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Business Leaders Sign Tokyo Declaration to Tackle Global Warming and . Enact Industry-Wide Change (InfoBolsa) - Enact Industry-Wide Change 16/02/2008 00:17:00 Business Wire US06424K1007 A business group including leading companies such as HP, Sony, Nokia and Nike today released the Tokyo Declaration, a joint call to tackle the urgent issue of climate change.

Central Highlands gears to hydro-power industry (Vietnam Net) - VietNamNet Bridge - The Central Highlands province of Dak Lak has managed to tap its slew of deep falls and springs to develop a system of hydro-power projects, making the industry core of its economy.

Vancouver prostitutes incorporate Canada's first sex industry co-op (CNews) - VANCOUVER - A group of Vancouver sex-trade workers has incorporated the country's first sex industry co-operative with the goal of setting up a legal brothel.

Fears Grow Economic Downturn Could Hit Gaming Industry (KLAS Las Vegas) - Layoffs and cutbacks in employee hours are hitting Las Vegas casinos. Some fear that could be just the beginning of trouble if an economic downturn hits the gaming industry. So is Las Vegas really "recession resistant" as one gaming executive proclaimed this week? Reporter Aaron Drawhorn has the story.

Bottled water industry is bordering on the immoral, says minister (Times Online) - A government minister has launched a scathing attack on the bottled water industry in which he describes it as verging on the morally indefensible.

2 phones for everyone—if industry can't get its act together (Ars Technica) - Mobile penetration will eventually reach 200 percent, says Real Networks CEO Rob Glaser, arguing that a single device can't do everything people want to do. Instead, he thinks everyone will have two or more phones. We think that will only happen if the industry fails to innovate. Read More...

Human trafficking industry worth $31bn (Adelaide Now) - THE human trafficking industry is a beast of unknown size whose extent must be determined, a senior UN official said at the close of an international forum on the racket.

Tenth Annual BIO CEO & Investor Conference Brings Together Industry . Leaders and Investors (InfoBolsa) - Leaders and Investors 15/02/2008 18:56:00 Business Wire The Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) welcomed over 2,000 biotechnology executives and investors to its tenth annual BIO CEO & Investor Conference.

Software Industry Group Sues eBay Sellers (PC World via Yahoo! News) - The Software & Information Industry Association has filed nine lawsuits against eBay-based software sellers.

Report documents Nebraska child-care industry (Lincoln Journal Star) - A new report shows the early care and education industry in Nebraska creates millions of dollars in annual revenue, thousands of jobs, and an increased standard of living as measured by per capita income.