Earlier this month, Governor Deval Patrick picked Barbara Anthony to be his new undersecretary for the Office of Consumer Affairs and Business Regulation. In that role, the Cambridge lawyer will oversee several powerful state agencies: the Division
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‘Nobody” has home phone lines anymore. “Nobody” reads printed newspapers. “Nobody” wants books on paper. Is anybody else getting tired of all the “analog is dead” proclamations by 28-year-old new-media hotshots? Sorry, hotshots, but several hundred
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Cellular customer disservice (can you say “argggh!?) - IDG NEWS
Like everyone else in these tough times I am looking to save money. Sure, I’d like to get a new Mac Pro with two 2.93GHz quad-core processors, 32GB memory, 4TB disk storage, two NVIDIA GeForce GT 120 video cards and two 30-inch Cinema displays (can
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Bill would loosen reins on phone companies - Raleigh News & Observer
RALEIGH — A proposal to give 16phone companies in North Carolina greater freedom to set prices is expected to become state law by this summer after gaining critical support from the state’s top consumer advocate. Robert Gruber, the executive
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This past week, a message from Cascade County Commissioner Peggy Beltrone showed up in our inbox, urging us to become “followers” of the county and its wind-power efforts on Twitter. For the digitally challenged, Twitter is the cell-phone-and-Web

Wrath of Khan - CNBC
As the clock ticks down to the European and local UK elections, Sonia Sodha from Demos told CNBC Friday that the recent expenses scandal wil CNBC.com News Now The hour’s top business headlines, with CNBC’s Margaret Brennan. The Leaders: Deutsche