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Industry being revitalised in Iraq: US official (AFP via Yahoo! News) - Industry is being revitalised in Iraq, despite the raging violence, and creating lucrative openings for entrepreneurs brave enough to do business here, a top US official insists.

UCS Recipe to Fix Auto Industry (Wired News) - Bench the lawyers and bean-counters and bring in the engineers, says the UCS clean-vehicles research director on how Detroit could revamp the car industry. Plus: Renault's French Connection in Iran. In Autopia.

Ashley Furniture booms in a gloomy industry (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel) - U.S. furniture making is in a funk. Employment is down, factories have been shuttered and the sales of industry leaders have been sluggish.

U.S. commercial seed industry has come long way (Carroll County Online) - As we prepare for the time when we start planting seeds, perhaps the information collected by Matthew Dillon would be interesting to consider. One hundred fifty years ago, the United States did not have a commercial seed industry; today, we have the world's largest.

Industry tries to keep Vt. from using Calif. emissions rule (Boston Globe) - A suit by the auto industry to keep the newest California emission standards from spreading eastward is slated for trial later this month in U.S. District Court.

Case of the non-kosher chicken could spark changes in industry (JTA) - The kosher meat section of a Philadelphia-area supermarket on Friday, July 7. A recent case of retail fraud in which non-kosher chickens were deliberately sold to consumers as kosher could lead to wholesale changes in the kosher meat industry.

UPDATE: Generics Industry Set For More Consolidation (Nasdaq) - PHOENIX (Dow Jones) -- The generic drugmaking industry is poised for further consolidation due to increased competition and difficulty in attaining growth, a leading investment banker told the industry's annual gathering in Phoenix Friday.

UCS Recipe to Fix Auto Industry (Addict 3D) - Bench the lawyers and bean-counters and bring in the engineers, says the UCS clean-vehicles research director on how Detroit could revamp the car industry.

Glossary of livestock industry terms (The Times of Northwest Indiana) - The following are some terms and definitions relating to the livestock industry and problems caused by farms that violate state environmental regulations:

Bill targets industry’s influence on LR panel (NWAnews.com) - A bill filed Friday would make sweeping changes on the beleaguered Little Rock Advertising and Promotion Commission and reduce the influence of the hotel and restaurant industry. (Arkansas Democrat-Gazette Northwest Edition)