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April 13, 2012
>> FEATURE
This week, the U.S. Justice Department filed a lawsuit against Apple and several publishers over the companies' E-Book pricing arrangement. Apple currently takes 30 percent from e-book sales on Apple devices--and because of its deal with publishers, competitors like Amazon can't price e-books below specified prices. CEI released a statement calling the suit a mistake. Read the statement here [2]. Also, see Wayne Crews' Forbes column on the issue: "Why is Apple Getting Cored in Washington? [3]"
>> SHAPING THE DEBATE
Crony Capitalism [4]
Fred L. Smith's latest vodcast
Fixing America's Crumbling Underground Water Infrastructure [5]
Bonner Cohen's study
On the Waterfront [6]
Trey Kovacs and Jack Mann's op-ed in The New York Post
Walker's Reforms Stand Up in Court, On Balance Sheets [7]
Iain Murray and Vincent Vernuccio's op-ed in The Washington Examiner
Free-Market Environmentalism? It'll Never Fly, Orville! [8]
Wayne Crews' column in Forbes
A Free Market Defense of Retransmission Consent [9]
Ryan Radia's post on Technology Liberation Front
Apple Investors Shrug Off E-Book Antitrust Lawsuit [10]
Ryan Young's citation in Investor's Business Daily
Critical Drug Shortages Reaching Crisis [11]
Greg Conko's citation by the Heartland Institute
How Will Law Grads Repay Their Loans? [12]
Hans Bader's citation in National Review
Louisiana's Taxpayer-Funded Public Employee Contracts Could Be Opened to Public Scrutiny [13]
Vincent Vernuccio's citation in The Pelican Post
Why the Rush? Re: Solyndra Loan [14]
Marlo Lewis' interview on OneNewsNow
>> BEST OF THE BLOG
Obama Fuel Economy Standards Could Price 7 Million Drivers Out of New Market [15]
By Marlo Lewis
EPA in Math: Nothingness in North Dakota Is Worth $12 Million/Year [16]
By William Yeatman
99% Spring: An Anatomy of Destruction [17]
By Trey Kovacs
San Francisco Judge Dismisses Lawsuit Against McDonalds Over Happy Meals [18]
By Hans Bader
Further Space Property Rights Response [19]
By Rand Simberg
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[1] http://cei.org/newsletters
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