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Used truck sales dragging on industry (UPI) - DETROIT, May 19 (UPI) -- A collapsing market in large used vehicles is rippling through the U.S. automobile, industry observers said.

Japan's March Tertiary Industry Activity +0.3% on Month (Nasdaq) - (RTTNews) - Activity in the Japanese service sector increased by a seasonally adjusted 0.3 percent in March compared to the previous month, the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry said on Tuesday, climbing to an index reading of 108.8 from 108.5 in February.

Fuel costs continue to hammer industry (Rocky Mountain News) - United Airlines parent UAL Corp. led U.S. carriers to their biggest drop in four weeks after JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised its estimate for the industry's 2008 operating loss by 57 percent to a record $7.2 billion.

Skyrocketing Gas Prices Threaten Tourism Industry (KMGH 7 Denver) - Skyrocketing gas prices are now threatening Colorado's tourism industry.

Sugar industry split after growers vote down QSL proposal (North Queensland Register) - A minority representative grower group may have cost the sugar industry its ‘preferred supplier’ status in a corrupted international marketplace, after it voted down essential changes to the constitution of sugar marketing body, Queensland Sugar Limited (QSL).

Automotive infotainment upgrades drive chip industry, says iSuppli (Electronics Supply and Manufacturing) - MUNICH, Germany — The competition among automotive OEMs will lead to increased efforts to lure customers by means of additional infotainment features and options. The semiconductor industry will be beneficiary from this trend, predicts market researcher iSuppli. The top winners are NXP and STM.

'Small Industry' Moving Into Greenville (WSFA 12 Montgomery) - Out with the old, in with the new. 3 new hotels are about to 'check in' into Greenville, 3 hotels worth around $20 million. "It's like a small industry moving in," said Greenville Mayor Dexter McLendon. All

Altera claims industry's first 40nm FPGAs, ASICs (Electronic Engineering Times Asia) - Enabling designers to achieve new levels of integration and innovation, Altera introduces what it claims to be the industry's first 40nm FPGAs and HardCopy ASICs.

Shrimping industry fee defeated (The Houma Courier) - BATON ROUGE In a vote that divided members of the Terrebonne Lafourche delegation, the House rejected a series of fee renewals for the shrimping industry amid concerns the fledgling commercial sector could no longer shoulder the burden of additional costs as fuel prices and market conditions worsen.

Industry group letter indicates qualified aupport for bill to allow approval of generic biotechnology medications (News-Medical-Net) - The Biotechnology Industry Organization has issued a letter to Reps. Anna Eshoo (D-Calif.) and Joe Barton (R-Texas) to indicate qualified support for a bill (HR 5629) that they have introduced to allow FDA to approve generic biotech medications, CQ HealthBeat reports (McCarthy, CQ HealthBeat, 5/16).