The Commerce Department's Office of Textiles and Apparel (OTEXA) has posted to its Web site the following five monthly reports containing official August 2005 trade data from the Department of Census for imports and exports of textiles and apparel:
Emotions ran “quite high” over mandatory retention of communications traffic data after a meeting last Thurs. between U.K. Home Secy. Charles Clarke -- who now heads the Presidency’s Justice & Home Affairs Council -- and European Parliament (EP) members, a parliament member told us. Clarke, who updated the EP panel on civil liberties, justice and home affairs (LIBE) on Council efforts at data retention, left many MEPs fuming over a seeming “take it or leave it” attitude on the Council’s part, the MEP said. But another said refusal to compromise could hurt Parliament’s credibility for years.
The FCC at its Oct. 28 meeting is expected to seek comment on the role of wireless technology and services in a redundant multiplatform emergency alert system (EAS). The NPRM, not expected to make any preliminary conclusions, will ask “an open-ended question,” an FCC source said. It will be attached to an EAS order, not expected to address any wireless issues.
The International Trade Administration (ITA) has issued notices stating that it is postponing the following preliminary antidumping (AD) duty determinations:
Time Warner’s possible deal on AOL with Comcast and Google could value AOL at $20 billion, analyst Rob Sanderson of American Technology Research said. Earlier this week it was reported that TW was in preliminary talks with Comcast and Google about a possible partnership that could involve AOL (CD Oct 13 p5). Sanderson said such an alliance between the parties makes strategic sense.
The Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA) has posted to its web site updated preliminary textile and apparel import data for 2005, which now covers the 2005 period from early July 2005 through mid-September 2005.
Time Warner, under investor pressure, is in preliminary talks with Comcast and Google about a possible partnership that could involve its AOL unit, a person familiar with the situation said. The companies are discussing what, if any, 3-way combination might make sense, the source said, adding that no term sheet for a transaction has been produced. The talks come amid speculation that Microsoft is interested in combining its MSN Internet business with AOL, the No. 1 U.S. dial-up Internet provider.
The International Trade Administration (ITA) has initiated a new shipper review of the antidumping (AD) duty order on certain preserved mushrooms from China with respect to the following producer/exporter combination and review period:
Time Warner, under investor pressure, is in preliminary talks with Comcast and Google about a possible partnership that could involve its AOL unit, a person familiar with the situation said. The companies are discussing what, if any, 3-way combination might make sense, the source said, adding that no term sheet for a transaction has been produced. The talks come amid speculation that Microsoft is interested in combining its MSN Internet business with AOL, the No. 1 U.S. dial-up Internet provider (CD Aug 16 p7).
The PS2 version of Madden NFL 06 from Electronic Arts (EA) was again the best-selling videogame in the U.S., according to Rentrak’s preliminary Home Video Essentials data for the week ended Oct. 9. Rentrak said the SKU earned an additional $410,000 in its 9th week. But the Xbox version fell 4 to #8 in its 9th week, earning $240,000. EA had 2 other titles in the top 10: The PS2 version of NBA Live 06 at #2 (down 5 in its 2nd week, $310,000) and the PS2 version of NCAA Football 06 at #6 (down one in its 13th week, $270,000). Activision had 3 SKUs in the top 10: Ultimate Spider-Man for PS2 at #3 (up 12 in its 2nd week, $310,000), the PS2 version of X-Men Legends II: Rise of Apocalypse at #7 (up 20 in its 3rd week) and the Xbox version of the latter at #10 (up 27 in its 3rd week, $190,000). Midway Games had 2 SKUs in the top 10: The PS2 and Xbox versions of Mortal Kombat: Shaolin Monks at #4 (down 2 in its 3rd week, $290,000) and at #9 (down 3 in its 3rd week, $220,000), respectively. Ubisoft’s Far Cry Instincts for Xbox was #5, up 18 in its 6th week with an additional $280,000.