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The Los Angeles Times Meanwhile, supporters of Proposition 89, the campaign-finance initiative on the November ballot, attempted to capitalize on the situation…
Oct 12, 2006Pasadena Weekly The proposition is supported by the California Nurses Association, the League of Women Voters of California, original Measure B-sponsors the…
Oct 11, 2006Research could get faster and cheaper if the patents are narrowed, some scientists sayThe Scientist Magazine Patenting all human embryonic stem cells…
Oct 10, 2006Less than a month after announcing a $287 million stock offering to raise cash to build a Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) plant…
Oct 10, 2006Contra Costa Times (California) PROPOSITION 89 HAS ITS OWN SONG: TV adds, radio spots, newspapers ads, campaign Web sites, forums, protests... When…
Oct 8, 2006Contra Costa Times (California) Proponents say a public financing system (Prop 89) would free elected officials to pursue the needs of regular…
Oct 8, 2006The Washington Post Patent examiners said in recent rulings that the claims by the Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights and the…
Oct 5, 2006The Sacramento Bee (California) Jamie Court, president of the Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights, said: "It's pretty telling when you have…
Oct 5, 2006MONEY, EXPERIENCE DIFFER IN RACE PITTING POLITICO VS. ENTREPRENEURThe Sacramento Bee (California) The candidates back Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi's decision to prohibit…
Oct 5, 200610-year outlook cautions against early results from $3 billion planTHE SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE John Simpson, stem cell specialist at the Foundation for…
Oct 5, 2006INSTITUTE REPORT SAYS USABLE TREATMENTS ARE YEARS AWAYSan Jose Mercury News (California) The Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights, a Santa Monica-based…
Oct 5, 2006The San Diego Union-Tribune (California) "During the Proposition 71 campaign, proponents implied that miraculous cures were just around the corner," said John…
Oct 5, 2006The Daily Cardinal - University Wire The Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, which owns the patents that control the five stem cell lines…
Oct 5, 2006Agency's assessment could affect research OK'd by state votersThe Sacramento Bee (California) The nonprofit groups -- the Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer…
Oct 4, 2006Wisconsin State Journal The review was requested by the Los Angeles-based nonprofit Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights, which is involved in…
Oct 4, 2006Sun-Sentinel (Fort Lauderdale, Florida) "The U.S. should be importing Canadian drug policy, not Canadian drugs, so seniors don't have to cross the…
Oct 4, 2006Case challenges licenses, royalty claims by University of WisconsinTHE SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE John Simpson, stem cell project director for Santa Monica's Foundation…
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