Media highlights.The following media mentions were omitted in the last edition of Consumer Comments: March 19--AFX Press, a financial news service, reported on the pediatric pediatric /pe·di·at·ric/ (pe?de-at´rik) pertaining to the health of children. pe·di·at·ric adj. Of or relating to pediatrics. rule suit. April 8--Advertising Age-Smith was quoted on the U.S postal rate hike. April 15--The Decatur Daily quoted Smith on 401 (K) plans and lessons from Enron Enron A U.S. energy-trading and utilities company that housed one of the biggest accounting frauds in history. Enron's executives employed accounting practices that falsely inflated the company's revenues, which, at the height of the scandal, made the firm become the seventh . May--Consumers' Research magazine published the CA column "Mandating Opt-In May Cause Consumers to Be Left Out," by Plummer. June 30--Annapolis Capital recommended Consumer Alert's website. June--Consumers' Research magazine published the CA column "Farm Bill Undermines Open Trade--and Consumer Welfare," by B. Rippel. July 9--SecurityFocus online quoted Plummer on the arrest of an NCC NCC See National Clearing Corporation (NCC). Privacy Villain VILLAIN., An epithet used to cast contempt and contumely on the person to whom it is applied. 2. To call a man a villain in a letter written to a third person, will entitle him to an action without proof of special damages. 1 Bos. & Pull. 331. . The report was also published at BusinessWeek Online. July 18--Foster Natural Gas Report reported on Schleede's testimony. July--Consumers' Research magazine published the CA column "Lessons from WorldCom," by Smith. August--Consumers' Research published the CA column "Acrylamide acrylamide /acryl·a·mide/ (ah-kril´ah-mid) a vinyl monomer used in the production of polymers with many industrial and research uses; the monomeric form is a neurotoxin. in Food Surprises Scientist," by Smith. August--Plummer's CR article "Mandating Opt-in May Cause Consumers to Be Left Out" was listed in Heritage's 2002 Candidate Briefing Book. August--Plummer's NCC Privacy Villain for May 9, 2002, was quoted in Reason magazine. August 1--Smith was quoted in a Cato Policy Analysis on the Biosafety Protocol. August 3--The Charlotte Observer quoted Smith on 401(K)s and the need for employee education. August 5--Plummer was quoted again by SecurityFocus on the occasion of DEA DEA - Data Encryption Algorithm Agent Catalayud's sentencing. The report was also picked up by the UK Register. August 18--NewsMax.com mentioned CA as signing a letter to Treasury Sec. O'Neill on financial privacy. August 26--junkscience.com quoted CA's press release on the UN World Summit on Sustainable Development Sustainable development is a socio-ecological process characterized by the fulfilment of human needs while maintaining the quality of the natural environment indefinitely. The linkage between environment and development was globally recognized in 1980, when the International Union . August 27--AgBio View quoted CA's press release on UN Summit. August 27--Free-Market Net Freedom News quoted CA press release on UN Summit. Weekly--FCF News provides audio features of the NCC Privacy Villain by interviewing J. Plummer each week. |
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