The Rural Cellular Association (RCA) will seek a federal court stay of new location-accuracy requirements for wireless carriers, which the FCC approved last September, the group said in a filing Thursday at the commission. The association said it will ask the court to review the rules. At least one large carrier is considering supporting the lawsuit.
Strong retail sales of Logitech remotes, keyboards and mice, plus the peripheral maker’s healthy OEM business, helped it overcome continued weaknesses in retail gaming and webcam sales during Q3 ended Dec. 31, company executives told analysts in a Thursday conference call. Despite the mostly good news, Logitech shares were down 9.55 percent at $26.62 in late afternoon trading.
The International Trade Administration has issued a notice stating that it is postponing the preliminary antidumping duty determination on electrolytic manganese dioxide from Australia and China by 50 days to March 19, 2008.
In its 10th week available, the Xbox 360 version of Activision’s Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare was again the top-rented videogame in the U.S., according to preliminary Rentrak Home Video Essentials data for the week ended Jan. 13. The 360 version of Ubisoft’s Assassin’s Creed was again No. 2 its ninth week available, and Microsoft 360 game Halo 3 was again No. 3 in its 16th week available. No new games made the top 10… Call of Duty 4 moved up one spot to become the best-selling game in the U.K., according to Chart-Track data provided by the Entertainment and Leisure Software Publishers Association for the week ended Jan. 12. No new games cracked that top 10, either.
The International Trade Administration has issued a notice of termination of the suspension agreement and resumption of the antidumping investigation on fresh tomatoes from Mexico. The ITA resumes the investigation as an affirmative preliminary determination.
The International Trade Administration has issued a notice stating that it is postponing the preliminary countervailing duty determination on sodium nitrite from China by 65 days to no later than April 7, 2008.
The Commerce Department's Office of Textiles and Apparel (OTEXA) has posted to its Web site monthly reports containing official November 2007 trade data from the Department of Census for U.S. imports and exports of textiles and apparel:
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has issued an ABI administrative message announcing that all Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) reports would be unavailablefrom 7 pm Monday, January 14, 2008 until approximately 7 am Tuesday, January 15, 2008 (eastern time). Preliminary Monthly Statements (PMS) were to be available on Tuesday morning January 15, 2008 and all data was to be current. CBP adds that data in other reports may not be current until 7:00 am on January 16, 2008. (Adm: 08-0001, dated 01/14/08, available at http://www.brokerpower.com/admmsgs/2008/08-0001.html)
The International Trade Administration has made a preliminary affirmative antidumping duty determination that circular welded carbon quality steel pipe (CWP) from China is being, or is likely to be, sold in the U.S. at less than fair value.
Game Group’s year-to-year sales for the six-week holiday period ended Jan. 12 soared 76.3 percent, while sales for the 50 weeks ended jumped 86.7 percent, driven by strong demand for hardware and software, it said Tuesday. Demand for Nintendo DS and Wii “continued to exceed supply” in the U.K., the retail chain said, adding its best-selling games included FIFA 08 and The Simpsons Game from Electronic Arts, Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare from Activision, Pro Evolution Soccer 2008 from Konami and Ubisoft’s Assassin’s Creed on multiple platforms, as well as Nintendo’s Dr. Kawashima’s Brain Training for DS and Sega’s Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games for Wii. Game Group is also “confident that consumer demand for our products will remain strong as we approach” the March first anniversary of PS3’s launch, and that supplies of DS and Wii “will continue to improve,” Chairman Peter Lewis said. The retailer maintained its financial forecast for the fiscal year ending Jan. 31 and plans to report preliminary results for the fiscal year April 22, it said.