The International Trade Administration (ITA) has issued the final results of the following antidumping (AD) duty administrative reviews of heavy forged hand tools, finished or unfinished, with or without handles (heavy forged hand tools) from China for the period of February 1, 2002 through January 31, 2003.

Fox Home Entertainment’s Man on Fire was the #1- rented DVD in the U.S. for the week ended Sept. 19, Rentrak said its preliminary Home Video Essentials data showed. In its first full week available, the title earned $9.92 million on DVD, for $10.02 million to date. Last week’s top-rented DVD -- Lions Gate’s The Punisher -- dropped to #2 ($5.41 million in the week, $12.93 million to date). The only other new DVDs in the top 10 were Warner Home Video’s Scooby Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed at #3 ($4.52 million and $4.57 million) and Disney’s Home on the Range at #8 ($2.38 million and $2.40 million).

The European Commission (EC) launched a study of information on the allocation, availability and use of radio spectrum in Europe, it said Thurs. Results of the study -- which is being carried out by Idate, Aegis and Bird & Bird -- could form the basis for future EC action. Analysts have been asked to look at what types of information are available on the spectrum issues; survey interested parties to see if that information is sufficient for appropriate decisionmaking or if more is needed; analyze how existing laws serve the purpose of providing spectrum information; and recommend additional legislation if needed, the EC said. The survey team will unveil preliminary conclusions and recommendations at a Dec. 1 workshop in Brussels, the Commission said.

The PS2 version of Madden NFL 2005 from Electronic Arts (EA) was yet again the #1-rented videogame in the U.S. for the week ended Sept. 19, Rentrak said its preliminary Home Video Essentials data showed. In its 6th week available, the title earned an additional $336,514 on PS2, for $2.67 million to date. The Xbox version of the game dropped one notch to #8 ($157,466 in the week, $1.28 million to date). EA dominated the week and had 4 other SKUs in the top 10: Burnout 3: Takedown for PS2 at #2 (up 3, 2nd week, $265,923 and $463,660), NCAA Football 2005 for PS2 at #4 (down one, 10th week, $202,588 and $2.95 million), Burnout 3 for Xbox at #6 ($159,685 and $280,895) and NASCAR 2005: Chase for the Cup for PS2 at #7 (up one, 3rd week, $159,021 and $459,084). In its first week available, Microsoft’s Fable for Xbox was #10 ($149,580 and $149,723). Rounding out the top 10 were all PS2 games: Activision’s Spider-Man 2 at #3 (down one, 12th week, $215,919 and $6.09 million), Namco’s Street Racing Syndicate at #5 (up one, 3rd week, $180,406 and $398,354) and Atari’s DRIV3R at #9 (down 5, 13th week, $153,908 and $4.59 million).

The International Trade Administration (ITA) has initiated an antidumping (AD) duty changed circumstances review of polyethylene terephthalate film, sheet, and strip (PET Film) from India at the request of Jindal Poly Films Limited (Jindal Poly Films).

Cingular Wireless, AT&T Wireless and Triton PCS said they finalized an agreement to guarantee post-merger Cingular has a presence in all the top 100 U.S. markets. Cingular gains entry to 3 missing markets, all in Va. -- Richmond, Norfolk and Newport News. Triton gains licenses, network assets and customers in N.C. and P.R., plus $175 million cash. The companies had signed a preliminary agreement July 7.

Viacom’s Blockbuster split-off exchange offer will proceed despite a shareholder suit filed Sept. 17 (CED Sept 21 p7), after the Del. Chancery Court denied Wed. the plaintiff’s request for a hearing on a preliminary injunction.

The International Trade Commission (ITC) has posted to its Web site the draft preliminary report for its investigation (No. 1205-6) on proposed modifications to the Harmonized Tariff Schedule (HTS).

The International Trade Administration (ITA) has made preliminary affirmative antidumping (AD) duty determinations that certain tissue paper products and certain crepe paper products from China are being, or are likely to be, sold in the U.S. at less than fair value.

The International Trade Administration (ITA) has issued a notice announcing that effective September 26, 2004, it is terminating its countervailing (CV) suspension agreement and issuing a CV duty order on hot-rolled flat-rolled carbon-quality steel from Brazil.