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U.S. to Insist That Travel Industry Get Fingerprints (Washington Post) - The U.S. government today will order commercial airlines and cruise lines to prepare to collect digital fingerprints of all foreigners before they depart the country under a security initiative that the industry has condemned as costly and burdensome.

Weak US dollar threatens Europe aerospace industry jobs: ASD (AFP via Yahoo! News) - The weak dollar is a threat to hundreds of thousands of aerospace and defence industry jobs in Europe, the main association representing the sector warned Monday.

Greenpeace Alleges Chemical Industry Trying To Scuttle Regulations (CBS News) - Chemical manufacturers and other industry groups hired 238 lobbyists at an estimated cost of $12.5 million last year to weaken chemical plant security legislation and regulations, according to a new report from Greenpeace due out this week.

Energy industry says more plant construction needed (USA Today) - Environmentalists argue more energy efficiency could greatly reduce the need fora huge new wave of power plants and transmission lines. In two studies out Monday, the power industry gives its terse response: Don't count on it.

Hedge Funds: Industry asset growth stalls in first quarter, HFR says (Market Watch) - SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Hedge fund assets barely grew during the first quarter as losses and de-leveraging made investors wary of allocating much new money to the industry, says Hedge Fund Research.

UK report attacks container shipping industry (Financial Times) - The container shipping industry has prioritised speed of operation over the safety of ships, a British government agency has concluded in a damning report on the loss of a British-flagged vessel in the English Channel in January.

Analysts: One-time items make drug maker earnings look better amid troubling industry trends (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune) - TRENTON, N.J. - Major drug companies saw their bottom lines buoyed by a weak dollar, one-time gains and other temporary items, but their shares still fell because of basic economic problems hurting the industry.

Continental shelf expansion excites oil and gas industry (ABC via Yahoo!7 Finance) - A group representing the oil and gas industry says it is too early to know whether the expansion of Australia's seabed will lead to natural resources being discovered. The United Nations has allowed Australia to claim an extra 2.5 million square kilometres to the continental shelf. Much of the area covers a large area of ocean off Western Australia, The Chief Executive of the Australian ...

Continental shelf expansion excites oil and gas industry (ABC via Yahoo!7 News) - A group representing the oil and gas industry says it is too early to know whether the expansion of Australia's seabed will lead to natural resources being discovered.

Despite Growth, Indian Embedded Industry Faces Threats (Embedded Systems Programming Magazine) - BENGALURU, India — India's $2.53 billion embedded software industry, while enjoying rapid growth, faces a number of challenges related to a shortage of relevant skills.