General Motors Co. won a partial victory in its second trial over faulty ignition switches as a judge threw out a key fraud claim against the automaker.

Hackers linked to the Iranian government launched cyber-attacks on some four dozen U.S. financial institutions and a flood-control dam above New York City in forays meant to undermine U.S. markets and national security.

The Oklahoma mail carrier at the center of the first trial over General Motors Co.s deadly ignition-switch defect is dropping his claims after he and his wife were accused of lying in court.

GMs fate in a personal injury trial that will help shape hundreds of cases to come lies in the hands of these jurors.

T-Mobile and the U.S. unit of credit-tracking firm Experian Plc are facing a growing list of lawsuits after hackers gained access to personal data on 15 million T-Mobile customers.

GM is facing hundreds of personal-injury and wrongful-death claims over the deadly flawed ignition switches, as well as suits by car owners seeking as much as $10 billion for the lost value of their vehicles.

A Hartford Financial Services Group Inc. unit was accused by a lawyer representing Hurricane Sandy victims of using a falsified damage report to dodge paying homeowner claims, the second insurer blamed in the last month for such a practice.

Walmart says actor-comedian Tracy Morgan is to blame for injuries he sustained in a June highway crash because he wasnt wearing a seatbelt.