The Competitive Enterprise Institute Daily Update

Issues in the News

1. ENVIRONMENT

Paramount Pictures agrees to distribute a documentary on global warming starring former Vice President Al Gore.

CEI Expert Available to Comment: Director of Energy Policy Myron Ebell on Al Gore’s history of environmental extremism.

2. TECHNOLOGY

Microsoft accuses European regulators of unfair treatment.

CEI Expert Available to Comment: Vice President for Policy Clyde Wayne Crews on how European Union policy threatens innovation.

3. BUSINESS

A war of words emerges between Wal-Mart and the director of an anti-Wal-Mart documentary.

CEI Expert Available to Comment: Adjunct Analyst Zachary Courser on the motives of Wal-Mart’s critics.

4. HEALTH

The European Union takes dramatic steps aimed at halting the spread of the avian flu virus. 

CEI Expert Available to Comment: Adjunct Fellow Dr. Henry I. Miller on the government regulations stalling effective vaccine deployment. 

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