The Competitive Enterprise Institute Daily Update

Issues in the News

1. INTERNET

People around the globe celebrate 15 years of the World Wide Web.

CEI Expert Available for Comment: Technology Counsel Braden Cox on the meaning of Internet milestones.

2. HEALTH & SAFETY

Two professors at Duke University recommend that Congress require fast food restaurants to “reduce their customers’ overall caloric intake by 10 percent.”

CEI Expert Available for Comment: Senior Fellow Iain Murray on the societal trends behind obesity rates in the U.S.

3. E-COMMERCE

A new study finds 400 million passengers around the world are now booking airline flights over the Internet each year.

CEI Expert Available to Comment: Technology Counsel Braden Cox on how online bookings have changed the way airlines are regulated.

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