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Industry lines up to fight consumer protection agency (USA Today) - As part of a massive overhaul of the financial regulatory system, the Obama administration wants to create an independent agency to police the financial marketplace on behalf of consumers. The proposed Consumer Financial Protection Agency (CFPA) faces fierce resistance from the banking industry and Wall Street.

Opposing view: Industry funds fill vacuum (USA Today) - Opposing view: Industry funds fill vacuum Drugmaker-paid education tells doctors about latest advances.By Mary C. Eiken Professional medical associations (PMAs), such as the Society of Gynecologic Oncologists (SGO), play a vital role in the education of their members, health care...

Missouri auto industry has lost 60 percent of its production, task force reports (The Kansas City Star) - Missouri’s auto industry has lost 60 percent of its production and 35 percent of its work force since the middle of this decade. Those are some of the sobering statistics compiled in a report released Wednesday by the Missouri Automotive Jobs Task Force.

3 Top Performing Industry Sectors (ETFguide.com via Yahoo! Finance) - SAN DIEGO - There are many favorite sayings for avid sector investors. 'Individual stocks come and go, but industry sectors never die,' is one such expression. The basic idea of sector investing is to focus on major economic...

Auto Parts Retailers Benefit From Aging Car Fleet And Consumer Cash Concerns: Positive Outlook On Category By Industry ... (Wall Street Transcript via Yahoo! Finance) - 67 WALL STREET, New York - September 9, 2009 - The Wall Street Transcript has just published its Auto Parts Report offering a timely review of the sector to serious investors and industry executives. This 21 page feature contains expert industry commentary through in-depth interviews with public company CEOs, Equity Analysts and Money Managers. The full issue is available by calling (212) 952 ...

Industry upset over DCGI's new directive to state drug controllers (PharmaBiz) - The pharmaceutical industry in the country is upset over Drug Controller General of India (DCGI)'s directive to the state drug authorities in which the DCGI is reported to have asked state authorities to implement the recent changes in law to punish companies making adulterated drugs as well as those drugs that copy an established brand but may not necessarily be harmful to consumers (spurious ...

Mizoram bans sale of drugs not registered with it from Sept 1, industry protests (PharmaBiz) - The industry has taken strong objection to the Mizoram state government's decision to make it mandatory for the drug companies to register each and every drug entering Mizoram from September 1 this year and levying a fee of Rs 50 per product in the name of averting spurious drugs.

Recession-hit construction industry gets £5bn boost from Olympics (Times Online) - The Olympics has delivered a £5 billion boost to British companies struggling in the recession as the construction industry endures its eighteenth consecutive month of negative growth.

Opposition to Industry NFL stadium rallies in Los Angeles (Inland Valley Daily Bulletin) - LOS ANGELES - A flurry of opponents have rallied against a move by Majestic Reality Co. to receive a relaxation of environmental rules for its proposed NFL stadium project in Industry.

Franchise industry reports jump in inquiries (TVNZ) - The low employment market is providing a boost to the franchise industry