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Action Coincides With Insurer Effort In Legislature to Legalize Coverage Cancellations Santa Monica, CA -- The Department of Managed Health Care (DMHC)…
Aug 12, 2008Some people say it’s better to buy your gasoline first thing in the morning, rather than in the heat of the day.…
Aug 11, 2008When is the best time of the week to buy gas? Best time of day? It doesn't matter. Fueling up early in…
Aug 9, 2008SACRAMENTO, CA -- A California bill to allow pay-as-you-drive insurance plans using electronic monitoring devices moved a step closer to approval with…
Aug 8, 2008Driving Data Could Be Used By Insurers to Discriminate By ZIP-Code Santa Monica, CA – Legislation that would allow insurance companies…
Aug 7, 2008Sacramento, CA -- Nurses, consumers, and seniors called on the legislature and the governor today to include a key provision to protect…
Aug 7, 2008Santa Monica, CA -- Devices to track a driver’s every move, as allowed by a bill under consideration by the California legislature,…
Aug 6, 2008According to a news release by a California nonprofit organization called Consumer Watchdog, the idea that motorists should fill their tanks in…
Aug 6, 2008SACRAMENTO, CA -- Question: How do environmentalists get motorists to drive less in order to combat global warming? Answer: Team up with…
Aug 6, 2008The State Insurance Chief Settles with Allstate, Which Agrees Not to Oppose a 28.5% Homeowners' Rate Cut. California Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner…
Aug 5, 2008Many Workers Now Have Health Insurance Policies with a $1 Million to $2 Million "Lifetime Maximum." What Happens When You Exceed It?…
Aug 3, 2008Chevron Corp. rocketed to record quarterly profits of $5.98 billion, the oil giant reported Friday, but some industry watchers pilloried Chevron's profits.…
Aug 1, 2008The oil giant brings in $11.68 billion, the largest profit for a U.S. company, and still fails to meet analysts' expectations. Critics…
Aug 1, 2008Chevron Data Shows Industry Lag in Producing New Oil from U.S. Source -- Lower Production Shows Failure of Investment, Not Lack of…
Aug 1, 2008Nonprofit Group Run By an Adviser Spends to Assist Senator's Agenda Senate President Pro Tem Don Perata has solicited at least $200,000…
Aug 1, 2008Exxon’s ‘Biggest Profit in the World’ Is Actually Bigger -- $8 Billion in Unproductive Share Buybacks Should be Counted, Says Group Shell,…
Jul 31, 2008When we at Consumer Watchdog heard a disturbing rumor late last week that Assemblywoman Mary Hayashi (D-Hayward) is considering authoring the governor's…
Jul 30, 2008New Quarterly Records Show Oil Companies 'Spiting the Future For the Sake of Cash in Hand' Santa Monica, CA -- BP,…
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