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• By: Jeremy Lott
• 02/21/2007

  Item (a): Officials in Prince George’s County, Maryland, have proposed cracking down on truancy by strapping ankle bracelets on…

Business and Government

• By: Jeremy Lott
• 02/19/2007

On Tuesday, Sept. 9, 1919, Boston policemen voted to strike. They wanted to unionize; management wouldn't allow it. That evening more than 1,100…

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• By: CEI Staff, Richard Morrison
• 02/13/2007

Issues in the News   1. CONGRESS The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee holds a hearing on a…

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• By: Richard Morrison
• 02/12/2007

Issues in the News   1. ENERGY Wisconsin’s governor proposes a special tax on oil companies amounting to over…

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• CEI Staff
• 02/11/2007

Washington, D.C., February 12, 2007— The president of the Competitive Enterprise Institute, Fred L. Smith, Jr., will testify tomorrow before the Senate Environment…

Business and Government

• By: Richard Morrison
• 02/09/2007

Issues in the News   1. ENVIRONMENT Virgin Atlantic chief Richard Branson offers a $25 million prize for the…

Business and Government

• By: Steven J. Milloy
• 02/07/2007

Will 2007 be the year that the U.S. signs up for global warming regulation? After looking at the five climate bills being considered so far…

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• CEI Staff
• 02/07/2007

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• By: Richard Morrison
• 02/06/2007

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• By: Christine Hall
• 02/05/2007

<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office” /> Issues in the News   1.  ENVIRONMENT…

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• By: Richard Morrison
• 02/02/2007

Issues in the News   1. CONGRESS ExxonMobil’s record profits prompt calls for a windfall profits tax on the…

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• By: Richard Morrison
• 02/01/2007

Issues in the News   1. CONGRESS “Politicians love the minimum wage. It is a perfect issue on which to demagogue, since…

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• By: Ivan Osorio
• 01/31/2007

Last month, Labor Watch looked at the proposal to raise the federal minimum wage—a key item in the Democrats’ agenda for Congress. In this…

Business and Government

• By: Clyde Wayne Crews
• 01/31/2007

Some say online virtual reality operations like “Second Life” have attained the stage of evolution that blogging and the Internet itself occupied several years…

Business and Government

• By: Richard Morrison
• 01/31/2007

Issues in the News   1. ENERGY Thousands gather in Mexico City to protest steeply rising prices for…

Business and Government

• By: Doug Bandow
• 01/29/2007

The Democratic juggernaut has slowed. The House has approved a minimum wage increase as part of the “100 hours” agenda. But a filibuster has blocked…

Business and Government

• By: Richard Morrison
• 01/29/2007

Issues in the News   1. BUSINESS Competitors renew complaints about the dominance of Microsoft as the company prepares…

Business and Government

• By: Richard Morrison
• 01/24/2007

Issues in the News   1. LEGAL Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal investigates denial-of-coverage complaints against major insurance companies.

Antitrust

• CEI Staff
• 01/23/2007

Contact:  Christine Hall, 202.331.2258 Washington, D.C., January 24, 2007—A new CEI study of abuse of power by state attorneys general singles out…

Antitrust

• CEI Staff
• 01/22/2007

Contact: Richard Morrison, 202.331.2273…

Business and Government

• By: Richard Morrison
• 01/22/2007

Issues in the News   1. CONGRESS The Senate takes up legislation raising the minimum wage.

Business and Government

• By: Jeremy Lott
• 01/21/2007

If you were watching the Senate Judiciary Committee hearings Thursday, chances are you didn't see it coming. Senator Arlen Specter was questioning Attorney…

Business and Government

• By: Richard Morrison
• 01/16/2007

Issues in the News   1. CONGRESS The House of Representative approves legislation requiring the government to negotiate lower…

Business and Government

• By: Fred L. Smith, Jr.
• 01/15/2007

Should free market advocates oppose a plan aimed at lowering prescription drug costs? Generally, no. But, when such a plan involves the flexing…

Antitrust

• By: Jeremy Lott
• 01/15/2007

Ed Begley Jr. had an image problem. Hollywood is lousy with so-called activists, but he's a genuine back-to-the-land environmentalist and something of a…

Business and Government

• By: Richard Morrison
• 01/11/2007

Issues in the News   1. CONGRESS New Democratic congressmen warn Speaker Pelosi to stick to a politically moderate…

