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It’s time to exhale with gas price dip;
Last month's record was 19 cents higherThe San Diego Union-Tribune "The fact that we can consider a sigh of relief (at current…
Jun 6, 2007California Consumer Group Seeks to Block Fireman’s Fund’s Proposed Excessive Earthquake Insurance Rate Increase, Calls For $356 Cut Per Policyholder;
Homeowners Rates Also Too High, Customers Deserve 30% Decrease Says FTCR
Jun 5, 2007California Consumer Group Seeks to Block Fireman’s Fund’s Proposed Excessive Earthquake Insurance Rate Increase, Calls For $356 Cut Per Policyholder;
Homeowners Rates Also Too High, Customers Deserve 30% Decrease Says FTCR
Jun 5, 2007Activists’ health-care remedy: Control rates
Sacramento Bee (California) Jamie Court, president of the Santa Monica-based foundation, is not optimistic that AB 1554 will become law. A similar…
Jun 4, 2007Tesoro to pump funds into refinery;
The firm plans to invest $1 billion in its plant in Wilmington to boost production for the state and reduce downtime.Los Angeles…
Jun 4, 2007Wildfire Insurance Trouble
CNN-TV - AMERICAN MORNING 6:00 AM EST Some southern California residents are finding that insurance companies consider them too hot to handle.…
Jun 4, 2007Governor ignores gas price climb, critics say
Sacramento Bee (California) Jamie Court, president of the Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights in Santa Monica, said Schwarzenegger has not focused…
Jun 3, 2007WellPoint’s new CEO;
Through the glass ceiling -- Charisma, tenacity push Angela Braly to helm of largest U.S. commercial insurerIndianapolis Star Jerry Flanagan, health-care policy…
Jun 3, 2007High deductibles a pain for some insured;
Cash-strapped consumers can end up forgoing needed medical treatment or falling into debt. Los Angeles Times The point of insurance is to…
Jun 3, 2007Global Warming Vote Puts Exxon Management On the Defensive
The Hill - Congress Blog Shareholders of the world's most environmentally unfriendly oil company have now put renewable energy and global warming…
Jun 2, 2007Challenging the ownership of stem cells
The San Diego Union-Tribune (California) The Patent Office's decision was the result of a re-examination of the patents requested by the Foundation…
Jun 1, 2007Debate rages over UW stem-cell patents
Wisconsin State Journal The government's review of the three patents started last year at the request of two groups: the Foundation for…
Jun 1, 2007WARF questions relevancy of documents used to uphold patent challenge
Wisconsin Technology Network The patent challenge was pursued in part because the Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights, citing the complaints of…
May 31, 2007UW challenges rejection of patents;
Stem cell advances were 'landmark' in fieldMilwaukee Sentinel-Journal (Wisconsin) WARF's opponents said the foundation's arguments are nothing new. The documents appear to…
May 31, 2007Health Insurer Cost Curbs Take Major Step in Legislature;
Bill to Regulate Insurance Premiums Easily Passes Key Vote
May 31, 2007Wis. foundation challenges decision to reject stem cell patents
Associated Press The California-based Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights and others are challenging patents that cover discoveries by Thomson, who was…
May 31, 2007