The Competitive Enterprise Institute Daily Update

Issues in the News

1. TELECOMMUNICATIONS

AOL and Yahoo announce plans to charge to send certified email, fueling the debate over network neutrality regulations.

CEI Expert Available to Comment: Vice President for Policy Clyde Wayne Crews, Jr. on why network neutrality regulations impede network development.

2. HEALTH AND SAFETY

FDA approves a Merck vaccine designed to fight an intestinal virus that kills more than half a million children every year. 

CEI Expert Available to Comment: Adjunct Analyst Henry I. Miller on how FDA regulations slow the development of life-saving drugs.

3. ENERGY

Oil prices rise as Iran says it will defy the U.N. in pursuing nuclear research. 

CEI Expert Available to Comment:  Senior Fellow Marlo Lewis on how “windfall profits” taxes reduce the incentive to enter into the risky business of oil production. 

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