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Gov.’s Gift to PUC Official Questioned

Schwarzenegger gave Susan Kennedy $25,000 after he received that amount from AT&T. Days later, she voted to OK its merger with SBC.The…

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Arnold's new Chief of Staff, Susan Kennedy, was still working as a Public Utilities Commissioner when she was secretly paid $25,000 by…

FTCR Expert Testifies Before U.S. Senate That Standard Oil Trust Has Been Resurrected, New Anti-Trust Laws Needed

Testimony of Tim Hamilton before the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee on 2-1-06 Regarding Anti-Trust Laws & Big Oil

Public campaign funds on California agenda

UPI - United Press International Backers include the California Clean Money Campaign, the California Nurses Association, the League of Women Voters, the…

Exxon profit hits record $36 billion;

The amount is the largest by any U.S. company ever, analysts believeThe Houston Chronicle The Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights issued…

Stem Cell Ethics Committee Agrees with Consumer Advocates & Closes “Donor” Loophole

Exxon Profit Sets Record, Stirs Anger;

Its annual and quarterly profit are the highest for any public corporation, but consumers see red.Los Angeles Times On Monday, the California…

Exxon Mobil World Record Profits Based on Supply Manipulation & Katrina Profiteering, Prove Need For Supply-Side Regulation

State of the Union “Bush-Care” Is Junk Health Care Plan, Widow & Consumer Groups Say

Ballot Fight Over Auto Insurance Is Averted

Los Angeles Times "I think they realized that nobody's interests would be served," said Rosenfield, who wrote Proposition 103 and leads the…

Chevron 4th Qtr. Profit Up 20 Percent to $4.14 Billion

Associated Press Consumer activists, though, insist a government crackdown is long overdue. "These aren't just windfall profits; they are hurricane-force profits," said…

Health Care Confidential

The New York Times Cries of "socialized medicine" didn't, in the end, succeed in blocking the creation of Medicare. And farsighted thinkers…

Data firm fined for leak;

ChoicePoint must pay $15 million in wake of ID thefts.Sacramento Bee (California) Carmen Balber, a staffer with the Santa-Monica-based Foundation for Consumer…

Prognosis Is Mixed for Health Savings;

Though Enrollment Grows, Many Don't Bother to SaveThe New York Times For those who criticized the idea of health savings plans from…

Dana & Doug Christensen

Fake Health Insurance Left Dana Widowed With $450K In Unpaid Bills

‘Pirates’ spread healthcare message

UPI - United Press International "Our goal is to focus on young people who don't necessarily think about healthcare but are paying…

WellPoint triples its profit;

Largest health insurer benefits from 2004 mergerTHE SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE "When Wall Street analysts talk about efficiencies, they're talking about more money…