The International Trade Administration has issued its final results of the countervailing duty new shipper review of certain welded carbon steel standard pipe for the review period of January 1, 2005 through December 31, 2005.
The International Trade Administration has initiated antidumping duty investigations to determine whether imports of glycine from India, Japan, and Korea are being, or are likely to be, sold in the U.S. at less than fair value.
New Games and Accessories: In its 7th week available, Sony Computer Entertainment’s God of War II for PS2 was again the #1-rented videogame in the U.S., according to Rentrak’s preliminary Home Video Essentials data for the week ended April 29… THQ signed a development deal with Big Huge Games for a new role-playing game to be released for OS3, Xbox 360 and PC in 2009. Terms weren’t disclosed and the game wasn’t named… St. Louis Cardinals All-Star first baseman Albert Pujols will be the cover athlete for Take-Two Interactive’s Major League Baseball-licensed videogame The Bigs, shipping this summer for Nintendo’s Wii, PSP, PS3 and Xbox 360 on the publisher’s 2K Sports label… Online game publisher K2 Network signed a deal with Samsung Electronics to co-publish the 2D massively multiplayer online role- playing game (MMORPG) Red Stone, developed by L & K Logic Korea. Terms weren’t disclosed. The game has already been played by “more than one million people” in Japan, the firms said. Red Stone will be released in the Americas, Turkey, India and Poland this summer as part of the K2-Samsung deal… Sony Computer Entertainment America (SCEA) had yet to announce plans to release the Go! Cam video camera for PSP in the U.S. “but we're always evaluating opportunities to expand the features” of the handheld system, an SCEA spokeswoman said. SCE Europe will ship the camera May 16 (CED May 2 p9)… NCsoft is starting closed beta testing for the massively multiplayer online game Richard Garriott’s Tabula Rasa. The game is expected to launch this fall in N. America and Europe, it said. Microsoft made the classic Atari arcade games Centipede and Millipede available on Xbox Live Arcade… GameStop planned to hold midnight launch openings at more than 300 of its stores today to mark the release of Activision’s Spider-Man 3 videogame, based on the movie sequel of the same name, opening theatrically today. The retail chain will also sell an exclusive, limited edition of the upcoming Take-Two Interactive Xbox 360/Games for Windows PC game BioShock Aug. 21. The PC version will cost $59.99 and the 360 version $69.99. Both will include a behind-the- scenes DVD and soundtrack, among other items… Blue Raven Technology says the $99.95, fifteen-hour PSP battery it is selling is the “longest lasting extended battery” for the handheld system.
ITU-T’s lead study group on signaling and protocols (SG11) gave a preliminary nod to 3 international standards aimed at controlling voice, video, data and other IP session quality across networks. The recommendations Fri. describe ways to ensure allocation of enough next generation network (NGN) resources to a voice or video call, IPTV session, file transfer or other service, Yukio Hiramatsu of NTT, speaking as SG11 chmn., said: “Depending on the service, the required QoS [quality of service] is different.” ITU-T defines performance objectives in 8 QoS classes (CD June 20 p5). Technical specs control physical resources by setting rules limiting delay and packet loss on NGN gateways, switches, routers, access devices and other gear so services work properly, Hiramatsu said. The recommendations can be used on wireless, satellite, fiber, DSL and other technologies, he said. The 3 recommendations are for N. American, Japanese and Chinese requirements.
ICANN is seeking registrars to help owners transfer their domain names from RegisterFly. Last week, a U.S. federal court in L.A. granted a preliminary injunction giving ICANN the right to end the failed registrar’s accreditation as soon as possible and gain access to current, accurate data for current domain names. ICANN is looking for an accredited registrar to hold the names while registrants find other providers. ICANN Pres. Paul Twomey acknowledged the frustration of many RegisterFly domain owners. He said that because this is the first time the Internet body has had to intervene in a registrar meltdown, it’s taking steps to ensure the system works as effectively as possible.
The International Trade Administration has issued its preliminary results of the following antidumping duty administrative reviews:
ITU-T’s lead study group on signaling and protocols (SG11) gave a preliminary nod to 3 international standards aimed at controlling voice, video, data and other IP session quality across networks. The recommendations Fri. describe ways to ensure allocation of enough next generation network (NGN) resources to a voice or video call, IPTV session, file transfer or other service, Yukio Hiramatsu of NTT, speaking as SG11 chmn., said: “Depending on the service, the required QoS [quality of service] is different.” ITU-T defines performance objectives in 8 QoS classes (CD June 20 p5). Technical specs control physical resources by setting rules limiting delay and packet loss on NGN gateways, switches, routers, access devices and other gear so services work properly, Hiramatsu said. The recommendations can be used on wireless, satellite, fiber, DSL and other technologies, he said. The 3 recommendations are for N. American, Japanese and Chinese requirements.
The International Trade Administration frequently issues notices on antidumping and countervailing duty orders which Broker Power considers to be "minor" in importance as they concern actions that occur after an order is issued and neither announce nor cause any changes to an order's duty rates, scope, affected firms, or effective period. The ITA also issues other notices which Broker Power considers to be "minor" in importance.
The International Trade Administration has published its antidumping duty order on certain activated carbon from China.
The International Trade Administration has made a preliminary affirmative antidumping duty determination that lemon juice from Argentina is being, or is likely to be, sold in the U.S. at less than fair value.