The Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA) has posted to its web site updated official textile and apparel import data from the Department of Census for August 2005.
Industry trade associations pay their leaders well, according to their latest Form 990 filings with the IRS. The documents also showed that many overspent their revenue during the fiscal years covered by the reports.
The Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA) has posted to its web site updated preliminary textile and apparel import data for 2005, which now covers the 2005 period from early July 2005 through mid-September 2005.
Microsoft said it agreed to provide RealNetworks $761 million in cash and services under 3 agreements to settle an antitrust lawsuit filed Dec. 2003, the companies said at a Seattle news conference Tues. Real had accused Microsoft of illegally forcing Windows consumers to use Microsoft’s own digital music player instead of Real’s Rhapsody or others.
Microsoft said it agreed to provide RealNetworks $761 million in cash and services under 3 agreements to settle an antitrust lawsuit filed Dec. 2003, the companies said at a Seattle news conference Tues. Real had accused Microsoft of illegally forcing Windows consumers to use Microsoft’s own digital music player instead of Real’s Rhapsody or others.
The Commerce Department (Commerce) has announced that on October 5, 2005, the Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA) decided to consider petitions filed by the domestic textile industry requesting new safeguard quotas or the continuation (reapplication) of existing safeguard quotas, on the following China categories:
The Department of Commerce has issued a fact sheet stating that on October 5, 2005, the Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA) announced its decision to consider nine requests for reapplication of China safeguard quotas on the following categories: 301, 338/339, 340/640, 347/348, 349/649, 352/652, 620, 638/639, and 647/648. The fact sheet states that the U.S. previously established limits on imports of these products that extend through December 31, 2005. (CITA fact sheet, dated 10/05/05, available at http://www.ita.doc.gov/media/FactSheet/1005/cita_100505.html )
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a final rule that affirms, without change, its amended interim final rule on the registration of food facilities under the Public Health Security and Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response Act of 2002 (Bioterrorism Act).
ValueClick updated its fiscal year guidance to reflect completion of its acquisition of Fastclick. The Fastclick merger will contribute roughly $22 million revenue to the company’s 4th-quarter financial results. ValueClick expects revenue for the year to be $291-$301 million, compared to previous guidance of $269-$279 million. The firm will report its 3rd-quarter 2005 financial results on Nov 1.
The Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA) has posted to its web site updated official textile and apparel import data from the Department of Census for July 2005.