The International Trade Administration (ITA) has issued its preliminary results of the following antidumping (AD) and countervailing (CV) duty administrative reviews:
The International Trade Commission (ITC) has issued a press release on its preliminary negative antidumping (AD) injury determination, stating that the U.S. industry is neither materially injured nor threatened with material injury by reason of imports of liquid sulfur dioxide from Canada that are allegedly sold in the U.S. at less than fair value.
The International Trade Administration (ITA) has initiated antidumping (AD) duty investigations on carbon and certain alloy steel wire rod from Germany, Turkey, and China.
In its 2nd week available, Need for Speed Most Wanted from Electronic Arts (EA) was again the #1-selling game in the U.K., according to Chart Track data by the Entertainment and Leisure Software Publishers Assn. for the week ended Dec. 3. The title’s success was likely driven at least in part by the Xbox 360 SKU becoming available in time for the console’s European launch Dec. 2. Two other titles with Xbox 360 SKUs were in the top 10: EA’s FIFA 06 at #3 (up one) and Ubisoft’s Peter Jackson’s King Kong at #8 (up 4). There was no new game in the top 10… Activision’s Call of Duty 2 became the top-selling PC game in the U.S. in the week ended Nov. 26, moving up 2 notches from the previous week, according to NPD Group data. Microsoft’s Age of Empires III -- the previous week’s top seller -- fell to #6… The PS2 version of EA’s Need for Speed Most Wanted, in its 3rd week, was again the top-rented videogame in the U.S., according to Rentrak’s preliminary Home Video Essentials data for the week ended Dec. 4. The Xbox version moved up one to #2.
The International Trade Administration (ITA) has issued a press release announcing the final results of the second antidumping (AD) and countervailing (CV) administrative reviews for entries of certain softwood lumber from Canada for the review periods of May 1, 2003 through April 30, 2004 (AD) and April 1, 2003 - March 31, 2004 (CV).
The International Trade Administration (ITA) has issued the final results of its antidumping (AD) duty changed circumstance review of certain circular welded carbon steel pipes and tubes from Taiwan.
The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) has issued a notice announcing that in September 2005 it received one petition and other information in response to its announcement of the 2005 Annual Review for the Andean Trade Preference Act (ATPA) as amended by the Andean Trade Preference and Drug Eradication Act (ATPDEA) (ATPA, as amended).
The FCC was inundated with requests for DTV signal testing exemptions from stations lacking sufficient signal strength to pass the tests. A preliminary tally found the Commission had received 59 requests. That number will increase as the requests continue to be processed, said an FCC official who asked not to be identified. The final tally will likely be publicized today (Mon.), said the official. After sorting through the slew of waivers, the Commission will release a notice seeking public comment, the official said.
The International Trade Administration (ITA) has issued its preliminary results of the following antidumping (AD) duty administrative and new shipper reviews:
A federal judge has denied a request for a temporary restraining order (TRO) against ICANN sought by the Coalition for ICANN Transparency (CFIT) and moved on to consider a preliminary injunction. The TRO application, filed in U.S. Dist. Court, San Jose was an attempt to block the proposed settlement of a long-standing dispute between ICANN and VeriSign over .com domain registry services (WID Nov 30 p1), ICANN said. Judge Ronald Whyte found that CFIT didn’t meet the standards for a TRO because the group couldn’t show the need for immediate relief was clear. That’s because ICANN told the court it didn’t plan to act on the VeriSign agreement soon. In its response to CFIT’s TRO request, ICANN said the agenda for the Vancouver meetings never said the corporation’s board would take action on the settlement this week -- it merely stated that the board would meet Sun. The agenda for that meeting doesn’t include a vote on the VeriSign settlement or the proposed .com deal, ICANN said. CFIT attorney Jesse Markham said it was only a few days before the meeting that ICANN’s Kurt Pritz reportedly announced the VeriSign deal wouldn’t be on the board’s agenda this week. ICANN’s board doesn’t have any more regular meetings scheduled for 2005 but one could be called on a week’s notice, he said in a court filing. Since that means a vote on the .com registry could occur as soon as next week, Markham asked ICANN’s lawyers to promise CFIT that won’t occur. Should the documents eventually be approved by the board, the deal would then have to be okayed by the Commerce Dept “and there is no way to predict how long that would take,” ICANN said in its court papers. The group continues to seek comment on the proposed agreement for the duration of the Vancouver conference. Whyte set a hearing for Feb. 10. ICANN officials said there had been no developments in a lawsuit filed the same day in the same court by the World Assn. of Domain Name Developers.