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Italian fashion industry must look ahead (UPI) - Italy's fashion industry, somewhere along the way, got stuck and now watches as upstarts from China, Eastern Europe and elsewhere pass by, observers ...

Japan Dec. All Industry Activity Index Unchanged Over Month (Nasdaq) - (RTTNews) - Japanese all industry activity index for December, in seasonally adjusted terms remained unchanged at 107, the Ministry of Economy trade and industry said Friday. In November, the index fell 0.1% following 1.6% growth in October.

Tribes making inroads in sports industry (USA Today) - The Mohegans, along with the Sycuans and Seminoles in boxing and the Yakamas in minor league basketball, are at the forefront of Native American tribes becoming part of the U.S. sports industry, but they still are the exception. Of the 562 federally recognized tribes in the country, 223 have gaming compacts.

Ohio U. leads offenders in recording industry downloading crackdown (The Times-Reporter) - WASHINGTON – College students who faced lawsuits for illegally sharing large music collections over campus computer networks increasingly risk being unplugged from the Internet or even suspended over lesser complaints by the recording industry.

Japanese All Industry Activity Index Comes Flat In December (Nasdaq) - (RTTNews) - Japanese all industry activity index for December, in seasonally adjusted terms remained unchanged at 107, the Bank of Japan said Friday.

1910-11 Irwin Gas Coal Basin strike led to industry changes (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review) - The arrival of the Pennsylvania Railroad in Westmoreland County during the mid-19th century resulted in the rapid development of the coal mining industry here.

Symposium Announced to Help Businesses Benefit from Film Industry (KSLA-TV Shreveport) - The cities of Shreveport and Bossier City have announced plans to team up on an effort that could help local business people get in on some of the action of the film industry.

The logging industry goes green (KVAL Eugene) - As technology advances, so does the logging industry and the development of the equipment is playing a big role in helping the environment.

Film industry discussed by panel at LSU-S (KPXJ Shreveport) - Is the film industry in northwest Louisiana here to stay? Only time will tell, but Thursday at LSU-S during a panel discussion, filmmakers talked about both the positives and negatives of the local film industry.

SeedQuest - Central information website for the global seed industry (SeedQuest) - A newly released study * finds that California’s rice industry faces the loss of export markets worth over $200 million dollars in the event that genetically modified (GM) rice is produced commercially.