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Milwaukee Business Journal The Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights and the Public Patent Foundation, of New York, challenged the WARF patents…
Apr 30, 2007Associated Press The governor denies any link between the donation and the television appearance, but some political watchdog groups are skeptical. "He's…
Apr 29, 2007Earnings jump 18% at San Ramon company even as crude oil prices slump in 1st quarterThe San Francisco Chronicle In other words,…
Apr 28, 2007Key stem-cell patents of varsity cancelled -- recognition for work by Prof. Bongso, othersThe Straits Times (Singapore) What led to the recent…
Apr 28, 2007Falling imports, strong demand, insufficient capacity all blamed.The Kansas City Star Judy Dugan, research director for the Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer…
Apr 28, 2007Earnings of $4.72 billion up 18% in 1st qtr despite dip in revenues and $150 million Richmond refinery outage.Contra Costa Times (California)…
Apr 28, 2007The quarterly gains, coming at a time of soaring pump prices, prompt renewed calls for legislative action.Los Angeles Times In California, the…
Apr 27, 2007Schwarzenegger to come to Pasadena Monday for a no-Democrats AARP health care forumPasadena Weekly (California) "If you're an insurance company, you'd have…
Apr 26, 2007The San Francisco Chronicle Is Chevron really going green? Shareholders, who partook in Chevron's record $17 billion petroleum profit last year, may…
Apr 25, 2007The NewStandard Consumer advocates also demand more public input and transparency in the management of the EBI. John M. Simpson of the…
Apr 24, 2007California Healthline "I think things have changed over the past three or four years," says Jerry Flanagan, health care policy director for…
Apr 23, 2007The Berkeley Daily Planet (California) Also on hand for Thursday's votes was John M. Simpson of the Santa Monica-based Foundation for Taxpayer…
Apr 20, 2007The Daily Californian (Berkeley, CA) John Simpson, the stem cell project director for the Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights, said the…
Apr 20, 2007Critics of a $500-million agreement with BP to create a lab at the school raise questions about the influence the oil giant…
Apr 20, 2007CBS-TV5 (San Francisco, CA) Playing on the names of the university and the energy company, John Simpson of the Santa Monica-based Foundation…
Apr 19, 2007THE SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE John Simpson, who has been monitoring the stem cell program on behalf of a Santa Monica nonprofit called…
Apr 18, 2007Associated Press "Hall's health should be a primary concern," said John Simpson of the Foundation For Taxpayer and Consumer Rights, which has…
Apr 18, 2007San Jose Mercury News (California) Although it's unclear if Hall's letter signals a serious division within the agency, John Simpson of the…
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