Amazon, with a score of 83.72, finished behind first-place Wegmans Food Markets in the 2015 Harris Poll Reputation Quotient study. Consumers rated companies on key "reputational dimensions" of products and services, emotional appeal, financial performance and vision and leadership, Harris said Wednesday. The reputations of the 100 most visible companies range from excellent (scores of 80+) to poor (scores of 50 to 64). Apple (80.69), at ninth, has fallen five spots since 2012. Among consumer tech companies, Google came in at 10 (80.44), Sony at 13 (79.93), Microsoft at 15 (79.94), Intel at 20 (78.54), LG at 23 (78.20), Hewlett-Packard at 42 (75.26) and Dell at 60 (72.13). Verizon led wireless carriers in 66th place with a “fair” rating of 69.74, followed by Sprint at 72 (67.66), T-Mobile at 75 (67.54), and AT&T at 76 (67.26). Video operators hovered in the fair to poor range on the list. DirecTV posted at 83 (65.27), Charter at 92 (60.30) and Comcast at 93 (60.64). Dish Network came in 98th out of the 100, with a rating of 58.07, according to rankings. Goldman Sachs bottomed out the list. “Reputation is far from static and is a business asset that is earned every day as people evaluate companies through the lens of what matters most to them,” Harris spokeswoman Carol Gstalder said. The study was done online among 27,278 U.S. respondents Oct. 20 to Dec. 18, with preliminary nominating research done with 4,034 respondents, Aug. 26-28 and Sept. 24-26.
The Commerce Department issued the preliminary results of its antidumping duty administrative review on potassium permanganate from China (A-570-001) (here). The agency said the only company under review, Pacific Accelerator Limited, had no exports of subject merchandise to the U.S. during the period of review. If Commerce's no shipments finding for PAL is confirmed in the final results, subject merchandise from the company will continue to enter at AD rates set in previous reviews.
Amazon, with a score of 83.72, and Samsung, at 81.98, finished behind first-place Wegmans Food Markets in the 2015 Harris Poll Reputation Quotient study released last week. Consumers rated companies on key "reputational dimensions" of products and services, emotional appeal, financial performance and vision and leadership, Harris said Wednesday. The reputations of the 100 most visible companies range from excellent (scores of 80+) to poor (scores of 50 to 64).
The Commerce Department published notices in the Feb. 6 Federal Register on the following AD/CV duty proceedings (any notices that announce changes to AD/CV duty rates, scope, affected firms, or effective dates will be detailed in another ITT article):
The Commerce Department issued the preliminary results of its antidumping duty administrative review on steel nails from the United Arab Emirates (A-520-804) (here). Once Commerce issues its final results, the agency will use the AD rates calculated in this review to set new cash deposit rates for some companies, as well as assessments of AD duties on importers for entries between May 2013 and April 2014.
The Commerce Department intends to exempt certain shoe cabinets from antidumping duties on wooden bedroom furniture from China (A-570-890), it said in the preliminary results of a changed circumstances review (here). After receiving a statement from a domestic manufacturing coalition that it is not interested in continuing duties on shoe cabinets, Commerce said it got no comments from other domestic producers to the contrary. Unless Commerce gets comments against partially revoking AD duties on shoe cabinets from at least 15% of domestic industry, it will end duties on shoe cabinets and insert the following language in the scope:
FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler shot down congressional Republicans’ request that he release the net neutrality order Thursday, the day he plans to circulate it. “What you have suggested in terms of releasing the preliminary discussion draft of the Order runs contrary to Commission procedure followed over the years by both Democratic and Republican Chairs,” Wheeler said in a Monday letter to Senate Commerce Committee Chairman John Thune, R-S.D., House Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton, R-Mich., and House Communications Subcommittee Chairman Greg Walden, R-Ore. “If decades of precedent are to be changed, then there must be an opportunity for thoughtful review in the lead up to any change.” He rebuffed their accusations that the agency has not been transparent, pointing to roundtables, comments and ex parte filings recounting meetings. “The Commission's Open Internet proceeding has been one of the most transparent and inclusive proceedings in recent memory,” Wheeler said. “We have received more than four million comments -- a record for any Commission proceeding -- on the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking released last spring.”
FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler shot down congressional Republicans’ request that he release the net neutrality order Thursday, the day he plans to circulate it. “What you have suggested in terms of releasing the preliminary discussion draft of the Order runs contrary to Commission procedure followed over the years by both Democratic and Republican Chairs,” Wheeler said in a Monday letter to Senate Commerce Committee Chairman John Thune, R-S.D., House Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton, R-Mich., and House Communications Subcommittee Chairman Greg Walden, R-Ore. “If decades of precedent are to be changed, then there must be an opportunity for thoughtful review in the lead up to any change.” He rebuffed their accusations that the agency has not been transparent, pointing to roundtables, comments and ex parte filings recounting meetings. “The Commission's Open Internet proceeding has been one of the most transparent and inclusive proceedings in recent memory,” Wheeler said. “We have received more than four million comments -- a record for any Commission proceeding -- on the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking released last spring.”
The White House wants the FCC to have much higher funding next year and to fund an agency transition to new or smaller headquarters, it said Monday. The lease for the FCC’s Portals building headquarters ends in 2017 (see 1501090040). The administration's FY 2016 $4 trillion budget, issued a month earlier than the one for a year ago, included provisions on spectrum, cybersecurity and broadband. It received immediate pushback from some Hill lawmakers, who insisted Congress won't advance the administration’s budget.
The White House wants the FCC to have much higher funding next year and to fund an agency transition to new or smaller headquarters, it said Monday. The lease for the FCC’s Portals building headquarters ends in 2017 (see 1501090040). The administration's FY 2016 $4 trillion budget, issued a month earlier than the one for a year ago, included provisions on spectrum, cybersecurity and broadband. It received immediate pushback from some Hill lawmakers, who insisted Congress won't advance the administration’s budget.