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Steel Producer Rides Industry Consolidation To New Opportunities (Investor's Business Daily via Yahoo! News) - A frenzy of mergers -- $78.7 billion in deals since the beginning of 2005 -- has reshaped the global steel industry.

Medicare ads paid by drug industry (AP via Yahoo! News) - The pharmaceutical industry quietly footed the bill for at least part of a recent multimillion-dollar ad campaign praising lawmakers who support the new Medicare prescription drug benefit, according to political officials.

Drug Industry Involvement in Medicare Ads Raises Questions (Fox News) - The pharmaceutical industry paid portion of advertising that was complimentary to lawmakers, despite earlier claims

The tech industry and Burning Man have grown up together over the last couple of decades. What's behind the mutual (CNET) - Video: The tech industry and Burning Man have grown up together over the last couple of decades. What's behind the mutual attraction?. In 1986, on a San Francisco beach, about 20 participants got together to burn an 8-foot structure of a man, and thus was born Burning Man. Twenty years later, the festival, which now takes place in the northern Nevada desert, is expected to attract some 35,000

Oil industry 'quiet' over extent of pipeline corrosion (AFP via Yahoo! News) - The oil industry is not revealing the true extent of corrosion to pipelines that is severely harming production, an industry expert has told a newspaper.

Sector Wrap: Downloadable Video Industry (AP via Yahoo! Finance) - Time Warner Inc.'s AOL unit became the latest player in the burgeoning downloadable film and television industry this week, after reaching a distribution agreement with several major film studios.

Travel Industry Casts Wider Net (TechWeb) - The travel industry continues its shift toward Internet-based and broadband networks.

M-Flex Receives Notice From Singapore Securities Industry Council Denying Its Application to Withdraw the Voluntary (SYS-CON Media) - Multi-Fineline Electronix, Inc. , a leading global provider of high-quality, technologically advanced flexible printed circuit and value-added component assembly solutions to the electronics industry, announced today that the Singapore Securities Industry Council (the 'SIC') has denied M-Flex's application to withdraw its proposed voluntary general offer (the 'Offer') for all of the outstanding

AP: Pharmaceutical industry paid for at least part of Medicare ads (KTRE-TV East Texas) - WASHINGTON Political officials tell The Associated Press that the pharmaceutical industry has footed some of the bill for an ad campaign praising lawmakers who supported the new Medicare prescription drug benefit.

Here's a look at oil, gas industry signs from out of area (The Derrick) - This area legitimately claims the distinction of being "the birthplace of the oil industry" but that shouldn't be misconstrued as exclusive rights when it comes to promoting history.