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The energy giant nets $7.9 billion in the third quarter, the latest in the industry to post eye-popping earnings. "These profits show…
Nov 1, 2008Perhaps the biggest threat to Google Inc.'s increasing dominance of Internet search and advertising is the rising fear, justified or not, that…
Nov 1, 2008It posts net income of $14.83 billion, the biggest profit ever for a U.S. company, amid sky-high oil prices. Judy Dugan, research…
Oct 31, 2008Current Oil Price Breather Is Right Time for Action to Prevent Next Speculative Bubble, Says Group Santa Monica, CA -- The…
Oct 31, 2008The controversy begins when you begin typing in the Chrome browser and suggestions are made. Those suggestions are coming from Google, so…
Oct 31, 2008Consumer Watchdog on Thursday named Exxon in its campaign for more regulation of energy trading markets. The group has said congressional moves…
Oct 31, 2008'Consumers Now Know Where Their Money Went'; Congress, White House Must Prevent a Repeat of Costly Energy Bubble Santa Monica, CA --…
Oct 30, 2008Momentum Could Fade in the Wake of Crude's Steep Price Decline Speaking specifically about BP, Santa Monica-based Consumer Watchdog said the British…
Oct 29, 2008BP Profit, Including Inventory, More Than Doubles from Year Ago to Over $10 Billion on Spiking Oil Prices Santa Monica, CA --…
Oct 28, 2008$14 billion profit for the first three quarters is more than $7 billion above 2007, money that “went straight onto consumers’ crushing…
Oct 22, 2008More lawsuits over broadband early termination fees could loom, lawyers and consumer groups said in comments on a recent suit against Qwest…
Oct 21, 2008Gasoline prices also may get an artificial boost from oil companies cutting their output, said Judy Dugan, research director for Consumer Watchdog,…
Oct 16, 2008However, the competition smells like a public-relations move to Jerry Flanagan, health care policy director for California-based Consumer Watchdog. "What the insurance…
Oct 15, 2008OLDWICK, N.J. -- Any major overhaul of the U.S. health system next year are shaky given the $700 billion federal rescue of…
Oct 13, 2008SACRAMENTO, CA -- Among the insurance bills recently vetoed by California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is a measure that would have limited health…
Oct 7, 2008Steps to Take When an Unexpected Medical Bill Comes in the Mail Figuring out how to lodge a complaint in our highly…
Oct 7, 2008Decisions about the program's size, goals and structure remain to be made. The agency said it is still deciding whether to run…
Oct 6, 2008The Governor Failed Patients by Vetoing a Bill that Barred Insurers from Unfairly Canceling Policies. Schwarzenegger wants us to trust insurers to…
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