Insurance
Gov. plans to seek fire levy;
Los Angeles Times January 9, 2008 by Marc Lifsher & Evan Halper, Times Staff Writers ...
Jan 9, 2008Consumer Watchdog
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Insurance
Gov. plans to seek fire levy;
The 1.25% fee, added to property insurance bills, would boost firefighting and aid overall budget. Critics call it a tax.Los Angeles Times…
Jan 9, 2008
Insurance
Will Mercury Insurance and Insurance Broker lobbyists try to change the rules in order to charge customers more?
For several years Mercury Insurance and lobbyists for insurance brokers have desperately tried to change California's insurance rules governing who is an…
Jan 9, 2008
Energy
Gas Prices Jump a Nickel
Convenience Store News (CSN at the Trade Show) January 8, 2008 by Diva J ...
Jan 8, 2008
Energy
Outage responses fuel power debate
Record Searchlight (Redding, California) January 8, 2008 by Ryan Sabalow, Record Searchlight ...
Jan 8, 2008
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, 2008
Insurance
Consumer Watchdog challenging earthquake insurance rate hike by GeoVera
CW attorney Todd Foreman is in San Francisco this week trying to block a proposed earthquake insurance rate hike by GeoVera Insurance. …
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
Insurance
Text of Proposition 103
The full text, with amendments, of California's 1988 historic insurance reform law.
Jan 1, 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