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Prop. 17 Among Propositions On June 8 Ballot Harvey Rosenfeld, of the group Consumer Watchdog, has been fighting insurance companies, including Mercury,…
May 24, 2010Google has announced that it is now offering pri...
May 23, 2010Frankly, there's little credibility in a major insurance company spending beaucoup bucks on a ballot measure just so it can offer motorists…
May 23, 2010John Simpson of the Los Angeles-based Consumer Watchdog, who is closely watching the case, called it "an egregious assertion of overreaching patent…
May 23, 2010Doug Heller, executive director of Consumer Watchdog, a Santa Monica nonprofit group, says it is unfortunate that the law does not require…
May 22, 2010In a surprise decision, the Federal Trade Commission said on Friday it won’t challenge Google Inc.’s pending $750 million acquisition of mobile…
May 22, 2010"How this possibly can be construed as promoting competition is incomprehensible," said John Simpson of Consumer Watchdog, a strident Google critic. "What…
May 21, 2010Google and Apple are increasingly bitter competitors, but with federal regulators on Friday approving Google's $750 million purchase of the mobile advertising…
May 21, 2010Opponents of Proposition 17 have leveled yet another charge of discrimination against Mercury Insurance, the auto insurer bankrolling the June 8 ballot…
May 21, 2010Ex-Googler broke Obama's ethics rules by talking to Googlers -- but how couldn't he? Soon after McLaughlin's Buzz profile leaked, a group…
May 21, 2010Opponents Doubt Many Drivers Would Benefit Doug Heller, spokesman for Consumer Watchdog, argues that there are many legitimate reasons some people may…
May 21, 2010In the latest revelation in a seemingly never ending stream of privacy breaches by online companies, we now know that Facebook and…
May 21, 2010“If, in fact, the assemblyman is living in the home he’s owned for a long time and driving to the Capitol from…
May 20, 2010Washington, D.C. --- In advance of an expected final vote on financial reform legislation, Consumer Watchdog urged the U.S. Senate to fix…
May 20, 2010In November last year, Google agreed to buy mobile marketing specialist AdMob for $750 million, but the deal has not yet closed.…
May 19, 2010Santa Monica, CA — Consumer Watchdog today formally launched its new Website, Inside Google, to focus attention on the company’s activities and…
May 19, 2010The nation’s deputy chief technology officer, Andrew McLaughlin, was reprimanded by the White House for improperly corresponding with former Google colleagues, according…
May 19, 2010Op-Ed Special to The Desert Sun The last thing California families can afford right now is an initiative that makes insurance companies…
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