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Despite Drop in CD Sales, Music Industry Is Upbeat (Washington Post) - The music industry experienced the greatest one-year loss in sales of compact discs last year, and rising revenue from songs and albums bought on the Internet failed to offset the consumer flight from CDs.

Insurance industry posts record year (MSNBC) - The nation’s property and casualty insurers collected record profits in 2006, a year after suffering record hurricane losses, industry groups reported Wednesday.

Japan's service industry index hits record high in Feb. (Kyodo via Yahoo! Asia News) - _ Japan's service industry activity index moved up 1.0 percent in February from the previous month, hitting a record high for the second straight month, partly due to brisk stock trading, the industry ministry said Thursday.

Hurdles Slow Down Wind Power Industry (RedNova) - By Zheng Lifei China's wind power industry is set to grow, but hurdles need to be cleared if it is to catch up with global players, say analysts.

Sellafield worker's daughter condemns nuclear industry (Guardian Unlimited) - The daughter of a man who died at the Sellafield nuclear reprocessing plant in the 1960s condemned the secretive nature of the nuclear industry today.

Search Industry Leaders to Share Knowledge at Searchnomics Conference (RedNova) - WebGuild.org today announced the Searchnomics Conference 2007 for June 27, 2007. Searchnomics will address the overwhelming demand for education and best practices in search engine marketing, optimization and strategy with over 24 sessions featuring industry leaders in search marketing.

Will Bruning join student loan industry investigations? (Lincoln Journal Star) - Nebraska Attorney General Jon Bruning seems to be considering his options in addressing the besieged student loan industry.

BAE's move to the US 'would jeopardise EU defence industry' (Financial Times) - A decision by Britain's BAE Systems to shift operations to the US would threaten the survival of a competitive European defence industry, according to a senior adviser to France's defence minister.

UPDATE: HSAN Industry Roundtable Releases Statement (Vibe Magazine) - UPDATE: HSAN Industry Roundtable Releases Statement Historic meeting of record executives ran long; press conf. postponed.

Bird flu to affect multi-million NegOcc gamefowl industry (Sun Star) - THE P85-million game fowl industry of Negros Occidenal is feared to be affected if bird flu hits the country.