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Industry Moves: PCWorld and Macworld's New CEO; SixApart's New CEO (paidContent.org via Yahoo! Finance) - Couple of industry moves announced on Friday: -- Blogging software firm SixApart's CEO Barak Berkowitz is stepping aside and would be replaced by Chris Alden, who has been running the company's professional software unit...Berkowitz, who has been the CEO for more than three-and-a-half years will transition out.

Billboard industry files petition on new restrictions (The Kansas City Star) - Kansas City’s billboard saga continues. On Friday morning, a week after the City Council passed an ordinance imposing stringent limits on any future billboards, a lawyer for the billboard industry opened a new chapter.

WTO industry talks to resume (TVNZ) - Talks on opening up trade in industrial goods, a key but highly contentious part of the current round of global trade negotiations, will resume next week, the chairman of the industry talks said.

Ad Industry Roundup: Facebook; Ad-Blocking; Yahoo; blinkx; comScore; (paidContent.org via Yahoo! Finance) - -- Facebook Flyer Ads Shift To CPC Ad Model: Facebook Flyers, the social net's self-service targeted ad solution, has not scored very high in terms of the marketing industry's typical measurements.

Longtime timber industry spokesman retiring (The Daily News) - Longview Fibre Co. spokesman Curt Copenhagen is retiring Friday after 44 years in the industry.

An industry blind to people's tears (Bangkok Post) - As the protests mount in Burma, one must ask: What is the role of the oil and gas industry, which is a key player in the deteriorating situation?

Annuity concept must be discussed before industry develops plans (Channel NewsAsia via Yahoo! Malaysia News) - SINGAPORE: The concept of an annuity needs to be discussed further before the industry can come up with specific plans, according to the minister in charge of ageing issues, Lim Boon Heng.

Four new industry funds get go-ahead (China Daily) - The government has given the go-ahead to four new industry investment funds worth 46 billion yuan.

SeedQuest - Central information website for the global seed industry (SeedQuest) - Monsanto Company (NYSE: MON) and Dow AgroSciences LLC , a subsidiary of The Dow Chemical Company (NYSE: DOW), have reached a cross-licensing agreement aimed at launching SmartStax™, the industry's first-ever eight-gene stacked combination in corn.

Business tour touts Corvallis high-tech industry (Corvallis Gazette-Times) - Corvallis showed off its flagship businesses and high-tech industry Tuesday to a group of business and political leaders touring Oregon. Dozens of people were in town as part of Oregon Business Magazine’s “Business is Good” tour, designed to highlight business and industry in the state.