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Cost per gallon has jumped 8 cents on average since stormThe San Francisco Chronicle "Hurricane Katrina will only increase the probability of…
Sep 3, 2005Experts say further fuel price hikes could ignite inflation. Greenspan, under pressure to delay raising interest rates, meets with Bush.Los Angeles Times…
Sep 3, 2005Los Angeles Times The profiteering was actually well underway before Katrina, according to Jamie Court of the Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer…
Sep 3, 2005The San Diego Union-Tribune (California) The Foundation for Taxpayer & Consumer Rights also said it has completed a study that found more…
Sep 2, 2005Platts Oilgram News "The continued failure of California officials to compel refiners to create more refining capacity and increase inventories will result…
Sep 2, 2005Associated Press The Santa Monica-based Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights said the retail price of gas often is set by oil…
Sep 2, 2005North County Times (Escondido, California) Feeding the speculation of profiteering was a report issued Thursday by another advocacy group, the Foundation for…
Sep 2, 2005Insurer, which admits no wrongdoing, will pay as much as $120 million to California adjusters.Los Angeles Times Allstate Corp. said Thursday that…
Sep 2, 2005Cutting premiums would benefit all sidesThe Desert Sun (Palm Springs, California) The state consumer group Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights endorsed…
Sep 1, 2005Florida Underwriters No-fault has failed to live up to insurers promises of lower insurance rates. Lower premiums can be achieved by repealing…
Sep 1, 2005
Marketplace Radio Program (NPR) Mr. DOUG HELLER (Executive Director, Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights): The governor is supposed to be making…
Aug 31, 2005
Penn Valley couple shocked by big billsSacramento Bee "No other policy sells patients health care coverage that promises so much yet delivers…
Aug 29, 2005Some legislators choose to abstain rather than vote. It's all about power -- or political cover.Los Angeles Times Abstentions so annoy one…
Aug 29, 2005Charleston Gazette (West Virginia) The Service Station Dealers of America agree, saying wholesalers are limiting competition and thus pushing prices higher. "Fuel…
Aug 28, 2005State earthquake authority votes to reduce coverage rates 22.1 percent. Review is in works.The Orange County Register (California) Doug Heller, an insurance…
Aug 26, 2005San Jose Mercury News (California) "This was a key moment for California homeowners, because getting the approval of the earthquake authority was…
Aug 26, 2005Los Angeles Times Jerry Flanagan, a spokesman for the Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights in Santa Monica, brought two small pigs…
Aug 26, 2005