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• By: Richard Morrison
• 02/27/2007

Tuesday, February 27, 2007   Issues in the News 1. BUSINESS Wal-Mart plans a large-scale expansion into…

Business and Government

• By: Richard Morrison
• 02/22/2007

Issues in the News   1. HOMELAND SECURITY Federal regulators announce new plans for safeguarding chemical plants from terrorist…

Business and Government

• 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…

Business and Government

• 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…

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: Richard Morrison
• 02/06/2007

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Business and Government

• By: Christine Hall
• 02/05/2007

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Business and Government

• 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…

Business and Government

• 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…

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: 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
• 01/26/2007

Issues in the News   1. TRADE President Bush plans to ask Congress to grant him renewed “fast track” authority to…

Antitrust

• 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

• 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: Richard Morrison
• 01/18/2007

Issues in the News  TECHNOLOGY Microsoft announces it will release its newest operating system, Windows Vista, on January 30th. CEI Expert…

Antitrust

• 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: Richard Morrison
• 01/12/2007

Issues in the News   1. CONGRESS Democrats unveil new energy legislation. CEI Expert…

Antitrust

• 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: Richard Morrison
• 01/10/2007

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

Antitrust

• By: Richard Morrison
• 01/04/2007

Issues in the News   1. CONGRESS Democratic leaders in Congress begin work on their first 100 hour agenda.

Antitrust

• By: Richard Morrison
• 01/03/2007

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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: Richard Morrison
• 12/22/2006

Issues in the News   1. HEALTH British medical journal The Lancet estimates that as many as 62 million people could die…

Antitrust

• 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: Richard Morrison
• 12/18/2006

Issues in the News   1. SCIENCE Researchers suggest a link between climate change and increased rates of malaria infection…

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: Richard Morrison
• 12/14/2006

Issues in the News   1. HEALTH A new study finds Americans are unsure about the safety of biotech foods.

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

• By: Richard Morrison
• 12/12/2006

Issues in the News   1. HEALTH The Food and Drug Administration announces a plan to speed up access to…

Antitrust

• By: Richard Morrison
• 12/11/2006

Issues in the News 1. TECHNOLOGY Tech companies lobby for federal data privacy regulation. CEI Expert Available to Comment: Vice President…

Antitrust

• By: Richard Morrison
• 12/08/2006

Issues in the News   1. ENVIRONMENT Scientists predict an intense hurricane season for 2007. CEI Expert Available to…

Business and Government

• By: Richard Morrison
• 12/05/2006

Issues in the News   1. TECHNOLOGY NASA plans a taxpayer-funded moon base to be developed by the year 2020.

Antitrust

• By: Richard Morrison
• 12/04/2006

Issues in the News   1. POLITICS The Wall Street Journal editorializes on the efforts of two U.S. Senators to pressure ExxonMobil…

Antitrust

• By: Richard Morrison
• 12/01/2006

Issues in the News   1. BUSINESS A new report recommends easing the regulatory burden on Wall Street. CEI…

Antitrust

• By: Richard Morrison
• 11/27/2006

Issues in the News   1. ENVIRONMENT Scientists record the quietest hurricane season in 10 years, confounding alarmist…

Antitrust

• By: Richard Morrison
• 11/22/2006

Issues in the News   1. CULTURE The politically-loaded film Fast Food Nation hits movie theaters. CEI Expert Available…

Antitrust

• By: Richard Morrison
• 11/17/2006

1. ECONOMICS Legendary economist Milton Friedman dies at age 94. CEI Expert Available to Comment: President Fred L. Smith,…

Antitrust

• By: Richard Morrison
• 11/16/2006

Issues in the News   1. BUSINESS Wall Street firms prepare to calculate the costs imposed by financial regulations like…

Antitrust

• By: Richard Morrison
• 11/15/2006

Issues in the News   1. BUSINESS Wal-Mart plans a price-cutting blitz for the holiday shopping season. CEI Expert…

Antitrust

• By: Richard Morrison
• 11/13/2006

Issues in the News   1. BUSINESS Representatives of corporate America convene in New York to talk about “social responsibility.”…

