(Reuters) -Chinese carmakers including BYD and Chery are selling more plugin-hybrids in the European Union to avoid import tariffs on Chinese-made electric cars, data released on Friday showed. The two brands sold 3,269 and 757 plugin-hybrid vehicles (PHEVs), respectively, in the bloc in March, up from near zero sales in July 2024 when provisional tariffs were first introduced, research firm...

* Insurers accused of violating False Claims Act, DOJ seeks damages * Brokers allegedly steered patients to plans offering highest kickbacks * Kickbacks disguised as marketing or sponsorship payments, DOJ claims (Adds comments from Elevance Health ( ELV ), eHealth in paragraphs 4-5) By Nate Raymond BOSTON, May 1 (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Justice accused three of the...

* Justice Department calls planned laws, lawsuits an overreach * Lawsuits challenge New York and Vermont climate superfund laws * Hawaii sued fossil fuel industry after Justice Department case (Adds details on new lawsuit by Hawaii, comment from New York attorney general in paragraphs 5-9, 15, 17) By Nate Raymond May 1 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump's administration said on...

SYDNEY, Aug 18 (Reuters) - Google agreed on Monday to pay a A$55 million ($35.8 million) fine in Australia after the consumer watchdog found it had hurt competition by paying the country's two largest telcos to pre-install its search application on Android phones, excluding rival search engines. The fine extends a bumpy period for the Alphabet-owned internet giant in Australia,...