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Book industry will miss 'Potter' (USA Today) - What will a post-Harry Potter world mean for the book business? The boy wizard will cast a long shadow this weekend as nearly 30,000 booksellers, authors and publishers descend on Manhattan for BookExpo America, the industry's annual gathering, which begins today.

EU urges industry to step up fight against obesity (Reuters via Yahoo! News) - Europe's food and drink industry must step up its fight against obesity over the next three years or face new regulations, a spokesman for the European Union's health chief said on Wednesday.

As governor, Spitzer warms to New York financial services industry (International Herald Tribune) - The financial services industry is New York's biggest revenue generator, and Spitzer is sure to want to avoid any significant loss of market share.

Oregon Wine Grape Industry Growing (AP via Yahoo! Finance) - The Oregon wine grape industry is raising a glass to itself. According to a new report by Oregon State University released Wednesday, wine grape gross sales increased a record 27.6 percent last year to hit $46.7 million.

EU asks industry to fight obesity (BBC News) - Europe's food and drink industry could face new regulations if it does not try harder to tackle obesity.

Auto Industry Needs To Cooperate On Fuel Efficiency, Pryor Says (The Morning News) - LITTLE ROCK -- U.S. Sen. Mark Pryor, D-Ark., said Wednesday he is trying to work with the auto industry on legislation to increase fuel efficiency in American vehicles, despite the industry's recent launching of a nationwide advertising campaign opposing new standards.

Lord Winston condemns IVF industry (Channel 4) - Britain's leading fertility expert condemned the IVF industry, saying it had been corrupted by money and exploited women.

iPodObserver - Industry's Answer to iPhone: Sideloading (The Mac Observer) - Watching a movie on a smart mobile phone is a fairly new idea, but getting that movie to the customer is harder than it should be for everyone except Apple. To fix that, according to the L.A. Times, the industry has come up with "sideloading," buying a movie on a mobile phone memory card

EU urges industry to step up fight against obesity (Reuters via Yahoo! India News) - BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Europe's food and drink industry must step up its fight against obesity over the next three years or face new regulations, the European Union's health chief said on Wednesday.

Increasing the the SEO Industry's Profile (WebProNews) - A recent post at SEOmoz once again brought up consider the plight of the Search Engine Optimization industry; as effective and needed as SEO consultants are, blackhats and webspammers have given the industry a black eye. People see the search community in two camps: Search Engines (good) and Spammers/SEOs (bad). The way they see it, the search engines work diligently to reduce spam, and show ...