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Washington D.C. -- A study released today in Health Affairs finds that a Massachusetts law requiring all to show proof of health…
May 28, 2009However, Google has also run into some high-profile controversies over the past few months. In April, nonprofit consumer advocacy organization Consumer Watchdog…
May 28, 2009The case was filed in Seattle in 2006 on behalf of all AT&T Wireless customers who claim they were deceived or overcharged…
May 28, 2009Despite the fact that more Massachusetts residents have health insurance, many of them can't actually use that "insurance" to get health care.…
May 28, 2009Governor Urged To Veto Deregulation Bill The fight is heating up against legislation that would essentially allow large property insurers to raise…
May 27, 2009Court Rejects AT&T's Efforts to Bar Customers from Joining Together to Hold the Company Accountable in Court Santa Monica, CA --…
May 27, 2009WASHINGTON, D.C. -- President Obama’s campaign to cut health costs by $2 trillion over the next decade, announced with fanfare two weeks…
May 27, 2009Who is the lawsuit against? The defendants are Cingular Wireless Corporation, a national cell phone company, and AT&T Wireless Services, a cell…
May 27, 2009Los Angeles Times business columnist Michael Hiltzik has just explored the situation thwarting noncommercial neural...
May 26, 2009Each side says it's waiting for the other to make an offer, but things may be moving backward. On Jan. 23, Dethlefs…
May 25, 2009Another record-setting price spike? Gasoline rising back above $4 a gallon? "The fact it's going up now on nada, is proof that…
May 24, 2009We've been posting a lot about big insurers' plot to win deregulation as part of the federal financial overhaul. Now the New…
May 22, 2009Vail Drilling - an oil company and one of Arnold Schwarzenegger's largest donors - had to pay a $6,500 fine this week…
May 22, 2009The NIH regulations, applicable to all stem cell lines, are stricter than those that are currently in place. The 20 federally funded,…
May 22, 2009Judy Dugan, researcher with Consumer Watchdog, said energy prices shouldn't be going up, no matter if people are hopeful or if it's…
May 22, 2009"He hasn't done anything resembling oversight of the insurance industry," said Consumer Watchdog's executive director, Douglas Heller. "And the few times that…
May 22, 2009Oil, Gas Prices Rising Again At Record Clip For Holiday, Despite Oversupply, Low Demand, Says Group Washington DC -- The price…
May 22, 2009Google attracted more negative attention than perhaps it bargained for with its goal to digitize the world's libraries. In April 2009, a…
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