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Brown to meet oil industry chiefs (BBC News) - Gordon Brown and Alistair Darling are set to meet oil industry leaders amid controversy over soaring fuel prices.

Auto Industry Feels the Pain of Tight Credit (NYTimes.com via Yahoo! Finance) - Squeezed by the credit crunch and the softening economy, the American auto industry faces what may be its worst year in more than a decade.

MCOT English News : Industry minister confident of more foreign investment (MCOT - English News By Thai News Agency) - BANGKOK, May 28 (TNA) – Industry and Deputy Prime Minister Suwit Khunkitti on Tuesday expressed confidence that the total amount of foreign investment in Thailand would meet the target set for this year, despite mounting political uncertainties.

Airline industry sweats it out as summer commences (The Record) - Nearly half of Newark Liberty International Airport’s flights have arrived late this year and rising fuel prices and airline industry problems threaten to turn the busy summer season into sweaty mess.

Govt to declare mining as promoted industry (The Borneo Post) - KUALA LUMPUR: The government, via the Second National Mineral Policy, will seek to declare mining as a promoted industry so that appropriate incentives are provided for its growth and development.

Sony, cable industry, reach agreement that could eliminate cable boxes (WLBT 3 Jackson) - WASHINGTON (AP) - The TV cable box may be on the way out. The National Cable and Telecommunications Association has struck a deal with Sony to use the cable industry's technology in Sony sets as soon as possible.

Auto industry feels the pain of tight credit (Austin American-Statesman) - The auto industry is getting sideswiped by the housing crisis.

SSIs seek industry friendly procedure for disbursement of PTUF (PharmaBiz) - The small scale pharma industry (SSIs) in Maharashtra has suggested to the National Productivity Council (NPC) to set up a separate body under the Union Chemicals and Petrochemicals Ministry for distributing the Pharmaceutical Technology Upgradation Fund (PTUF) to the industry, to make the procedure more convenient and simple for the units.

Rafting industry set for another big year as rivers run high (Rocky Mountain News) - Colorado's rafting industry is gearing up for another big season following a snowy winter that could keep most rivers up and running wild longer than usual this summer.

FDA order on patient information leaflets in Marathi annoys ayurveda industry (PharmaBiz) - The Maharashtra Food and Drugs Administration's (FDA) recent notification asking the ayurveda industry in the state to provide patient information leaflets in Marathi language has annoyed hundreds of ayurveda units in the state as they express practical difficulties in following the FDA order.