Hartford Financial Services Group says it made an accounting error when reporting its third-quarter earningsa mistake that now puts the insurer in the red for 2012.

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Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. has filed a lawsuit against Travelers Casualty and Surety Co. over the insurer's denial of defense and indemnity costs for future asbestos-related claims.

Shares of bond insurer MBIA Inc rose as much as 7 percent on Friday as investors bet that a new investigation into Bank of America Inc's mortgage practices would pressure the bank to settle a $5 billion lawsuit with the company.