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• By: Peter Suderman
• 11/29/2005

Issues in the News   1. TELECOMMUNICATIONS The Federal Communications Commission is expected to announce renewed efforts toward forcing cable companies…

Antitrust

• CEI Staff
• 11/28/2005

  <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office” />  Contact:  Christine Hall, 202.331.2258  Washington, D.C., November 28,…

Business and Government

• CEI Staff
• 11/28/2005

  Contacts:     (<?xml:namespace prefix = st1 />U.S.) Jody Clarke, 202.331.2252 (Montreal) Richard Morrison, 202.441.9652  Washington,…

Antitrust

• By: Richard Morrison
• 11/28/2005

Issues in the News 1. HEALTH & SAFETY Drug maker Merck & Co. announces layoffs of 7,000 workers amid uncertainty surrounding…

Antitrust

• CEI Staff
• 11/27/2005

Christine Hall, 202.331.2258 Washington, D.C., November 28, 2005—Seven years ago this month, the states signed the biggest settlement deal in history with major tobacco…

Business and Government

• By: Peter Suderman
• 11/27/2005

Hollywood movies are replete with bad guys nefariously plotting to control the world, but these days, music and movie industry associations are looking awfully…

Antitrust

• By: Richard Morrison
• 11/22/2005

Issues in the News 1. RETAIL In preparation for day-after-Thanksgiving shopping crowds, Wal-Mart promises to match any competitor’s advertised price on…

Business and Government

• By: Sam Kazman
• 11/20/2005

The photograph on your Tuesday front page headlined “Hillary health care” shows Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, New York Democrat, in Jerusalem holding a CardioPump—a device…

Antitrust

• CEI Staff
• 11/17/2005

Contact: Richard Morrison , 202.331.2273 Washington , D.C. , November 18, 2005—The success of retail giant Wal-Mart has generated criticism of its…

Antitrust

• Jody Clarke
• 11/16/2005

<?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags” />Washington, D.C., November 17, 2005—The European Parliament today voted to implement a massive new chemical regulations…

Business and Government

• By: Richard Morrison
• 11/16/2005

Issues in the News 1. ENERGY The Senate Finance Committee approves a $5 billion windfall profits tax on the nation’s…

Business and Government

• By: Iain Murray
• 11/15/2005

The aftermath of hurricanes Katrina and Rita have proved a massive breeding ground for what former OECD Chief Economist David Henderson has termed…

Business and Government

• By: Henry I. Miller
• 11/15/2005

The leadership of the United Nations is truly the gang that can't shoot straight. Even if the recent incidents of corruption and profiteering—exemplified…

Antitrust

• By: Henry I. Miller
• 11/15/2005

Have you ever tried to read the official FDA-approved labeling for a drug? It's tough going even for physicians who are trying to…

Business and Government

• By: Christopher C. Horner
• 11/15/2005

One of the greatest features of our federal system is the ability of each state to act as a “laboratory of democracy”, to…

Business and Government

• By: Braden Cox
• 11/15/2005

The Honorable Bill Frist Majority Leader United States Senate Washington, DC 20510 November 14, 2005 Dear Majority Leader Frist: Earlier this year, Sen. John Ensign…

Business and Government

• CEI Staff
• 11/14/2005

UPDATE: Download a written transcript of the event, complete with PowerPoint slides, here (PDF format).  Listen to a…

Antitrust

• CEI Staff
• 11/14/2005

<?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags” /> Contact:     Richard Morrison, 202.331.2273   Washington, D.C.,…

Antitrust

• By: Sally McNamara
• 11/09/2005

The integrity of patents affects the future health of people the world over. Unfortunately, one of the world’s rising economic players is leading the charge…

Business and Government

• By: Braden Cox
• 11/09/2005

Dear Member of Congress: Much has changed in the decade since Congress passed the 1996 Telecommunications Act. As Congress is considering changes and updates…

Antitrust

• By: Richard Morrison
• 11/08/2005

1. TOBACCO The U.S. declines to ratify the World Health Organization’s anti-tobacco treaty which calls on countries to enact limits on…

Antitrust

• By: Richard Morrison
• 11/07/2005

Issues in the News 1. HEALTH AND SAFETY The European Union debates whether to proceed with a vote on a new program…

Business and Government

• Braden Cox
• 11/02/2005

Contact:     <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office” /> Richard Morrison, 202.331.2273    …

Business and Government

• Hans Bader
• 10/30/2005

Washington, D.C., October 31, 2005—The President's nomination of Third Circuit Judge Sam Alito to serve on the Supreme Court is good news.<?xml:namespace prefix…

Business and Government

• Richard Morrison
• 10/30/2005

Washington, D.C., October 31, 2005—The Competitive Enterprise Institute welcomes the Federal Communications Commission’s decision approving the two major telecommunications mergers. Unfortunately, the conditions…

Antitrust

• By: Neil Hrab
• 10/26/2005

Last Thursday, the United States was sucker-punched by an international organization. A majority of countries belonging to the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and…

Antitrust

• Braden Cox
• 10/24/2005

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Antitrust

• Christine Hall
• 10/21/2005

Contact:Christine Hall, 202.331.2273 Washington, D.C., October 20, 2005—The House passed a bill today banning lawsuits aimed at holding gun makers liable for…

Business and Government

• Fran Smith
• 10/20/2005

<?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags” />Washington, D.C., October 20, 2005— The world's best hope for eliminating poverty – the continued liberalization…

Antitrust

• Richard Morrison
• 10/18/2005

<?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags” />Washington, D.C., October 18, 2005—The rules that govern the telecommunications industry in the United States have…

Antitrust

• Hans Bader
• 10/17/2005

<?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags” />Washington, D.C., October 17, 2005— The Supreme Court today rightly rejected the Justice Department’s attempt to…

Antitrust

• By: Peter Suderman
• 10/14/2005

Issues in the News 1. GLOBAL WARMING Global warming is being blamed for new data that says 2005 will be the hottest…

Business and Government

• By: Iain Murray
• 10/13/2005

In some places in London, you can find scratched on old walls the imprecation, LorD haVe MerCIe Vpon Vs. The curious arrangement of the capital…

Business and Government

• By: CEI Staff
• 10/13/2005

Full Document Available in PDF No Regulation Without Representation…

Business and Government

• By: Fred L. Smith, Jr.
• 10/13/2005

The undersigned organizations would like to express their strong opposition to proposals toextend “must carry” rules for cable operators to include the multiple streams of…

Business and Government

• Richard Morrison
• 10/12/2005

<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office” />  Washington, D.C., October 12, 2005— The Competitive Enterprise Institute is pleased to announce…

Antitrust

• By: Fred L. Smith, Jr.
• 10/12/2005

Given the enormous amounts of money advocates of bigger government throw about these days, many market liberals long to find our own “George Soros.”…

Business and Government

• By: Christine Hall
• 10/12/2005

On August 2, 2005 the Competitive Enterprise Institute launched a legal challenge to the multi-state tobacco settlement of 1998. Nearly seven years after the settlement was…

Antitrust

• By: Clyde Wayne Crews
• 10/12/2005

The exact cost of the federal regulatory state may never be fully known. As with taxes, firms generally pass along to consumers some of their…

Business and Government

• By: Marlo Lewis, Jr.
• 10/12/2005

Chairwoman [Candice] Miller [R-Mich]. Ranking Member [Stephen] Lynch [D-Mass] and Members of the Subcommittee, thank you inviting me to comment on congressional regulatory reform initiatives. …

Business and Government