Best Buy will start rolling out new recycling kiosks at its U.S. stores next week that will be easier for customers to use than the current ones, Leo Raudys, senior director of environmental affairs at the retailer, told us Thursday. About 33 percent of Best Buy’s new locations this year will get the new kiosks, which will be located at the front of the stores, and additional stores will get them in 2011, he said.
"Daily Update on Capitol Hill Trade Actions" is a daily International Trade Today compilation of the most relevant legislation, hearings, and actions by Congress involving international trade. The following are brief summaries of recent Capitol Hill actions:
The Maritime Administration has issued a final rule, effective April 9, 2010, which adopts, with a few changes, the interim final rule on the Marine Highway Program for cargo.1
Streamlining the process for access and use of infrastructure, also part of the recommendations in the National Broadband Plan, could be a key positive for Distributed Antenna System (DAS) operators, some of them large tower companies, company officials told us. But hurdles remain as operators gear up for 4G, they said.
The FCC Thursday put forward a list of 64 items for FCC action, along with time lines. The list includes most of what was recommended by the National Broadband Plan, released last month. The FCC had a similar list of items to work from when it implemented the 1996 Telecom Act, said a former FCC official. Eighth floor advisers were briefed on the plan Wednesday.
Effective April 9, 2010, the Department of Agriculture is canceling all unutilized balances of the GSM-102 Export Credit Program announcements issued for FY 2010. Applications under these announcements must be received by 11:59 p.m. on April 8, 2010, to be considered for guarantee coverage under current terms. If any unused allocations remain under these announcements, USDA will issue new program announcements making the allocations available under new guarantee fee rates. (News release, dated 04/06/10, available at http://www.fas.usda.gov/scriptsw/PressRelease/pressrel_dout.asp?Entry=valid&PrNum=0074-10)
Reminiscent of HDTV’s early days, the live CBS telecast in 3D Monday of the NCAA basketball final between Butler and Duke was rife with compelling moments and annoying glitches. The 3D telecast, sponsored by LG Electronics and beamed via satellite to about 100 Cinedigm digital cinema screens nationally, sported an on-air crew different from that of the regular CBS broadcast. It also featured a limited palette of commercials not in 3D supplied by LG, plus house ads for CBS shows such as Criminal Minds and NCIS: Los Angeles.
The Rural Utilities Service announced its final Broadband Initiatives Program award Tuesday for the first funding round, the day after second round applications were due. NTIA has yet to finish making first round grant announcements, though the final deadline for second round Broadband Technologies Opportunity Program applications was Friday.
The Rural Utilities Service announced its final Broadband Initiatives Program award Tuesday for the first funding round, the day after second round applications were due. NTIA has yet to finish making first round grant announcements, though the final deadline for second round Broadband Technologies Opportunity Program applications was Friday.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has recently posted its "Import Trade Trends" report for fiscal year 2009.