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Thursday's White House summit on health care reform was much more show than substance. What is showed was that president has delivered…
Mar 6, 2009I spent the morning watching a House Financial Services subcommittee hearing into what a ‘systemic risk regulator’ of the financial...
Mar 6, 2009Google Health has a new feature that lets users share medical information with others through an e-mail link. Google has tried to…
Mar 5, 2009When Dennis Quaid went to Congress last year to testify about a threatening Supreme Court decision, it was hard to imagine the…
Mar 4, 2009The recent incident involved a privacy group called Consumer Watchdog. The organization and Google have had a history of run-ins. Consumer Watchdog…
Mar 4, 2009Click here to listen to the audio of this broadcast. Jamie Court, President of Consumer Watchdog, calls the online updates an unprecedented…
Mar 4, 2009The 60 Minutes segment, "The Man Who Knew," was produced by my brother Andy, and it shows how the SEC ignored the…
Mar 4, 2009Five years ago, AIG's then-Chairman, Hank Greenberg, compared lawyers who sue corporations on behalf of injured plaintiffs with terrorists. Now he's suing…
Mar 4, 2009In the face of criticism from privacy advocates, the White House website apparently has ended its ties to Google's YouTube video service.
Mar 3, 2009The Los Angeles Times reported over the weekend that several top members of Arnold’s staff charged California taxpayers thousands in airfare, hotel…
Mar 2, 2009The Boston Globe reported on Friday that Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts hiked its CEO's salary to $3.5 million (plus unreported…
Mar 2, 2009California Supreme Court Will Decide Key Proposition 64 Case on Class Action Consumer Suits "It's some kind of a twilight zone where…
Mar 2, 2009Two consumer rights groups in California are claiming that the lead energy commissioner involved in a gasoline "hot fuel" study has a…
Mar 2, 2009Updated 03/05/09, Caritas hospitals also refused post-rape birth control The Boston Globe raises serious questions about access to family planning and abortion…
Mar 2, 2009Click here to listen to the podcast. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced on February 26 that, from now on, the company will…
Feb 27, 2009Facebook has taken the unusual step of allowing 30% of its members to decide privacy policies. CBS News and CNET's Larry Magid…
Feb 27, 2009The release of today's federal budget was accompanied by 8 principles that President Obama laid out for the Congress as it takes…
Feb 27, 2009(Semi-)Apology For Money-Snuffing Missive San Francisco, CA -- Google has attempted to cut the funding of a well-known public watchdog, after the…
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