The International Trade Administration (ITA) has issued its final results of the antidumping (AD) duty administrative review of stainless steel bar from India for the period of February 1, 2003 through January 31, 2004.
Charter said holders of 81% of bonds it is offering to exchange tendered them. Some $6.83 billion in principal amount of notes due in 2009-2012 will be exchanged for bonds due in 2014 and 2015, as of Fri. Bondholders have until Sept. 26 to tender their notes, although they're no longer eligible to receive an “early participation payment,” Charter said. “We're pleased with the results of the exchange to date,” said a spokesman, who declined further comment. The preliminary results were positive, said UBS cable analyst Aryeh Bourkoff, who recommends buying Charter bonds. He said he expects “discussions with the bank borrowing group, potential further debt-for-debt exchanges, asset sales or a possible equity infusion.”
The International Trade Administration (ITA) has initiated an antidumping (AD) duty changed circumstances review of the AD duty order on certain cased pencils from China at the request of M.A. Notch Corporation (Notch), which is requesting that a large novelty pencil be excluded from the AD duty order.
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 approximately mid-May 2005 through August 2005.
The International Trade Administration (ITA) has initiated new shipper reviews for the antidumping (AD) duty order on wooden bedroom furniture from China with respect to the following companies, each of which is both the exporter and producer, and review period:
SES Americom launched centralized satellite-delivered IPTV distribution for telcos to bundle standard definition and HDTV programming with voice and broadband services. Designed to advance DSL delivery of video to the home, the service will originate from an SES IPTV Broadcast Center in N.J., SES officials said. There, video and audio will be received and processed for distribution via satellite and fiber to telco video hubs nationwide. The National Rural Telecom Coop (NRTC) said it signed a preliminary agreement to test the new service, IP-PRIME, early next year. The NRTC serves rural and independent telephone operators in markets it says consist of more than 10 million homes. Scientific-Atlanta said it will provide an MPEG-4 encoding system for the network. Globecomm said it will provide the overall design and integration services for the IPTV broadcast distribution center.
The International Trade Administration (ITA) has issued its preliminary results of the following antidumping (AD) duty administrative and new shipper reviews:
Wireless carriers reported significantly better coverage over the weekend in areas hit by Hurricane Katrina. Wireless carriers began restoring service to ruined areas but New Orleans had very limited cell coverage. Many carriers said they're helping public safety officials by providing phones and priority network access in the affected areas.
Cable operators -- which stopped billing some subscribers affected by Hurricane Katrina -- likely will lose tens or hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue, plus the cost of restoring operations, analysts said. Cable One and Cox are among Gulf Coast cable operators that suspended billing in disaster areas, firm officials said Tues. Comcast is issuing credits “case by case” and area by area, a spokesman said. Mediacom, which some analysts said may be the region’s worst-hit cable operator, didn’t comment.
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 approximately mid-May 2005 through mid-August 2005.