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The U.S. Justice Department is making antitrust inquiries into Google Inc.'s settlement with authors and publishers over the Internet giant's project to…
Apr 29, 2009A federal judge has granted authors worldwide four more months to decide whether to participate in a settlement involving Google's online Book…
Apr 28, 2009Washington D.C. -- Health care reform failed in California last year, and Massachusetts faces budget overruns and out-of-pocket cost increases for patients…
Apr 28, 2009Washington, DC -- First quarter federal reports show Google lobbied on the electronic medical records provisions of the federal economic stimulus act,…
Apr 28, 2009With opponents to the ambitious Google Book Search settlement continuing to emerge, Google as well as authors and publishers have asked for…
Apr 27, 2009One doctor traded prescriptions for sex. A pharmacist illegally popped pain pills while filling prescriptions. And a dentist huffed nitrous oxide until…
Apr 26, 2009Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont, has been dinged by the group Consumer Watchdog, which earlier this year scolded the senator for accepting $183,750…
Apr 26, 2009Now that the refinery is idle except for basic maintenance and safety operations, other refineries have been able to bridge the gap,…
Apr 25, 2009"Allowing insurers to pick their regulator, just like AIG did, will negate hard-won consumer rights laws and destroy state-based oversight," Carmen Balber…
Apr 24, 2009RE: ''Regulate Me, Please,'' by Tom Wilson, the chairman of Allstate (Op-Ed, April 16). What the insurance industry really wants is to…
Apr 24, 2009With 13 months until the GOP primary, the insurance commissioner has grappled with turnover among campaign advisors, $150,000 in unpaid inaugural fund…
Apr 24, 2009PASADENA, CA -- Some residents of the San Gabriel Valley could be facing a more than 50 percent hike in water rates.…
Apr 24, 2009Costco Wholesale Inc. has agreed to install new gasoline pumps at stores in California and 13 other states that will adjust prices…
Apr 23, 2009For the first time in the U.S., a gasoline retailer has plans to fix hot fuel. Costco Warehouse Inc. has agreed to…
Apr 23, 2009Some San Gabriel Valley residents could see their water rates go up by as much as 56 percent next year under a…
Apr 23, 2009Agreement for Costco Gas Stations Would Adjust Fuel for Temperature in Several States -- Oil Companies Will be 'Making Fairness Illegal' if…
Apr 23, 2009State Insurance Regulation Kept Insurance Industry Safe While Federal Regulators Failed to Protect Financial Markets, Says Consumer Watchdog Washington, D.C. --…
Apr 22, 2009WASHINGTON, DC — Not many financial companies saw an opportunity in the economic meltdown. But large insurers did, and now they're using…
Apr 22, 2009