The International Trade Administration has issued its preliminary results of the following antidumping duty administrative reviews:
Walmart declined to comment Tuesday after Nassau County, N.Y., police said a preliminary investigation found that Black Friday trampling victim Jdimytai Damour (CED Dec 1 p1) died of “positional asphyxiation.” That’s the type of suffocation that results when the body’s positioning prevents proper breathing, suggesting Damour couldn’t expand his lungs under the weight of the stampede of shoppers.
Early reports show increased traffic to retail Web sites on Cyber Monday, the vaunted opening day of the online holiday shopping season. Analysts are still gathering data on actual sales resulting from those visits, but preliminary results indicate a rosier picture than some had expected.
The International Trade Administration has issued a notice terminating the antidumping duty investigation of certain circular welded carbon quality steel line pipe (line pipe) from Korea.
Early reports show increased traffic to retail Web sites on Cyber Monday, the vaunted opening day of the online holiday shopping season. Analysts are still gathering data on actual sales resulting from those visits, but preliminary results indicate a rosier picture than some had expected.
The International Trade Administration has issued its final results of the antidumping duty administrative review of purified carboxymethylcellulose from Mexico for the period of July 1, 2006 through June 30, 2007.
The International Trade Administration has issued its final results of the antidumping duty administrative review of polyethylene terephthalate film, sheet and strip (PET film) from India for the period of July 1, 2006 through June 30, 2007.
The International Trade Administration has issued the final results of its reconsideration of the 1996-2001 sunset review of the antidumping duty order on large newspaper printing presses and components thereof, whether assembled or unassembled (LNPP), from Japan.
ITU member countries were asked to approve studies on five new questions for new ITU-R reports and recommendations dealing with bandwidth requirements for deep space research, emergency communications for human space flight, navigation systems and two-way satellite time and frequency transfer, according to a letter circulated by the Radiocommunication Bureau. The ITU-R study group on science services gave preliminary approval to the new work a meeting Oct. 6 to 14. Spectrum requirements for future deep-space research may outstrip current allocations, said a draft proposal. Studies to be completed by 2012 will gauge how much bandwidth is needed for deep-space research missions through 2030 and compare the figure to current allocations. Interference criteria for wideband deep space to earth downlinks also will be studied. Study results will go to new ITU-R reports and recommendations. A third proposal suggests studying until 2012 timing information from Global Navigation Satellite Systems. The number of GNSS and their augmentations, relying on precise time to meet operational requirements, is increasing. The results will be included in a new ITU-R report. Time and frequency information from “enhanced” LORAN also will be studied until 2012, according to another proposal. The group also will study two-way satellite and frequency transfer with an eye toward updating the existing ITU-R recommendation, said another proposal.
BCE warned Wednesday it might not be able to meet the conditions of its proposed agreement to be taken private. Auditing firm KPMG notified the company and its buyers that based on an analysis, market conditions and the amount of debt being used to fund the deal, BCE won’t be able to deliver a solvency opinion -- an express condition to closing the merger, BCE said. The company is disappointed with KPMG’s preliminary view, which is based on assumptions and methods that it’s reviewing, CEO George Cope said. BCE disagrees that the addition of the debt would result in the company not meeting the solvency definition, Chief Financial Officer Siim Vanaselja said. BCE will continue to work with KPMG and the buyers to satisfy all closing conditions, it said. But the transaction is unlikely to proceed if KPMG is unable to deliver a favorable opinion on Dec. 11, it said. The buyers have been working closely with BCE to take the actions required by the definitive agreement and will continue to fulfill its obligations under its terms, said the buyers group, led by Providence Equity Partners and Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan. BCE shares tumbled Wednesday. An underfunded pension at BCE may have entered into KPMG’s decision, said UBS analyst Jeffrey Fan. If the deal doesn’t close, BCE is expected to reinstate its dividend and buy back stock, said Credit Suisse analyst Randal Rudniski.