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Should someone in Idaho or Nevada have significantly different health care coverage from someone in Massachusetts? That, essentially, is one of the…
Jan 14, 2010Santa Monica, CA -- Google acted correctly in ending self-censorship of its Chinese search engine, Google.cn, but the cyber attacks that prompted…
Jan 13, 2010San Francisco, CA -- In a surprise announcement late Tuesday, Google Inc. said it may turn its back on the huge Chinese…
Jan 13, 2010The Internet firm says it will stop the scorned practice of censoring users' search results. Public interest groups lauded Google's move to…
Jan 13, 2010Under competing pressures from various lobbyists and voters more concerned about unemployment and the economy, Democrats scramble to carve out a compromise…
Jan 13, 2010Washington, D.C. -- In a letter sent to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) today, Consumer Watchdog called for strengthened oversight of the…
Jan 12, 2010WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Some advocates and officials across the political spectrum said they believe federal health care reform could undermine states' rights…
Jan 11, 2010"Our work now is to make this bill, in these final throes, as good as possible," said Jerry Flanagan of Consumer Watchdog,…
Jan 11, 2010LOS ANGELES, CA -- A California appeals court upheld changes to state insurance regulations that clarified that insurers must pay the cost…
Jan 8, 2010KCRA 3 Gets Letter In Response To Public Records Request SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- When the H1N1 flu pandemic began, there was a…
Jan 7, 2010A California appeals court ruled that the state’s insurers must compensate consumer advocacy groups when they take action to have a carrier’s…
Jan 6, 2010Apple has bought mobile advertising company Quattro Wireless as cellphone competition heats up between the maker of the iPhone and Internet giant…
Jan 5, 2010Consumer groups that successfully challenge insurance rate increases can recoup their legal fees from the insurers, even when the companies drop their…
Jan 5, 2010Consumer Watchdog, Dep't of Insurance Win Victory to Protect Prop 103, Save Policyholders Billions Santa Monica, CA – The California Court of…
Jan 4, 2010Now that we’re about to entrust health reform to the tender mercies of the insurance industry, it’s sobering to see the skullduggery…
Jan 4, 2010The Center for Digital Democracy and U.S. Public Interest Research Group filed a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission last January, arguing…
Jan 3, 2010Google's plan to acquire mobile ad network AdMob in a US$750 million deal announced last month is under fire from two consumer…
Dec 29, 2009Google’s spreading reach in internet advertising triggered fresh scrutiny of its privacy practices this week, as US consumer groups used its proposed…
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