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With peace, Nepal's movie industry plans to revamp (AFP via Yahoo! News) - "Kollywood," the nickname given to Nepal's fledgling movie industry, is planning a major revival in the wake of a peace deal that has brought renewed national hope and calls for home-grown films including stories by former Maoist rebels.

Health care industry offers opportunities (MSNBC) - The health care industry is becoming broader and bigger every day. For job seekers and changers, it's a field of opportunity. Your Career by Eve Tahmincioglu.

Favored flavors fuel cottage industry (MSNBC) - In New Jersey, its all about the Taylor Ham. Philadelphians have their cheese steaks. These are all the quirky calling cards of regional pride. With the help of the Internet, these local flavors have created a cottage industry for entrepreneurs willing to deliver across state lines.

Ski industry goes green to fight warming (USA Today) - The ski industry is going green to help offset the pollution that feeds global warming a phenomenon that challenges the resorts' very existence with the threat of later snowfalls and earlier snow melts.

After missing 2 big ones, Ark. still vying for new industry (Pine Bluff Commercial) - MARION, Ark. - Arkansas economic development leaders say they're still angling for a major new industry, despite two close calls that resulted in manufacturers passing over sites in eastern Arkansas.

Cut CO2 or Pay, Canada Liberals Demand of Industry (Planet Ark) - OTTAWA - Canada's energy industry would have to cut its carbon emissions by up to 46 percent or pay billions of dollars a year in penalties under a climate change plan by the opposition Liberal Party.

Despite furor, Idaho elk industry won't face new regulations (Casper Star-Tribune) - BOISE, Idaho -- An attempt to boost state oversight of Idaho's 30 million elk-ranching industry is dead after a bill to license elk ranches was killed Friday by an unlikely alliance of anti-regulation Republicans and Democrats demanding stricter rules.

Progress 2007: Local industry alive and growing (The Huntington Herald-Dispatch) - Industry is alive and well in the Tri-State for good reason.

Study warns coal industry facing bleak future (Akron Beacon Journal) - The coal industry faces a bleak future unless ways are developed on a commercial scale to capture and store carbon dioxide in the campaign against global warming, according to a new study.

Idle patents attract entrepreneurs (AP via Yahoo! News) - Dilip Kotecha figured his working days were over when he retired from the food-manufacturing industry. But after an unused patent for instant yogurt landed in his lap, he couldn't resist turning the dormant technology into a business.