The International Trade Administration (ITA) has issued the final results of its countervailing (CV) duty administrative review of low enriched uranium from France for the period of January 1, 2004 through December 31, 2004.
The International Trade Administration (ITA) has issued the final results of its antidumping (AD) duty administrative review of certain polyethylene terephthalate film, sheet and strip (PET film) from India, for the period of July 1, 2004 through June 30, 2005.
EMI said it signed a deal with Microsoft to load music videos on the latter’s coming Zune digital entertainment devices. Details were sketchy Fri. Neither the deal terms nor when videos will become available was announced.
The PS2 version of NCAA Football 07 from Electronic Arts was the #1-rented videogame in the U.S., according to Rentrak’s preliminary Home Video Essentials data for the week ended Aug. 13… World of Warcraft from Vivendi Universal Games was the #1-selling PC game in the U.S. for the week ended Aug. 5, according to NPD Group.
The Commerce Department's Office of Textiles and Apparel (OTEXA) has posted to its Web site the following five monthly reports containing official June 2006 trade data from the Department of Census for imports and exports of textiles and apparel:
The International Trade Administration (ITA) has made a final affirmative countervailing (CV) duty determination that countervailable subsidies are being provided to producers and exporters of certain lined paper products from Indonesia.
The International Trade Administration (ITA) has made a final affirmative antidumping (AD) duty determination that certain lined paper products from Indonesia are being, or are likely to be, sold in the U.S. at less than fair value.
The International Trade Administration (ITA) has issued its preliminary results of the following antidumping (AD) duty administrative reviews:
Nvidia shares tumbled nearly $2 a share Fri. after the chipmaker posted strong Q2 revenue growth but disclosed its audit committee is investigating the company’s stock option practices. Various companies have come under SEC scrutiny in recent weeks over options. Nvidia held off reporting more Q2 results until its audit committee completes its review. CEO Jen-Hsun Huang said Nvidia’s Q2 sales growth “was driven by strong performance from numerous product groups,” including desktop GPU, notebook GPU, professional solutions and handheld GPU. “As the industry continues to shift its focus to the multimedia experience for consumers, the GPU is becoming increasingly important in a broad range of computing and consumer devices [and] we are excited about our growth opportunities ahead,” he said. The company said the audit committee’s review runs from Nvidia’s 1999 IPO through this fiscal year, with help from outside legal counsel. Nvidia “voluntarily contacted the Securities and Exchange Commission staff to inform them about the ongoing review,” it said. The review is ongoing, but the audit committee “reached a preliminary conclusion that incorrect measurement dates were used for financial accounting purposes for stock option grants in certain prior periods,” Nvidia said. Therefore, it said, the company “may record additional non-cash stock-based compensation expense related to stock option grants.” Nvidia, however, said “any additional non-cash stock-based compensation expense recorded will not affect [its] cash position or reported revenue for the recently completed quarter or any previous periods.” Nvidia added it “does not expect to be in a position to file” its Q2 10-Q with the SEC by the original Sept. 8 deadline or an extended deadline of Sept. 13. In the past quarter, the company shipped PuerVideo HD, which it called “the industry’s only solution for enjoying high-definition Blu-ray and HD movie experiences on PCs.” Huang also told analysts in a conference call: “We are starting to see the benefits from several key design wins at Motorola in their highly successful Razr and SLVR” cellphone lines. CFO Marv Burkett said the company’s core product revenue - excluding PS3 and Xbox - grew 34% in Q2. Huang also said his company expects to start seeing royalty revenue from Sony’s PS3 “this quarter” but “we just don’t know how much yet.” He said “Sony is in volume production” on the console “and they're gearing up for [the] anticipated launch towards the later part of this year.” Sony said it expected to ship the PS3 in Nov. In late afternoon trading Fri., Nvidia shares were down 2.94% at $23.45 after dropping as low as $22.32. Its shares closed at $24.16 Thurs., before the results were announced. - JB
New Games: NCAA Football 07 for PSP from Electronic Arts was, in its 3rd week, again the #1-rented videogame in the U.S., according to preliminary Home Video Essentials data for the week ended Aug. 6. The Xbox version was #4 (down 2) and the Xbox 360 version was again #5. There were no new games in the top 10… THQ’s Cars Radiator Springs Adventures was the #1-selling PC game in the U.S., according to NPD Group data for the week ended July 29. It was #2 the week earlier. Vivendi’s World of Warcraft -- the previous week’s #1 title -- dropped to #3… Sony Online Entertainment said it will ship the arcade-style shooter Cash Money Chaos for PSP in first quarter 2007 at $29.99… Namco Bandai Games America said it will ship Mobile Suit Gundam for PS3 in 2006 but didn’t say if the title will be a launch title for Sony’s new console.