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Security rules for chemicals are absurd
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Issues in the News 1. LABOR The New York City Transport Workers Union ends its three day strike. CEI…
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Issues in the News 1. BIOTECHNOLOGY Researchers in Iran announce the impending birth of that nation’s first generation of…
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Issues in the News 1. FINANCE Government agencies target mortgage brokers for alleged “predatory lending” practices CEI Expert Available for…
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Issues in the News 1. ENERGY The debate over authorizing oil exploration in the Alaskan arctic moves into its…
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Frist Should Cancel Senators’ Christmas Vacations
Contact: Richard Morrison, 202.331.2273 Washington, D.C., December 20, 2005— Statement of Myron Ebell, Director of Global Warming & International Environmental Policy at the Competitive…
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Vote Yes on ANWR Now
Contact: Richard Morrison, 202.331.2273 Washington, D.C., December 20, 2005—As gas prices remain above two dollars a gallon and most Americans are looking at sky-high…
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Caveat Emptor: No, Really
One of the oldest maxims in commerce is caveat emptor: let the buyer beware. Sadly, this is often interpreted as a condemnation of businessmen, a…
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Issues in the News 1. ENERGY The House of Representatives votes to authorize oil exploration in the Alaskan arctic. CEI…
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Issues in the News 1. HEALTH & SAFETY DuPont agrees to pay a $16.5 million dollar EPA fine related to alleged…
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Black Gold: Syriana soars on substance, sinks on politics.
Syriana opens with a throng of Arab men quarreling over the right to board a bus. The camera peers at the scene through…
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Issues in the News 1. TELECOM Microsoft and MCI announce a new venture to offer Internet-based phone service.
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Enviros Exaggerated Montreal Summit
A world historical event occurred in <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags” />Montreal in the hours before dawn on December 10. What? …
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Lives for Votes
December 15, 2005 — With his record, a call from state Attorney General Eliot Spitzer is enough to give even innocent defendants…
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Issues in the News 1. INTERNET People around the globe celebrate 15 years of the World Wide Web.
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Good Drugs, Bad Rap
These are turbulent times for the pharmaceutical industry and for its regulator, the FDA. Lately, both have focused increasingly on issues of safety.
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Issues in the News 1. BUSINESS The PBS documentary series Frontline asks “Is Wal-Mart Good for America?” CEI…
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US Won’t Join in Binding Climate Talks
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Point, Counterpoint: Wal-Mart on DVD
Documentary film has long been mired in debates about objectivity. Once strived for amongst serious documentarians, the notion of an objective documentary slowly degraded as…
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The Long REACH of the EU
The European Union's Council of Ministers is expected to vote soon on the proposed chemicals regulation called REACH, an acronym for Registration, Evaluation, and…
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Issues in the News 1. REGULATORY COSTS President Bush speaks about controlling the costs imposed on business by regulatory expenses. CEI…
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Who Is Watching the Watchdog?
<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office” /> Today in the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals, outspoken hedge fund manager…
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Bill Clinton’s Shifting Policy on Climate Change
Contacts: Marlo Lewis, 202.669.6693 (Montréal) Myron Ebell, 202.320.6685 (<?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags” />Washington, D.C.)…
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Issues in the News 1. GLOBAL WARMING The US maintains its opposition to forced emissions cuts at the UN climate…
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Canadian Prime Minister’s Spectacular Hypocrisy
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Issues in the News 1. HEALTH & SAFETY The SEC changes rules that would have hindered efforts to fight avian flu.
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Issues in the News 1. GLOBAL WARMING Attendees to the U.N. climate conference in Montreal are unlikely to set…
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Senator Bingaman’s Bogus Climate Proposal
Contacts: Myron Ebell, 202.320.6685 (<?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags” />Montreal) Richard Morrison, 202.441.9652 (Montreal)…
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SEC Changes Policy to Combat Potential Bird Flu Epidemic
Washington, D.C., December 6, 2005—In a move that could save thousands of lives, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has cleared the red tape of…
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Corporate Social Concerns: Are They Good Citizenship, Or a Rip-Off for Investors?
Fred Smith debates CSR in The Wall Street Journal…
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Issues in the News<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office” /> 1. INTERNET A bug in…
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Who’s afraid of big business?
