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Levitt to Lead Study Of Accounting Industry (Washington Post) - The Treasury Department yesterday launched a committee to study problems in the accounting industry, selecting former securities chief Arthur Levitt to lead the effort.

New industry coming (The Index-Journal) - A new industry is opening its doors in Greenwood County. Mathson Industries, in association with the Greenwood Partnership Alliance, Upstate Alliance and the S.C. Department of Commerce, announced Friday the opening of a manufacturing facility in Hodges.

Mass gathering of workforce at Selangor Industry Week (The Star Online) - SHAH ALAM: Selangor is set to burnish its image as the country's industrial powerhouse when it stages Selangor Industry Week from June 30 to July 1, featuring for the first time a mass gathering of its industrial workforce.

Wine industry bets on a pricey drop (Hastings Gazette) - The Australian wine industry has set an ambitious target to sell an extra $4 billion worth of wine during the next five years despite facing dire conditions of drought and climate change.

Recording industry association subpoenas Ohio University seeking names of 14 students (Canada.com) - ATHENS, Ohio (AP) - Ohio University has received a subpoena to turn over the names of 14 students accused of illegally downloading music to the Recording Industry Association of America, the university said in a statement Friday.

GM CEO sees further industry consolidation (AFP via Yahoo! News) - General Motors top executive said Thursday he does not expect GM to become a private company, but said the dynamics of the auto industry are changing rapidly and would not dismiss the idea completely.

Pearson/eCollege.com Merger: Positive Development for Industry (SeekingAlpha via Yahoo! Finance) - The M & A Researcher submits: Pearson Plc's acquisition of eCollege.com is a very straightforward and complimentary one, which will give it entrance to the growing "e-learning" industry, where ECLG is a second-tier, yet growing entity.

Hedge fund industry could do more to engage its critics (FT.com via Yahoo! News) - The hedge fund industry has come a long way since Franz Müntefering, then chairman of Germany's SPD and now the labour minister, referred to predatory investors as "locusts" two years ago. Jean-Claude Trichet, president of the European Central Bank, identifies in an interview in Friday's Financial Times an "emerging consensus" on the need for voluntary codes of appropriate behaviour within the ...

Recording industry seeks to sue Ohio University students (WFMJ Youngstown) - ATHENS, Ohio (AP) - Ohio University has received a subpoena to turn over the names of 14 students accused of illegally downloading music to the Recording Industry Association of America.

Job Seekers Skeptical at Furniture Industry Job Fair (WBTV Charlotte) - With plant closings, cutbacks, and massive layoffs there is no question the furniture industry in our area is struggling. But today a ray of light as 10 furniture companies held a job hiring fair.