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Consumer Watchdog has called on California's two large public employee pension funds -- CalPERS and CalSTRS -- to sell off their holdings…
Oct 15, 2010Struggling to find the definition for a word? Simply type "define: XXXX", where XXXX is the word you're asking about, into Google's…
Oct 15, 2010Death and taxes may be inevitable in life, but in politics what's inevitable is that you will have to face public opinion…
Oct 15, 2010Big Oil has flooded campuses with millions of dollars to pay for clean energy research at American universities, undermining tradition academic values…
Oct 14, 2010Few statewide political jobs in California are more important – or more poorly understood – than that of state Insurance Commissioner. The…
Oct 14, 2010With less than three weeks until election day, the leaders of three major consumer organizations have endorsed Jones. Harvey Rosenfield, author of…
Oct 14, 2010If you walk through the heart of Times Square today and look up at the 520 sq. ft. CBS superscreen on 42nd…
Oct 13, 2010$1.2 Million In Insurance Industry Donations In Past Two Weeks to Chamber PAC Running Ads Against Dave Jones Santa Monica, CA –…
Oct 13, 2010How does the health insurance industry think it can act like rules requiring them to spend more consumer premiums on health care,…
Oct 13, 2010New York, NY -- A national consumer group is running a 30 second commercial on a Times Square Superscreen that challenges Koch…
Oct 13, 2010Now that health care reform has begun its incremental changes to how health insurers can operate, some companies are demanding waivers exempting…
Oct 12, 2010Top Prop 23 Funder Doesn’t Want Greentech Competition To Get in Way of Profiteering
Oct 12, 2010The passage of a law means nothing to the lobbying industry. It only means refocusing on regulators, and if that fails, on…
Oct 11, 2010"MEGA’s bid to evade the law is a litmus test for President Obama," Consumer Watchdog President Jamie Court said in a statement.…
Oct 11, 2010Support for Do Not Track Me legislation is growing in Washington with the chairman of the Federal Trade Commission telling ABC's Good…
Oct 8, 2010Woman Left With $450K in Medical Bills Joins Call for President to Enforce New Consumer Protections Washington, DC -- Consumer Watchdog called…
Oct 8, 2010Consumer advocates are hoping that the commissioners or Sebelius will ultimately opt for a stricter interpretation, said Carmen Balber, Washington director of…
Oct 7, 2010