Fighting Corporateering

Big corporations target more than our money. Consumer Watchdog's book Corporateering showed how how corporations routinely and quietly rob us of our personal freedoms, including privacy, security, the right to legal recourse, and more. "Corporateering" - the act of prioritizing commercial gain over individual, social, or cultural gain - is everywhere in our lives. Consumer Watchdog works to protect individuals from the corporate assualt on their rights and freedoms.

Recent Articles:

Google Identifies Competitors

By Mike Swift, THE SAN JOSE MERCURY NEWS
March 9, 2010

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Candidates Find Incumbent Advantage Extends To Web

By Sara Jerome, THE NATIONAL JOURNAL
March 4, 2010

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Senate Panel Mulls Consumer Protection Deal

By Jennifer Liberto, CNNMONEY.COM
March 2, 2010

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FDIC Chairman Sheila Bair Committed To Independent Consumer Agency

By Shahien Nasiripour, THE HUFFINGTON POST
March 2, 2010

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Recent Posts in Fighting Corporateering:

FTC reportedly seeking sworn statements in Google-AdMob deal

Antitrust regulators are reported by Bloomberg news service to be seeking sworn statements from Google's competitors and advertisers as they continue to investigate the the Internet giant's proposed $750 million deal to buy AdMob.

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Australian news video calls Google "a company on steroids"

A video produced by Hungry Beast, a weekly news show on Australian television puts Internet giant ...

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Slide show features companies Google calls competition

I recently delved into Google's 10-K filing covering 2009 with the Securities and Exchange...

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Front page as advertising, shame on LA Times for selling its masthead

I have heard of full page advertising, but until I got my Los Angeles Times from the driveway this morning I never heard of Front Page As Advertising.

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Good news for consumers at the FTC

The senate confirmed two appointees to the Federal Trade Commission Wednesday night, tipping the balance on the five-member commission to three seats appointed by Democrats to two held by Republican...

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