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Oil Industry Stocks Slip With Oil Prices (AP via Yahoo! Finance) - Energy industry stocks retreated Monday, following oil prices lower, as investors worried about weakening demand and some cashed in profits from the bull run of recent weeks.

Ethanol industry eyes production boost (ABC via Yahoo! Australia & NZ News) - The organisation representing the ethanol industry says Australia could be producing more than 1 billion litres in the next decade if conditions continue to improve.

HDC to drive Malaysia's halal industry (The Star Online) - KUALA LUMPUR: The Halal Industry Development Corp (HDC) will undertake a multitude of tasks to hasten Malaysia's establishment as a leading halal hub, including promoting and marketing Malaysia's own halal brand.

Music industry accuses ISPs of ignoring illegal downloading (Financial Times) - The music industry will attack internet service providers today, accusing them of turning a blind eye to illegal downloading.

Transbotics Secures AGV System Order in the Automotive Industry (The Auto Channel) - CHARLOTTE, N.C.--May 8, 2006--Transbotics Corporation, (OTCBB:TNSB) (www.transbotics.com), announced it received an order for an Automatic Guided Vehicle System (AGVS) from an existing customer in the automotive industry. The order, totaling approximately $1,100,000, is to be installed over approximately eight months and will include multiple, laser guided vehicles, controls, hardware, and other

Menendez seeks review of fines in oil industry (NorthJersey.com) - WASHINGTON -- New Jersey Democratic Sen. Robert Menendez on Tuesday asked for a review and report on the status of federal fine collections from the oil and gas industry.

Music industry targets CD piracy (Contra Costa Times) - The music industry, which has sued Internet users for downloading songs illegally, now is turning its sights on pirates in 12 cities who copy CDs and DVDs for sale at street corners, flea markets, family-run shops and even mainstream record stores.

Beverage industry swallows a few profits (NorthJersey.com) - Unlike the tobacco industry bosses from nearly a decade ago, who had to be dragged, fighting and screaming, to federal courthouses and up to Capitol Hill for congressional testimony, the top executives of America's soft drink industry have chosen to behave more responsibly without letting it come to that.

Greenpeace Calls On E.U. To Tighten Regulations On Chemical Industry, Protect Reproductive Health (Medical News Today) - Greenpeace on Tuesday called on the European Union to pass legislation that would tighten regulations for the chemical industry, citing scientific research that some toxic chemicals found in consumer products cause fertility problems, low sperm counts and other reproductive disorders, the Associated Press reports... click link for more info.

IBISWorld Launches Industry Risk Early Warning System (SYS-CON Media) - IBISWorld, business information analysts, said today that it has launched its Industry Risk Early Warning System to help bankers, asset managers, strategic planners, marketers and others identify emerging changes in risk categories for more than 700 tracked U.S. industries.