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Card industry cracking down on Payment App Security (InfoWorld via Yahoo! News) - Well it’s about time! After thefts at CardSystems Solutions and OfficeMax netted credit card data on tens of millions of U.S. cardholders, the payment card industry will be taking a tougher stance on companies that hoard magnetic-strip data on their systems and will strengthen requirements around application security, according to sources familiar with the industry’s plans.

TSMC expects 'steady' growth for chip industry in next decade (telecomasia.net) - Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing, the world's largest contract microchip maker, said it expects the global integrated circuit industry to sustain steady growth over the next ten years, an AFP report said.

SMobile Drives the Secure Mobile Industry; Sets the Standard for Comprehensive Mobile Security Services & Solutions (SYS-CON Media) - SMobile Systems, delivering the industry's only comprehensive, cross-platform mobile security solution for wireless carriers and device manufacturers, reinforced its role as the market leader for secure mobile services and solutions with the addition of two business and industry veterans to its leadership team. Richard R. Roscitt, former President of MCI and CEO of AT&T Solutions, joins as

A ‘seminal day’ for steel industry (The Star Online) - LUXEMBOURG: Steel magnate Lakshmi Mittal hailed a “seminal day” for the steel industry yesterday after reluctant rival Arcelor bowed to Mittal Steel's takeover bid to create a global giant.

Prism Business Media Acquires Transportation Technical Services, Inc., Leading Source of Trucking Industry Data and (The Auto Channel) - NEW YORK--June 26, 2006--Prism Business Media Inc. today announced the acquisition of the assets of Transportation Technical Services, Inc. (TTS), a leading trucking industry data source.

Music industry suits target middle aged downloaders (The Western Star) - WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — When Dorothy O'Connell was slapped with a lawsuit for illegally downloading music, she threw herself at the mercy of the multibillion-dollar recording industry.

Local industry by-passed to favor imports The art and craft of shipbuilding flourishing at Astillero Bayano (The Bulletin Panama) - The art of building and repairing ships in Panama has not been lost, but rather forgotten, and vessels purchased in foreign countries are threatening the local industry.

Property industry dismisses report (TVNZ) - The real estate industry and economists are dismissing an international report, which says the New Zealand housing market is one of the most unstable in the world.

Pork Industry Says Hog 'Diet' Yields Leaner Meat (KCCI 8 Iowa) - The pork industry says hogs have been on a "diet'' for more than a decade and new government research shows that Americans are getting a much leaner product because of it.

Ties to Rx industry cloud doctors' judgment (USA Today) - The cost of pharmaceuticals is out of control, and physicians are not doing enough about it.