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Santa Monica, CA -- The health insurance purchasing co-ops proposed by Sen. Kent Conrad (D-ND) and a number of Senate conservatives have…
Aug 18, 2009Consumer Watchdog today issued a press release criticising Senator Kent Conrad's (D-ND) health insurance cooperative proposal. The consumer group claims that the…
Aug 18, 2009The Author's Guild has urged members to go along with a lawsuit settlement that would allow Google to digitize millions of books…
Aug 17, 2009WASHINGTON, D.C. -- On a recent Wednesday morning, 1,000 insurance brokers spread out across Capitol Hill with a singular mission: kill a…
Aug 16, 2009MIKE VON FREMD (ABC NEWS): (Voiceover) This event was sponsored by Remote Access Medical, an organization started to serve third world countries.…
Aug 15, 2009Mercury Launches Attack on Middle Class During Tough Economic Times Santa Monica, CA -- The California Attorney General has released the…
Aug 14, 2009Some interest groups are urging Los Angeles to rethink its plan to implement Google Apps. Last month's breach of a hosted Google…
Aug 10, 2009California's gasoline prices are climbing past $3 per gallon for the second time this summer. And the reason this time is the…
Aug 7, 2009Truth-teller Wendell Potter Asks White House Officials To See Insurance Crisis First-Hand Santa Monica, CA -- In private and public messages to…
Aug 6, 2009United Agricultural Benefit Trust Spotlighted As Model For Healthcare Cooperatives Private insurers can screen out people more at risk for serious illness,…
Aug 6, 2009If those congressmen who have received money from the health care industry recused themselves from the debate, you could almost hear a…
Aug 5, 2009The Federal Trade Commission says it will keep investigating the board memberships of Apple and Google despite Google CEO Eric Schmidt's withdrawal…
Aug 5, 2009If Apple and Google were hoping that a Schmidt-ectomy would satisfy the FTC’s concerns over their board-level connections, they were wrong. While…
Aug 4, 2009Calls for Genentech Inc.chairman Arthur Levinson to quit either the board of Apple Inc. or the board of Google Inc. are increasing,…
Aug 4, 2009John Simpson at the Consumer Watchdog, a non-profit organisation, has applauded Mr. Schmidt's move but at the same time criticised the "clubby…
Aug 4, 2009The resignation of Google's Eric Schmidt as a director of Apple's board has failed to halt a government inquiry into possible antitrust…
Aug 4, 2009Google CEO Eric Schmidt's resignation today from Apple's board underscored that it when comes to business, competition is thicker than friendship. Meanwhile,…
Aug 4, 2009Consumer Watchdog Wants Genentech Exec To Quit Google Or Apple Board Consumer Watchdog, formerly known as the Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer…
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