Fed up with soaring mobile roaming charges, European consumers are pressing national telecom regulators to determine whether the wholesale international roaming market should be regulated. At its 10th plenary session last month, the European Regulators Group (ERG) agreed with the European Commission (EC) that regulators must address this topic. But operators contend regulation isn’t needed, saying it’s in their best interest to open the door to new market players.
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.
The International Trade Administration (ITA) has issued a notice stating that it is postponing the deadline for issuing the preliminary antidumping (AD) duty determinations on chlorinated isocyanurates from China and Spain for an additional 50 days, until December 10, 2004 (from October 21, 2004).
The International Trade Administration (ITA) has made a preliminary affirmative antidumping (AD) duty determination that certain circular welded carbon quality line pipe from China is being, or is likely to be, sold in the U.S. at less than fair value.
In its first week on the market, MGM’s action film Walking Tall was the #1-rented DVD in the U.S., Rentrak said. Rentrak said its preliminary Home Video Essentials data for the week ended Oct. 3 showed that the DVD title earned $9.71 million in the week, for $9.78 million to date. Paramount’s comedy Mean Girls - last week’s #1 title - dropped to #3, earning an additional $5.27 million, for $13.37 million to date. There were 3 other new releases in the top 10: Universal’s comedy Envy at #4 ($4.40 million and $4.45 million to date), Disney’s The Alamo at #5 ($2.85 million and $2.90 million) and Universal’s Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind at #8 ($2.44 million and $2.49 million).
LucasArts Entertainment’s Star Wars: Battlefront for PS2 was the top-rented videogame in the U.S. for the 2nd consecutive week, Rentrak’s preliminary Home Video Essentials data for the week ended Oct. 3 showed. Rentrak said the PS2 SKU earned an additional $391,187 in its 2nd week, for $809,356 to date. The Xbox version of the game was #4 again, earning an additional $263,516, for $568,389 to date. Activision also had 2 SKUs in the top 10: X- Men: Legends on PS2 at #7 (up 17 in its 2nd week, $242,568 in the week and $322,505 to date) and Spider-Man 2 on PS2 at #10 (down one in its 14th week, $179,533 and $6.46 million). But Electronic Arts (EA) again dominated the top 10, with 5 titles: Def Jam: Fight for NY on PS2 at #2 again in its 2nd week ($361,956 and $707,535), Madden NFL 2005 on PS2 at #3 again in its 8th week ($331,311 and $3.33 million), Burnout 3 on PS2 at #6 (down one in its 4th week, $249,872 and $988,316), NCAA Football 2005 on PS2 at #8 (down one in its 12th week, $217,850 and $3.38 million) and Def Jam on Xbox at #9 (down one, $213,529 and $409,682). Rounding out the top 10 was Microsoft’s Fable on Xbox at #5 (up one, $263,007 and $675,118).
The International Trade Administration (ITA) has issued the final results of the antidumping (AD) duty administrative review of circular welded carbon steel pipes and tubes from Taiwan for the period of May 1, 2002 to April 30, 2003.
The International Trade Administration (ITA) has issued its preliminary results of the antidumping (AD) duty changed circumstances review of softwood lumber from Canada regarding the appropriate cash deposit rate for the Canfor Corporation (Canfor), which merged with Slocan Forest Products Ltd. (Slocan) as of April 1, 2004.
In a major departure from its core CE business, Best Buy is preparing a health, wellness and beauty store in Richfield, Minn. The company hopes to open the test store in early 2005 under the EQ-Life banner, an EQ-Life spokeswoman said. The 18,000-sq.-ft. store, which will be located in a shopping center, will merchandise personal care and exercise products, nutritional supplements along with related CE gear such as digital audio players and exercise VHS and DVD titles.
The ITA states that until completion of the review, it will instruct U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to allow, at the option of the importer, the posting of a bond or security in lieu of an AD cash deposit for entries of the subject merchandise both produced and exported from India by Hilton.