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Music industry caps fees for webcasters (USA Today) - A music industry group Thursday said it would cap "per channel" fees for major Internet radio companies streaming music on multiple channels.

Industry minister backs Kadin's initiative in logging dispute (The Jakarta Post) - Industry Minister Fahmi Idris has lent his support to the initiative by the Indonesian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Kadin) to ask President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono to resolve an embarrassing dispute over logging between the National Police and the Forestry Ministry.

Industry bullish on Shinzo Abe visit (Indian Express via Yahoo! India News) - A day after the Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe came and held talks with political leaders and business delegates of the city, the industry is hopeful about the scope of cooperation between the two countries. The investments promised by Abe, they feel, will bring in a breath of fresh air in the industrialisation process in Bengal. "The Japanese PM's statement that Mitsubishi's chemical unit in ...

Employee Fraud Not Being Properly Addressed By Financial Industry, Government, Survey Says Actimize survey cites ... (Finance Technology Network) - Financial institutions widely believe employee fraud to be driven by increased access to technology, poor hiring and screening practices, and organized crime, according to a new survey sponsored by Actimize, a provider of transactional risk management software for the financial services industry.

Film industry shaken, but won't lose much money over Salman (Indian Express via Yahoo! India News) - He is riding high on the success of his recent mega hit, Partner, but by a strange twist of fate Salman Khan's isn't a very busy actor these days. If he is put behind bars for skipping a judicial hearing and evading arrest in the 1998 Chinkara hunting case, the Hindi film industry does not stand to lose much. Khan's arrest, if it happens and is non-bailable, will not be an astronomical monetary ...

This Week's Grain Industry News Summary ... GEAPS Moves, WCE/ICE Merger, ADM Reorganization, Ohio Floods (Grainnet.com) - It won’t be a weekend off for the staff of the Grain Elevator and Processing Society (GEAPS), as the grain-handling industry operations association moves to new offices on Saturday, Aug. 25.

Humiliated former BP chief returns to energy industry with private equity job (Times Online Sunday) - Lord Browne of Madingley made a dramatic return to the energy industry yesterday as he took up a full-time role spearheading the European expansion of an American private equity group.

Industry critic says pipeline is at risk (KTVF Fairbanks) - Oil industry critic Chuck Hamel has written a letter to members of Congress about the trans-Alaska pipeline.

Chinese senior leader urges using hi-tech in radio, film and television industry (People's Daily) - Chinese senior leader Li Changchun on Friday asked the country's radio, film and television industry to apply new and high technologies, including the digital and Internet technologies. Li, member of the Standing Committee of the Politi ...

Rise in new home sales takes heat off US housing industry (Times Online Sunday) - America’s beleaguered housing industry was given temporary respite yesterday as new data defied expectations and revealed a rise in new home sales in July, giving the Federal Reserve a much-needed boost in its campaign to steady the markets.