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Comcast and Time Warner has proposed a merger to unite the two media giants. The American Consumer Satisfaction Index ranked both companies'…
Feb 14, 2014Comcast and Time Warner's planned $44 billion merger may not bring much joy for their subscribers.The combined company would bring cable or…
Feb 14, 2014Consumer Watchdog's John M. Simpson discusses the implications of allowing carriers to disable your smart phone remotely. California state Senator Mark Leno…
Feb 10, 2014Insurance companies are always looking for ways to evade Proposition 103, and they have come up with a scheme to evade the…
Jan 29, 2014Regular people who work middle class or blue-collar jobs; high school graduates; retired citizens and those on low incomes. Even if they…
Jan 29, 2014Insurance companies are always looking for ways to evade Proposition 103, so it's not too surprising that some companies --Mercury, GEICO, Progressive,…
Jan 29, 2014Consumer Watchdog launched a billboard publicizing a new toll-free hotline, 1-844-DOCS-DUI, calling on the public and physicians to report suspected drug and…
Jan 24, 2014"The California Medical Board has estimated that 18% of doctors will have a drug or alcohol problem during their careers, yet California…
Jan 20, 2014Department store Neiman Marcus confirmed that its database of customer information was hacked last month. The data breach occurred around mid-December, the…
Jan 11, 2014Target's massive credit card breach reported last month may be worse than previously thought. From November 27 to December 15 one of…
Jan 10, 2014A Sacramento Superior Court judge ruled in favor of environmental groups and imposed a preliminary injunction on the Department of Toxic Substances…
Dec 27, 2013The California Department of Toxic Substances Control is supposed to use regulations, fines and the threat of legal action to protect the…
Dec 27, 2013Chase Bank notified customers who used its debit cards at Target stores during the retailer's recent security breach that it was limiting…
Dec 23, 2013Chase Bank is keeping a close eye on customers' ATM activity following the credit and debit card security breach at Target stores.…
Dec 23, 2013He was an early supporter, but that hasn’t prevented Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones from finding plenty of fault with President Barack Obama’s…
Dec 22, 2013Target says anyone who made purchases by swiping cards at terminals in its U.S. stores between Nov. 27 and Dec. 15 may…
Dec 20, 2013A pile of metal debris from a stockpile of "light iron" recyclable metal exploded and sparked a fire on Tuesday at Sims…
Dec 18, 2013A Los Angeles judge has sided with Consumer Watchdog and ordered the DTSC to halt approval of Boeing's illegal demolition and disposal…
Dec 17, 2013