The Competitive Enterprise Institute Daily Update

Issues in the News

1. TECHNOLOGY

The Senate takes up telecommunications reform, including a look at the influence of antitrust issues.

CEI Expert Available to Comment: Vice President for Policy Wayne Crews on the kind of changes he’d like to see at the FCC.

2. INTERNET

Apple faces legal trouble in Norway over its iTunes music service.

CEI Expert Available to Comment: Technology Analyst Peter Suderman on similar roadblocks Apple has experienced in France.

3. FINANCE

Executives from mortgage lender Fannie Mae appear before Congress to answer questions about the firm’s $11 billion accounting scandal.

CEI Expert Available to Comment: President Fred L. Smith, Jr. on why Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac need more market supervision. 

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