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The Department of Health and Human Services will issue consumer warnings about price variations for a scarce liquid form of the flu-fighting drug Tamiflu, a spokesman said Wednesday. HHS spokesman Bill Hall said consumers who suspect price gouging should...
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Democrats in Congress asked for two separate investigations of drug industry pricing Wednesday as they continue working on legislation to overhaul the nation’s health care system. Responding to news reports of unusually high wholesale price increases...
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Attorney General Bill McCollum today activated Florida�s price gouging hotline to address complaints related to Tropical Storm Ida. The Attorney General is charged with enforcing the price gouging statute during declared states of emergency. Florida...
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Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal has written to 13 makers and distributors of scarce seasonal flu vaccine after receiving complaints of price hikes and unfulfilled contracts for some groups - such as the Visiting Nurses Association -...
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AGL of price gouging Posted September 9, 2009 12:18:00 Updated September 9, 2009 12:41:00 Electricity supplier AGL has been accused of price gouging in South Australia. In a speech to an energy conference in Melbourne, the Australian Competition and...
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As gas prices at the pump near $3 dollars a gallon, the oil companies would like you to believe that more people are buying gas driving prices higher, that couldn’t be further from the truth! The fact is, someone is artificially manipulating the...
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Oklahoma Attorney General Drew Edmondson is warning would-be scam artists that the state's price gouging law is now in effect. Gov. Brad Henry's declaration of a state of emergency last week after wildfires and severe weather triggered the law. The price...
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Eight retail gas stations will pay the state more than $100,000 to end a gas price-gouging investigation launched in the wake of Hurricane Ike last September, Attorney General Jack Conway said Thursday. Conway said five of the stations are owned by Pilot...
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The state of Florida has initiated a formal price gouging investigation into Morgan Stanley Group, Inc. and its subsidiary, TransMontaigne, Inc. The investigation stems from thousands of reports of gasoline price gouging prior to Hurricane Ike making...
Complaints of price gouging at gas stations surged today as fuel prices rose dramatically over the weekend with Hurricane Ike's affect on supply. But whether any of the gouging reports have merit will not be known until the close of the state's often...
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