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Pet-food industry feels side effects of recall (USA Today) - Almost four months after the pet-food industry's largest recall began, its sales growth is off, and many products still are missing from store shelves.

Gaming Industry Shows Off New Titles (AP via Yahoo! Finance) - With no new consoles to show off, the focus returned to video games Wednesday as the industry's biggest players gathered to demonstrate the top titles they hope to offer consumers in the coming months.

Wireless-phone industry tactics criticized (Market Watch) - Wireless-phone industry tactics criticized

Sceptical property industry calls for quicker planning process (Financial Times) - There was widespread scepticism in the property industry that Gordon Brown's pledges to increase housebuilding starts would have much of an impact. The prime minister said he would lift housebuilding for 2016 from 200,000 to 240,000 new homes.

Biggest NZ Export Industry Taking Action -- TIANZ (Scoop.co.nz) - Make time for action - register for major tourism conference. The 2007 Tourism Industry Conference will focus on putting the New Zealand Tourism Strategy 2015 into practice, with particular emphasis on

Insurance panel briefs industry on new policy (Khaleej Times) - DUBAI — The temporary health insurance committee established under the Dubai Executive Council yesterday held an introductory meeting in coordination with the Dubai Health Authority to discuss with insurance industry professionals plans to introduce a comprehensive new health insurance law in the emirate.

Time to promote agro-processing industry: Dr Bajwa (Indian Express via Yahoo! India News) - A Paradigm shift is needed for Punjab agriculture to move beyond an agro-production based economy to that of agro-production, value-addition and processing industry-driven rural-economy. This was stated by Dr M S Bajwa, a member of the PAU Board of Management and former Director Research. In a statement issued here, Dr Bajwa said that it is vital to build modern agro-processing industrial bases ...

Harry Potter Charms The Entertainment Industry (Scoop.co.nz) - July 11, 2007, Hong Kong: With the imminent release of the new Harry Potter movie, “Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix,” as well as the upcoming book release on July 21 of the seventh and final installment in the series, “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows,” The Nielsen Company today released a multi-dimensional overview into the young wizard’s strong impact on the entertainment industry.

Gaming industry shows off new titles (Naples Daily News) - With no new consoles to show off, the focus returned to video games Wednesday as the industry’s biggest players gathered to demonstrate the top titles they hope to offer consumers in the coming months. New controllers were the big news from Nintendo Co., which unveiled three new ways to get players of its Wii console off the sofa.

An industry outsider takes helm at ESA (MSNBC) - Mike Gallagher takes the helm of the Entertainment Software Association — the trade group that represents video games — at a time of rapid growth and unprecedented prosperity in the industry.