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The ousted leaders of Oakland-based United Healthcare Workers West on Wednesday announced that they have formed a new union and intend to…
Jan 29, 2009Oil Production and Gasoline Refining Cuts Increase Odds of Future Price Spikes, Says Watchdog Santa Monica, CA -- Shell’s 4th quarter…
Jan 29, 2009Big West is unable to buy the crude oil to keep the facility running. Job cuts are imminent. "If this plant shuts…
Jan 29, 2009Santa Monica, CA -- Consumer Watchdog warned that the move by SEIU International to takeover nursing home worker unions in California will…
Jan 28, 2009Over the past two years, 100,000 bank employees have lost their jobs, yet The Associated Press reported yesterday that nearly 90% of…
Jan 28, 2009Corporate Cutbacks Now Likely to Generate Price Spikes Later As Economy Tries to Recover Santa Monica, CA -- Conoco Phillips’ CEO…
Jan 28, 2009You may qualify for auto insurance premium reduction, according to a consumer group that wants insurers to do even more when it…
Jan 28, 2009As the regulator of a financial services industry that affects so many individuals and businesses directly at the pocketbook level, the public…
Jan 28, 2009Noting that the board of the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) has approved 253 research grants totaling...
Jan 28, 2009The White House webmaster apparently is hearing concerns from privacy advocates about exemptions from federal rules for Google's YouTube video service, but…
Jan 27, 2009California's first-in-the-nation requirement that mileage be considered in annual premiums will benefit the environment, says NRDC SAN FRANCISCO, CA (January 27, 2009)…
Jan 27, 2009Click here to view the TV news clip of this story. It seems simple enough. The fewer miles you drive, the less…
Jan 27, 2009WASHINGTON, D.C. -- They've been bailed out, but not kicked out. At banks that are receiving federal bailout money nearly nine out…
Jan 27, 2009Santa Monica, CA -- The non-partisan Consumer Watchdog called on Google today to cease a rumored lobbying effort aimed at allowing the…
Jan 27, 2009Back in December leaders of California's stem cell agency were in a big rush to push through a $400,000 grant so the…
Jan 27, 2009Health care reform is fantastically messy. No matter how bad and cruel the current U.S. system, it won't be tossed out for…
Jan 26, 2009Twelve hours after blogger Chris Soghoian revealed privacy concerns about Google's involvement with the ...
Jan 23, 2009The selection of a new vice chairman of California's stem cell board won't take place at next week's meeting in San Francisco…
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