Italy’s communications regulator said it opened a preliminary probe into integrated fixed-mobile telecom services. In a statement, the agency said that it will evaluate competition in these markets and whether fixed line telecom is a substitute for mobile. Telecom Italia and Vodafone have both recently launched services combining the 2 services, but they're not affected by the inquiry. The proceeding will last 120 days and help determine any need for regulatory measures, the agency said.

The International Trade Administration (ITA) has initiated a new shipper review for the antidumping (AD) duty order on brake rotors from China with respect to the following exporter/producer and review period:

The International Trade Administration (ITA) has issued the final results of its antidumping (AD) duty administrative review of stainless steel bar from France for the period of March 1, 2004 through February 28, 2005.

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

The International Trade Administration (ITA) has issued a fact sheet on its preliminary determination of circumvention of the antidumping (AD) duty order on petroleum wax candles from China with respect to certain mixed wax candles composed of petroleum wax and more than fifty percent palm and/or other vegetable oil-based waxes.

AT&T kept a secret room for the National Security Agency (NSA) in at least one company facility, according to documents partly unsealed late Thurs. in a class-action suit against the firm by the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF). Details on the room, to which AT&T allegedly has been diverting customer e-mails and other Web communications, came in testimony by EFF star witness Mark Klein, a former AT&T employee.

Two N.Y. teenagers were charged with attempted extortion against MySpace.com after they allegedly hacked into MySpace and stole personal information from site users. They then threatened to steal more information unless MySpace sent them $150,000, said a spokeswoman for the L.A. County district attorney’s office. The teens were arrested Fri. as they traveled to L.A. to allegedly collect the payoff. Bail has been set at $35,000 and a preliminary hearing set for June 5.

AT&T kept a secret room for the National Security Agency (NSA) in at least one company facility, according to documents partly unsealed late Thurs. in a class-action suit against the firm by the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF). Details on the room, to which AT&T allegedly has been diverting customer e-mails and other Web communications, came in testimony by EFF star witness Mark Klein, a former AT&T employee.

Standard & Poor’s assigned a preliminary BBB rating to Belo’s $1 billion debt securities shelf registration. The outlook is stable, but there is little cushion available within that outlook, S&P said.

EMI Group digital sales more than doubled in the year ended March 31, rising to $211.2 million from $88.4 million, the company said in preliminary results. Q4 sales of $77.6 million accounted for more than 1/3 of the year’s total; the Q4 figure also doubled year-over-year. Growth in digital revenue as a proportion of total revenue also contributed to operating margin rising to 12% from 11.2%.