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Paper Cuts, Shrinking Advertising and Falling Profits Force Industry Turmoil (New York Times) - 2008 is prompting louder talk about a dark turning point for the newspaper industry, which has been besieged by shrinking profits and tumbling stock prices.

Tainted pills made in Puerto Rico are seen as part of broader problem in drug industry (International Herald Tribune) - An investigation finds dozens of examples of lapses in quality control on the U.S. commonwealth's pharmaceutical industry, which churns out $35 billion of drugs each year.

Australian Building Industry Growth Slowed in January (Update1) (Bloomberg.com) - Feb. 7 (Bloomberg) -- An expansion in Australia's construction industry slowed in January as demand for homes fell after the central bank raised interest rates to an 11-year high.

Timber industry loses another round in old growth forest battle (North County Times) - GRANTS PASS, Ore. -- The timber industry has lost the latest round in the long-running court fight over the marbled murrelet, one of several threatened species that were targets of political pressure by the Bush administration.

Mergers In The Wings For Airline Industry (The Tampa Tribune) - Speculation about airline mergers has been heating up lately, and some industry observers believe there finally may be some real action for a change.

Lost: How a Certain TV Mega Hunk Stole My Identity Gets Industry Reading Feb. 11 (Playbill) - Lost: How a Certain TV Mega Hunk Stole My Identity , a 2007 Fringe Festival favorite, will receive two private industry readings Feb. 11.

Music industry weighs giving away music (The Pantagraph) - CANNES, France -- After years of fighting the Wild West of freely downloaded music, the mainstream music industry welcomed a former desperado to their annual schmoozefest Monday, highlighting the difficulty of their search for a solution to plunging CD sales.

HSE 'Wake Up Call' For Asbestos Removal Industry, UK (Medical News Today) - Asbestos-related disease accounts for over 3,500 deaths each year, creating what is the UK's biggest single cause of work related deaths. Nationally approximately 600 of these deaths each year arise from work with asbestos in the construction industry and allied trades.

N.J.'s racing industry on the brink of collapse (The Hub) - Local members of the harness racing industry had strong reactions to the announcement that Freehold Raceway has reduced its purse structure and that the Meadowlands is expected to follow suit with drastic purse cuts if the Legislature does not quickly fulfill promises to provide a purse supplement.

Pivotal Month For Hog Industry (CJOB News First) - Manitoba's Hog Industry is anxiously awaiting the public release of a Clean Environment Commission's report into the sustainability of the industry.