The Competitive Enterprise Institute Daily Update

Issues in the News

 

1. ENERGY

The Bush administration moves to avert gas shortages in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.

CEI Expert Available to Comment: President Fred L. Smith, Jr. praises the effort to keep energy supplies affordable.

 

2. LABOR

The division between the AFL-CIO and dissident unions like the Service Employees International widens.

CEI Expert Available to Comment: Editorial Director Ivan Osorio on the political implications of the union crack-up.

 

3. INTERNET

Microsoft and Google join the competition in developing the next generation of Internet telephone service.

 

CEI Expert Available for Comment: Technology Counsel Braden Cox on the need to keep the regulators away from the market for voice over IP service.

 

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