The Competitive Enterprise Institute Daily Update

Issues in the News

1. BUSINESS

The PBS documentary series Frontline asks “Is Wal-Mart Good for America?”

CEI Expert Available to Comment: Adjunct Analyst Zachary Courser on Wal-Mart’s political opponents and their history.

2. TELECOM

A British company offers a service that will cause the text of instant messages sent over mobile phones to “self-destruct” 40 seconds after being sent.

CEI Expert Available for Comment: Vice President Clyde Wayne Crews on market solutions to cybersecurity concerns.

3. INTERNATIONAL

Delegates to the recently-completed UN climate negotiations in Montreal proclaim achievement of “historic” new agreements on global warming.

CEI Expert Available for Comment: Senior Fellow Christopher C. Horner on why claims of diplomatic triumph are déjà vu all over again.

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