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Drug industry clout reflected in Senate vote (AP via Yahoo! News) - Senators rebuffed an attempt to squeeze more money from the drug industry Thursday after two Democrats warned it would undermine the fragile political coalition pushing a sweeping health care overhaul.

Wireless Industry Battles Net Neutrality Rules (PC Magazine via Yahoo! News) - PCMag.com chatted with Chris Guttman-McCabe, vice president of regulatory affairs for CTIA, the wireless industry trade association, to discuss the group's opposition to proposed FCC net neutrality rules.

US newspaper industry not seeking bailout: NAA (AFP via Yahoo! News) - The US newspaper industry is struggling, with seven major companies in bankruptcy and 30,000 jobs lost since 2007, but it will not seek a government bailout, the head of the Newspaper Association of America said Thursday.

US newspaper industry rebukes bailout (BigPond News) - The Newspaper Association of America has said the struggling industry will not seek a government bailout.

US newspaper industry rebukes bailout (Sky News Australia) - The US newspaper industry is struggling, with 30,000 jobs lost since 2007, but it will not seek a government bailout, the Newspaper Association of America said.

NJ town fails to block sex industry convention (Asbury Park Press) - EDISON — A central New Jersey town has failed in its effort to block a sex industry trade show for the second year in a row.

Microsoft agrees to invest in SKorea games industry (AFP via Yahoo! News) - US software giant Microsoft has agreed to invest more than 19 million dollars to develop South Korea's online games industry, a government agency said Thursday.

A fifth of Tory candidates work in lobbying industry (Daily Telegraph) - At least 28 prospective Conservative candidates in winnable seats are working in the lobbying industry according to the results of an investigation.

Business, industry groups plan offices in Nanjing (Asia News Network) - Both the General Chamber of Commerce of the Republic of China (GCCROC) and the Chinese National Federation of Industries (CNFI), two of the largest and most influential business and industry organisat .....

Obama's pick of industry lobbyist draws fire (Newsday) - WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama's nomination of a trucking industry lobbyist to head the agency that regulates the industry drew fire Wednesday from senators and safety advocates. Anne Ferro, the president and CEO of the Maryland Motor Truck Association for the past six years, was named to head the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, a troubled agency that has been widely ...