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Summer forecast: Film industry in a tight spot (USA Today) - Hollywood desperately needs a hero, and not the kind that fights crime, or flies or wears tights. One that makes money. Heading into its most important season of the year, the film industry is staggering into summer. Ticket sales have been down eight out of the past nine weekends compared with the same weekends last year. Attendance is down 7% from 2007.

House Continues Meat Industry Probe (Time Magazine) - A Congressional subcommittee will discuss a report on animal abuses in the meat industry, and how to achieve greater transparency at a hearing Thursday

Qld wine industry supports law changes (ABC via Yahoo!7 Finance) - Queensland Parliament has passed changes to the Wine Industry Act aimed at cutting red tape for wine producers.

Janel World Trade Group Announces Expansion Of Contract To Deliver Chemical Catalyst To Oil Refining Industry (ChemicalOnline) - Janel World Trade, Ltd.,a full-service global provider of integrated logistics services, recently announced the reconfirmation and expansion of a three-year contract to ship containers of chemical catalyst to a customer for use in the oil refinery industry in the Middle East

Frontier CEO: Credit-card processors eyeing airline industry (AP via Yahoo! Finance) - The head of Frontier Airlines Holdings Inc., which is reorganizing under bankruptcy protection, said Thursday credit-card processing companies are visiting other airlines, too, worried by the industry's financial struggles.

Global Metals Industry Mergers & Acquisitions Reach $77 Billion in North America (Industry Week) - April 18, 2008 -- Deals in the global metals industry in North America soared to record levels in 2007, according to PricewaterhouseCoopers, indicating that the credit crisis in the U.S. has not hindered industry growth, according to a report released by PricewaterhouseCoopers.

Report: US metalcasting industry shows signs of resurgence (AP via Yahoo! Finance) - A declining rate of imports and greater productivity by U.S. metalcasters marks an improved outlook for the domestic metalcasting industry, a report disclosed Thursday.

Video Game Industry Enjoys Torrid Sales (TheStreet.com) - The industry enjoyed a 57% jump in sales in March of software, hardware and accessories.

Torrid March for Video Game Industry (TheStreet.com) - The industry enjoyed a 57% jump in sales of software, hardware and accessories.

Industry slump affects profits at PNC (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette) - First-quarter profit at PNC Financial Services Group dropped 18 percent as Pittsburgh's largest bank grappled with credit and trading losses amid a slump in the financial services industry.