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Gibson Guitar tangles with game industry (AP via Yahoo! News) - Gibson Guitar Corp. has widened its attack on the video game industry with a second patent infringement lawsuit.

Gibson Guitar Tangles With Game Industry (AP via Yahoo! Finance) - Gibson Guitar Corp. has widened its attack on the video game industry with a second patent infringement lawsuit. It claims, in a case filed Thursday in federal district court in Nashville, that by developing, distributing and promoting the video game "Rock Band," Harmonix, MTV Networks and Electronic Arts are violating a virtual-reality patent the guitar maker holds.

UC Davis launches research center to nurture California's emerging olive oil industry (North County Times) - SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- After the repeal of Prohibition in 1933, the University of California, Davis established a research department that led to the flourish of the California wine industry. Now, it hopes to do the same for olive oil.

OIC sets its eyes on $580b global halal industry (Khaleej Times) - DAKAR — The Organisation of Islamic Conference (OIC)has set its eyes on the $580 billion global halal industry and earmarked the Islamic Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ICCI) to look into the developing sector.

Sportfishing industry may have a tough year in 2008 (Morris Daily Herald) - Like other industries, the sportfishing industry has its ups and downs. Some years are good, and other years have significant road blocks and hurdles to overcome. 2008 is going to be one of the difficult years.

Missouri looks for ways to stanch decline of dairy industry (USA Today) - At age 77, Arlen Schwinke might be getting too old for the twice-a-day milkings that come with working a dairy farm, but he's still deeply committed to Missouri's dairy industry.

US auto shows reflect industry doldrums (AP via Yahoo! News) - Manufacturers were short on new cars at this year's major U.S. auto shows, including the New York International Auto Show this week, but automakers remained upbeat as they showed products they hope will lift the U.S. industry out of its doldrums.

Storms, industry policies reduce growth in China's power use (China Daily) - Growth in China's electricity consumption slowed in the first two months of 2008 as the government imposed curbs on heavy industry and winter storms cut power supplies in some areas, an industry group has said.

Justice Dept. Is Gathering Data on Mortgage Industry (New York Times) - The F.B.I. is in the middle of a criminal investigation focusing on 17 firms that may have engaged in corporate fraud, an F.B.I. official confirmed this week.

China's Heavy Industry Delusions (Far Eastern Economic Review) - It is not necessarily true that all countries must emphasize heavy industry as a phase in the process of industrialization. So why is it that China has taken heavy industry as the pillar of national economic development? Is it a special case?