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Front men for prog-rock supergroups Styx and Supertramp bemoan harsh industry (Canadian Press via Yahoo! News) - TORONTO (CP) - Today's music industry has become less human and much harsher on budding artists in recent decades, the front men for prog-rock supergroups Styx and Supertramp said Thursday as they spent the day mentoring the kids from Canadian Idol.

Panel scrutinises diary industry (BBC News) - Jersey's dairy industry is to be reviewed by the States to improve overall efficiency.

Industry reflections on E3 (BBC News) - Games industry veterans give their impressions on E3, one of the great events in the gaming calendar.

Black Hat: Feds Look To Arrest ID Theft With New Industry Alliance (Network Computing) - The FBI's "Operation Identity Shield" looks to enlist security researchers and the industry in general to help crack down on identity theft.

Sugar industry fuming after funding announcement (ABC via Yahoo!7 News) - Queensland Canegrowers say the sugar industry has missed out badly in the Federal Government's decision to extend wages subsidies for cyclone-affected farmers and businesses in the state's far north.

Pharmaceutical Industry Sales Reps Increasingly Buying Doctors' Lunches (Medical News Today) - The Baltimore Sun on Saturday examined how buying lunch for physicians "became an increasingly important way for drug companies to get the attention of doctors" after 2002, when the pharmaceutical industry adopted voluntary guidelines to restrict gifting practices. [click link for full article]

ICIS jobs, the New Job Site for the Global Chemical Industry Launched 2nd August 2006 (SYS-CON Media) - ICIS, the world's largest information provider to the global chemical industry, announces the launch of ICIS jobs.

Front men for prog-rock supergroups Styx and Supertramp bemoan harsh industry (Canada.com) - Roger Hodgson, right, and Dennis DeYoung look at old photographs of themselves on the set of Canadian Idol in Toronto, Thursday. (CP/Aaron Harris) TORONTO (CP) - Today's music industry has become less human and much harsher on budding artists in recent decades, the front men for prog-rock supergroups Styx and Supertramp said Thursday as they spent the day mentoring the kids from Canadian Idol.

Industry dismay at interest rates rise (The Scotsman: Business) - THE Bank of England delivered a blow to industry yesterday as it raised interest rates a quarter percentage point to 4.75 per cent, in a pre-emptive strike against rising inflation.

Alcohol Rules Cripple the Cosmetics Industry (The Moscow Times) - The dry law introduced by Mikhail Gorbachev in the mid-1980s may have boosted the sale of cheap cologne, but new regulations intended to tighten government control of alcoholic beverages are threatening to cripple the country's $7 billion cosmetics industry.