NEW YORK, April 8 (Reuters) - Bristol Myers Squibb ( BMY ) won the dismissal of a proposed class action accusing it of fraudulently obtaining patents and filing sham patent lawsuits to maintain an illegal monopoly on its blockbuster blood cancer drug Pomalyst, keeping cheaper generic versions off the market. In a 70-page decision made public on Tuesday, U.S. District...

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,...

BERLIN (Reuters) - The Volkswagen Group more than doubled its deliveries of battery-electric cars in Europe in the first quarter to over 150,000 from 74,400 in the same period last year, the carmaker said on Wednesday, in another sign that EV demand is picking up. Orders for Volkswagen vehicles, both electric and combustion engine, rose 29% in Western Europe compared...

April 8 (Reuters) - The U.S. Commerce Department on Tuesday ended about $4 million in funding to Princeton University for assessing climate-related risks, saying those programs were not aligned with the Trump administration's priorities. The decision was taken after a review of financial assistance programs against the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's current objectives, and it will reduce the cost...