The International Trade Administration (ITA) has issued its preliminary results of the following antidumping (AD) duty administrative reviews:
The International Trade Commission (ITC) has issued a press release on its preliminary negative antidumping (AD) injury determination, stating that the U.S. industry is neither material injured nor threatened with material injury by reason of imports of carbon and certain alloy steel wire rod from China, Germany, and Turkey that are allegedly sold in the U.S. at less than fair value.
Jamdat Mobile revealed in an SEC filing late last week that talks with Electronic Arts (EA) about a possible combination of their businesses had started Aug. 29 -- weeks after rumors started that EA was looking to buy the #1 mobile game maker. The companies announced Dec. 8 that EA plans to buy Jamdat for $680 million, including the assumption of stock options (CED Dec 9 p5, Dec 12 p4).
The International Trade Administration (ITA) has issued an antidumping (AD) duty order on superalloy degassed chromium from Japan. The period of investigation for the subject merchandise from Japan was January 1, 2004 through December 31, 2004.
The Commerce Department's Office of Textiles and Apparel (OTEXA) has posted to its Web site the following five monthly reports containing official October 2005 trade data from the Department of Census for imports and exports of textiles and apparel:
The videogame industry Wed. won a round in its battle against a Cal. videogame law that would require retailers to clearly label violent videogames and bar them from renting or selling those titles to customers under 18. U.S. Dist. Judge Ronald Whyte, San Jose, late Wed. handed down a preliminary injunction barring enforcement of the law, which was to have taken effect Jan. 1.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has announced a preliminary "low duty" tariff rate quota (TRQ) limit of 20,251,211kg. for tuna and skipjack, in airtight containers, not in oil, in containers weighing with their contents not over 7 kg. each, for the January 1, 2006 through December 31, 2006 period.
The International Trade Administration (ITA) has issued its preliminary results of the following antidumping (AD) duty administrative reviews:
A law enforcement campaign targeting spammers was announced by the FTC, U.S. attorneys, the FBI, Canadian consumer protection officials, the U.S. Postal Inspection Service, and 3 state attorneys general Tues. The effort targets CAN-SPAM Act violators who send e-mails with false header information, use misleading subject lines, fail to include an opt-out mechanism and don’t include the sender’s physical address.
The videogame industry criticized the Family Entertainment Protection Act after Sens. Bayh (D-Ind.), Clinton (D-N.Y.) and Lieberman (D-Conn.) introduced the legislation Fri. The bill would make it illegal to rent or sell Mature (M), Adults Only (AO) or even Ratings Pending videogames to kids under 17.