Everybody agrees, it seems, that big business has too much influence in Washington. Most people are confused, however, as to what big business is doing…
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A Windfall of Bad Ideas
In the third-quarter of 2005, the major U.S. oil companies—ExxonMobil, Chevron, ConocoPhillips, BP America, and Shell Oil Company—collectively earned almost $26 billion in profits, an…
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Video-game law lets parents shirk duty
Arnold Schwarzenegger acquired fame and fortune playing a slew of bloodthirsty meatheads. Now, as governor of California, he’s still trying to play action…
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Issues in the News 1. TOBACCO A new study finds that very little of the money that states have…
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Global Warming Blues
The 11th annual meeting of global warming enthusiasts in Montreal isn’t turning out to be a very happy event. Even though this is the…
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Judges Deny Rehearing of Greenhouse Gas Lawsuit
Washington, D.C., December 2, 2005—The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals has turned away an appeal from state authorities and environmental groups which sought…
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Issues in the News 1. INTERNET Microsoft launches a new anti-virus service. CEI Expert Available for Comment: Vice President…
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Privatizing the Inner City
In June the Supreme Court said that <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags” />New London, Conn. could force Susette Kelo and a…
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Dubai The Model?
Westerners who travel to the Middle East often pass through Dubai and sigh deeply. “If only the rest of the Muslim Middle East were as…
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Why the Top-Down Approach Has Failed
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa — Another World AIDS Day has arrived (Dec. 1) and with it more HIV cases than ever before—over 40 million. The World…
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Issues in the News 1. INTERNET New Orleans announces the development of a free, city-wide wireless network. CEI Expert Available…
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Issues in the News 1. TELECOMMUNICATIONS The Federal Communications Commission is expected to announce renewed efforts toward forcing cable companies…
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Climate Policy Needs a Stern Review
Tony Blair's admission that any international climate change treaty to follow <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 />Kyoto is unlikely to be based on the same model…
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Misspending, Abuses Marks Tobacco Settlement Anniversary
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CEI Experts Available on UN Global Warming Talks
Contacts: (<?xml:namespace prefix = st1 />U.S.) Jody Clarke, 202.331.2252 (Montreal) Richard Morrison, 202.441.9652 Washington,…
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Issues in the News 1. HEALTH & SAFETY Drug maker Merck & Co. announces layoffs of 7,000 workers amid uncertainty surrounding…
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Misspending, Abuses Marks Tobacco Settlement Anniversary
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…
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An analog armageddon?
Hollywood movies are replete with bad guys nefariously plotting to control the world, but these days, music and movie industry associations are looking awfully…
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Ford CEO pushes government to put on an energy summit
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Greens like cars too – just cleaner ones
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Issues in the News 1. AUTOMOTIVE Ford Motor Co. CEO Bill Ford announces his company’s plans to focus on developing alternative…
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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…
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Issues in the News 1. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY Sony is forced to withdraw dozens of CD titles from sale after its copyright…
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Cardiac arrest at the FDA
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…
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EU Oks chemical safety controls
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Wal-Mart and the Politics of American Retail
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Issues in the News 1. ENERGY The Senate rejects the latest attempt to levy a windfall profits tax on oil companies.
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Wal-Mart Critics Reading from an Old Script
Contact: Richard Morrison , 202.331.2273 Washington , D.C. , November 18, 2005—The success of retail giant Wal-Mart has generated criticism of its…
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Sen. Hillary Clinton Pushes for Faster FDA Approvals?
Contact: Jody Clarke, 202.331.2252 Washington, D.C., November 18, 2005—On her trip to Israel this week, Senator Hillary Clinton (D-NY) took part in a photo-op…
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U.S. Should Not Import European Laws
As globalization fosters economic growth around the world, Americans should be vigilant of an unintended consequence: the imposition on U.S. businesses and consumers of the…
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Issues in the News 1. HEALTH & SAFETY The European Parliament endorses a new system of regulation for chemicals. …
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European Vote on Chemicals Policy to Have Repercussions on U.S. Businesses
<?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…
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Issues in the News 1. ENERGY The Senate Finance Committee approves a $5 billion windfall profits tax on the nation’s…
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Do-It-Yourself Legislation
The aftermath of hurricanes Katrina and Rita have proved a massive breeding ground for what former OECD Chief Economist David Henderson has termed…
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The UN’s War Against Innovation
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…
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Making Sense of Drug Safety
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…
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Is U.S. Embracing a Global Tax Scheme?
