Hours after Japan’s strongest quake on record struck at about 2:46 p.m. local time Friday, sparking massive tsunamis that inundated large portions of Fukushima and Miyagi prefectures, companies that operate factories in the region said they were still trying to assess the damage, our survey of those firms found. Though the first reports indicated casualties overall in Fukushima and Miyagi were expected to climb into the hundreds, CE firms we contacted said they were aware initially of only minor injuries to employees.
The Department of Homeland Security is soliciting views from the public on how best to develop its preliminary plan to facilitate the review of existing DHS significant regulations through the use of retrospective analysis, pursuant to Executive Order 13563, ‘‘Improving Regulation and Regulatory Review.”1
The International Trade Administration has issued the preliminary results of the administrative review of the antidumping duty order on persulfates from China (A-570-847) covering the period July 1, 2009 through June 30, 2010. Interested parties are invited to comment on these preliminary results.
Sales of trademarks as search keywords got a big boost from the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals this week. A three-judge panel reversed and remanded a case to the U.S. District Court in Los Angeles, which had ruled in favor of a software company whose mark was used by a competitor to trigger its own sponsored links on Google and Bing. Critics of trademark litigation over search keywords called the 9th Circuit’s ruling a big step away from previous troubling precedents, while quibbling with some of its holdings.
The International Trade Administration frequently issues notices on antidumping and countervailing duty orders, investigations, etc. which Broker Power considers to be "minor” in importance as they concern actions that occur after an order is issued, neither announce nor cause any changes to an order’s duty rates, scope, affected firms, or effective period, etc.
The International Trade Administration has issued the preliminary results of the first administrative review of the antidumping duty order on certain preserved mushrooms from China (A-570-851) covering the period February 1, 2009 through January 31, 2010. Interested parties are invited to comment on these preliminary results.
The International Trade Administration has issued the final results of its antidumping duty administrative review of polyethylene retail carrier bags (PE carrier bags) from Thailand (A-549-821) for the period of August 1, 2008 through July 31, 2009.
The International Trade Administration has issued the preliminary results of the first administrative review of the antidumping duty order on small diameter graphite electrodes (SDGE) from China (A-570-929) covering the period August 21, 2008 through January 31, 2010. Interested parties are invited to comment on these preliminary results.
The International Trade Administration has issued the preliminary results of the administrative review of the antidumping duty order on stainless steel bar from India (A-533-810) covering the period February 1, 2009 through January 31, 2010. Interested parties are invited to comment on these preliminary results.
The International Trade Administration has issued the preliminary results of the administrative review of the antidumping duty order on certain frozen warmwater shrimp from Vietnam (A-552-802) covering the period February 1, 2009 through January 31, 2010. Interested parties are invited to comment on these preliminary results.