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An unprecedented spike in crude oil prices followed the release of a dour unemployment report Friday, sending the stock market to its…
Jun 6, 2008Addicts: Officials Could Put End To Doctor-Shopping. An online prescription drug database that allows doctors and pharmacists to track a patient's medication…
Jun 5, 2008Ideas to help people ease the burden of high gas prices are swirling in Washington. Will any of them work?
Jun 5, 2008Los Angeles, CA -- Doctors and pharmacists are having trouble cutting off drug abusers because of the state's clunky process for checking…
Jun 3, 2008Government Must Speed Market Regulation, Says Consumer Watchdog; Group Calls for Stiffer Oil Trading Rules and Oversight of Refineries Santa Monica,…
Jun 2, 2008Wireless phone service providers may avoid paying millions of dollars in lawsuits if the Federal Communications Commission develops rules for early termination…
Jun 2, 2008The Supreme Court let stand lower court rulings that held federal arbitration law does not pre-empt class-action litigation against T-Mobile USA Inc.,…
Jun 2, 2008Rising fuel costs eat into profits and curb fun, yet boost wealth for some Like invisible fumes spreading across the ground and…
Jun 1, 2008
A drug company stands to financially benefit from proposed state legislation that could invalidate a class-action invasion-of-privacy lawsuit against it. The bill,…
Jun 1, 2008State regulators are close to a deal with PacifiCare Health Systems Inc. to restore coverage to patients whose policies were canceled unfairly…
May 30, 2008A bill that would allow pharmacies in California to share patient prescription information with third-party businesses working for drugmakers was approved in…
May 30, 2008
Santa Monica, CA -- The California Senate passed a bill today that will allow marketing firms, like bill sponsor Adheris, to gain…
May 29, 2008Group Calls for FBI, Justice Department Participation, Public Support by Bush Santa Monica, CA -- The announcement that federal regulators are investigating…
May 29, 2008Pharmacies in California would be allowed to sell confidential patient prescription information to third-party marketing firms working for drug companies under a…
May 28, 2008Oil Prices Sag Yet Pump Keeps Zooming; Lack of Oversight Means ‘Double Whammy for Consumers’ and Economy This Summer, Says Group …
May 27, 2008California's three biggest issuers want hikes as high as 9.3%. Insurance chief Steve Poizner's response could affect his political future. After dropping…
May 27, 2008"Consumers are paying through the nose for petrol today, and they're really angry," said Public Citizen president Joan Claybrook, who last week…
May 26, 2008Four dollars and rising. Soaring oil prices have pushed the average price of premium gasoline in the Kansas City area past $4…
May 23, 2008