Recommendations Come In Testimony Requested By State’s Efficiency Unit, “Little Hoover Commission” Sacramento, CA -- The oversight board of California’s stem cell agency should be reduced to 15 and new members representing the general public…
Santa Monica, CA -- Consumer Watchdog said the health insurance industry's support of national health care reform on the condition that it includes a requirement that every American buy insurance coverage -- the so called…
New Video Shows Privacy Problems With G-Mail Washington, DC -- Consumer Watchdog released a new on-line video exposing privacy problems with Google’s Gmail service and other Google applications in the wake of Google’s recent marketing…
Santa Monica, CA -- California drivers with Explorer auto insurance coverage will save $8.3 million per year under an order issued this week by Insurance Commissioner Poizner that requires the company to lower its premiums…
Santa Monica, CA -- Consumer Watchdog countered Senator Max Baucus' (D-Mt) contention that the mandatory purchase of health insurance was popular with Americans by pointing to a poll showing that voters overwhelmingly reject requiring proof…
Santa Monica, CA -- California campaign disclosures show that Google, Inc [GOOG] – which is under fire from privacy advocates and government regulators – made what appears to be the first political contributions to California…
Online Video Targets Google’s New “Chrome” Browser, Websites And Software Revealed SANTA MONICA, CA -- Consumer Watchdog has created a You Tube video showing how your computer could be having an unnoticed conversation about you…
Current Oil Price Breather Is Right Time for Action to Prevent Next Speculative Bubble, Says Group Santa Monica, CA -- The oil industry’s third-quarter reports ended today with Chevron Corp, which more than doubled…
'Consumers Now Know Where Their Money Went'; Congress, White House Must Prevent a Repeat of Costly Energy Bubble Santa Monica, CA -- ExxonMobil's $14.8 billion third-quarter profit reports clears up one thing--now consumers now know…
BP Profit, Including Inventory, More Than Doubles from Year Ago to Over $10 Billion on Spiking Oil Prices Santa Monica, CA -- BP, only number four of the five major oil companies, rode the wave…
$14 billion profit for the first three quarters is more than $7 billion above 2007, money that “went straight onto consumers’ crushing credit card debt,” says watchdog group. Santa Monica, CA...
Santa Monica, CA -- Arnold Schwarzenegger today vetoed legislation that would have prevented health insurers from canceling sick patients' coverage for innocent omissions on their insurance applications, said Consumer Watchdog. The governor said in strong…
