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Cannes brings cheer to ailing Philippines film industry (AFP via Yahoo! News) - A Cannes festival call-up for two independent films is raising hopes of a rebirth for the struggling Philippines movie industry, hit by rampant piracy, high taxes and foreign imports.
Racing Industry Is Stuck in Perpetual Post Time (New York Times) - An insular industry built on horses and gambling is out of step, out of touch and out of sync with contemporary American culture.
Democrats Attack Bush Energy Policy, Oil Industry Tax Breaks (Bloomberg via Yahoo! News) - May 10 (Bloomberg) -- Democratic Senator Debbie Stabenow attacked the Republican Bush administration's energy policy and tax breaks for the oil industry, urging investment in alternative energy.
Cannes brings cheer to ailing Philippine film industry (Philippine Daily Inquirer) - MANILA, Philippines -- A Cannes festival call-up for two independent films is raising hopes of a rebirth for the struggling Philippine movie industry, hit by rampant piracy, high taxes and foreign imports.
US Probes Nigerian Oil Industry Payments (This Day) - United States of America has launched a comprehensive probe of the Nigerian oil industry over an alleged bribery scandal involving a former Halliburton subsidiary, Kellogg Brown and Root, (KBR) and some unnamed Nigerian officials during negotiation for its work on a key Royal Dutch Shell project in Nigeria.
Power industry investigation "timely" (Newstalk ZB via Yahoo!7 Finance) - Consumer New Zealand supports an investigation into the way the power industry operates as electricity retailers prepare for another round of price increases.
Horse racing deaths spark debate in industry (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review) - The racing industry suffers roughly 1.6 catastrophic breakdowns for every 1,000 starts. That equates to about 730 each year -- or two per day.
Power industry investigation "timely" (NZCity) - 11 May 2008 Consumer New Zealand supports an investigation into the way the power industry operates as electricity retailers prepare for another round of price increases.
Solar industry needs workers (San Francisco Chronicle) - California's fascination with solar power has created thousands of jobs in the state and will probably add thousands more, according to a new survey of the industry. The survey, by two community college researchers, estimates that solar companies in...
‘Livestock Industry Ready For Change, Upgrade’ (BruDirect.com) - Bandar Seri Begawan - The Agriculture Department sees the need to upgrade and change the current livestock industry to a more dynamic and market driven agro-business.
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Bill Loophole Gives Tobacco Industry Time (CBS News) - A loophole in a sweeping tobacco regulation bill would give the industry a 21-month window to introduce certain new products without first getting federal approval.
U.K. Needs Decision on Homebuyer Tax, Industry Says (Update1) (Bloomberg.com) - Aug. 7 (Bloomberg) -- Prime Minister Gordon Brown risks causing a housing-market collapse unless he ends speculation over the future of a tax on buying property, industry groups said.
Biotech industry battles doctor gift legislation (Boston Globe) - In a full-page ad in The Boston Globe today, the Massachusetts Biotechnology Council, along with the Associated Industries of Massachusetts, the Massachusetts High Technology Council, and the Cambridge Chamber of Commerce, said the legislation began with a simple premise: "demonize an industry and the thousands of professionals that comprise it, including doctors, for being successful."
U.K. Needs Decision, Not Debate on Homebuyer Tax, Industry Says (Bloomberg.com) - Aug. 7 (Bloomberg) -- Prime Minister Gordon Brown risks triggering a housing-market collapse unless he ends speculation over the future of a tax on buying property, industry groups said.