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Ore. court rejects medical costs claim on tobacco industry (AP via Yahoo! News) - The same Oregon court that slapped Big Tobacco with a huge punitive damages award has handed the industry a victory by rejecting a class-action lawsuit for medical monitoring costs in a case where harm had yet to occur.

Plan for greener dairy industry (BBC News) - The UK dairy industry is to look at ways to minimise the effects of milk production on the environment.

U.S. energy industry is hampered by labor shortage (International Herald Tribune) - The employment crunch has slowed the pace of new drilling and refining projects and added to already escalating costs because young people continue to avoid an "old school" industry.

Ore. court rejects medical costs claim on tobacco industry (San Francisco Chronicle) - The same Oregon court that slapped Big Tobacco with a huge punitive damages award has handed the industry a victory by rejecting a class-action lawsuit for medical monitoring costs in a case where harm had yet to occur. Oregon's high court ruled unanimously...

Economist says ethanol industry will keep crop prices high (AP via Yahoo! Finance) - The Agriculture Department's chief economist told Congress Thursday that prices for corn and other food commodities will remain at "historically high levels" in coming years as the U.S. ethanol industry expands.

Global tourism industry seeks a greener footprint (The Arizona Republic) - The industry struggles to shrink its environmental footprint.

Asia Pacific Pipelines Industry Report Provides Key Information on Length and Capacity of Pipelines (Business Wire via Yahoo!7 Finance) - Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c90618) has announced the addition of "Asia Pacific Pipelines Industry Report: Detailed Analysis of All Active and Planned Pipelines Including Capacity and Length Information" to their offering.

Asia-Pacific LNG Industry Report Provides Key Information on Historical and Forecast Capacity of LNG Terminals (Business Wire via Yahoo!7 Finance) - Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c90612) has announced the addition of "Asia-Pacific LNG Industry Report: Detailed Analysis of All Active and Planned Liquefaction and Regassification Terminals Including Capacity Forecasts" to their offering.

Casinos are killing state's race track industry, lawsuit alleges (Detroit News) - DETROIT -- Northville Downs and other Michigan horse racing interests filed a federal lawsuit Thursday against the governor and state attorney general, alleging state lotteries and casinos are killing their industry and state restrictions on installing video lottery terminals and other forms of gambling at Michigan horse tracks violate the U.S. Constitution.

Track Developments In the Taiwanese Enterprise VoIP Equipment Industry With New Report (Business Wire via Yahoo!7 Finance) - Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c90601) has announced the addition of "The Taiwanese Enterprise VoIP Equipment Industry, 1Q 2008" to their offering.