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Ethanol Industry Braces for Growing Pains (AP via Yahoo! News) - After a spurt of good fortune, the fledgling U.S. ethanol industry is anticipating some growing pains that could bring it unwanted attention this summer.

Baggage delays cost air industry 2.5 billion dollars a year: study (AFP via Yahoo! News) - The air transport industry is losing 2.5 billion dollars (2.0 billion euros) a year because of lost luggage, a company which tracks the problem said.

Aviva's merger bid creates industry talk (International Herald Tribune) - The recent bid for Britain's second-largest insurance company sparked speculation Monday that a new rash of consolidation will sweep the industry, sending stock prices up in Europe.

Actress Maggie Cheung calls for unity to save Hong Kong film industry (AFP via Yahoo! News) - Award-winning Hong Kong filmstar Maggie Cheung appealed for the local media to help save the territory's struggling movie industry as she was voted most charismatic Chinese actress in an online poll.

Soda Sales Go Flat, Industry Fights Back (SPACE.com / LiveScience.com via Yahoo! News) - On the surface it seemed like a double blow to the soda industry.

Ethanol Industry Braces for Growing Pains (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune) - WASHINGTON (AP) - After a spurt of good fortune, the fledgling U.S. ethanol industry is anticipating some growing pains that could bring it unwanted attention this summer. Ethanol's public profile rose significantly for the better last July when Congress passed an energy bill that mandates the doubling of biofuels output by 2012. In January, President Bush gave the industry a further boost with a

Conversive Customer Satisfaction Highest in Online Self-Service Industry (The Auto Channel) - MALIBU, Calif.--March 20, 2006--The latest Jupiter Research Report on the Customer Self-Service industry found that "Conversive ranked highest in satisfaction among customers."

Baggage delays cost air industry US$2.5b a year: study (Channel NewsAsia) - GENEVA : The air transport industry is losing US$2.5 billion (2.0 billion euros) a year because of lost luggage, a company which tracks the problem said.

Online industry rejects Labor policy (News Interactive) - FEDERAL Labor's proposal to block children's access to pornography and graphic violence online has been dismissed by the internet industry as unnecessary.

O. Milton Gossett, 80; Helped Globalize Ad Industry, Dies (New York Times) - O. Milton Gossett was a New York advertising executive who played a large role in the globalization of the industry in the 1980's.