Newsletter
The Competitive Enterprise Institute Daily Update
Tuesday, February 27, 2007 Issues in the News 1. BUSINESS Wal-Mart plans a large-scale expansion into…
Newsletter
The Competitive Enterprise Institute Daily Update
Issues in the News 1. HEALTH The nation’s largest dairy company declines to use milk from cloned cows. CEI…
Newsletter
The Competitive Enterprise Institute Daily Update
Issues in the News 1. HOMELAND SECURITY Federal regulators announce new plans for safeguarding chemical plants from terrorist…
Newsletter
The Competitive Enterprise Institute Daily Update
Issues in the News 1. LEGAL The Supreme Court overturns a $79.5 million award to a smoker’s widow in…
Newsletter
The Competitive Enterprise Institute Daily Update
Issues in the News 1. HUMAN RIGHTS Demonstrators gather in cities around the world to protest the imprisonment of…
Newsletter
The Competitive Enterprise Institute Daily Update
Newsletter
The Competitive Enterprise Institute Daily Update
Issues in the News 1. CONGRESS The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee holds a hearing on a…
Newsletter
The Competitive Enterprise Institute Daily Update
Issues in the News 1. ENERGY Wisconsin’s governor proposes a special tax on oil companies amounting to over…
Newsletter
The Competitive Enterprise Institute Daily Update
Issues in the News 1. ENVIRONMENT Virgin Atlantic chief Richard Branson offers a $25 million prize for the…
Newsletter
The Competitive Enterprise Institute Daily Update
Issues in the News 1. CONGRESS The House Education and Labor Committee holds a hearing on changes…
Newsletter
The Competitive Enterprise Institute Daily Update
Issues in the News 1. CONGRESS Congress considers legislation changing the rules for union organizing. CEI Expert…
Newsletter
The Competitive Enterprise Institute Daily Update
<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office” /> Issues in the News 1.
Newsletter
The Competitive Enterprise Institute Daily Update
<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office” /> Issues in the News 1. ENVIRONMENT…
Newsletter
The Competitive Enterprise Institute Daily Update
Issues in the News 1. CONGRESS ExxonMobil’s record profits prompt calls for a windfall profits tax on the…
Newsletter
The Competitive Enterprise Institute Daily Update
Issues in the News 1. CONGRESS “Politicians love the minimum wage. It is a perfect issue on which to demagogue, since…
Newsletter
The Competitive Enterprise Institute Daily Update
Issues in the News 1. ENERGY Thousands gather in Mexico City to protest steeply rising prices for…
Newsletter
The Competitive Enterprise Institute Daily Update
Issues in the News 1. CONGRESS Senators Dianne Feinstein and Jeff Bingaman headline a congressional hearing on “Senators’…
Newsletter
The Competitive Enterprise Institute Daily Update
Issues in the News 1. BUSINESS Competitors renew complaints about the dominance of Microsoft as the company prepares…
Newsletter
The Competitive Enterprise Institute Daily Update
Issues in the News 1. TRADE President Bush plans to ask Congress to grant him renewed “fast track” authority to…
Newsletter
The Competitive Enterprise Institute Daily Update
Issues in the News 1. ENVIRONMENT International security analysts predict that climate change could exacerbate violent conflicts around the world.
Newsletter
The Competitive Enterprise Institute Daily Update
Issues in the News 1. LEGAL Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal investigates denial-of-coverage complaints against major insurance companies.
Newsletter
The Competitive Enterprise Institute Daily Update
Issues in the News 1. CONGRESS President Bush prepares to deliver his State of the Union address before…
Newsletter
The Competitive Enterprise Institute Daily Update
Issues in the News 1. CONGRESS The Senate takes up legislation raising the minimum wage.
