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Hospitality industry opposes 'hamburger tax' (Benton Courier) - Phillip Brown, the spokesman for members of Benton's hospitality industry, said his group intends to again oppose the city's efforts to enact a so-called "hamburger tax" by campaigning to have the issue placed on the ballot.

Beverage industry swallows a few profits (NorthJersey.com) - Unlike the tobacco industry bosses from nearly a decade ago, who had to be dragged, fighting and screaming, to federal courthouses and up to Capitol Hill for congressional testimony, the top executives of America's soft drink industry have chosen to behave more responsibly without letting it come to that.

French wine to undergo sea change in bid to help industry (AFP via Yahoo! News) - French wine is set for a sea change thanks to new legislation removing some of the beleaguered industry's previous taboos by allowing wood chips to be added to the drink and an adjustment of alcohol levels.

City staked future on industry (The Arizona Republic) - You may have noticed that Chandler not only has a lot of industry, including Intel Corp. with about 10,700 employees but also that the companies are mixed in with housing areas.

Critics slam Walden over forest industry donations (BendBulletin.com) - So far in the 2006 campaign cycle, the timber industry donations have amounted to slightly more than 10 percent of the $760,000 in contributions Walden has received, according to the most recent data available, which is from April 26. Substantial contributions have come from organizations and individuals affiliated with companies like Seneca Jones Timber, Georgia-Pacific Corp. and Weyerhaeuser Co.

Landes worried about impact mega-industry could have (News Virginian) - Delegate Steve Landes gets daily calls and e-mails from Augusta County residents weighing in on a possible mega-industry proposed for Weyers Cave. “From the calls and e-mails I’m getting, the citizens are against [it],’’ he said.

Ostrich industry upset by low industry exports (SABC News) - The South African ostrich industry devastated by bird flu fears, mass culling and a 15-month export ban is recovering, but finds it difficult to regain lost markets.

NBK organizes an International Symposium on the Outlook for the Global Oil Industry (AME Info) - National Bank of Kuwait (NBK) is organizing an international symposium on 'The Outlook for the Global Oil Industry and implications for GCC Economies', to be held under the patronage of the Minister of Energy H.E. Sheikh Ahmad Al Fahad Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, on Saturday 27th May at the Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development.

Restoring discipline in the apparel industry (Financial Express) - COUNTRY'S apparel entrepreneurs are considering the year 2006 as very much important for the ready-made garments (RMG) industry in terms of expanding and exploring its markets worldwide.

IAVI To Appoint Two Drug Industry Executives To Top Posts (Medical News Today) - The International AIDS Vaccine Initiative on Wednesday said it plans to appoint two pharmaceutical industry executives to top scientific and management jobs, the Wall Street Journal reports. As of June 1, Stephen Udem, vice president of exploratory vaccine discovery research at Wyeth Vaccines Research, a unit of Wyeth, will serve as IAVI's senior vice president of vaccine development. [click link