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On Thursday, Consumer Watchdog complained about the ad rejection in an open letter published on its site, and a Google representative confirmed…
Sep 10, 2010A message Thursday from Health and Human Services chief Kathleen Sebelius is unusual not just for its tough language toward health insurers,…
Sep 10, 2010SANTA MONICA, CA -- New comments by Google CEO Eric Schmidt in Berlin show the top executive of the Internet giant fails…
Sep 9, 2010If you believe that health insurance companies will really go broke if they don't get 20% premium increases during a deep recession,…
Sep 8, 2010An anti-Google video is running on a billboard in Times Square, criticizing the search company on privacy issues. The 15-second cartoon depicts…
Sep 8, 2010Made wary by the Google Wi-Fi scandal, privacy advocates are concerned. Part of the problem is that there's so little public awareness…
Sep 8, 2010The animated creation portrays Google CEO Eric Schmidt as a creepy old dude riding around in an ice cream truck offering up…
Sep 8, 2010Janet Adamy in the Wall Street Journal reports (subscription necessary) that health insurers across the country are using the health reform law…
Sep 8, 2010Mexico’s huge national oil company, Pemex, has shut down a large chunk of its natural gas fields because of the apparent kidnapping…
Sep 8, 2010Response to our video "Don't Be Evil?" lampooning Google and its CEO Eric Schmidt's attitude toward privacy has been overwhelming since we…
Sep 7, 2010There were two major legal developments Friday involving Internet giant Google as the nation focused its attention on the long Labor Day…
Sep 7, 2010Consumer Watchdog has launched a 540-square-foot animated advertisement that mocks Google's privacy practices by depicting Google chief executive Eric Schmidt using an…
Sep 7, 2010The problem with American politics is that there is too much focus on raising money and too little on raising hell. The…
Sep 6, 2010Do you want Google or any other online company looking over your shoulder and tracking your every move online just so it…
Sep 2, 2010Corporations are shoving all of the increased cost of worker healthcare, and more, onto their employees, says a new study. And that's…
Sep 2, 2010Consumer Watchdog has launched a rather unique effort in its bid to highlight its concerns over Google's privacy policies and to push…
Sep 2, 2010Consumer Watchdog is satirizing Google CEO Eric Schmidt in the most highly-trafficked public square in the nation to make the public aware…
Sep 2, 2010The new oil platform fire or explosion in the Gulf of Mexico looks minor in comparison to the BP spill, but there…
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