Newsletter
The Competitive Enterprise Institute Daily Update
Issues in the News GLOBAL WARMING House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announces the creation of a new committee on global warming. …
Newsletter
The Competitive Enterprise Institute Daily Update
Issues in the News TECHNOLOGY Microsoft announces it will release its newest operating system, Windows Vista, on January 30th. CEI Expert…
Newsletter
The Competitive Enterprise Institute Daily Update
Issues in the News 1. CONGRESS The House of Representative prepares to pass new energy policy legislation, including…
Newsletter
The Competitive Enterprise Institute Daily Update
Issues in the News 1. CONGRESS The House of Representative approves legislation requiring the government to negotiate lower…
Newsletter
The Competitive Enterprise Institute Daily Update
Issues in the News 1. CONGRESS Democrats unveil new energy legislation. CEI Expert…
Newsletter
The Competitive Enterprise Institute Daily Update
Issues in the News 1. CONGRESS New Democratic congressmen warn Speaker Pelosi to stick to a politically moderate…
Newsletter
The Competitive Enterprise Institute Daily Update
Issues in the News 1. CONGRESS The House of Representatives meets today to debate an increase in the…
Newsletter
The Competitive Enterprise Institute Daily Update
Issues in the News 1. CONGRESS Democratic leaders in Congress plan to take on the nation’s drug companies…
Newsletter
The Competitive Enterprise Institute Daily Update
Issues in the News 1. CONGRESS NPR looks into what the new Democratic-controlled Congress plans to do about…
Newsletter
The Competitive Enterprise Institute Daily Update
Issues in the News 1. CONGRESS Unions leaders mingle with celebrities and politicians as Democrats celebrate their return…
Newsletter
The Competitive Enterprise Institute Daily Update
Issues in the News 1. CONGRESS Democratic leaders in Congress begin work on their first 100 hour agenda.
Newsletter
The Competitive Enterprise Institute Daily Update
<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office” /> Issues in the News 1.
Newsletter
The Competitive Enterprise Institute Daily Update
Issues in the News 1. TECHNOLOGY The Federal Communications Commission gives its unanimous final approval to the merger of AT&T…
Newsletter
The Competitive Enterprise Institute Daily Update
Issues in the News 1. HEALTH British medical journal The Lancet estimates that as many as 62 million people could die…
Newsletter
The Competitive Enterprise Institute Daily Update
Issues in the News FINANCIAL REGULATION A U.S. District Court hears arguments in the Competitive Enterprise Institute and Free Enterprise Fund’s…
Newsletter
The Competitive Enterprise Institute Daily Update
Issues in the News GLOBAL WARMING An article explains the shortcomings of climate impact models. CEI Expert Available to Comment: Director…
Newsletter
The Competitive Enterprise Institute Daily Update
Issues in the News 1. SCIENCE Researchers suggest a link between climate change and increased rates of malaria infection…
Newsletter
The Competitive Enterprise Institute Daily Update
Issues in the News 1. TECHNOLOGY Big technology companies lobby Washington for data privacy legislation. CEI Experts Available…
Newsletter
The Competitive Enterprise Institute Daily Update
Issues in the News 1. HEALTH A new study finds Americans are unsure about the safety of biotech foods.
Newsletter
The Competitive Enterprise Institute Daily Update
Issues in the News 1. INTERNATIONAL The European Union approves a new law, known as “REACH,” regulating the manufacture…
Newsletter
The Competitive Enterprise Institute Daily Update
Issues in the News 1. HEALTH The Food and Drug Administration announces a plan to speed up access to…
Newsletter
The Competitive Enterprise Institute Daily Update
Issues in the News 1. TECHNOLOGY Tech companies lobby for federal data privacy regulation. CEI Expert Available to Comment: Vice President…
Newsletter
The Competitive Enterprise Institute Daily Update
Issues in the News 1. ENVIRONMENT Scientists predict an intense hurricane season for 2007. CEI Expert Available to…
Newsletter
The Competitive Enterprise Institute Daily Update
Issues in the News 1. ENERGY The House of Representatives considers a vote on allowing more offshore oil and…
Newsletter
The Competitive Enterprise Institute Daily Update
<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office” /> Issues in the News 1. HEALTH…
Newsletter
The Competitive Enterprise Institute Daily Update
Issues in the News 1. TECHNOLOGY NASA plans a taxpayer-funded moon base to be developed by the year 2020.
