The International Trade Administration (ITA) frequently issues notices on antidumping (AD) and countervailing (CV) duty orders which Broker Power considers to be "minor" in importance as they concern actions that occur after an order is issued and neither announce nor cause any changes to an order's duty rates, scope, affected firms, or effective period.

In its 2nd week available, MGM’s action movie Walking Tall was again the #1-rented DVD in the U.S., Rentrak said its preliminary Home Video Essentials data for the week ended Oct. 10 showed. Rentrak said the title earned $6.29 million from DVD rentals, for $16.07 million to date. Its first full week available, Columbia TriStar’s Fahrenheit 9/11 was #3, earning $4.64 million on DVD, for $4.7 million total.

In its 3rd week available, Star Wars: Battlefront for PS2 from LucasArts Entertainment was again the top- rented videogame in the U.S., Rentrak said its preliminary Home Video Essentials data for the week ended Oct. 10 showed. The title earned $383,401 for PS2 in the week, for $1.19 million to date. The Xbox version of the game dropped 3 to #7, earning $259,132, for $827,521 to date. Activision and Midway Games each had 2 SKUs in the top 10. Activision’s were Tony Hawk’s Underground 2 for PS2 at #2 in its first week ($373,486) and X-Men: Legends for PS2 at #6 (up one in its 3rd week, $266,590 and $589,094). Midway’s were Mortal Kombat: Deception for PS2 at #3 in its first week ($349,693) and the Xbox version at #10 ($222,251). But Electronic Arts had the most top 10 SKUs, with 3 PS2 titles: Def Jam Fight For N.Y. at #4 (down 2 in its 3rd week, $317,215 and $1.02 million), Madden NFL 2005 at #5 (down 2 in its 9th week, $282,768 and $3.61 million) and Burnout 3 at #9 (down 3 in its 5th week, $232,232 and $1.22 million). Microsoft’s Fable, meanwhile, fell 3 to #8 in its 4th week ($238,177 and $913,295).

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Chmn. Pat Wood said Tues. he was encouraging major electric utilities to invest in broadband over powerline (BPL) technology and expects more money to flow to BPL soon. Wood and Chmn. Powell spoke during an unusual joint appearance after a tour of BPL facilities in Manassas, Va., provided by the city electric utility.

The International Trade Administration (ITA) has published in the Federal Register its final antidumping (AD) duty determination that certain aluminum plate from South Africa is being, or is likely to be, sold in the U.S. at less than fair value.

Fed up with soaring mobile roaming charges, European consumers are pressing national telecom regulators to determine whether the wholesale international roaming market should be regulated. At its 10th plenary session last month, the European Regulators Group (ERG) agreed with the European Commission (EC) that regulators must address this topic. But operators contend regulation isn’t needed, saying it’s in their best interest to open the door to new market players.

The International Trade Administration (ITA) frequently issues notices on antidumping (AD) and countervailing (CV) duty orders which Broker Power considers to be "minor" in importance as they concern actions that occur after an order is issued and neither announce nor cause any changes to an order's duty rates, scope, affected firms, or effective period.

The International Trade Administration (ITA) has issued a notice stating that it is postponing the deadline for issuing the preliminary antidumping (AD) duty determinations on chlorinated isocyanurates from China and Spain for an additional 50 days, until December 10, 2004 (from October 21, 2004).

The International Trade Administration (ITA) has made a preliminary affirmative antidumping (AD) duty determination that certain circular welded carbon quality line pipe from China is being, or is likely to be, sold in the U.S. at less than fair value.

In its first week on the market, MGM’s action film Walking Tall was the #1-rented DVD in the U.S., Rentrak said. Rentrak said its preliminary Home Video Essentials data for the week ended Oct. 3 showed that the DVD title earned $9.71 million in the week, for $9.78 million to date. Paramount’s comedy Mean Girls - last week’s #1 title - dropped to #3, earning an additional $5.27 million, for $13.37 million to date. There were 3 other new releases in the top 10: Universal’s comedy Envy at #4 ($4.40 million and $4.45 million to date), Disney’s The Alamo at #5 ($2.85 million and $2.90 million) and Universal’s Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind at #8 ($2.44 million and $2.49 million).