Energy
Outage responses fuel power debate
Record Searchlight (Redding, California) January 8, 2008 by Ryan Sabalow, Record Searchlight ...
Jan 8, 2008Consumer Watchdog
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Energy
Outage Responses Fuel Power Debate
Private vs. public energy at center of discussion That's why Doug Heller, executive director for the Foundation for Taxpayer & Consumer Rights,…
Jan 8, 2008
Energy
Gas Prices Jump a Nickel;
Meanwhile, a consumer group urges Congress to curb gas pricesConvenience Store News (CSN at the Trade Show) "Today's rising energy prices as…
Jan 8, 2008Congress Must Act to Question, Curb Energy Prices as Gasoline Rises Again, Says Group
Pump Price up a Nickel in a Week, Boosting Refinery Profits Even as Economists See Recession Looming
Jan 7, 2008
Privacy
Industry and academia team up;
10 companies, 56 groups apply for grants to get stem cell products to trialSan Diego Union-Tribune To have 10 companies from around…
Jan 7, 2008
Privacy
Industry and academia team up;
San Diego Union-Tribune January 6, 2008 by Terri Somers, STAFF WRITER Industry and...
Jan 6, 2008
Energy
Gas prices go up again
Erie Times-News (Pennsylvania) Worldwide demand for oil and political unrest in oil-producing nations are some of the factors behind the current escalation…
Jan 4, 2008
Energy
Gas prices go up again
Erie Times-News (Pennsylvania) January 4, 2008 by Jim Carroll, Erie Times-News Gas...
Jan 4, 2008Consumer Advocates to CA Legislative Analyst: Consider Massachusetts Financial Meltdown in Review of Health Care Legislation
Santa Monica, CA -- In a letter sent today to California Legislative Analyst Elizabeth Hill, a consumer group urged Hill, who is…
Jan 3, 2008Energy Traders Get Their Manufactured $100-Oil Dream, Consumers Brace for $4.00 Gasoline
Group Calls on Congress to Curb Wild Speculation in Energy Markets
Jan 3, 2008
Privacy
This is a “blog” post
This is a post categorized as a "blog" post, so eventually, it should be excluded from certain lists. Li Europan lingues es…
Jan 2, 2008
Privacy
ZIP code changes expected in ’08 Decision to affect Thousand Oaks, neighborhoods
Ventura County Star (California) December 30, 2007 by Rachel McGrath, Correspondent ZIP...
Dec 30, 2007
Privacy
ZIP code changes expected in ’08 Decision to affect Thousand Oaks, neighborhoods
Ventura County Star (California) Consumer advocate Carmen Balber, from the Santa Monica-based Foundation for Taxpayer & Consumer Rights, said this illustrates a…
Dec 30, 2007
Insurance
Online consumer advocate resolves disputes
Contra Costa Times (California) December 29, 2007 by Janis Mara STAFF WRITER Online...
Dec 29, 2007
Insurance
Online Consumer Advocate Resolves Disputes;
"This is fascinating. It's like having a John Edwards-style tort lawyer at a cut rate for smaller consumer complaints," said Judy Dugan,…
Dec 29, 2007
Healthcare
Malpractice Law May Deny Justice
Lawyers, citing an award limit, often won't take medical injury suits. Dave Stewart's 72-year-old mother went to Stanford University Medical Center for…
Dec 29, 2007
Privacy
Consumer advocates align to support new patent rules
National Law Journa The groups behind the amicus are: The Public Patent Foundation, Computer & Communications Industry Association, AARP, Consumer Federation of…
Dec 28, 2007
Privacy
Rebates for Customers Of InPhonic In Peril, Again
"The company has decided to use the bankruptcy laws to avoid paying back the consumers it scammed," said Harvey Rosenfield, a lawyer…
Dec 26, 2007