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Soaring insurance costs threaten Florida's real estate industry, survey says (Sun-Sentinel) - Florida's property insurance crisis threatens the state's commercial real estate market and ultimately, Florida's economy, an industry survey by the University of Florida Center for Real Estate Studies says.

Industry Delighted with Welfare Report (Scoop.co.nz) - The Executive Director of the New Zealand Poultry Industry Association, Michael Brooks, has welcomed an independent report that shows that welfare standards of New Zealand meat chickens are world class.

Music Industry Lauds NY Governor, Legislature for Expanding Penalties for those Selling Counterfeit CDs (Recording Industry Association of America) - WASHINGTON – The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) today commended the enactment of a new law to help authorities fight illegal CD trafficking that threatens the jobs of thousands of New York musicians, artists, producers and record label employees.

Music Industry Debuts New Educational Video for College, University Use this Fall (Recording Industry Association of America) - WASHINGTON – Responding to a growing number of requests from campus officials for materials to help educate college students about intellectual property laws, the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) – in consultation with the American Council on Education (ACE) and EDUCAUSE – has developed a new video to help inform students about the potential consequences of illegally downloading

Glaxo India 2006 Sales Growth Trails Industry Average (Update1) (Bloomberg.com) - Sept. 19 (Bloomberg) -- GlaxoSmithKline Pharmaceuticals Ltd., the Indian unit of Europe's biggest drugmaker, said drug sales growth will lag behind the industry average this year after some suppliers ran out of vaccines and imported medicines.

MortgageAmerica CEO tapped to head national industry registry (Birmingham Business Journal) - John Johnson, president and CEO of MortgageAmerica Inc., has been elected chairman of the Mortgage Electronic Registration System, an industry database of residential and commercial loans nationwide.

Strange Bedfellows: GM-Ford Alliance Talks Reflect Shift in Auto Industry (SeekingAlpha via Yahoo! Finance) - Judith Levy submits: Excerpt from our One Page Annotated Wall Street Journal Summary : GM, Ford Alliance Talks Mark Auto-Industry Shift Summary: The two biggest US auto makers, General Motors and Ford , recently initiated and then abandoned talks of an alliance -- a notion that reflects [... ]

Computer & Communications Industry Association Urges House Judiciary Committee to Defeat HR 5825 (SYS-CON Media) - The Computer & Communications Industry Association today urged the House Judiciary Committee to vote down HR 5825, an electronic surveillance bill that threatens US technology businesses as well as the basic civil liberties of ordinary Americans. In a letter sent to Judiciary Chair James Sensenbrenner and other members of the Committee, CCIA urged Members to consider the bill's effect on

ISPE 2006 Annual Meeting To Feature Drug Shortages, Industry Harmonisation, Quality By Design, ASTM (BioresearchOnline) - ISPE, a global association of 23,000 pharmaceutical manufacturing professionals, will gather 5-8 November in Orlando, Florida, USA, to address the multi-layered challenges to and opportunities for innovation in the industry

Study Considers Auto Industry And Consumer Behavior In Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions (Science Daily) - Tougher environmental policies aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions from the U.S. transportation sector will affect more than the production of cars and light trucks. Changes throughout the automotive industry will impact consumer behavior and the environment in uncertain ways. In an effort to predict the ripple effect of environmental policies, researchers James Winebrake, from Rochester