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CSNews.com "Oil companies have spent over $90 million on state politics since 2006 to buy political silence about high gasoline prices," alleged…
May 9, 2007San Gabriel Valley Tribune (California) Getting more attention is the consumer-based Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights, which says, hold on a…
May 9, 2007TERMED-OUT SCHWARZENEGGER STILL RAKING IT IN, CRITICS SAYSan Jose Mercury News, (California) Frequent Schwarzenegger critic Jamie Court, of the Foundation for Taxpayer…
May 9, 2007Los Angeles Times Consumer advocates want U.S. fuel retailers to install nozzles that compensate for temperature changes. "It's outrageous that Americans... cannot…
May 9, 2007NBC-TV Nightly News (National 6:30 PM EST) Oil watchdog groups say profits for the refining part of companies like Exxon and Chevron…
May 8, 2007The average rises to $3.461 as refineries continue to struggle with production.Los Angeles Times In California, which has the nation's highest retail…
May 8, 2007All Things Considered (National Public Radio) Consumer advocate Jamie Court of OilWatchdog.org sees a more sinister explanation. He compares this year's string…
May 7, 2007Oakland Tribune (California) Critics are infuriated that Kaiser continues to rake in profits and raise rates each year. Kaiser implemented rate increases…
May 5, 2007California lawmakers say privately funded junkets -- including treks to Japan, France and Greece -- help them make better policy decisions. Government…
May 4, 2007The Gazette (Montreal, Canada) A California consumer group, the Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights, has dug up a number of old…
May 4, 2007Where's the gas? As pump prices test $3, persistent problems, from old plants to a shortage of skilled workers, spur debate on…
May 3, 2007The Today Show (NBC-TV National) OKWU: But industry watchdogs say the oil companies are gouging consumers by indirectly controlling the supply. Ms.…
May 3, 2007The Capital Times (Madison, Wisconsin) While the panel is only advisory, John Simpson of the Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights said…
May 3, 2007A patent ruling has delivered a serious blow to one US state's hopes of a biotechnology boomNature "A serious, public policy discussion…
May 2, 2007The Wall Street Journal Consumer groups already have started complaining about the recent rise in gasoline prices and are urging politicians to…
May 2, 2007Wisconsin Technology Network "The consensus generally was that the federal circuit court had swung too far in the direction of patent holders,"…
May 2, 2007California's average hits $3.359 for a gallon of regular. Many analysts blame the run-up on a string of refinery woes.Los Angeles Times…
May 1, 2007Supreme Court affirms basis of patent objectionMilwaukee Sentinel-Journal (Wisconsin) "We thought what James Thomson did was obvious when we filed the challenges,…
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