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Music Industry Tightens Squeeze On Students (Washington Post) - The recording industry is dusting off an old tactic in its never-ending effort to crack down on pirated music: Target the college kids.

Computer industry sits at critical crossroads (USA Today) - The last unscathed PC giant finally faltered.Five powerhouses dominated the U.S. PC industry five years ago. Then, one by one, Hewlett-Packard, Compaq Computer, Gateway and IBM stumbled.

Despite Human Cost, '06 Disasters Cost Little to Insurance Industry (US News & World Report) - Although 31,000 people around the world lost their lives in natural and man-made disasters in 2006, insurance industry payouts for catastrophes totaled just $15.9 billion–among the lightest years on record–since poor countries, with low property values and little casualty coverage, bore the brunt of the losses, the reinsurance giant Swiss Re reports.

Michigan congressman says Schwarzenegger hurts auto industry (The Fresno Bee) - A Michigan congressman is defending the U.S. auto industry against calls for increased fuel efficiency by criticizing a famous foe of global warming: California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger.

Senator Blocking Tax-Credit Bill For Film Industry In State (WISC Channel3000.com via Yahoo! News) - The state film industry and others say Wisconsin is losing lots of movies and lots of money because a bill is stalled at the state Capitol, but the state senator responsible for the holdup said he is not budging.

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.

Alliance Begins Training New Workers For Maine's Boatbuilding Industry (WCSH 6 Portland) - The state is hoping for big things from Maine's boatbuilding and composite materials industry. It's already our third largest manufacturing industry, and people in both business and government want it to grow even bigger.

Record industry drops hammer on music thieves (Baylor Lariat) - The Recording Industry Association of America is cracking down on students who download copyrighted materials. Ohio University leads the association's top-25 list of offenders -- it has received 1,287 notifications of illegal activities so far this academic year.

SeedQuest - Central information website for the global seed industry (SeedQuest) - The national Rice Technical Working Group (RTWG) has recommended seven promising rice lines to be released by the National Seed Industry Council (NSIC) as commercial varieties.

Food prices to rise at grocery stores: industry (Reuters via Yahoo! News) - U.S. consumers will see higher grocery bills this year thanks to a surge in wholesale corn prices, pushed higher by an ethanol fuel boom, that will be passed on by food manufacturers, the industry said on Wednesday.