The US toy industry is having little fun this holiday season. Millions of toys have been recalled for safety reasons in recent months, while the US economy has softened as the key Christmas season opens.

Promoting Healthcare for the Porn Industry (NPR) - Weekend Edition Saturday , December 8, 2007 · In 1998, former porn star Sharon Mitchell founded the Adult Industry Medical Healthcare Foundation in order to raise awareness about health issues among porn performers.

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

Drug industry grappling for a cure for its own ills (Austin American-Statesman) - Over the next few years, the pharmaceutical business will hit a wall. Some of the top-selling drugs in industry history will become history as patent protections expire, allowing generics to rush in at much-lower prices.

Alois Kracher; Vintner revived the Austrian industry with his sweet wines (Los Angeles Times) - Alois Kracher, 48, a vintner whose success producing sweet wines helped to revive the Austrian wine industry, died of cancer Wednesday.

Jostens blow latest for industry (The Sun Chronicle) - ATTLEBORO - Long before last week's announcement that the Jostens’ plant here would close, business and economic experts say, the die was cast for a process that should not have been a surprise: The jewelry industry that once was Attleboro’s identity and led to its rise as a regional manufacturing center, is slowly being eaten away by high costs and competition from a global economy.

Washington's apple industry on rebound (Tri-City Herald) - After a dismal decade of low prices and vanishing orchards, Washington's apple industry is on the rebound.