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Dr. Balasubramaniam
Submitted by James Love on 6. May 2011 - 5:45On April 19, 2011, Dr Kumariah Balasubramaniam died at his home in Sri Lanka. Dr. Balasubramaniam, known to many as Dr. Bala, was described by Professor Colvin Gooneratne as "one of the most knowledgeable, resolute, articulate, versatile, resilient and in many other ways exceptionally brilliant health activists [the world] has produced." My tribute to Dr. Bala is in the Huffington Post. Prof.
38 groups (including KEI) ask Congress to make CRS reports public
Submitted by James Love on 25. February 2011 - 14:03Congressional Research Service reports are prepared in response to requests from members of congress. For decades, right to know groups have been asking that they be available online. The CRS describes itself as follows:
Response by FDA to KEI's FOIA Request Regarding the PSM India Summit of May 11, 2010 in New Delhi
Submitted by Anne Mira Guha on 19. October 2010 - 11:30In June of 2010, KEI was informed that representatives from the the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) had recently attended a summit in India on the issue of counterfeited and spurious medicines organized by the Partnership for Safe Medicines (PSM), a US-based organization with clear links to pharmaceutical corporate interests.
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Submitted by James Love on 12. August 2009 - 16:52KEI opposition to Ticketmaster/Live Nation merger
Submitted by Manon Ress on 25. February 2009 - 21:42The following is the KEI letter to the US Department of Justice on the proposed merger between Ticketmaster and Live Nation.
February 25, 2009
US Department of Justice
Antitrust Division
950 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20530
E-mail: antitrust.atr@usdoj.gov
Re: Opposition to Ticketmaster/Live Nation Merger
To whom it may concern:
Senate holds hearings on Ticketmaster/Live Nation merger
Submitted by Manon Ress on 25. February 2009 - 21:36Yesterday, the Senate Committee on the Judiciary had a hearing before the Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy and Consumer Rights on “The Ticketmaster/Live Nation Merger: What Does it Mean for Consumers and the Future of the Concert Business?
LINK http://judiciary.senate.gov/about/subcommittees/antitrust.cfm
The witnesses were:
Tequila, Mexico and the WIPO leadership race
Submitted by thiru on 5. March 2008 - 9:28WIPO Member States attending the WIPO Committee on Development and Intellectual Property have been invited to a tequila tasting event on 6 March 2008 at the Hotel de Paix coinciding with the candidacy of the Mexican candidate (Jorge Amigo) to the position of Director General of WIPO. The text of the invitation is reproduced below.
KEI Statement on Westinghouse/Toshiba Kazatomprom Sale
Submitted by Staff on 12. August 2007 - 22:00
Monday, 13 August 2007
FMI: James Love (202.332.2670,
