Oil Giants Succumb to Raccoon and Possum;
Group Pleads With LA Motorists Not to Blame Wildlife for 7-Cent a Gallon Price Spike
Mar 6, 2007Consumer Watchdog
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Energy
A BEATING AT THE PUMP;
DRIVERS DIG DEEPER AS PRICES RISEModesto Bee One consumer advocacy group, Santa Monica's Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights, called this week…
Mar 5, 2007
Privacy
As WARF Updates Embryonic Stem Cell Policy To Ease License Requirements, IP Row Unfolds
BioTech Transfer Week On the same day that WARF issued its statement on policy changes, the Foundation for Taxpayer Consumer Rights, a…
Mar 5, 2007
Privacy
Union, nursing home alliance team up;
Agreement's details kept secret amid $60 million lobbying push - Draft of pact calls for no strikes, industry to allow labor organizingThe…
Mar 5, 2007Hot Fuel Solution Derailed By Oil Companies;
FTCR Calls On Attorney General, Boxer To Force Sale Of Temperature-Adjusted Gasoline Pump In California
Mar 5, 2007
Energy
Debut of fix for ‘hot fuel’ on hold:
A company backs off plans to sell retail pumps that would solve the problem in California.The Kansas City Star (Missouri) "Now that…
Mar 4, 2007
Insurance
Class Action: Cell users pursue claims;
Former customers of AT&T Wireless say service quality fell after the Cingular merger.Tulsa World (Oklahoma) Harvey Rosenfield, who is co-counsel for the…
Mar 3, 2007
In The News
Green Giant
After national outbreaks of E. coli tied to the California spinach and lettuce industry, one might assume that California's Fitness Guru-in-chief would…
Mar 2, 2007California Regulators Side With AT&T, Verizon and Cable Companies;
Group Calls on Speaker Nuñez to Fix Video Franchise Law After PUC Rejects Oversight Role, Consumer Protections
Mar 1, 2007
Energy
State gas prices zooming near $3
Sacramento Bee (California) Yet California prices have risen more quickly than in the rest of the country. The traditional "spread" of 20…
Feb 28, 2007
Insurance
Stem cell audit finds need for changes;
Institute will comply on all but one requestThe San Diego Union-Tribune "It's hard for me to determine whether this is the auditors…
Feb 28, 2007
Energy
California’s Gas Price Higher Than U.S. Average
CSNews.com The Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights said there is no credible reason for the large and widening disparity, and called…
Feb 28, 2007
Energy
Smoke, Mirrors & Hot Air – How ExxonMobil Uses Big Tobacco’s Tactics to Manufacture Uncertainty on Climate Science
Union of Concerned Scientists
Feb 27, 2007
Privacy
Council OKs strict donation guidelines
Pasadena Star-News (California) The act, once known as Measure B, was approved by voters in 2001 by a 60 percent margin. In…
Feb 27, 2007
Energy
State’s gasoline jumps 8.6 cents;
California's average is almost 36 cents higher year over year. Refinery problems are blamed.The Los Angeles Times The gap between the California…
Feb 27, 2007
Insurance
In Insurance Companies We Trust
During his news conference at the National Press Club (get webcast here) in Washington Monday, the Gov fielded lots of softballs from…
Feb 27, 2007California’s Call to Arms: Gasoline Spikes 45 Cents a Gallon Higher Than U.S. Average;
It Is 'Political Malpractice' If Congress, State Fail to Act, Say Consumer Advocates
Feb 26, 2007
Privacy
STEM CELL RESEARCH: Consumer advocates welcome new international stem cell research guidelines
Stem Cell Week The Foundation For Taxpayer and Consumer Rights (FTCR) praised provisions in new international stem cell research guidelines issued recently…
Feb 26, 2007