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Oil industry art show under way (BBC News) - An art exhibition documenting life in the North Sea oil and gas industry is being held in Orkney.

Motown founder Berry Gordy says ailing industry needs to focus on good songs (The Canadian Press via Yahoo! Canada News) - LOS ANGELES - Motown founder Berry Gordy says the ailing music industry can reverse its slide if it puts the focus on good music.

FDI makes positive contributions to industry (Vietnam Net) - VietNamNet Bridge - Foreign direct investment played an essential role in helping the country’s industrial sector keep up a high growth for many consecutive years, Deputy Minister of Trade and Industry Do Huu Hao has stated.

NADA's Brady is Hall of Fame’s Industry Leader of the Year (NADA.org) - McLEAN, Va., Jan. 30, 2008 — The Automotive Hall of Fame has named NADA President Phillip D. Brady Industry Leader of the Year. He will be honored at the AHF Annual Awards Luncheon in conjunction with the NADA Convention, Feb. 10, 2008, in San Francisco. Attendance is open to all NADA members.

China telecom industry faces huge bill after snow (Straits Times) - BEIJING - CHINA'S telecom industry faces a huge bill after the worst winter in decades, with millions of users cut off and thousands of kilometres of phone lines damaged, state media said on Sunday.

Video Game Industry Picks a War Game as Its Best (New York Times) - Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare took top honors on Thursday night at the 11th annual Interactive Achievement Awards, the video game industry?s equivalent of the Oscars.

Motown's Berry Gordy says industry needs to focus on good songs (WOOD TV 8 Grand Rapids) - LOS ANGELES -- Motown founder Berry Gordy says the ailing music industry can reverse its slide if it puts the focus on good music. "When you get through all of this, it still gets...

Telecom industry loses 1.1b yuan in snow disaster (China Daily) - The snow disaster in southern and eastern China provinces has caused losses of 1.1 billion yuan ($152.8 million) to the telecommunications industry, according to statistics released Saturday by the Ministry of Information Industry.

Idaho broadcaster wins sheep industry award (AG Weekly) - DENVER — Outstanding U.S. sheep industry members were honored for their contributions to the industry at an awards luncheon held Jan. 25 at the American Sheep Industry Association/National Lamb Feeders Association Convention in Las Vegas, Nev.

Music industry to toast Amy Winehouse at Grammys (Reuters via Yahoo! News) - The U.S. government might not care for Amy Winehouse, but the troubled British pop singer will likely receive plenty of long-distance love from the music industry when the Grammy Awards are handed out on Sunday.