The International Trade Administration (ITA) has initiated antidumping (AD) and countervailing (CV) duty investigations of live swine from Canada.
In response to a motion by BellSouth, the U.S. Dist. Court, Atlanta, on Wed. blocked Joi Internet, owned by Hawk Communications, from advertising that its dial-up service operates at DSL speed. BellSouth had argued Joi Internet was using a deceptive advertising campaign, making false and misleading claims. “It is important that consumers understand the benefits of DSL and broadband versus dial-up connections,” BellSouth said: “Consumers should not be told that dial-up is as fast as DSL when it is not.” BellSouth said it compared Joi Express Internet Service to BellSouth’s FastAccess DSL and found Joi was 448% slower at downloading web pages and had slower connection time than DSL. Joi Internet said the company is considering whether to appeal the court’s preliminary injunction and accused BellSouth of initiating the suit to suppress competition.
Ubisoft’s Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow for Xbox was the #1-rented videogame in the U.S. for a 2nd consecutive week, Rentrak said its preliminary Home Video Essentials data for the week ended April 11 showed. Rentrak said the game earned an additional $302,752 in its 3rd week, for a total of $739,696 to date. Ubisoft and Electronic Arts (EA) again had 3 SKUs each in the top 10. Ubisoft’s other 2 games were again Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six 3: Raven Shield for PS2 at #2 (up 2 in its 3rd week, earning $255,413 in the week, $591,961 to date) and Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon: Jungle Storm on PS2 at #10 (down one, 4th week, $165,466 in the week, $564,728 to date). EA’s 3 games -- all for PS2 -- were again Bond 007: Everything or Nothing at #4 (down one, 8th week, $220,332 in the week, $2.22 million to date), Need for Speed: Underground at #5 (up one, 21st week, $208,635 in the week, $6.95 million to date) and NFL Street at #8 (down one, 13th week, $172,332 in the week, $2.59 million to date). The only new title in the top 10 was NBA Ballers for PS2 from Midway Games at #9 ($168,943). Only 2 other games in the top 10 weren’t for PS2: Tecmo’s Ninja Gaiden for Xbox at #6 (down one, 6th week, $203,113 in the week, $1.53 million to date) and Nintendo’s Pokemon: Colosseum for GameCube at #7 (up one, 3rd week, $189,141 in the week, $474,000 to date). Rounding out the top 10 was Take-Two Interactive’s Mafia at #3 (down one, 11th week, $221,676 in the week, $3.09 million to date).
1 The ITA states that the China-wide rate applies to all entries of subject merchandise except for entries from exporters/producers that are identified individually above.
In its first full week available, Fox’s Cheaper By the Dozen was the #1-rented video on DVD and VHS in the U.S., Rentrak said its preliminary Home Video Essentials data for the week ended April 11 showed. The title earned $9.38 million in the week, for a total of $9.54 million to date. On DVD alone, Rentrak said the title earned $6.95 million in the week and $7.07 million to date. But Warner’s The Matrix Revolutions was the #1-rented DVD of the week. Rentrak said the 3rd Matrix film earned $7.44 million on DVD in the week, $7.53 million to date. In combined DVD and VHS rentals, the title earned $9.09 million in the week, $9.2 million to date. Last week’s #1 title -- Columbia TriStar’s Something’s Gotta Give -- dropped to #3, earning an additional $8.49 million in the week in combined DVD and VHS rentals, $18.45 million to date. On DVD alone, the title earned an additional $6.33 million in the week, $13.71 million to date.
The International Trade Administration (ITA) has published in the April 16, 2004 Federal Register its final negative antidumping (AD) duty determination that certain color television receivers from Malaysia are not being, nor are likely to be, sold in the U.S. at less than fair value.
The International Trade Administration (ITA) has issued its final results of the antidumping (AD) duty new shipper review of certain pasta from Italy for the period of July 1, 2002 through December 31, 2002.
These preliminary results are not in effect and may be amended in the final results of these AD duty administrative reviews, which are currently due within 120 days of April 8, 2004.
(a) SSI has an AD rate of zero; no cash deposits will be required although suspension of liquidation will continue.
The International Trade Administration (ITA) has issued a notice stating that it has postponed the preliminary antidumping (AD) duty determination on hand trucks and certain parts thereof from China until no later than May 17, 2004 (from April 21, 2004).