Antitrust

• By: Richard Morrison
• 11/08/2006

Issues in the News   1. POLITICS Democrats win control of the House of Representatives. CEI Expert Available…

Antitrust

• By: Richard Morrison
• 11/07/2006

Issues in the News   1. TECHNOLOGY Verizon and YouTube near a deal to bring web videos to cell…

Antitrust

• By: Richard Morrison
• 11/06/2006

Issues in the News   1. ENVIRONMENT Delegates to a United Nations global warming conference defend the U.S. record…

Business and Government

• By: Richard Morrison
• 11/03/2006

Issues in the News   1. INTERNET Delegates to a United Nations conference on Internet governance complain of “too much”…

Business and Government

• By: Richard Morrison
• 10/31/2006

Issues in the News   1. TECHNOLOGY International negotiators continue to spar over the future of Internet governance. CEI…

Antitrust

• By: Richard Morrison
• 10/30/2006

Issues in the News   1. ENVIRONMENT A government report out of the UK predicts dire economic consequences from global…

Antitrust

• By: Peter Suderman
• 10/26/2006

Issues in the News   ENERGY Exxon Mobil reports second largest quarterly profit ever for a publicly traded U.S. company. …

Antitrust

• By: Richard Morrison
• 10/24/2006

Issues in the News   1. POLITICS State officials accuse Gov. Arnold  Schwarzenegger of undermining recent legislation on greenhouse gas emissions. CEI…

Antitrust

• By: Richard Morrison
• 10/20/2006

Issues in the News   1. SCIENCE The American Meteorological Society holds a congressional briefing, “Is Global Warming Impacting, or…

Antitrust

• By: Richard Morrison
• 10/19/2006

1. BUSINESS Wal-Mart expands discounts on generic drugs. CEI Expert Available to Comment: Adjunct Analyst Zachary Courser on why…

Antitrust

• By: Richard Morrison
• 10/17/2006

Issues in the News   1. SAFETY President Bush hosts a swearing-in ceremony for incoming Secretary of Transportation Mary E.

Antitrust

• By: Richard Morrison
• 10/16/2006

Issues in the News   1. HEALTH   The FDA approves a new drug to treat severe cases of Alzheimer’s disease.

Antitrust

• By: Richard Morrison
• 10/13/2006

1. INTERNET      President Bush prepares to sign a bill effectively banning Internet gambling. CEI Expert Available to Comment: Vice…

Business and Government

• By: Richard Morrison
• 10/11/2006

Issues in the News   1. BUSINESS        The Justice Department approves the merger of AT&T and BellSouth Corp., leaving the decision…

Antitrust

• By: Richard Morrison
• 10/06/2006

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

Antitrust

• By: Richard Morrison
• 10/04/2006

Issues in the News   1. ENVIRONMENT              A coalition of churches mounts a campaign to promote Al Gore’s global warming…

Antitrust

• By: Richard Morrison
• 10/02/2006

Issues in the News   1. HEALTH New York City plans to ban the use of trans-fats in restaurant meals.

Antitrust

• By: Peter Suderman
• 09/28/2006

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Antitrust

• By: Peter Suderman
• 09/28/2006

Issues in the News   1. GLOBAL WARMING California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger signs a law initiating the nation’s first CO2 emissions…

Antitrust

• By: Richard Morrison
• 09/21/2006

Issues in the News   1. ENVIRONMENT The attorney general of California sues the world’s six largest automakers, alleging environmental…

Antitrust

• By: Richard Morrison
• 09/12/2006

Issues in the News   1. ENVIRONMENT A new study suggests a connection between global warming and stronger hurricanes.

Antitrust

• By: Richard Morrison
• 09/11/2006

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

Antitrust

• By: Peter Suderman
• 09/08/2006

Issues in the News   1. Retail Politics The New York Times reports on Wal-Mart’s funding of research groups.  CEI…

Antitrust

• By: Richard Morrison
• 09/06/2006

Issues in the News   1. HEALTH The Food and Drug Administration approves the first fully implantable artificial heart.

Antitrust