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Job sharing came to the state stem cell institute yesterday when its board appointed two people to the post of vice chairman:…
Mar 13, 2009Outgoing state Democratic Party chief Art Torres and a Republican biotech executive, Duane Roth, are chosen by the California Institute for Regenerative…
Mar 13, 2009California Energy Commission says the costs of compensating for gasoline temperature would outweigh the gains in fuel volume. Amid allegations of conflict…
Mar 12, 2009Consumer Group Says Government Staff's Consumer-Oriented Findings Were Altered by Commissioners With Ties to Oil Industry Santa Monica, CA -- Public…
Mar 11, 2009According to economic disclosure forms filed last week with state Fair Political Practices Commission, Orange County’s 14 lawmakers in the State Legislature…
Mar 11, 2009California regulators decline to require carriers to pay for a behavior therapy that is gaining recognition. Harvey Rosenfield, founder of Consumer Watchdog,…
Mar 10, 2009With growing prominence, Baucus has also faced heightened scrutiny; the Consumer Watchdog group listed him as the top Democratic recipient of contributions…
Mar 10, 2009Consumer Watchdog has revealed that politicians in Washington have received multimillion dollar donations from drug and health insurance companies. "When the engineer…
Mar 10, 2009SACRAMENTO, CA -- In the midst of intense state budget negotiations, Democratic lawmakers stole away to an elegant wine-country lodge where the…
Mar 9, 2009John M. Simpson, stem cell project director of Consumer Watchdog, a nonprofit group in Santa Monica, CA, is a longtime participant in…
Mar 9, 2009Health insurers and drug makers have showered members of the 111th Congress with millions in campaign contributions over the last four years,…
Mar 9, 2009Lauds Lifting of Ban And Calls On President Obama To Follow Policies Established By California Stem Cell Agency Santa Monica, CA —…
Mar 9, 2009Senator Max Baucus, Leading Architect of Health Care Reform, Received More Industry Contributions Than Any Other Democrat WASHINGTON D.C. -- Health insurers…
Mar 9, 2009Stem cell institutions may turn to the federal stimulus package to plug a financing gap for major facilities and research, said Bob…
Mar 6, 2009KYRA PHILLIPS, CNN HOST: Some former Countrywide executives are mopping up some of their own mortgage messes today. Not out of the goodness…
Mar 6, 2009Google Health has a new feature that lets users share medical information with others through an e-mail link. Google has tried to…
Mar 5, 2009The recent incident involved a privacy group called Consumer Watchdog. The organization and Google have had a history of run-ins. Consumer Watchdog…
Mar 4, 2009Click here to listen to the audio of this broadcast. Jamie Court, President of Consumer Watchdog, calls the online updates an unprecedented…
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