Noting (as I did on Monday) that Schmidt had basically recanted his contrite testimony before Congress in basically calling the government slow…
Oct 7, 2011An intense political flap has left one of the year’s most important pieces of legislation stalled on the Senate floor and the…
Oct 6, 2011Seven years ago, at age 54, I was self-employed and of modest means, but completely debt-free. I had health insurance, but rarely…
Oct 5, 2011Blue Cross rate hikes My family has a Blue Cross individual family PPO. This year the premium alone is $2222 a month—that’s…
Oct 5, 2011
Blue Cross Rate Hikes I’m a freelance entertainment writer and my husband is an international urban development consultant. So, we don’t have…
Oct 5, 2011I have a Blue Cross PPO Share 2500 individual plan and just got my premium invoice for May 1st. My premium increases…
Oct 5, 2011
Jackie Durra and her husband, Pedro Balladares, have been riding out the economic downturn as best they can. For a while they…
Oct 4, 2011Facebook has touched a nerve with a broad range of critics upset about the social network's latest batch of online sharing technology.…
Oct 3, 2011Fuel consumption declines even as the number of licensed motorists climbs. California drivers, long a symbol of America's love affair with cars,…
Oct 3, 2011Facebook’s use of software that enables it to track users’ online activity after they log off of the social-networking site came under…
Sep 30, 2011Amid Facebook’s various changes last week, it disclosed that user activity on certain applications is now fair game for posting to…
Sep 30, 2011A privacy-rights group said it will ask the U.S. Federal Trade Commission to examine Facebook Inc.’s tracking of Internet users after they…
Sep 29, 2011Amazon, the ubiquitous Web retailer, took aim Wednesday at Apple's white-hot successby offering a tablet computer at less than half the price…
Sep 28, 2011The Annuities Protection Bill (Assembly Bill 689) signed by California Governor Jerry Brown on September 21, 2011 is primarily meant to “help…
Sep 28, 2011Auto insurance could become too expensive for some Californians if George Joseph, chairman of insurer Mercury General Corp., gets his way. He's…
Sep 27, 2011Click here to listen to the audio of this radio broadcast. Having trouble affording your health insurance? A new study out today…
Sep 27, 2011A consumer advocacy group took on the chair of the Senate Health Committee at the end of last week, and it has…
Sep 26, 2011