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Unions Shut Down Finnish Forest Industry (AP via Yahoo! News) - More than 25,000 workers walked off the job Monday, shutting down most of Finland's forestry industry in a two-day strike to protest planned layoffs.

Electric industry mulls reliability standards (Market Watch) - WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) -- Mandatory reliability standards for the electricity industry are expected to be in place ahead of next summer, more than three years after blackouts shut down major portions of the U.S. power system.

Unions Shut Down Finnish Forest Industry (AP via Yahoo! News) - Tens of thousands of paper workers walked off the job early Monday, shutting down most of Finland's forest industry in a two-day strike to protest planned layoffs.

Fund industry gathering to focus on disclosure, retirement saving (Market Watch) - WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) -- Mutual-fund company executives meet this week in Washington under sunnier skies. Instead of reeling from industry scandals, fund firms are enjoying renewed investor confidence and record profits.

Porn Industry Embraces Web Downloads (CBS News) - Another big step for the home video market and as usual, the adult film industry is leading the way. Vivid Entertainment will sell its movies through an online service that lets buyers burn DVD's that will play on TV sets, not just on computers.

Unions Shut Down Finnish Forest Industry (San Francisco Chronicle) - More than 25,000 workers walked off the job Monday, shutting down most of Finland's forestry industry in a two-day strike to protest planned layoffs. The strike began at 6 a.m. (0300 GMT) and was to last 48 hours, the 50,000-member Finnish Paper...

Unions Shut Down Finnish Forest Industry (KiplingerForecasts.com) - More than 25,000 workers walked off the job Monday, shutting down most of Finland's forestry industry in a two-day strike to protest planned layoffs. The strike began at 6 a.m. (0300 GMT) and was to last 48 hours, the 50,000-member Finnish Paper Workers Union said.

Timken TechTips Well Received by Automotive Aftermarket Industry (The Auto Channel) - CANTON, Ohio, May 15, 2006 -- The Timken Company's TechTips series is earning high marks throughout the automotive aftermarket industry.

Women worst targets of C-grade film industry (NDTV) - The most disturbing aspect of the C-grade film industry is the plight of its women. The size of this army of strugglers is hard to put a number on.

Merkel Aide Roettgen Takes Top Job at German BDI Industry Lobby (Bloomberg.com) - May 15 (Bloomberg) -- Norbert Roettgen, parliamentary manager of Chancellor Angela Merkel's Christian Democratic Party, will become executive director of Germany's BDI industry federation, according to the group's Web site.