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A 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, 2010If our semi-reformed health care system is going to stay in the hands of private, largely for-profit insurance companies, we're all going…
Jan 5, 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, 2010Tuesday is a big day for those trying to figure out just what Google is planning for the increasingly important mobile phone…
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, 2010In what might as well be called a perfect ending to the year - and maybe a reasonable summation of the decade…
Dec 31, 2009Those of us who spend a lot of time watching insurance companies are worried about a seemingly innocuous provision in the Senate…
Dec 31, 2009Google'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…
Dec 29, 2009Health insurers, hospitals and even some state-level doctor groups are gearing up for the next battle against reform, in state capitols. So,…
Dec 29, 2009Consumer Watchdog, an organization fighting for more regulation, notes that a loophole in the Senate bill would give leeway to the big…
Dec 29, 2009I've been reading the latest amendments to the Senate health bill, hunti...
Dec 29, 2009San Francisco, CA -- Two consumer groups called on the Federal Trade Commission to block Google Inc.'s planned $750 million acquisition of…
Dec 29, 2009The U.S. Federal Trade Commission should block the planned acquisition because it would diminish competition in the mobile- ad market, consumer groups…
Dec 28, 2009WASHINGTON D.C. - Two advocacy groups asked U.S. antitrust regulators on Monday to block Google's purchase of AdMob, a provider of advertising…
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