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Science Magazine Preliminary as it is, many people are gratified by the patent decision. "Nobody wanted to do anything, but everybody seemed…
Apr 13, 2007San Gabriel Valley Tribune (California) This number means that while oil companies continue to insist there's a direct link between what they…
Apr 13, 2007Pharma Marketletter Genentech's soaring income drew criticism from some quarters, including the Santa Monica-based Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer rights, which argued…
Apr 13, 2007The Chronicle of Higher Education The patent office undertook the re-examination of the three patents in response to a request filed in…
Apr 13, 2007Associated Press The database set up to provide a window into how California spends billions of taxpayer dollars is badly flawed. The…
Apr 13, 2007A national symbol of environmentalism, he has skeptics at home.Los Angeles Times Schwarzenegger killed another bill last year that would have made…
Apr 13, 2007Some lawmakers and consumer advocates are supporting a new effort to regulate insurance rates in California.Los Angeles Times The foundation (FTCR), one…
Apr 12, 2007PROPOSAL TO HAVE STATE SET RATES FACES TOUGH GOINGThe San Jose Mercury News (California) Jerry Flanagan, the health care policy director for…
Apr 12, 2007State Analysis Finds Insurance Too Costly for Families, Older Consumers
Apr 12, 2007UPI - United Press International The wireless industry is making money from a program that lets cell phone users donate to the…
Apr 11, 2007TECHNOLOGY DAILY The Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights thinks a new program that lets people text-message donations to the American Red…
Apr 11, 2007THE SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE This sentiment was echoed by Carmen Balber, a spokeswoman for the Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights in…
Apr 11, 2007The secret deal worked out between SEIU bosses and nursing home owners denies union members the right to speak out strike, or…
Apr 11, 2007Measure Modeled on Landmark Auto Reform Would Require Insurers to Justify Increases and Get Approval Before Raising Rates
Apr 11, 2007A decision by the US patent office offers encouragement to small-scale research unitsThe Australian (Australia) As the WARF challenge shows, it's far…
Apr 11, 2007Rep. Kucinich Requests Oil Companies' Plan for Increasing Supply In West as California Far Outpaces U.S. Average Price
Apr 10, 2007Advocates Call for Ban on Privately Funded Out-of-State Travel
Apr 10, 2007