Antitrust

• By: CEI Staff
• 01/10/2007

Washington, D.C., January 10, 2007—Today the Competitive Enterprise Institute releases its policy recommendations for the new leadership on Capitol Hill: This Liberal Congress Went to…

Antitrust

• By: CEI Staff
• 01/10/2007

DO…

Antitrust

• By: Richard Morrison
• 01/10/2007

Issues in the News   1. CONGRESS The House of Representatives meets today to debate an increase in the…

Antitrust

• CEI Staff
• 01/09/2007

Contact: Richard Morrison, 202.331.2273 Washington, D.C., January 10, 2007—Today the Competitive Enterprise Institute releases its policy recommendations for the new leadership…

Antitrust

• By: Achim Schmillen, Clyde Wayne Crews
• 01/08/2007

WASHINGTON – With a stop-off in Nashville, Tenn., in December, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) continues a series of hearings debating government’s role in determining…

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• By: Jeremy Lott, Stub
• 01/08/2007

<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office” />   A recent General Motors ad campaign is a real letdown.

Business and Government

• By: Jeremy Lott
• 01/07/2007

Imagine that you are a social worker. You open the local paper the day after Christmas to find one of those stories that editors…

Business and Government

• By: John Berlau
• 01/02/2007

As Democrats take power in Congress, speculation has swirled around the question of why Republicans lost. But there is a factor – a…

Antitrust

• By: Richard Morrison
• 01/02/2007

Issues in the News 1. TECHNOLOGY The Federal Communications Commission gives its unanimous final approval to the merger of AT&T…

Business and Government

• By: Jeremy Lott
• 12/28/2006

Most obituarists portrayed President Gerald Ford as a humble man with few ambitions, a great conciliator, a political moderate, an all around nice…

Business and Government

• By: Jeremy Lott
• 12/26/2006

President Bush has several strengths, but negotiating with Congress isn't one of them. He wants to come across as the Goldilocks president. As he said…

Business and Government

• By: Steven J. Milloy
• 12/21/2006

Flu fearmongers must be quite depressed these days. Seasonal flu is late. Bird flu – despite all the headlines – hasn’t gained much traction…

Business and Government

• By: Peter Suderman
• 12/21/2006

Issues in the News   FINANCIAL REGULATION A U.S. District Court hears arguments in the Competitive Enterprise Institute and Free Enterprise Fund’s…

Antitrust

• By: Ivan Osorio
• 12/20/2006

It's a cliche of politics that the name of a proposed bill or initiative depends largely on its name. (More on this later.)It's…

Antitrust

• By: Jeremy Lott
• 12/20/2006

To the naked eye, a hike in the federal minimum wage looks like a done deal. Speaker-designate Nancy Pelosi will include it in the…

Business and Government

• CEI Staff
• 12/19/2006

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Antitrust

• CEI Staff
• 12/18/2006

Contact:     <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office” /> Jody Clarke, 202.331.2252   Washington, D.C., December 19,…

Business and Government

• By: Jeremy Lott
• 12/17/2006

Nearly 7 million copies of Time magazine's annual “Person of the Year” issue are set to arrive in mailboxes and on newsstands in…

Antitrust

• By: Richard Morrison
• 12/15/2006

Issues in the News   1. TECHNOLOGY Big technology companies lobby Washington for data privacy legislation. CEI Experts Available…

Antitrust

• By: Clyde Wayne Crews
• 12/13/2006

Some say online virtual reality operations like “Second Life” have attained the stage of evolution that blogging and the Net itself occupied several…

Antitrust

• By: Richard Morrison
• 12/13/2006

Issues in the News   1. INTERNATIONAL The European Union approves a new law, known as “REACH,” regulating the manufacture…

Antitrust

• CEI Staff
• 12/12/2006

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

Antitrust

• CEI Staff
• 12/12/2006

Contact: Richard Morrison, 202.331.2273 Washington, D.C., December 13, 2006—The Competitive Enterprise Institute today criticized the Securities and Exchange Commission for failing to provide meaningful…

Antitrust

• By: Fred L. Smith, Jr.
• 12/11/2006

Economic liberalism faces a multi-front assault, an assault that has been underway for decades but that has intensified in recent years.  As discussed in the…

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