The Competitive Enterprise Institute Daily Update
Issues in the News
1. FINANCE
An adviser to the Securities and Exchange Commission suggests that the SEC will be receptive to proposed reform of the Sarbanes-Oxley corporate accounting regulations.
CEI Expert Available to Comment: Economic Policy Fellow John Berlau debates Sarbanes-Oxley before an audience at George Mason University.
2. HEALTH
Scientists report finding a genetic abnormality that increases the risk of obesity.
CEI Expert Available to Comment: General Counsel Sam Kazman on the unhealthy levels of federal spending on anti-obesity programs.
3. SCIENCE
Members of Congress recognize the 20th anniversary of the failure of the Chernobyl nuclear facility in Ukraine.
CEI Expert Available to Comment: Adjunct Analyst Steven Milloy on how anti-nuclear activists are still trying to turn Chernobyl into a bigger disaster than it actually was.
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