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The big insurer, accused of illegally canceling some policies, agrees to pay its ex-customers.The Los Angeles Times Consumer advocates said they feared…
Oct 18, 2006Sacramento Bee (California) The measure would provide public financing for state candidates and place new restrictions on ballot-measure campaigns. "In politics, you…
Oct 16, 2006The Wisconsin State Journal John Simpson, stem-cell director for the Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights, said the license fees demanded by…
Oct 15, 2006The Los Angeles Times Prop 89 - Public financing of campaigns. What it would do:Â Raise corporate and banking taxes by $200…
Oct 15, 2006UPI - United Press International Prop. 87 is also endorsed by former Clinton Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, Sen. Diane Feinstein, D-Calif.,…
Oct 13, 2006The San Jose Mercury News (California) On Wednesday, the company went a step further, announcing that it will cap Avastin's price for…
Oct 12, 2006THE SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE "No matter how good the scientific strategic plan is, it's meaningless without the proper policies in place," said…
Oct 12, 2006The New York Times It is not clear whether Genentech's move will mollify critics. Jerry Flanagan, health care policy director at the…
Oct 12, 2006FIRMS, UNIONS HAVE STAKE IN KEEPING COUNCIL MEMBERS IN OFFICEThe Daily News of Los Angeles "Of course, the special interests want to…
Oct 12, 2006The 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…
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