The International Trade Administration (ITA) has issued its final results of the antidumping (AD) duty administrative review of certain pasta from Italy for the period of July 1, 2004 through June 30, 2005.

New Games: Atari will demonstrate coming games at N.Y. Comic Con Feb. 23-25 at the Javits Center in N.Y., it said Thurs. The games Godzilla: Unleashed for Wii and Nintendo DS, Bullet Witch for Xbox 360 and Dragon Ball Z (DBZ) Shin Budokai: Another Road for PSP “will be available on kiosks throughout the show floor,” it said. The convention “is a natural environment for Atari to showcase several of the company’s upcoming games, especially those titles that lend themselves to the anime and popular culture worlds,” said Atari Mktg. & Sales Vp Nique Fajors. “While Godzilla: Unleashed, Bullet Witch and DBZ Shin Budokai: Another Road offer different gameplay features, storylines and visual flair, all 3 share a common bond of Japanese art and influence -- a bond that has been extremely prevalent in comics and other popular art forms,” Fajors said… Capcom’s Xbox 360 game Lost Planet: Extreme Condition, in its 5th week available, was again the most rented videogame in the U.S., according to Rentrak’s preliminary Home Video Essentials data for the week ended Feb. 11. No new games made the top 10.

The International Trade Administration (ITA) has issued its preliminary results of the following antidumping (AD) duty administrative reviews and new shipper reviews:

The FCC media ownership review may run longer than expected (CD June 26 p5), said agency and industry officials. A vote on a final order may not come until 2009. Among steps Chmn. Martin vowed to take before an order makes the 8th floor rounds are 4 field hearings on ownership, 2 localism hearings, a report on broadcast localism and 10 economic studies. His Feb. 1 declaration to a Senate Commerce Committee hearing that he hopes to finish media hearings this year spurred industry and FCC speculation that an order may not come before the 2008 election. Media activists and broadcasters had predicted the rulemaking would be wrapped up by mid-2008.

The International Trade Administration (ITA) has issued its final results of the antidumping (AD) duty administrative review of individually quick frozen red raspberries from Chile for the period of July 1, 2004 through June 30, 2005.

The International Trade Administration (ITA) has issued its final results of the antidumping (AD) duty administrative review of certain cut-to-length carbon steel plate from Romania for the period of August 1, 2004 through July 31, 2005.

The International Trade Administration (ITA) has issued its final results of the antidumping (AD) duty administrative review of stainless steel wire rod from Korea for the period of September 1, 2004 through August 31, 2005.

Charter Q4 earnings will beat analyst forecasts, if preliminary results get through audits. Charter released some subscriber and profit & loss information early because it wants to refinance some debt and is looking for a new line of credit. It’s the 3rd time in a year that Charter has released early operating figures; the previous times, the reported results were essentially the same, wrote Bank of America analyst Douglas Shapiro. In Q4, Charter appears to have brought customers acquisition costs down and may be reversing a trend of sacrificing margins for customer growth, Shapiro said. Charter lost 43,000 basic video subscribers during the quarter, more than expected. It added 40,500 digital subscribers, 106,200 VoIP subscribers and 59,000 broadband subscribers. Only Charter’s phone business showed a year-over-year increase in subscriber growth. Charter expects Q4 sales of $1.4 billion, up 11.7 % from a year ago when accounting for cable systems it bought or sold in the last year. Operating expenses rose 10.8% to about $961.2 million. Meanwhile, Charter is working with J.P. Morgan, Banc of America Securities and Citigroup Global Markets to refinance a $6.85 billion credit line. It wants a new $8 billion Senior Secured credit facility. It would some proceeds to redeem up to $550 million floating rate notes due 2010 and up to $187 million 8.625% senior notes due 2009. Charter will report audited results Feb. 28.

LCD TV market growth “is developing even faster than we expected,” doubling its global penetration last year to 22%, Corning COO Peter Volanakis told the company’s annual investor conference in N.Y. Fri. LCD TV penetration is expected again to double to 45% by 2008, he said.

The World Trade Organization (WTO) has issued a press release which reports that the WTO General Council has resumed its Doha negotiations fully across the board, and that political conditions are now more favorable for the conclusion of the Doha Round of WTO talks than they have been for a long time. (See ITT's Online Archives or 07/26/06 news, 06072699 1, for BP summary of the earlier collapse of the Doha negotiations.) (WTO press release, dated 02/07/07, available at http://www.wto.org/english/news_e/news07_e/gc_dg_stat_7feb07_e.htm)