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, 2008Consumer Watchdog
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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, 2008California 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
Insurance
Quackenbush under fire again, this time in Florida for firing on suspect
Chuck Quackenbush, the disgraced former California insurance commissioner who resigned in 2000 after accusations of misusing public funds, has been of late,…
Feb 28, 2008Closer Analysis Shows Consumer Groups Make Gains in Stem Cell Patent Challenges Against WARF
Appeal Still Planned Against Narrowed Claims SANTA MONICA, CA -- Closer analysis of the patent office's decision on a human embryonic stem…
Feb 28, 2008Consumer Groups Will Continue To Press Stem Cell Patent Challenge
SANTA MONICA, CA -- Two consumer groups said today that they will continue their challenge of three overreaching patents on human stem…
Feb 28, 2008
Privacy
Stem Cell Forum Attracts International Field, Shows State’s Influence
SAN FRANCISCO, CA -- In an indication of California's growing influence in regenerative science circles, according to state officials, 21 stem cell…
Feb 26, 2008