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The Washington Post The Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights (FTCR) urged congressional leaders to appoint an independent observer "to ensure a…
Sep 24, 2005Justice Department and the SEC are investigating the Senate majority leader's divestment of HCA hospital holdings before values dropped.Los Angeles Times The…
Sep 24, 2005Consumer group wonders if senator had inside info before asking blind trust to sell shares Knoxville News-Sentinel The consumer foundation FTCR asked…
Sep 23, 2005Senator's sale came as executives exercised longtime stock optionsThe Tennessean (Nashville, Tennessee) The Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights, a Santa Monica,…
Sep 23, 2005SEC & Dept. of Justice Open Investigation Into Possible Insider Trading Involving U.S. Senate Leader
Sep 23, 2005Developer of Hyatt and Hilton helped interview candidates for city jobs overseeing business, planning.The Orange County Register (California) Allowing a corporation to…
Sep 22, 2005The Tennessean (Nashville, Tennessee) A California-based watchdog group, the Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights, filed a third ethics complaint about HCA…
Sep 22, 2005The New York Times On Wednesday, the Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights of Santa Monica, Calif., said it sent a letter…
Sep 22, 2005San Jose Mercury News (California) "If there was any sort of insider information that caused Frist to use ethical considerations as a…
Sep 22, 2005Gannett News Service The president of the Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights said he thought Frist should recuse himself from voting…
Sep 21, 2005Remaining Senators Must Follow Suit: Sell Hospital, Pharmaceutical, Insurance Stock Or Abstain From Votes After refusing for two years to admit a…
Sep 21, 2005Marketplace Radio Program (NPR) Since deregulation in 1982, oil consumption has increased 33 percent. But oil companies have reduced refining capacity by…
Sep 21, 2005BestWire In addition to Angelides, the Foundation for Taxpayer & Consumer Rights came out again criticizing the proposed merger. Joined by nurses…
Sep 20, 2005Pasadena Star-News (Pasadena, CA) The Santa Monica-based FTCR wrote Measure B and successfully defended it in court. Carmen Balber of FTCR, said…
Sep 20, 2005Lawmakers' practices questioned Sacramento Bee "Politicans depend on the inability of the public -- including the press, to really get to the…
Sep 19, 2005Modern Healthcare Jerry Flanagan, healthcare policy director for the Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights, says the survey provides a meaningless comparison…
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