The International Trade Administration (ITA) has issued a notice stating that it is postponing the preliminary antidumping (AD) duty determination on certain circular welded carbon quality line pipe from China an additional 50 days, until no later than September 29, 2004 (from August 10, 2004).
(a) final de minimis AD rate of 0.01%; no cash deposit will be required although suspension of liquidation will continue.
In its 6th week available, the PS2 version of Activision’s Spider-Man 2 was again the #1-rented videogame in the U.S., Rentrak said its preliminary Home Video Essentials data for the week ended Aug. 8 showed. Rentrak said the title earned an additional $523,239 in the week, for $4.15 million to date. The Xbox version of the game was again #4 ($225,655, for $2.02 million to date), while the GameCube version jumped from #12 to #10 ($112,666 and $823,315). Electronic Arts (EA) also had 3 SKUs in the top 10: The PS2 version of NCAA Football 2005 at #2 again in its 4th week ($339,874 and $1.71 million), Need for Speed Underground for PS2 at #7 in its 38th week (up one, $145,769 and $9.85 million) and the Xbox version of NCAA at #8 (down one, $139,621 and $745,402). Atari and Take-Two Interactive’s Rockstar Games again each had 2 top 10 SKUs. Atari’s were the PS2 version of DRIV3R at #3 again in its 7th week ($315,633 and $3.28 million) and the Xbox version at #6 again ($161,737 and $1.77 million). Take-Two’s were Red Dead Revolver for PS2 at #5 again in its 14th week ($223,176 and $3.71 million) and the Xbox version at #9 again ($117,925 and $2.11 million).
In its first full week available, Disney’s adventure movie Hidalgo was the #1-rented DVD in the U.S., Rentrak said its preliminary Home Video Essentials data for the week ended Aug. 8 showed. Rentrak said the title earned $7.07 million on DVD in the week and $7.16 million to date. Last week’s #1-rented DVD -- Columbia TriStar’s Hellboy -- dropped to #3, earning an additional $5.08 million on DVD, for $13.41 million to date. Also seeing strong rentals in its first full week was Columbia TriStar’s comedy 13 Going on 30 at #2 ($6.40 million in the week and $6.50 million to date).
On August 9, 2004, President Bush signed into law the conference version of H.R. 2443, the Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Act of 2004 (Public Law (P.L.) 108-293).
The International Trade Administration (ITA) has issued a notice stating that at the request of the petitioner, United States PET Resin Producers Coalition, it is postponing the preliminary antidumping (AD) duty determinations on bottle-grade polyethylene terephthalate (PET) resin from India, Indonesia, Taiwan and Thailand until no later than October 20, 2004 (from August 31, 2004).
The International Trade Administration (ITA) has issued a notice stating that it is postponing the preliminary antidumping (AD) duty determination on live swine from Canada an additional 50 days, until no later than October 14, 2004 (from August 25, 2004).
The ITA has previously indicated that these six companies are based in Hong Kong.
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 single entry bond or security in lieu of an AD cash deposit for entries of the subject merchandise both exported by Foodworld and produced by Anhui Tianxin Bee.
Adelphia announced a preliminary timetable for its sale, with the process expected to begin shortly after Labor Day. Company executives said the objective is to complete the auction process by year-end. The company’s financial advisors, UBS Investment Bank and Allen & Co., will manage any sale under the direction and control of the company’s Board of Directors. Adelphia said the financial advisors have had some informal discussions with potential bidders. UBS and Allen & Company will provide information to potential bidders who sign a confidentiality agreement. Adelphia will be soliciting bids both for the entire company and for certain clusters to be announced later. The company expects that preliminary indications of interest will be due in Oct. The company is pursuing a “dual track,” engaged in bankruptcy proceedings at the same time it’s seeking a sale.