The Competitive Enterprise Institute Daily Update

Issues in the News

1. TECHNOLOGY

Frequently-fined radio host Howard Stern makes his much-anticipated move to satellite broadcasting next week.

CEI Expert Available for Comment: Vice President for Policy Clyde Wayne Crews on modern communications technologies and the future of the FCC.

2. BUSINESS

Airliner manufacturer Boeing reports record sales for 2005, edging out longtime European rival Airbus.

CEI Expert Available for Comment: Journalism Fellow Timothy Carney on how both companies are dependant on government subsidies.

3. LEGAL & CONSTITUTIONAL

Lawyers for former Enron executives Kenneth Lay and Jeffrey Skilling ask that their trial to be moved out of Houston.

CEI Expert Available to Comment: Senior Fellow Iain Murray on why Enron was one of the environmental movement’s favorite energy companies.

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