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Does Google Want to Own or Organize Information?
By Jay Greene , CNET.COM
"This is exactly why Google is on the hot seat for antitrust," said Consumer Watchdog President Jamie Court, an activist and frequent thorn in Google side. "This is when the search engine becomes the find engine."
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Does Google-Motorola Pose Anti-Competitive Danger?
Posted by Jamie Court
Monday, August 15, 2011
What if Google, the master of the cloud computing universe and the Internet's information monopolist, were to buy Intel, Apple, or IBM? Would we want the company that controls information outside of our computers all along the Internet to also have control over a principal computer hardware maker and its patents?
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Should you believe what Eric Schmidt says or what Google does?
Posted by John M. Simpson
Monday, July 25, 2011
Actions speak louder than words. That's why I'm not putting much stock in what Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt says anymore.
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The Cost of Lost Privacy: How Google and Datamining Drive Economic Inequality in Our Nation
By Nathan Newman , HUFFINGTONPOST.COM
Friday, July 15, 2011
Why has economic inequality increased so radically in the United States over the last generation? General explanations range from globalization to the decline in trade unions to rising returns to education — and therefore the loss of income to the less educated. These all no doubt play a role but in an age of information, [...]
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Tech’s Star CEOs Could Be Drag On Obama
By Carla Marinucci , SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE
Tuesday, June 28, 2011
Jamie Court, who heads Consumer Watchdog, said it's clear the Silicon Valley's tech executives have cultivated a "hoodie and Converse" profile to mask what he says is a traditional corporate adherence to bottom-line profit concerns.
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Google Defends Practices As FTC Launches Antitrust Probe
By Josh Smith , NATIONAL JOURNAL
Friday, June 24, 2011
Google confirmed Friday that the Federal Trade Commission has launched an antitrust investigation of the company, but posted an elaborate defense of its business practices. “Yesterday, we received formal notification from the U.S. Federal Trade Commission that it has begun a review of our business,” Google said in a blog post. “We respect the FTC’s [...]
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Group Slams White House Google Links
By Staff Writers , UPI - UNITED PRESS INTERNATIONAL
Friday, June 24, 2011
A consumer group says the White House must distance itself from Google while the company is the subject of a federal antitrust investigation.
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FTC targets Google for antitrust probe
Posted by John M. Simpson
Thursday, June 23, 2011
Since April when Bloomberg News reported that the Federal Trade Commission was contemplating a full-blown antitrust investigation of Google, people who follow the Internet giant have been waiting for the other shoe to drop. It did on Thursday with the report in the Wall Street Journal that the five-member Commission is about to serve Google with civil subpoenas -- known as Civil Investigative Demands -- about its business practices.
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As Americans Ponder Their Fair Share of Income Tax, Consumer Watchdog Urges No Tax Holiday for Global Giants Like Google That Use Dodgy Tax Avoidance Schemes
CONTACT: John M. Simpson , 310-392-7041; Jamie Court, 310-392-0522, ext 327; Carmen Balber, 202-629-3043
Friday, April 15, 2011
WASHINGTON, DC – As average Americans focus today on their income tax bill, Consumer Watchdog called on President Obama and the chairmen of the House and Senate tax committees to block calls for a tax holiday that would unfairly benefit corporate giants like Google.
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Will Google’s Legal Woes Define How Far It Crossed The Creepy Line?
By Ms. Smith , NETWORKWORLD.COM
Thursday, April 14, 2011
Consumer Watchdog's scorecard is full of "evil" tally marks against Google. Some claim that Microsoft is spreading FUD, but legal woes facing Google seem to disagree that Google hasn't crossed creepy line.
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Google’s $700 Million ITA Buy Cleared With Conditions
By Staff Writers , AGENCE FRANCE PRESSE
Saturday, April 9, 2011
Another group, Consumer Watchdog, expressed concern that even with the conditions on the deal, Google will "ultimately win control of the travel search industry, driving ticket prices up for consumers."
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DoJ Green-Lights Google Takeover of ITA with Several Conditions
By Jacqui Cheng , ARS TECHNICA.COM
Friday, April 8, 2011
Consumer Watchdog and the Association for Competitive Technology (ACT) both expressed measured confidence about the proposal as well. Consumer Watchdog said the DoJ's conditions would "focus unprecedented and necessary regulatory scrutiny on the Internet giant," but that even with the rules in place, Google could still drive up ticket prices due to its dominance in search.
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DOJ’s Strict Conditions on Google/ITA Deal Will Open Internet Giant To Unprecedented Scrutiny
CONTACT: John M. Simpson , 310-392-7041 or cell: 310-292-1902; or Carmen Balber, 202-629-3043
Friday, April 8, 2011
Full Investigation Of Anticompetitive Search Practices Needed, Consumer Watchdog Says WASHINGTON, DC -- The Department of Justice’s conditions on Google’s $700 million deal to buy ITA Software will focus unprecedented and necessary regulatory scrutiny on the Internet giant, Consumer Watchdog said today. The nonpartisan, nonprofit public interest group called on the Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission to investigate Google’s anticompetitive search practices.
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