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Fewer sodas in school, industry says (AP via Yahoo! News) - School vending machines are stocked with fewer high-calorie soft drinks today because some states have banned the sale of sodas on campus and the beverage industry is phasing in healthier drinks, according to an industry report.

Technology company makes call to enter VoIP industry (BizJournals) - SOUTHSIDE -- A small technology infrastructure and distribution company is learning -- sometimes the hard way -- what it takes to make money in the rapidly evolving voice over Internet protocol, or VoIP, industry.

Agriculture ITO Commits to Dairy Industry Awards (Scoop.co.nz) - The Agriculture Industry Training Organisation has signed a three-year contract confirming its partnership with New Zealand Dairy Industry Awards Trust.

Broadcasting industry faces crucial week (The Globe and Mail) - Weeklong hearings begin on media consolidation – and the implications are significant for investors, audiences and the industry

North American Foods blends top potato industry talent to deliver superior products (AG Weekly) - IDAHO FALLS, Idaho (AP BUSINESS WIRE)—Jul. 27, 2007—RD Offutt Company and United II Potato Growers of Idaho, Inc. have formed North American Foods, LLC. The new company, resulting from the contribution of certain assets of the companies unites the industry’s top talent from field to shelf.

Arizona's resurgent movie industry competes (The Arizona Republic) - Arizona wins one major Hollywood movie and loses another as it rebuilds its film-production industry.

Four new industry funds get go-ahead (People's Daily) - The government has given the go-ahead to four new industry investment funds worth 46 billion yuan. The State Council approved the funds, which are a type of private equity (PE) fund. The Shanghai Financial Industrial Investment Fund will ...

Bay Area renters lament high prices amid mortgage industry crisis (The Fresno Bee) - The cost of renting an apartment in the San Francisco Bay Area has surged in the past year - thanks in part to turmoil in the mortgage industry, according to new data from regional housing groups.

Broadcasting industry faces crucial week (The Globe and Mail) - Canada's biggest broadcasters and publishers gather before the federal broadcast regulator Monday for the start of weeklong hearings on media consolidation – and the implications are significant for investors, audiences and the industry alike.

China's Wood Flooring Industry Has Great Potential in Which Large Domestic and Foreign Players Will Have Huge ... (Business Wire via Yahoo!7 Finance) - Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c68514) has announced the addition of "Analysis Report on China's Wood Flooring Industry" to their offering.