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The price of oil jumped $16.37 to $120.92 per barrel Monday, its biggest single-day gain ever, as investors spooked by the financial…
Sep 23, 2008Schwarzenegger Must Keep His 'State of the State' Promise to Protect All Californians By Signing Legislation Los Angeles, CA -- New legislation…
Sep 23, 2008The city of Madison, a crucial area for stem cell research, plays host to the 2008 World Stem Cell Summit Monday and…
Sep 22, 2008Preventing Unwarranted Insurance Cancellations The insurance industry has mounted a fierce lobbying campaign against AB 1945. Jerry Flanagan of Consumer Watchdog, which…
Sep 21, 2008Two groups said Friday that they have appealed the federal government's decision to uphold a stem-cell patent held by the Wisconsin Alumni…
Sep 20, 2008On Sept. 17, Consumer Watchdog, a California-based consumer advocacy group, sent a letter to Kanjorski asking him to withdraw the bill in…
Sep 19, 2008SANTA MONICA, CA -- Legal papers just filed with the U.S. Patent Office cite two legal errors made by a patent examiner…
Sep 19, 2008State insurance regulators said Wednesday they are continuing to look into the potential impact in Florida from the financial crisis at insurance…
Sep 18, 2008H.R. 5840 (Kanjorski) On House Calendar Today Would Allow Treasury Dep't to Preempt Certain State Laws Santa Monica, CA -- In a…
Sep 17, 2008Consumer advocates had argued that this week's $85 billion federal bailout of insurer AIG was necessary because the federal government has been…
Sep 17, 2008The insurer wins approval to use $20 billion in assets held by its subsidiaries. American International Group Inc., the nation's largest insurer…
Sep 16, 2008What if a mugger took you at gunpoint to the bank and made you hand over 10% of your savings? (He's a…
Sep 16, 2008Consumer Watchdog Calls on State Insurance Regulators to Protect Consumers From AIG Investment Losses Santa Monica, CA -- Consumers should not…
Sep 15, 2008Santa Monica, CA -- Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger should sign a stem cell public accountability bill, SB1565, into law, Consumer Watchdog said today. …
Sep 15, 2008California's stem cell agency is hammering out key details of a loan program that could deliver badly needed cash to companies trying…
Sep 15, 2008Consumers' ability to collect damages from drug makers over serious side effects is at stake in an upcoming ruling. Consumer advocates say…
Sep 15, 2008Back in 2004, I had Kaiser health insurance through my employer. I was diagnosed late that year with a fibroid uterine tumor…
Sep 12, 2008Jerry Flanagan of the Consumer Watchdog group in Santa Monica feels sympathy for doctors who can't break what he called the stranglehold…
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