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Californians should have no trouble figuring out how to vote on Proposition 17, the auto insurance measure. All they have to do…
Mar 16, 2010California voters are about to be bombarded by more than $50 million in political advertising designed to convince them to approve a…
Mar 16, 2010Google CEO Eric Schmidt's recent speech to the Abu Dhabi Media Summit offers a revealing glimpse...
Mar 16, 2010Critics see price-gouging as refinery capacity is cut; the industry says it's just business. Today's problem isn't so much high prices, which…
Mar 15, 2010A teachers union's effort to change wording in Prop. 14, which would allow open primaries, was largely rejected. Measures on car insurance…
Mar 13, 2010Consumer Watchdog argues Prop 17 also allows insurance companies to charge a severe penalty to customers who do not have a history…
Mar 12, 2010Workers at a Portland, Ore., steel mill soon will be able to pick a new type of insurance that offers free care…
Mar 11, 2010The latest round of exorbitant health insurance rate increases nationally has helped more and more people recognize what Consumer Watchdog has been…
Mar 11, 2010Despite the fact that the mobile advertising market is still young and fragmented, U.S. regulators apparently are concerned that Google's proposed acquisition…
Mar 11, 2010Antitrust regulators are reported by Bloomberg news service to be seeking sworn statements from Google's competitors and advertisers as they continue to…
Mar 11, 2010Consumer Watchdog's calls for tough and open health insurance rate regulation are being echoed and amplified. The latest instance is in Connecticut,…
Mar 11, 2010President Obama should include a provision freezing health insurance rates in the package of revisions Democrats are drafting for the Senate-passed health…
Mar 10, 2010When the US Supreme Court decided to allow corporations to spend money directly on campaign advertising, they opened the floodgates to excessive…
Mar 10, 2010The response to slumping gasoline use would likely mean higher prices for drivers. Consumer advocates want regulators to examine the firms' plans.…
Mar 10, 2010LOS ANGELES, CA (AP) ― State insurance regulators on Wednesday defended their actions against health insurers after a report showed few consumers…
Mar 10, 2010California's Consumer Watchdog group is suing Anthem Blue Cross after they raised health care insurance premiums 39 percent, but the company isn't…
Mar 10, 2010A video produced by Hungry Beast, a weekly news show on Australian television puts Internet giant ...
Mar 9, 2010I recently delved into Google's 10-K filing covering 2009 with the Securities and Exchange...
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