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WASHINGTON, DC — Google spent $1.34 million trying to influence federal lawmakers and regulators in the second quarter of 2010, a 41…
Jul 21, 2010Health-care Overhaul May Threaten Popular Disease Management Programs Even supporters of disease management programs worry that the rules being drafted will prove…
Jul 20, 2010Walker saved almost $100,000 on his heart surgery. But Judy Dugan of Consumer Watchdog say there's no way to know how safe…
Jul 20, 2010Internet service providers cite e-mails between onetime Google executive Andrew McLaughlin, who now works for the White House, and his former colleagues…
Jul 19, 2010Reporting requirements will give consumers more details on loans, mortgages. It may be quite a while before consumers feel the effects of…
Jul 19, 2010OLDWICK, N.J. --Since the passage of U.S. health care reform, battles have erupted in some states between insurance commissioners and health insurers…
Jul 19, 2010The controversy surrounding Google's street view car's practice of collecting personal data off open broadband wireless networks just got more controversial. Turns…
Jul 16, 2010Obama Plans to Sign Measure; GOP Leader Vows Repeal Try Both banking groups and their consumer and labor adversaries vowed to keep…
Jul 16, 2010Washington, D.C. – Consumer Watchdog applauded final Congressional passage today of the Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, which now heads…
Jul 15, 2010This man is Andrew McLaughlin. A former Googler–he was their Head of Public Policy–he’s been hired by the Obama...
Jul 13, 2010Consumer Watchdog's Inside Google, an investigative branch of Watchdog, has completed an investigation on the data collection practices of Google. It appears…
Jul 13, 2010Carmen Balber, director of the Washington office for Consumer Watchdog, an advocacy group that has been highly critical of the insurance industry…
Jul 12, 2010SUNDAY PROFILE: Rose Ann DeMoro Harvey Rosenfield, founder of Consumer Watchdog in Santa Monica, warned that DeMoro "has no fear. She is…
Jul 11, 2010Without directly revealing their involvement, major industries and organizations play key roles in legislative contests. Voters may not have been aware that…
Jul 11, 2010Watchdog: US Congresspeople Were Slurped (Maybe) In an effort to spur a Congressional investigation in the States, the consumer watchdog known as…
Jul 10, 2010We’re not sure what’s more humorous: That California Rep. Jane Harman, the ranking member of the House Intelligence Committee, maintains two unencrypted…
Jul 9, 2010Consumer Watchdog accuses Google of breaching the home WiFi networks of prominent lawmakers as part of its Google Street View snafu. To…
Jul 9, 2010Comcast is boosting the price of cable TV and Internet service in Marin County and the rest of Northern California, where 2.3…
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