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Consumer Watchdog in Santa Monica sent a letter to Cindy Ehnes, executive director of the state Department of Managed Health Care, and…
Feb 25, 2009This week, it came to light that Google attempted to persuade a foundation to stop funding Consumer Watchdog, Santa Monica, Calif.-based non-profit…
Feb 25, 2009Commission Again Delays Vote on Anti-Consumer Report as Oil-Lobbyist Spouse of Commissioner Quits Her Role Santa Monica, CA -- Consumer Watchdog…
Feb 24, 2009Harvey Rosenfeld, founder of the Santa Monica-based Consumer Watchdog, is accusing state regulators of trying to make it easier for health plans…
Feb 24, 2009Bob Boorstin, the director of Corporate and Policy Communications for Google, sent a letter to the Rose Foundation blasting Consumer Watchdog, and,…
Feb 24, 2009Consumer Watchdog President Jamie Court wrote to Google CEO Eric Schmidt Monday arguing that his top executives must "have more important priorities…
Feb 24, 2009Search Giant Tries To Pull Consumer Watchdog's Funding The U.S. privacy and consumer protection group Consumer Watchdog today shot back at Google…
Feb 24, 2009Tesoro Corp. has slowed production on a hydrocracker unit at the company's Golden Eagle Refinery in Martinez in a move that stoked…
Feb 24, 2009Kaiser Permanente’s regional leaders have been told to start taking a series of severe belt-tightening steps, in the wake of nearly $800…
Feb 23, 2009Bob Boorstin, Google's Director of Corporate and Policy Communications, issued a statement on Monday apologizing for sending information about Consumer Watchdog to…
Feb 23, 2009California's stem-cell agency will stick to its plan of incurring debt by selling bonds to private investors despite an agreement hashed out…
Feb 23, 2009Insurer, Producer Groups Remain At Odds On Renewed Push For National Oversight Chiming in with its own letter to Mr. Geithner was…
Feb 23, 2009If Sen. Edward Kennedy (D-Mass.) is "inching toward a consensus" with healthcare industry groups on a framework for comprehensive health reform, one…
Feb 21, 2009Groups Want Reversal On Ruling That Companies Can Continue Illegal Practices Until Someone Gets Hurt Santa Monica, CA -- In an…
Feb 20, 2009A study by the California Energy Commission found the average temperature of gas in California is 71 degrees. At that temperature, gas…
Feb 20, 2009Washington, D.C. -- Consumer Watchdog sent a letter to Senator Ted Kennedy (D-MA) and other U.S senators today expressing their profound disappointment…
Feb 20, 2009The California stem cell agency Friday holds its second meeting aimed at the biotech industry to discuss revisions in its strategic plan.…
Feb 20, 2009What if the corporations themselves were to transform and basically incorporate so-called “nonprofit” values into their own charters? “The Three Laws of…
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