The Competitive Enterprise Institute Daily Update

Issues in the News

1. ENEGRY

Crude oil prices hit a new record high.

CEI Expert Available to Comment: Director of Global Warming & International Environmental Policy Myron Ebell on the impact of the recently signed energy bill.

2. INTERNET

Spam king Scott Richter agrees to pay Microsoft $7 million to settle a lawsuit over sending hundreds of millions of unsolicited commercial email messages.

CEI Expert Available to Comment: Vice President for Policy Clyde Wayne Crews, Jr. on the proper role for government in policing spam.

3. SCIENCE

Radical animal rights group PETA agrees to lift its boycott of Australian wool.

CEI Expert Available to Comment: Senior Fellow Iain Murray on PETA’s twisted world view and hypocritical record.

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