CTIA’s board gave a $13-million shot in the arm last year to the group’s Wireless Foundation, which the non-profit in turn has largely reinvested in a real estate transaction for the group’s new Washington hq. The Foundation’s decision to take a stake in the land deal was made “to create a predictable return on the endowment” created by the gift to the foundation, a CTIA spokesman said. “The CTIA board’s decision to fund the Foundation and the Foundation’s decision to purchase the land were 2 separate decisions.”
Take-Two Interactive’s Mafia for PS2 was once again the #1- rented videogame in the U.S., Rentrak’s preliminary Home Video Essentials data for the week ended Feb. 29 showed Thurs. Rentrak said the title, in its 5th week of availability, earned an additional $341,583, for $1.37 million to date. Take-Two had one other game in the top 10: Manhunt for PS2 at #10 (down one, 15th week, $126,862, for $2.71 million total). Also repeating with 2 top 10 PS2 games was Activision, with True Crime: Streets of L.A. at #5 again (17th week, $200,666, for $4.97 million total) and Tony Hawk’s Underground at #7 (down one, 18th week, $165,249, total of $5.06 million). But Electronic Arts (EA) again dominated rentals and had 5 games in the top 10: James Bond 007: Everything or Nothing for PS2 at #2 (up 2, 2nd week, $325,712; $524,743), NFL Street for PS2 at #3 (down one, 7th week, $261,390; $1.36 million), Need for Speed: Underground for PS2 at #4 (down one, 15th week, $241,371; $5.6 million), an Xbox version of the James Bond game at #6 (up 9, 2nd week, $166,047; $272,668) and Medal of Honor: Rising Sun for PS2 at #8 (down one, 16th week, $148,570; $5.52 million). Rounding out the top 10 was SOCOM II: U.S. Navy SEALs for PS2 from Sony Computer Entertainment at #9 (down one, 17th week, $128,303; $3.81 million).
For the 2nd time in less than 2 weeks, a federal court has barred the sale of DVD copying or “backup” software from developer 321 Studios.
Fox’s Runaway Jury was once again the #1-rented DVD in the U.S., Rentrak’s preliminary Home Video Essentials data for the week ended Feb. 29 showed Thurs. Rentrak said the title, in its 2nd week, earned $6.44 million on DVD and VHS, for $14.67 million to date. On DVD alone, the title earned $4.99 million, for $11.34 million total. Its first full week available, Columbia TriStar’s The Missing was #2 in combined DVD and VHS rentals, earning $5.98 million, for $6.07 million to date. On DVD alone, the title earned $4.36 million, for $4.43 million total. Also making the top 10 their first full week were Warner’s Matchstick Men at #3 and Disney’s Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over at #8. Rentrak said Matchstick Men earned $5.91 million in the week on DVD and VHS, for $6.05 million to date. On DVD alone, the title earned $4.36 million, for $4.46 million total. Rentrak said Spy earned $3.10 million in the week on DVD and VHS, for $3.17 million to date. On DVD alone, the title earned $2.27 million, for $2.33 million total.
The International Trade Administration (ITA) has issued a notice stating that at the request of Shunde Yongjian Housewares Co., Ltd. (Yongjian), a mandatory respondent in this investigation, it has postponed its final antidumping (AD) duty determination on floor-standing, metal-top ironing tables and certain parts thereof from China until no later than June 13, 2004.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has issued its second version (dated March 1, 2004) of Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) and responses regarding its final rule requiring the advance electronic presentation of information pertaining to cargo (sea, air, rail, or truck) prior to its being brought into, or sent from, the U.S.
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 the March 2, 2004 Federal Register, the International Trade Administration (ITA) issued a notice terminating the antidumping (AD) duty investigations of electrolytic manganese dioxide from Australia, Greece, Ireland, Japan, and South Africa.
The U.S. Appeals Court, D.C., Tues. vacated much of the FCC’s Triennial Review Order, including the FCC’s decision to delegate UNE review decisions to state commissions. The court cut a broad swath through the portion of the FCC’s order dealing with the elements that make up the UNE platform, and left the other half, the broadband deregulation portion, unscathed. Shortly after release of the court decision, the FCC said it planned to seek a stay of the court’s order and an appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court. The announcement came from Comrs. Copps, Martin and Adelstein, who made up the majority in the split decision last year. NARUC said it “expects to seek review” as well.
The International Trade Administration (ITA) has issued its preliminary results of the antidumping (AD) duty changed circumstances review of carbon and certain alloy steel wire rod from Canada.