<?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags” />Melbourne, Australia—This week, a good number of liberal activists—when not engaged in trying to stop the…
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Pass the Whale Oil: Will Politicians Leave New England in the Dark?
One of the greatest features of our federal system is the ability of each state to act as a “laboratory of democracy”, to…
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Puts and Calls: Sarbanes-Oxley ‘reform’ harming economy
The Sarbanes-Oxley corporate governance act is one of the biggest expansions of government regulation in 70 years—and businesses say it’s more costly and complicated than…
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Letter Urging Congress to Introduce Video Competition
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…
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Issues in the News 1. INTERNET Tunisia, host of a United Nations summit on the future of the Internet,…
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CEI to Host Congressional Seminar on Windfall Profits Taxes
UPDATE: Download a written transcript of the event, complete with PowerPoint slides, here (PDF format). Listen to a…
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U.S. to U.N. in Tunisia: Hands Off the Internet
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Issues in the News 1. INTERNET Time Warner and AOL announce a new venture to…
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The War Against the Car
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Issues in the News 1. LEGAL & CONSTITUTIONAL Federalist Society members volunteer praise for Supreme Court nominee…
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Europe’s OverREACH
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House Urged to Reconsider Arctic and Offshore Oil Exploration
Contact: <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office” /> Richard Morrison, 202.331.2273 Washington, D.C., November…
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Letter to Roger Ailes; President, Fox News Channel
Roger Ailes President Fox News Channel 1211 Avenue of the Americas New York, NY 10036 VIA FACSIMILE …
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Issues in the News 1. GLOBAL WARMING Fox News Channel announces an hour-long special dedicated to alarmist views on…
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Breaking Patents
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…
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An Open Letter to Congress: Franchise Reform
Dear Member of Congress: Much has changed in the decade since Congress passed the 1996 Telecommunications Act. As Congress is considering changes and updates…
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Issues in the News 1. ENERGY The House of Representatives considers legislation that would allow oil and gas exploration in…
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House Should Approve New Energy Exploration
Contact: Richard Morrison, 202.331.2273 Washington, D.C., November 9, 2005—The Competitive Enterprise Institute urges the House of Representatives to keep provisions on new oil and…
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1. TOBACCO The U.S. declines to ratify the World Health Organization’s anti-tobacco treaty which calls on countries to enact limits on…
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Between the stacks – Google book engine needs ingenuity
What bookworm doesn’t love the idea of Google’s new project, Google Library? The ability to search the entire contents of the world’s greatest libraries online…
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Europe’s Global REACH: Costly for the World; Suicidal for Europe
Full Document Available in PDF Regulations enacted in the…
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Issues in the News 1. HEALTH AND SAFETY The European Union debates whether to proceed with a vote on a new program…
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The REACH of a European Chemicals Proposal: New Study Uncovers Emperor With no Clothes
Washington, D.C., November 7, 2005—A proposed program in Europe to massively expand chemical regulations would be too costly with no benefit, and also have…
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Issues in the News 1. HEALTH AND SAFETY The President’s $7.1 billion plan to fight a possible avian flu pandemic…
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House Committee Releases Plan for Telecom Reform
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Issues in the News 1. TELECOM The House Committee on Energy and Commerce prepares for a substantial revision to the…
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FCC Initiates Process to Increase Video Competition
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Issues in the News 1. ENVIRONMENT Greenpeace is fined for damaging a coral reef with its ship Rainbow Warrior…
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Tony Blair Aligns with Bush on Global Warming
Washington, D.C., November 2, 2005—The Competitive Enterprise Institute congratulates British Prime Minister Tony Blair for his recognition that the Kyoto Protocol is a…
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DDT Saves Lives in Fight against Malaria
Full Document Available in PDF The President’s decision in June to…
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Issues in the News 1. TELECOMMUNICATIONS SBC and Verizon receive FCC approval for their multi-billion dollar merger. CEI Expert Available to…
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Nominee’s Record Shows Backing of Business Interests, Contracts
The Wall Street Journal quotes Hans Bader on Supreme Court Justice Alito's rulings. Hans Bader, general counsel of the Competitive Enterprise Institute, a…
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Congress Tweaks Patriot Act Provisions, Will Affect the Tech Industry
Congress is in the process of tweaking sixteen separate sections of the USA Patriot Act that were scheduled to sunset at the end of this…