As the govt. works toward standardizing health IT, innovations unfold in real time, experts told an Health & Human Services advisory group Tues. Electronic health record (EHR) progress is slow, but “gaining good momentum,” a “pleased” Health & Human Services Secy. Michael Leavitt told the American Health Information Community (AHIC), a council that advises the govt. on EHRs.

In 2004 and 2005, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) issued an amendment and clarification to CBP Directive 099 3510-004 (Monetary Guidelines for Setting Bond Amounts), in order to provide a process for considering and/or adding additional coverage to an importer's continuous bond, for merchandise subject to antidumping (AD) or countervailing (CV) duties that involve elevated collection risks.

DTV tests are the last element being completed in a CEA- commissioned study on CE product energy consumption. CEA is paying for the study to amass “high-quality research” to hone policies on CE energy consumption, said Kurt Roth, of Tiax, the company doing the survey.

DTV tests are the last element being completed in a CEA- commissioned study on CE product energy consumption. CEA is funding the study to amass “high-quality research” to hone policies on CE energy consumption, said Kurt Roth, of Tiax, the company doing the survey.

A federal judge Fri. issued an injunction against Broadcom at Qualcomm’s request in the companies’ multifront war over CDMA technologies. The injunction, by U.S. Dist. Court Judge Rudi Brewster, San Diego, bars Broadcom from using, soliciting or distributing Qualcomm trade secrets, including source code. The companies interpretations of the action varied sharply. Qualcomm claimed a significant victory. Broadcom called the development a negotiated compromise with no effect on its business plan. The ruling’s text wasn’t made public immediately.

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

Vivendi’s Scarface: The World Is Yours for PS2 was again the #1-rented videogame in the U.S., according to Rentrak’s preliminary Home Video Essentials data for the week ended Oct. 22. New to the top 10 were Ubisoft’s Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell: Double Agent for Xbox 360 at #3 and THQ’s Destroy All Humans 2 for PS2 at #10.

The International Trade Administration (ITA) has issued its final results of the changed circumstances review of the AD duty order on certain welded large diameter line pipe (LDLP) from Japan.

Mediacom must drop Sinclair broadcast signals from its systems after Nov. 30 as Sinclair asked, a U.S. Dist. Court, Des Moines, judge said, denying the cable operator’s motion for a preliminary injunction (CD Oct 10 p5). Judge Robert Pratt’s order threw cold water on the cable operator’s claim that Sinclair violated the Sherman Act during retransmission consent negotiations. Retransmission consent reform advocates saw a silver lining in the ruling. Mediacom told the court it will appeal Pratt’s order and seek expedited handling by the 8th U.S. Appeals Court, St. Louis.

The International Trade Administration (ITA) has issued its final results of the antidumping (AD) duty administrative review of petroleum wax candles from China for the period of August 1, 2004 through July 31, 2005.