The Competitive Enterprise Institute Daily Update

Issues in the News

1. GLOBAL WARMING

Evangelical leaders come out in favor of mandated carbon dioxide emission cuts. 

CEI Expert Available to Comment: Senior Fellow Iain Murray on why emissions protocols like Kyoto are stalled out. 

2. FINANCIAL REGULATION

The Competitive Enterprise Institute and The Free Enterprise Fund announce plans to launch a constitutional lawsuit against the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board.

CEI Expert Available to Comment: Special Projects Counsel Hans Bader to speak at a panel discussing the unconstitutional nature of the PCAOB.  Download the full complaint here (PDF). 

3. TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Senate hearings continue on net neutrality legislation.

CEI Expert Available to Comment: Vice President for Policy Clyde Wayne Crews, Jr. on why neutrality regulations threaten to stunt the net’s growth. 

4. INTERNET

Showtime Networks announces plans to offer its premium content on demand through downloads at Apple’s iTunes store.

CEI Expert Available to Comment: Assistant Editorial Director Peter Suderman on how market-based expansion of consumer choice makes “a la carte” cable regulations unnecessary.

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