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During a Senate hearing on Thursday, the top lawyer at General Motors took heat from lawmakers over how the automaker’s legal department handled information related to a defective ignition switch.

GM chief Mary Barra is scheduled to testify before Congress on April 1, as a House committee moves forward with an investigation into the timing of the automaker’s ignition-switch recall.

A House committee is launching an investigation into the timing of a GM recall that includes 1.37 million vehicles in the U.S.

The Super Bowl appears to have lost a lot of its gusto for advertisers, and major brands are instead leaning on the digital world to reach consumers.

Amazon.com signed the former hosts of 'Top Gear,' the most popular TV show in the world, to create a new series for its Prime video service.

AutoNation, which cut ties with TrueCar, is taking a different approach to digital car shopping.

Several top automakers and car-hailing service Uber are reportedly clamoring to buy Nokia’s HERE mapping unit.

Comcast’s Xfinity & NASCAR want to reward loyal fans while also bringing in new ones. 

A new book on Elon Musk says the Tesla founder and CEO was on the verge of selling the electric car maker to Google two years ago.

Pandora plans to start rolling out in-car advertising this month, while the Internet radio giant’s market share continued to climb in December.

LG is unveiling a new curved smartphone at CES.

Stocks that moved substantially or traded heavily Wednesday on the New York Stock Exchange and the Nasdaq Stock Market: NYSE General Motors Co., up $1.85 to $35.83 The automaker reported better-than-expected fourth-quarter profit despite the high cost of recalled vehicles and claims.

Google and Apple are taking their competition to a new digital frontier: cars.

Irish eyes are smiling in the world of mergers and acquisitions, with Milwaukee’s Johnson Controls becoming the latest U.S. company to capitalize on Ireland’s welcoming tax rates.

BMW hopes the combination of performance capabilities and an electric motor will give the new i8 hybrid an edge over competitors.

We're taking a look at Chevron and Tesla this week amid the ongoing slump in oil prices.

Asian stock markets sank Wednesday as a global sell-off given impetus by the Volkswagen emissions scandal was exacerbated by weak Chinese factory data.

Federal prosecutors are set to announce a settlement with General Motors that resolves a criminal investigation into how the Detroit automaker concealed a deadly problem with small-car ignition switches, according to three people briefed on the case.

A General Motors stockholder representing four investment funds has told the company he'll run for its board and will propose an $8 billion stock buyback in 2016.

Spiders have forced Suzuki to recall more than 19,000 midsize cars.