The International Trade Administration (ITA) has issued the final results of the antidumping (AD) duty administrative review of certain welded carbon steel pipes and tubes from Thailand for the period of March 1, 2002 through February 28, 2003.
The International Trade Administration (ITA) has made a preliminary affirmative antidumping (AD) duty determination that live swine from Canada is being, or is likely to be, sold in the U.S. at less than fair value.
The International Trade Administration (ITA) has issued the final results of the antidumping (AD) duty administrative review of certain polyester staple fiber from Korea for the period of May 1, 2002 through April 30, 2003.
The FCC won’t require incumbent telephone companies to unbundle fiber-to-the-curb (FTTC) loops, in which fiber is extended within 500 ft. of a customer’s premises, the Commission said in a preliminary decision Thurs. Comr. Copps dissented and Comr. Adelstein dissented in part. The action came in response to Oct. 2003 petitions by BellSouth and SureWest Communications asking the FCC to reconsider parts of its Triennial Review Order (TRO) governing the ILEC obligations to unbundle their networks. The FCC said the new rules would encourage deployment of fiber broadband networks in residential neighborhoods and would “free companies to choose between FTTH [fiber-to- the-home] or FTTC networks based on marketplace characteristics, rather than disparate regulatory treatment.” The final order is expected out within a week or 2, FCC Wireline Bureau Chief Jeffrey Carlisle said.
These are Section A respondents, companies who were not selected as mandatory
In its 2nd week available, MGM’s action movie Walking Tall was again the #1-rented DVD in the U.S., Rentrak said its preliminary Home Video Essentials data for the week ended Oct. 10 showed. Rentrak said the title earned $6.29 million from DVD rentals, for $16.07 million to date. Its first full week available, Columbia TriStar’s Fahrenheit 9/11 was #3, earning $4.64 million on DVD, for $4.7 million total.
The International Trade Administration (ITA) frequently issues notices on antidumping (AD) and countervailing (CV) 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.
In its 3rd week available, Star Wars: Battlefront for PS2 from LucasArts Entertainment was again the top- rented videogame in the U.S., Rentrak said its preliminary Home Video Essentials data for the week ended Oct. 10 showed. The title earned $383,401 for PS2 in the week, for $1.19 million to date. The Xbox version of the game dropped 3 to #7, earning $259,132, for $827,521 to date. Activision and Midway Games each had 2 SKUs in the top 10. Activision’s were Tony Hawk’s Underground 2 for PS2 at #2 in its first week ($373,486) and X-Men: Legends for PS2 at #6 (up one in its 3rd week, $266,590 and $589,094). Midway’s were Mortal Kombat: Deception for PS2 at #3 in its first week ($349,693) and the Xbox version at #10 ($222,251). But Electronic Arts had the most top 10 SKUs, with 3 PS2 titles: Def Jam Fight For N.Y. at #4 (down 2 in its 3rd week, $317,215 and $1.02 million), Madden NFL 2005 at #5 (down 2 in its 9th week, $282,768 and $3.61 million) and Burnout 3 at #9 (down 3 in its 5th week, $232,232 and $1.22 million). Microsoft’s Fable, meanwhile, fell 3 to #8 in its 4th week ($238,177 and $913,295).
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Chmn. Pat Wood said Tues. he was encouraging major electric utilities to invest in broadband over powerline (BPL) technology and expects more money to flow to BPL soon. Wood and Chmn. Powell spoke during an unusual joint appearance after a tour of BPL facilities in Manassas, Va., provided by the city electric utility.
The International Trade Administration (ITA) has published in the Federal Register its final antidumping (AD) duty determination that certain aluminum plate from South Africa is being, or is likely to be, sold in the U.S. at less than fair value.