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Late Addition to House Health Reform Bill Should Adopt Key Details of Successful Insurance Regulation in California to Achieve Cost Controls, Says…
Nov 6, 2009The news that the New York offices of Citigroup got 1,200 doses of H1Ni flu vaccine, and Goldman Sachs got about 200,…
Nov 6, 2009“Tapegate” – that’s how the news media is describing the scandal that arose last week after Attorney General Jerry Brown decided to…
Nov 5, 2009The advocacy group Consumer Watchdog, which has been critical of the amount of personal data Google stores, called the dashboard a small…
Nov 5, 2009Critics Say Google Makes Some Privacy Progress, But Call For More Transparency Consumer Watchdog, a non-profit advocacy group formerly known as the…
Nov 5, 2009Chipmaker Used Bribes, Coercion To Get PC Makers To Shun Its Rivals, Cuomo Says The lawsuit was cheered by some consumer advocates,…
Nov 5, 2009Google launched an application Thursday that allows users to see what data is stored in their accounts, but at least one group…
Nov 5, 2009Google, which has been criticized frequently for amassing large amounts of data about people, is giving users an easy way to find…
Nov 5, 2009Google, which has had a bullseye on its back when it comes to Internet privacy, on Thursday launched a Web site that…
Nov 5, 2009Billionaire insurance executive George Joseph has launched a California ballot initiative that would allow insurers to give discounts to long-term customers and,…
Nov 5, 2009Group Calls for 'Make-Me-Anonymous' Button On Home Page SANTA MONICA, CA -- The new Google Dashboard touted by the Internet giant as…
Nov 5, 2009The consumer advocacy group at the center of the flap about Jerry Brown’s ex-spokesman secretly recording phone calls has sent a formal…
Nov 5, 2009Car insurance by the tankful? Not quite, but California moved a step closer last month to pay-as-you-drive policies that could allow motorists…
Nov 4, 2009A final batch of amendments to the big House of Representatives health reform bill pokes a few sharp sticks at insurance companies.…
Nov 4, 2009Consumer groups, including Consumer Watchdog, immediately cried foul, alleging that Brown had changed the official ballot wording because Mercury had given him…
Nov 4, 2009For Big Bird's birthday, the Sesame Street icon's feet replaced the L in Google's search logo. Is Google pressing Big Bird into…
Nov 4, 2009"All warfare is based on deception," goes the famous line attributed to Sun Tzu in the Art of War. It may very…
Nov 4, 2009The San Francisco Chronicle urged Cal. Attorney General Jerry Brown to "clear the air" today in an editorial about his now-resigned spokesman's…
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