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Flower-industry giant Ralph Bachman dies (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune) - Ralph Bachman, who led the push to make his family's company the nation's biggest retail florist and became a national figure in the industry, died Thursday at his home in Florida. He was 88. "He was a take-charge person," said his son Walter of New York City. "He was a pusher and a leader. It didn't make any difference whether he was going to church, going fishing or going to a business meeting.

Nortel And QUALCOMM Achieve Industry's Fastest HSDPA Data Call (FiberOpticsOnline) - Nortel and QUALCOMM have successfully achieved the industry's first 7.2 Mbps HSDPA mobile data calls. The tests achieved data downloads at speeds up to four times faster than most current fixed broadband connections...

Industry condemns 'misleading' forestry claims (ABC via Yahoo! Australia & NZ News) - The Tasmanian timber industry has hit back at the Wilderness Society's claims logging activity in southern Tasmania's Florentine Valley is destroying high conservation value forest.

China's distribution industry retains strong growth (People's Daily) - China's distribution industry will continue its rapid growth due to its increasing role in the market and rural reform, according to the latest report on the development of China's distribution industry.

Digital music cushions drop in album sales for worldwide music industry (CP via Yahoo! Canada News) - LONDON (AP) - Global sales of digital music are continuing to rise, generating revenues of $1.1 billion US for record companies last year and softening an overall slump in music sales, the industry said Friday.

INDUSTRY AT A CROSSROADS (Risk & Insurance) - In his speech to industry leaders last fall, Desjardins said, "Globalization, the foreign exchange rate, rising energy costs and–of course–the Internet's impact are the macroeconomic factors that are adding to the changes we are all facing."

Nuclear engineering students told climate is ripe for industry (Albany Business Journal) - The nation's economic and energy climate is ripe for a renaissance of the nuclear power industry, the president and CEO of the Nuclear Energy Institute told nuclear engineering and technology students gathered at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Friday.

Countrywide, IndyMac Investors Bet More on Shrinking Industry (Bloomberg.com) - March 31 (Bloomberg) -- Some investors in Countrywide Financial Corp., Wells Fargo & Co. and IndyMac Bancorp Inc., three of the biggest U.S. mortgage lenders, are raising their stakes even as the industry shrinks.

British music industry offers business fusion (New Kerala) - By Papri Sri Raman, Chennai: Five British music companies are on a visit here to explore collaborations in India's rapidly growing music and film industry.

Frost & Sullivan Recognizes International Truck and Engine Corporation for Industry Innovation & Advancement of the (Navistar International) - Palo Alto, CA (February 1, 2006) Frost & Sullivan recently recognized International Truck and Engine Corporation with the 2006 Medium- Heavy Truck Original Equipment Industry Innovation & Advancement of the Year Award for developing commercial vehicle telematics infrastructures aimed at maximizing the operating profits of trucks and buses.