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Positive results more likely from industry-funded breast cancer trials (EurekAlert!) - CHAPEL HILL – Industry-funded studies of breast cancer therapies are more likely to report positive results than non-pharmaceutical funded studies, researchers from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the Dana Farber Cancer Institute have found.

Drug industry increasingly influences breast cancer research (EurekAlert!) - Breast cancer treatment trials supported by the pharmaceutical industry are more likely to report positive results than non-sponsored studies, according to a study to be published in the April 1, 2007 issue of CANCER, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Cancer Society.

Dying bees threaten fruit industry (UPI) - Michigan's $350 million fruit industry is in peril after the recent death of countless honeybees from what is called Colony Collapse Disorder. Michigan ...

Bricmont business heats up, thanks to India's growing steel industry (BizJournals) - As business from once red-hot China cools, a Canonsburg-based engineering company is finding millions of dollars of new contracts from India's rapidly growing steel industry.

Honeybee deaths could hurt Michigan's fruit industry (Detroit News) - SCHOOLCRAFT, Mich. -- The mysterious deaths of honeybees across the country could have troubling consequences for Michigan's usually fruitful fruit industry.

Dying bees threaten fruit industry (EARTHtimes.org) - Michigan's $350 million fruit industry is in peril after the recent death of countless honeybees from what is called Colony Collapse Disorder.

INDUSTRY BANKING ON NEW DEVICE TO KEEP ITS TV KING ROLE: Untangling the cable mess (The Charlotte Observer) - When it comes to innovation, the cable TV industry has been long on talk but slow on action. For years, cable executives have promised viewers they'd soon be using remotes to shop, play games, interact with advertisers and vote contestants off the island. But these and many other features, for the most part, haven't been delivered.

Efforts to reform the payday lending industry die in final hours (WSLS Newschannel 10 Roanoke) - Efforts to place modest reforms on the payday lending industry died Saturday when negotiations broke down in the General Assembly's final hours.

Record output and export growth cheers India's tea industry (AFP via Yahoo! News) - India's tea producers are reporting record production and a jump in exports after a nine-year slump caused by weak domestic demand and increased international competition, an industry body said Saturday.

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.