For other uses of this term, see Industry (disambiguation)

An industry is generally any grouping of businesses that share a common method of generating profits, such as the "music industry", the "automobile industry", or the "cattle industry". It is also used specifically to refer to an area of economic production focused on manufacturing which involves large amounts of capital investment before any profit can be realized, also called "heavy industry.". As-of 2004, Financial services is the largest industry (or category of industries) in the world in terms of earnings.

Industry in the second sense became a key sector of production in European and North American countries during the Industrial Revolution, which upset previous mercantile and feudal economies through many successive rapid advances in technology, such as the development of steam engines, power looms, and advances in large scale steel and coal production. Industrial countries then assumed a capitalist economic policy. Railroads and steam-powered ships began speedily integrating previously impossibly-distant world markets, enabling private companies to develop to then-unheard of size and wealth. Following the Industrial Revolution, perhaps a third of the world's economic output is derived from manufacturing industries—more than agriculture's share, but now less than that of the service sector.

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Kannada: State funeral for Kannada superstar Dr Vishnuvardhana - SifyKannada film industry's superstar Vish.. http://tinyurl.com/yeno2se
Zwetzer (Zwetz) Wed, 30 Dec 2009 08:15:31 -0000
Kannada: State funeral for Kannada superstar Dr Vishnuvardhana - SifyKannada film industry's superstar Vish.. http://tinyurl.com/yeno2se
SifyState funeral for Kannada superstar Dr VishnuvardhanSifyKannada film industry's superstar Vishnuvardhan die.. http://bit.ly/4BzBHQ
inbollywood (In Bollywood) Wed, 30 Dec 2009 06:25:06 -0000
SifyState funeral for Kannada superstar Dr VishnuvardhanSifyKannada film industry's superstar Vishnuvardhan die.. http://bit.ly/4BzBHQ
A good read - Grave Matters: A Journey Through the Modern Funeral Industry to a Natural Way of Burial http://tinyurl.com/yz4xatc
AdventFuneral (Advent Funeral Home) Tue, 29 Dec 2009 20:47:00 -0000
A good read - Grave Matters: A Journey Through the Modern Funeral Industry to a Natural Way of Burial http://tinyurl.com/yz4xatc
How interesting...the "consumer reports" of the funeral industry.
LadyAshleyLynn (Ashley Lynn ) Tue, 29 Dec 2009 17:28:54 -0000
How interesting...the "consumer reports" of the funeral industry.
The funeral industry is looking forward to the demise of the Baby BoomersVancouver SunInvestors who... http://reduce.li/pubnle #looking
blognew (blog new) Tue, 29 Dec 2009 08:53:44 -0000
The funeral industry is looking forward to the demise of the Baby BoomersVancouver SunInvestors who... http://reduce.li/pubnle #looking
Personally, I would like to see the funeral industry thrive. Let's start w/ Bin Laden & work our way down the ladder, shall we?
RobertDrovie (Robert Drovie) Tue, 29 Dec 2009 01:11:12 -0000
Personally, I would like to see the funeral industry thrive. Let's start w/ Bin Laden & work our way down the ladder, shall we?

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