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Consumer Advocates Welcome New International Stem Cell Research Guidelines Emphasizing Need to Promote Public Benefit And To Guard Against Unrealistic Expectations of Success

Runner, Kuehl preparing stem-cell legislation

Capitol Weekly (California) The reason such a reminder is necessary is that legislators now are getting their first real crack at Proposition…

Exxon Record Profits Also Shows Company Took Less Profit In Run Up To The Election;

Exxon, Shell and Marathon Oil Slashed Q4 Refining Margins To Temporarily Lower Pump Prices, Group Says

AT&T, Verizon spend millions to access California cable TV market

Associated Press The contributions came as lawmakers were rewriting the rules governing the state cable industry to make it much easier for…

King Arnold?

At a press conference today, Arnold avoided a question about whether he would serve a third term if term...

Clear the Pipes

Builders, construction companies and developers poured a whopping $15.9 million into the governor's campaign chests over the last...

Tesoro purchases Southland refinery

The Los Angeles Times Jamie Court, a consumer advocate critical of the oil industry, isn't so sure. He's worried that competition could…

Health plan review may be intensified;

The state's top HMO regulator calls for outside oversight of insurers' attempts to drop policyholders.The Los Angeles Times Ehnes called Monday's meeting…

Next Stem Cell President Should Be Hands-On, Scientific Administrator;

Avoid Temptation To Seek 'Big-Name' Scientists, Consumer Advocates Urge

How freshmen get top Assembly posts;

The large amounts of money they contribute to Democratic causes correlates to the leadership positions they receive.The Orange County Register (California) A…

Key stem cell patent holder won’t seek licensing fees

San Francisco Business Times John M. Simpson of Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights, which petitioned the Patent and Trademark Office to…

People left holding bag when policies revoked;

Make a mistake on your application? You may pay for that surgery yourselfUSA TODAY Critics of the industry say the practice is…

Cancer Survivor to Call for New Patient Protection Rules After Insurer Cancelled Policy and Refused to Pay for $65,000 Surgery

State’s say of primary importance;

Holding election in February instead of June could do more than give voters in California a greater voiceContra Costa Times (California) Some…

Erlanger increasing executives’ salaries 3.5 percent to 36.5 percent

Chattanooga Times and Free Press (Tennessee) Jerry Flanagan, health care policy director for the Santa Monica, Calif.-based Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer…

‘Gold-plated’ is in the eyes of the beholder

Marketplace Radio Program (American Public Media) Consumer advocate Jamie Court says President Bush's proposal to tax healthcare spending above what the government…

‘Gold-plated’ is in the eyes of the beholder

Marketplace Radio Program (American Public Media) Consumer advocate Jamie Court says President Bush's proposal to tax healthcare spending above what the government…

Bush’s ‘Oil Price Support’ Plan: A Thank You for Big Oil’s Pre-Election Gasoline Price Drop?

State of the Union Vow to Double Strategic Oil Reserve Will Help Keep Oil, Gasoline Prices High, Says Group