Newsletter
The Competitive Enterprise Institute Daily Update
Issues in the News 1. POLITICS The Wall Street Journal editorializes on the efforts of two U.S. Senators to pressure ExxonMobil…
Newsletter
The Competitive Enterprise Institute Daily Update
Issues in the News 1. BUSINESS A new report recommends easing the regulatory burden on Wall Street. CEI…
Newsletter
The Competitive Enterprise Institute Daily Update
Issues in the News 1. ENVIRONMENT The Supreme Court takes on the question of whether the federal government should be treating…
Newsletter
The Competitive Enterprise Institute Daily Update
Issues in the News 1. ENVIRONMENT Scientists record the quietest hurricane season in 10 years, confounding alarmist…
Newsletter
The Competitive Enterprise Institute Daily Update
Issues in the News 1. CULTURE The politically-loaded film Fast Food Nation hits movie theaters. CEI Expert Available…
Newsletter
The Competitive Enterprise Institute Daily Update
1. ECONOMICS Legendary economist Milton Friedman dies at age 94. CEI Expert Available to Comment: President Fred L. Smith,…
Newsletter
The Competitive Enterprise Institute Daily Update
Issues in the News 1. BUSINESS Wall Street firms prepare to calculate the costs imposed by financial regulations like…
Newsletter
The Competitive Enterprise Institute Daily Update
Issues in the News 1. BUSINESS Wal-Mart plans a price-cutting blitz for the holiday shopping season. CEI Expert…
Newsletter
The Competitive Enterprise Institute Daily Update
Issues in the News 1. ENVIRONMENT Researchers find new growth in forests around the world. CEI Expert Available…
Newsletter
The Competitive Enterprise Institute Daily Update
Issues in the News 1. BUSINESS Representatives of corporate America convene in New York to talk about “social responsibility.”…
Newsletter
The Competitive Enterprise Institute Daily Update
Issues in the News 1. ENVIRONMENT Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA), the new chair of the Environment & Public Works Committee, has…
Newsletter
The Competitive Enterprise Institute Daily Update
Issues in the News 1. LEGAL Michigan voters approve Proposal 2, a ban on race and gender-based affirmative…
Newsletter
The Competitive Enterprise Institute Daily Update
Issues in the News 1. POLITICS Democrats win control of the House of Representatives. CEI Expert Available…
Newsletter
The Competitive Enterprise Institute Daily Update
Issues in the News 1. TECHNOLOGY Verizon and YouTube near a deal to bring web videos to cell…
Newsletter
The Competitive Enterprise Institute Daily Update
Issues in the News 1. ENVIRONMENT Delegates to a United Nations global warming conference defend the U.S. record…
Newsletter
The Competitive Enterprise Institute Daily Update
Issues in the News 1. INTERNET Delegates to a United Nations conference on Internet governance complain of “too much”…
Newsletter
The Competitive Enterprise Institute Daily Update
Issues in the News 1. HEALTH A study in mice suggests health benefits from consuming a chemical commonly found…
Newsletter
The Competitive Enterprise Institute Daily Update
Issues in the News 1. LEGAL The Supreme Court agrees to examine whether public employee unions must obtain permission from members…
Newsletter
The Competitive Enterprise Institute Daily Update
Issues in the News 1. TECHNOLOGY International negotiators continue to spar over the future of Internet governance. CEI…
Newsletter
The Competitive Enterprise Institute Daily Update
Issues in the News 1. ENVIRONMENT A government report out of the UK predicts dire economic consequences from global…
Newsletter
The Competitive Enterprise Institute Daily Update
Issues in the News ENERGY Exxon Mobil reports second largest quarterly profit ever for a publicly traded U.S. company. …
Newsletter
The Competitive Enterprise Institute Daily Update
<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office” /> Issues in the News 1. ENVIRONMENT…
Newsletter
The Competitive Enterprise Institute Daily Update
Issues in the News 1. POLITICS State officials accuse Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger of undermining recent legislation on greenhouse gas emissions. CEI…
Newsletter
The Competitive Enterprise Institute Daily Update
<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office” /> Issues in the News 1. SCIENCE…
Newsletter
The Competitive Enterprise Institute Daily Update
Issues in the News 1. SCIENCE The American Meteorological Society holds a congressional briefing, “Is Global Warming Impacting, or…
Newsletter
The Competitive Enterprise Institute Daily Update
1. BUSINESS Wal-Mart expands discounts on generic drugs. CEI Expert Available to Comment: Adjunct Analyst Zachary Courser on why…
Newsletter
The Competitive Enterprise Institute Daily Update
Issues in the News 1. TECHNOLOGY Universal sues popular video-sharing websites, after signing a revenue sharing deal with YouTube.
