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Derivatives Bill May Raise Electric, Gas Rates, Industry Says (Bloomberg) - Sept. 17 (Bloomberg) -- Utilities will raise gas and electric prices if Congress imposes higher capital and margin requirements on energy hedging as part of legislation meant to rein in over-the-counter derivatives, industry leaders said.

Boost Returns With Industry Leaders (Forbes) - Keep your portfolio in good company by admitting into it only the best stocks from each industry group.

Semiconductor Industry Stocks on a General Decline Except for Certain Stocks, According to Industry Analyst (Wall Street Transcript via Yahoo! Finance) - 67 WALL STREET, New York - September 16, 2009 - The Wall Street Transcript has just published its Semiconductors, Semiconductor Equipment, and Software Report offering a timely review of the sector to serious investors and industry executives. This 115 page feature contains expert industry commentary through in-depth interviews with public company CEOs, Equity Analysts and Money Managers. The ...

Kinross Says Gold Industry Faces Reserve Crisis (Update1) (Bloomberg) - Sept. 16 (Bloomberg) -- Kinross Gold Corp., Canada’s third- largest producer of the precious metal, said the gold industry is facing a crisis of declining reserves as investor demand outpaces supply.

Capital One CEO sees no growth in card industry (Market Watch) - The credit-card industry probably won't grow or will shrink in coming years as a powerful wave of consumer de-leveraging washes over the business, Capital One Financial Chief Executive Richard Fairbank said Wednesday.

Zacks Industry Rank Analysis Highlights: D.R. Horton, KB Home, Pulte Homes, Allstate, Hartford Financial Services ... (Zacks.com via Yahoo! Finance) - Zacks Industry Rank Analysis Highlights: D.R. Horton, KB Home, Pulte Homes, Allstate, Hartford Financial Services, Travelers, Loews, Humana, Stericycle, C.R. Baird, Celgene, Gilead Sciences, AK Steel, Nucor, Regions Financial and Zions Bancorp

Harper announces money for B.C. transmission line that will fuel mining industry (The Canadian Press via Yahoo! Canada News) - VANCOUVER, B.C. - Prime Minister Stephen Harper announced millions of dollars in funding Wednesday for a long-awaited electricity line in northern British Columbia that has the mining industry dreaming of massive growth in the region.

Bligh unveils LNG industry plan for Qld (ABC via Yahoo!7 News) - Premier Anna Bligh has released a blueprint for Queenland's liquefied natural gas (LNG) industry.

Qld releases LNG industry blueprint (AAP via Yahoo!7 News) - The Queensland government has released a framework for the liquefied natural gas (LNG) industry.

Film industry pillar Espiridion Laxa; 79 (Philippine Daily Inquirer) - Film industry leader and pioneering independent film producer Espiridion Laxa died of cardiac arrest on Tuesday evening. He was 79.