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The sale to Farmers, for $1.9 billion, would create the state's biggest auto insurer. Two of Southern California's biggest insurance companies are…
Apr 17, 2009Here's a small but important example of the kind of state consumer protection that the insurance industry and its allies want to…
Apr 17, 2009The Internet Archive has sent a letter to Judge Dennis Chin, the judge overseeing the Google/Authors Guild, AAP case seeking permission to…
Apr 17, 2009Why would anybody trust their private medial records to a service that by its own admission doesn't have all the kinks worked…
Apr 16, 2009Allstate Wants Back the $500 Million Consumers Saved Under California State Insurance Regulation Washington, D.C. -- Consumer advocates observed today that…
Apr 16, 2009Google Chairman Eric Schmidt recently sat down with New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd and discussed how newspapers can emerge from their…
Apr 15, 2009His email handle was Happy Wally. His happiness came from his wife of 50 years, the joy of his grandchildren, and by…
Apr 15, 2009A nonprofit Orange County research institute's efforts to promote research with human neural stem cells has effectively been blocked by a stem…
Apr 15, 2009SACRAMENTO, CA -- The appointment of a former State Farm lawyer to a California legislative panel has drawn criticism from one of…
Apr 15, 2009According to this story in the Massachusetts-based Eagle-Tribune the health insurance industry lobbying group, America's Health Insurance Plans, is trying to get…
Apr 14, 2009In a related development at the California AARB hearings, it was revealed that the California Energy Commissions Vice-Chair and Presiding member, James…
Apr 14, 2009I read the news today, oh boy. Start with Goldman Sachs' first quarter profit of $1.8 billion, about twice what "analysts" thought…
Apr 13, 2009Consumer activists criticize close links between government and industry. Sen. Ron Calderon defends his appointment. Cooley's appointment has drawn opposition from activists,…
Apr 11, 2009I've been hearing dribs and drabs about this for awhile now. The insurance industry in California has apparently suckered some lawmaker into…
Apr 11, 2009A proposed settlement in a copyright lawsuit involving Google's book search has drawn applause, envy, and from a handful of critics, an…
Apr 10, 2009In an effort to stem the tide of uninsured drivers in California and offer a low priced insurance policy for the poor,…
Apr 10, 2009The lead editorial in the New York Times today neatly sums up what health non-profits, informed patients and consumer advocates are seeking…
Apr 7, 2009Complaints over Google's sweeping digital books settlement have reached a boiling point. And now, a familiar Google nemesis has called on the…
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