Newsletter
The Competitive Enterprise Institute Daily Update
Issues in the News 1. SAFETY President Bush hosts a swearing-in ceremony for incoming Secretary of Transportation Mary E.
Newsletter
The Competitive Enterprise Institute Daily Update
Issues in the News 1. HEALTH The FDA approves a new drug to treat severe cases of Alzheimer’s disease.
Newsletter
The Competitive Enterprise Institute Daily Update
1. INTERNET President Bush prepares to sign a bill effectively banning Internet gambling. CEI Expert Available to Comment: Vice…
Newsletter
The Competitive Enterprise Institute Daily Update
Issues in the News 1. BUSINESS The Justice Department approves the merger of AT&T and BellSouth Corp., leaving the decision…
Newsletter
The Competitive Enterprise Institute Daily Update
Issues in the News 1. TECHNOLOGY Google buys Internet video pioneer YouTube for $1.65 billion.
Newsletter
The Competitive Enterprise Institute Daily Update
<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office” /> Issues in the News 1. ENERGY…
Newsletter
The Competitive Enterprise Institute Daily Update
Issues in the News 1. TECHNOLOGY Google launches a new global initiative dedicated to promoting literacy. CEI Expert Available…
Newsletter
The Competitive Enterprise Institute Daily Update
Issues in the News 1. ENVIRONMENT A coalition of churches mounts a campaign to promote Al Gore’s global warming…
Newsletter
The Competitive Enterprise Institute Daily Update
Issues in the News 1. HEALTH Thousands of lawsuits against Merck & Co. swamp courthouses to meet the deadline…
Newsletter
The Competitive Enterprise Institute Daily Update
Issues in the News 1. HEALTH New York City plans to ban the use of trans-fats in restaurant meals.
Newsletter
The Competitive Enterprise Institute Daily Update
<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office” /> Issues in the News …
Newsletter
The Competitive Enterprise Institute Daily Update
Issues in the News 1. GLOBAL WARMING California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger signs a law initiating the nation’s first CO2 emissions…
Newsletter
The Competitive Enterprise Institute Daily Update
Issues in the News SECURITY Congress moves forward with a plan to mandate tougher safety plant security procedures. CEI Expert Available to…
Newsletter
The Competitive Enterprise Institute Daily Update
Issues in the News 1. ENERGY Declining stock market values signal a weakening market for ethanol. CEI Expert Available to…
Newsletter
The Competitive Enterprise Institute Daily Update
Issues in the News 1. ENVIRONMENT The attorney general of California sues the world’s six largest automakers, alleging environmental…
Newsletter
The Competitive Enterprise Institute Daily Update
Issues in the News 1. TECHNOLOGY Social networking site MySpace prepares to expand operations into China. CEI Expert…
Newsletter
The Competitive Enterprise Institute Daily Update
Issues in the News 1. TECHNOLOGY The White House appoints a new “Cybersecurity Czar” to oversee federal computer security…
Newsletter
The Competitive Enterprise Institute Daily Update
1. HEALTH The World Health Organization advises greater use of the insecticide DDT to prevent malaria deaths in developing nations. CEI…
Newsletter
The Competitive Enterprise Institute Daily Update
<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office” /> Issues in the News 1. TECHNOLOGY…
Newsletter
The Competitive Enterprise Institute Daily Update
Issues in the News 1. ENVIRONMENT A new study suggests a connection between global warming and stronger hurricanes.
Newsletter
The Competitive Enterprise Institute Daily Update
<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office” /> Issues in the News 1. SAFETY A recent…
Newsletter
The Competitive Enterprise Institute Daily Update
Issues in the News 1. Retail Politics The New York Times reports on Wal-Mart’s funding of research groups. CEI…
Newsletter
The Competitive Enterprise Institute Daily Update
Issues in the News 1. HEALTH The Food and Drug Administration approves the first fully implantable artificial heart.
Newsletter
The Competitive Enterprise Institute Daily Update
Issues in the News 1. ENERGY President Bush makes access to affordable energy the focus of his Labor Day…