U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has posted to its Web site a notice announcing new benefits for participation in the Importer Self-Assessment (ISA) program which are in addition to the original ISA participation benefits (see below).
SBC and AT&T cleared the last regulatory obstacle to their merger Fri. as the Cal. PUC voted 4-1 to approve the transaction. Cal. was the last to act of the 36 states whose merger approval was required by SBC-AT&T. With all necessary federal and state approvals in hand, the companies immediately closed on their merger. At the same meeting, the PUC also voted 3-2 to approve the Verizon-MCI merger.
The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) has issued a notice inviting comments from interested parties on the International Trade Commission's (ITC's) proposed remedies, and other possible actions, with respect to the market disruption caused by imports of circular welded non-alloy steel pipe from China.
According the American Shipper, PierPass has said that members of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) will hold a routine stop-work meeting from 5 p.m. Thursday through 3:00 a.m. Friday. As a result, there won't be PierPass truck gates at any terminals in the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach during those hours. (ShippersNewsWire@americanshipper.com )
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has posted a notice to its Web site announcing that it has updated its guidance documents on the Focused Assessment Program (FAP), which CBP refers to as the FA Kit. CBP states that the FA Kit contains the same handbooks, audit program, sampling plans, and guidelines that regulatory auditors and other Customs specialists on an FA Team use to conduct an FA. Providing it to the trade is intended to help importers prepare for an FA and conduct an assessment of their own Customs systems.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has posted to its Web site another update on the status of its plans to conduct a voluntary test of electronic foreign trade zone (FTZ) admission applications for merchandise reported to CBP via air, sea, and rail manifest.
The book publishing industry’s main trade group filed a lawsuit against Google Wed. over its plans to digitally copy works and distribute excerpts without permission of the copyright owners. The Assn. of American Publishers (AAP) filed the complaint after lengthy discussions broke down between AAP and Google executives regarding copyright infringement implications of the Google Print Library Project.
Illustrating what some dub a “gray area” in an SEC rule meant to promote corporate transparency, a union is weighing whether to file a formal complaint on disclosures Comcast made in a meeting with a Wall Street analyst. The question isn’t whether Comcast should have disclosed the information, union and securities law experts said, but whether Comcast should have disclosed it more widely. At the least, they said, firms like Comcast should err on the side of disclosure. Comcast “emphatically” denied any wrongdoing, and some experts agreed.
Toshiba won’t revise its 2005 financial projections despite the $465.4 million judgment against it in Cal. over charges of misappropriating trade secrets from rival memory-chip maker Lexar Media.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has issued an updated version of its frequently asked questions (FAQ) and responses on its final rule requiring, among other things, the advance electronic presentation of information for all modes of inbound transportation.