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Advocacy group Consumer Watchdog has joined the ranks of organizations expressing concern about the proposed Google Book Search settlement. The group criticizes…
Apr 7, 2009Traditional media is once again rattling sabers in the direction of Google and other sites that aggregate the news. There's tough talk…
Apr 7, 2009"Prevention" was the word of morning at the White House Western forum on health care reform in downtown LA. Led by Oprah's…
Apr 6, 2009With May 5 the deadline for filing objections to Google’s settlement with the AAP and the Authors Guild, the consumer advocacy group…
Apr 6, 2009While much mainstream news coverage of the pending Google Book Search settlement has focused on the potential boon to researchers, concerns raised…
Apr 6, 2009"Orphan Works" provision and "Most Favored Nation" Clause Raise Antitrust Concerns Santa Monica, CA -- Google’s proposed settlement with authors and publishers…
Apr 6, 2009An appeals court rules that a class-action case alleging a conspiracy by oil refiners in the 1990s should proceed. The U.S. 9th…
Apr 4, 2009As medical costs soar, and hospitals charge more and recoup less for their services, consumer advocates worry that patients - particularly the…
Apr 4, 2009Earlier this week, Google’s public relations team sent around to reporters a story from Wired suggesting that Microsoft was behind the opposition…
Apr 4, 2009The San Jose Mercury News reported this week that when Gov. Schwarzenegger recently began sending state workers home on unpaid leave one…
Apr 3, 2009Monday Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, whose own attempts at statewide health care reform failed last year, hosts a White House summit in L.A.…
Apr 3, 2009If there’s one thing the AIG debacle shouldn’t teach us, it’s to let companies choose their own regulator. But that’s the plan…
Apr 3, 2009Last night's FRONTLINE TV program on PBS about America's broken healthcare system was outstanding and is worth watching whether you're a concerned…
Apr 3, 2009The early messengers of health-care doom and socialism aren't looking so good. Start with Rick Scott, the disgraced former head of fraud-ridden…
Apr 3, 2009Stanford University's School of Medicine has just taken a huge step to build trust in its 1,200...
Apr 1, 2009Insurance companies love their free market, and corporations in general love the idea of competing against government, i.e. outsourcing government services to…
Mar 31, 2009Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont, introducing a bill last week to cap credit card interest rates at 15%, quotes Dante and the…
Mar 31, 2009The following Op-Ed commentary was broadcast on the All Things Considered program on National Public Radio (NPR) on Tuesday, March 31, 2009.…
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