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TECHNOLOGY DAILY "I can't think of another industry except the insurance industry back in the early 1980s that begs for regulation as…
Sep 17, 2007CBS MarketWatch.com Clinton's plan doesn't go far enough in reining in insurers' power, said Jamie Court, president of the Foundation for Taxpayer…
Sep 17, 2007WIRED Blog John M. Simpson, a sometime critic of CIRM and longtime observer of the agency, said in an interview that he…
Sep 17, 2007Foundation Says Legislation, AB868, Will Delay or Prevent Fair Sales of Gasoline
Sep 17, 2007The Daily News of Los Angeles "It's a testament to the cell-phone industry's power that the first thing Arnold Schwarzenegger did when…
Sep 16, 2007Australian biologist Alan Trounson will aid California's $3-billion effort to find cures for diseases through human embryonic research.Los Angeles Times "This is…
Sep 15, 2007Thanks to a heads up from some tipsters in the Monterey area, ArnoldWatch has learned that despite protests by the Monterey community…
Sep 14, 2007San Francisco Chronicle Trounson earned undergraduate degrees from the University of New South Wales in Sydney and his doctorate in embryology from…
Sep 14, 2007California's stem-cell institute may be hunting big fish for a small tankNature Journal (nature.com) And then there's the issue of how the…
Sep 13, 2007Health Insurance Premiums Up 78% Since 2001 While Insurers Report Record Profits
Sep 12, 2007The Kansas City Star (Missouri) Although the FTC has promised to take another look at the hot fuel issue, some consumer groups…
Sep 12, 2007Charged city $11,000 for travelsEast Valley Tribune (Mesa, Arizona) Some advocacy groups warned that even trips taken on official business can sometimes…
Sep 12, 2007New Analysis Shows $4 Million from Top Health Insurers and HMOs
Sep 10, 2007Truckers, Consumer Group Demand To Know Rep. Darrell Issa's Role in Generating Federal Trade Commission OpinionOOIDA & FTCR
Sep 10, 2007The Kansas City Star (Missouri) The FTC's hot fuel letter was seen by some as the latest evidence that the agency routinely…
Sep 7, 2007The San Jose Mercury News is reporting that Governor Schwarzenegger has refused a State Senator's request for documents that could reveal that…
Sep 7, 2007Consumer Group Calls on Insurance Commissioner to Expand Investigation, Issue New Rules
Sep 6, 2007