Energy
Chocolate Decadence
The Los Angeles Times Electric power industry officials called it a "Night of Chocolate Decadence" when they threw a soiree early this…
Jul 22, 2003Consumer Watchdog
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San Francisco Receives Top Grade For Controlling Corporate Power Over Society & Individuals
Author Releases "Corporateering Quotient" A nationally known consumer advocate and a state environmental group today released a scorecard measuring how San Francisco…
Jul 21, 2003
Energy
Hearthside Lobbying for Energy;
Firms won a key vote after their agents held fund-raisers in private homes for lawmakers.The Los Angeles Times "This is the perfect…
Jul 21, 2003
Privacy
What Are They Thinking?;
Generation X Is Last to Consider How Social Security and Financial Planning Will Affect Their FuturesThe Daily News of Los Angeles "It's…
Jul 20, 2003
Insurance
You Revealed; CLUE reports give insurance companies insight into your claim history
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Wisconsin) "ChoicePoint is basically becoming the private version of Big Brother. The information they keep on you is very…
Jul 19, 2003
Insurance
Assembly vote avoidance helps kill consumer-protection bills
San Francisco Chronicle Consumer-protection bills are dying in the Assembly, not from votes against them but because many members in key committees…
Jul 19, 2003Consumer Group Blocks Safeco’s 19.7% Homeowners Insurance Rate Hike
230,000 California Homeowners' Will Be Spared $132 Average Premium Increase by California's 6th Largest Insurer Safeco Insurance Company, the sixth largest homeowners'…
Jul 18, 2003
Insurance
Insurance discount bill sent to Davis
The firm backing the plan is a big donor to state leaders.Sacramento Bee "This is the juice bill of the year, the…
Jul 18, 2003
Insurance
California dreamin’;
Proponents of malpractice caps ignore another state's experienceSarasota Herald-Tribune (Florida) What the California experience really proves, though, is that insurance regulation is…
Jul 18, 2003
Insurance
AUTO INSURANCE DISCOUNT BILL GOES TO GOVERNOR IN CALIFORNIA
BestWire "You can't counter a proposition passed by the people of the state with legislation passed by the Legislature. That's part of…
Jul 18, 2003Assembly Passes Mercury Insurance Surcharge Bill; Insurer Has Contributed $1.2 Million to Politicians
Chance to Veto SB 841 Again Will Be Davis' Litmus Test With Consumers, Low-Income Drivers, and Voters
Jul 17, 2003
Privacy
Watchdog group grades city C+ in dealing with business
Efforts to court Boeing helped lower scoreSeattle Post-Intelligencer A consumer watchdog group looked at how well Seattle and the state of Washington…
Jul 17, 2003
Insurance
Assembly passes bill to give loyal insurance customers discounts
Associated Press The Assembly approved auto insurance legislation Thursday that would let insurers offer discounts for longtime customers, despite arguments that it…
Jul 17, 2003Seattle Gets “C+” For Controlling Corporate Power Over Society & Individuals
Author Releases "Corporateering Quotient" A nationally known consumer advocate and Washington state public interest groups today released a scorecard measuring how Seattle…
Jul 16, 2003Insurance Lobbyist’s Memo Intentionally Misleads Lawmakers; Falsely Claims Reasons for Veto “No Longer Exist”
Consumer Group Calls for Investigation Into Firm's Tactics By Committee on Lobbying Practices
Jul 16, 2003
Energy
Mirant’s plants to keep operating; Energy company files for bankruptcy
Alameda Times-Star (Alameda, CA) Mirant Corp.'s bankruptcy filing was not expected to affect the operations of its three Bay Area power plants,…
Jul 16, 2003
Insurance
INSURER: NO NEED FOR RATE REFORM
DURING A DAY OF TESTY TALK ON MALPRACTICE INSURANCE, AN EXECUTIVE SAID HIS FIRM STILL WOULD MAKE MONEY.Orlando Sentinel The head of…
Jul 15, 2003
Healthcare
Group questions Frist’s HCA ties amid debate over tort reform
Modern Healthcare FTCR, a consumer advocacy group is asking Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-Tenn) to recuse himself from any action on…
Jul 14, 2003