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FBI, Industry Offer Anti-Ecoterror Award (AP via Yahoo! News) - The FBI and a building industry group said Tuesday they will begin offering $100,000 rewards for information leading to the arrest and conviction of ecoterrorists.

Apple CEO Steve Jobs Calls Music Industry Greedy (NewsFactor via Yahoo! News) - Apple chief executive Steve Jobs has accused the music industry of being greedy. His comments were geared toward the possibility that record companies might try to change pricing for songs when their contracts come up for renewal with Apple's iTunes music service.

Ford COO sees difficult time for industry (Reuters via Yahoo! News) - Ford Motor Co.'s chief operating officer on Tuesday declined to predict when the struggling automaker's North American operations would again be profitable, but said he sees difficult times for the whole industry in the next 18 to 24 months.

Gulf oil industry braces for punch No. 2 (The Tucson Citizen) - Still reeling from Hurricane Katrina, the battered Gulf of Mexico energy industry girded yesterday for its second potentially devastating storm in a month.

Patent quality 'worst in technology industry' (ZDNet UK via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News) - Survey: Some of the world's largest companies think the quality of patents granted in the technology industry is worse than in many other industries

Entertainment industry group at UF fills niche (Gainesville Sun) - tudents who want to work in the entertainment industry now have an open door at the University of Florida. The Music and Entertainment Industry Students Association recently found a home at UF.

China's Environmental Protection Industry Posts Strong Growth (Asia Pulse via Yahoo! Australia & NZ News) - Statistics from the China Machinery industry Federation showed that China's environmental protection machinery industry grew strongly in the first half of 2005.

CHINA'S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION INDUSTRY POSTS STRONG GROWTH (Asia Pulse via Yahoo! Australia & NZ Finance) - Machinery / engineering Statistics from the China Machinery industry Federation showed that China's environmental protection machinery industry grew strongly in the first half of 2005.

File-sharers make peace overtures to record industry (International Herald Tribune) - Several online file-sharing companies have started trying to reach an accord with the music industry to convert the free trading of copyrighted music on their networks to paid services, according to several music and file-sharing executives.

Dramatic Competitive Shifts Observed Across Online Banking Industry (CRM Today) - New competitive intelligence from Keynote Systems (Nasdaq:KEYN), The Internet Performance Authority(R), uncovers dramatic competitive shifts in customer experience and significant issues in site responsiveness and reliability in the online banking industry.