Consumer Watchdog

Privacy

Madison Will Host World Stem Cell Summit

Just a day after the University of Wisconsin's patent licensing arm won a government ruling upholding a pair of key stem cell…

Mar 12, 2008

Privacy

Editorial: Piecemeal Reform Won’t Do for Stem Cell Institute

Legislature is reduced to small measures as need for fundamental change grows California's quasi-public stem cell research agency is holding a rare…

Mar 11, 2008

Privacy

U.S. Upholds Two More Stem Cell Patents Held By Wisconsin Group

MADISON, WI -- In a major victory for the University of Wisconsin-Madison, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has upheld two more…

Mar 11, 2008

Insurance

Calif. Court Upholds Rules on Insurers Repaying Advocates

LOS ANGELES, CA -- California insurance companies must comply with state regulations requiring them to pay the legal and expert fees of…

Mar 10, 2008

Daily Record Prices for Oil, Gasoline Hammer Consumers and U.S. Economy

Group Calls for Swift Action to Curb, Regulate Energy Speculators, 'Today's Enron Rogues' Santa Monica, CA -- Congress and President Bush must…

Mar 10, 2008

Court Rejects Insurance Industry Attempt to Block Consumer Rate Challenges

Consumer Group, Dep't of Insurance Win Victory to Protect Prop 103, Save Policyholders Billions Santa Monica, CA -- Amendments to California insurance…

Mar 8, 2008

Insurance

Judge Upholds Insurance Commissioner’s Awarding of Fees to Advocacy Groups

LOS ANGELES, CA -- Rejecting a challenge by insurance groups, a Los Angeles judge ruled today that the state insurance commissioner can…

Mar 7, 2008

Energy

McCaskill Requests Hearing on Bill to Protect Consumers at Gas Pump

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The following information was released by Missouri Senator Claire McCaskill: U.S. Senator Claire McCaskill this week pushed leaders of…

Mar 6, 2008

Insurance

Not Always As Green As They Claim

Companies, Governments Accused of Exaggerating Eco-friendliness As interest in green issues reaches a white-hot pitch, government and industry are jumping on the…

Mar 6, 2008

Privacy

The Giving Is Easy in State Capitol, 2007 List Shows

Don't tell Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger it's better to give than receive. He got the darnedest gifts last year, dozens of them, ranging…

Mar 5, 2008

Energy

A Matter of Degrees: Drivers Get Less in Tank as Temperature of Fuel Rises

No matter how high gas prices soar this summer, consumer advocates believe California drivers could save up to a dime per gallon…

Mar 4, 2008

California Gasoline Price to Top All-Time Record As Speculators Drive Crude Oil Price to Near $104

U.S. Price Also Near Record; Group Demands Curbs on Speculation, Action on Oil Subsidies Santa Monica, CA -- Spiking gasoline prices are…

Mar 3, 2008

Healthcare

Nurses air radio spot in Ohio on the problem of mandates

The National Nurses Organizing Committee/California Nurses Assoc. is airing a radio spot in Ohio about the debate over mandatory health insurance proposals.

Mar 1, 2008

Insurance

Warren Buffett on insurance profits: Dude, we’re out of beer.

Warren Buffett, owner of Geico Insurance  and major reinsurance companies, has begun to sound the alarms that I'm thinking will soon...

Mar 1, 2008

Insurance

UW Group’s Stem Cell Patent Upheld: Federal Ruling Helps in Commercialization of Work

Wisconsin's role in the commercialization of embryonic stem cell research has received a boost from the U.S. patent office, which rejected a…

Feb 29, 2008

Insurance

Good drivers to subsidize the bad in Massachusetts

There’s a great new study out this week from our friends at ...

Feb 29, 2008

Privacy

Reporters want wi-fi in California capitol

Reporters covering the goings on at California's Capitol in Sacramento want a WiFi network installed in the building so they can go…

Feb 28, 2008

Energy

Editorial: Pump Prices Tell The Story

I don't know diddly about how the oil industry legally siphons billions in profits from captive customers while the nation's oil-based economy…

Feb 28, 2008