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Senator Max Baucus ran from questions this morning about why he refuses to hear arguments for removing the profit and greed of…
May 21, 2009Believe it or not, Google's co-founder Larry Page says that the Internet giant needs to retain your search data more than six…
May 21, 2009I spent a half hour on Larry Mantle's popular Los Angeles Air Talk Show this morning going through the pro's and con's…
May 20, 2009Sen. Max Baucus Must Publicly Answer 10 Questions About Mandatory Purchase of Health Insurance Washington D.C. -- For the second time in…
May 20, 2009NIH Should Fix Standards To Allow Use Of Current Stem Cell Lines Santa Monica, CA -- Regulations governing stem cell research proposed…
May 20, 2009The president has lifted the Bush restrictions on embryonic stem cell on federal funding for embryonic stem cell research mean for the…
May 20, 2009Baucus may be too quick to compromise away the public part of that public-private combination. Insurance companies are already furiously lobbying against…
May 19, 2009HELENA, MT -- At a town hall meeting last Thursday in Rio Rancho, N.M., the first question directed to President Barack Obama…
May 19, 2009"The fact that oil is over $50 per barrel, much less close to $60, doesn't make sense in a pure supply and…
May 19, 2009Americans Want Green Solutions But Worry About Costs; Handbook Identifies Wasted Billions, Best Paths Washington, DC -- As President Obama announces new…
May 19, 2009In a 4-3 decision, the California Supreme Court today reversed a lower court ruling in a false advertising class action pending for…
May 19, 2009The corporate attack on California consumer protection laws suffered a setback today. The California Supreme Court rejected the tobacco industry’s attempt to…
May 19, 2009Here's the latest from the Associated Press about a new California Supreme Court case allowing a false advertising case against the tobacco…
May 18, 2009The Senate's version of health care reform is becoming a "cave-in" to the medical and insurance industries, writes Robert Reich in ...
May 18, 2009This conjunction of abundant supply and low demand should translate into cheap prices. But that isn't the case right now. “The fact…
May 18, 2009A far-reaching ruling is expected in a case that could apply limits in 2004's Proposition 64 to ads for cigarettes. San Francisco,…
May 18, 2009Commissioners Solicited Sponsorships; Ethical Questions Raised Public Utilities Commissioner Gary Hanson solicited money for an energy conference from many of the Midwest…
May 17, 2009Insurance companies, including American International Group (AIG), spent nearly $36 million in recent years on political contributions to members of Congress, according…
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