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Autoextremist: Industry 'Ballistic' (Jalopnik) - Sweet Peet D. pulls out the shotgun and claims that the auto industry, what with its Dr. Z's, proposed Japanese-Franco-American mergers and Oklahoman built, Sino-Anglo MGs (where's Booker T. when you...

Fake silver jewelry won’t threaten industry: trade exec (Sun Star) - THE presence of cheap and imitation silver does not threaten the production of and marketing of silver jewelry, said Trade and Industry Regional Director Maritess Damian.

The Videogame Industry is Broken (Slashdot) - GameDaily is running an interesting opinion piece running down the ways in which the gaming industry is just broken. The author cites soaring costs, huge risks, a reduction in creativity, and a stagnation in market growth as just some of the signs of this crisis. From the article: "The next-gen systems require publishers to place very large bets with each title. This will mean decreased risk

PS3 To Slow Game Industry Growth? (Slashdot) - simoniker writes "DFC Intelligence's game analyst David Cole has released a new report on the next-gen video game market, and he's especially harsh on PS3 plans: 'The high price of the PlayStation 3 is going to slow overall industry growth, especially for software,' and '...if Sony does not change its current strategy for the PS3 the system will probably end up in third place in installed base.'

NAACP Recognizes Ford Motor Company With 'Top Honors' on Automotive Industry Report Card (The Auto Channel) - WASHINGTON, July 19 -- For the second year in a row, Ford Motor Company was one of two automakers to earn top honors from the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) on the organization's Economic Reciprocity Initiative (ERI) industry report card, which graded Ford and its global competitors in several key areas.

Indian IT industry to grow at 30 pc in this year (New Kerala) - New Delhi, July 19: The Indian IT industry is poised to grow at a rate of 30 per cent this year and this momentum has been equally supplemented by growth in the telecom industry, Minister for IT and Communications Dayanidhi Maran has said.

Codian Demonstrates Industry's Only Multipoint Video Conferencing System Featuring Continuous Presence High Definition (Broadcast Newsroom) - Continuing its long-standing commitment to high-definition (HD) technology, Codian today is demonstrating at the Wainhouse Research Summit the industry's only multipoint video conferencing system that provides customers a continuous HD presence and simultaneous support for HD and standard video devices.

Mixtapes Mix In the Marketing That Fuels the Hip-Hop Industry (New York Times) - With a thugged-out makeover and plausible deniability Ludacris may or may not be using a legal bootleg to set the record straight.

Far north's aviation industry lifts profile (Queensland Business Review) - Deputy Premier, Treasurer and Minister for State Development, Trade and Innovation Anna Bligh has launched an initiative at Cairns Airport designed to lift the profile of the far north's $500 million aviation industry.

New policy expected to aid semiconductor industry By Liu Baijia (China Daily) Updated: 2006-07-20 09:00 (China Daily) - A new policy guideline for the semiconductor industry is expected later this year, as China looks to the sector as a core part of its high-tech strategy.