Google gain

Google won a ruling excluding Oracle’s $6.1 billion damage estimate in a patent and copy right lawsuit over its use of Java technology in the Android operat ing system for mobile devices.

Winklevosses

A federal judge in Boston dismissed suits by Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, who claim that Facebook co- founder Mark Zucker berg stole their idea for the social media site.

Mighty GE

General Electric’s sec ond-quarter earnings rose 21 percent to $3.76 billion, buoyed by its finance unit.

Chic offer

Women’s apparel bou tique chain Francesca’s Holdings’ stock closed at $27.65 a share on the Nasdaq, up 63 percent from its initial public of fering price of $17.

Wang pleads

Hao “Howie” Wang, a former JPMorgan Chase business banker, pleaded guilty to using other people’s identi ties to steal more than $1.1 million from the bank and its customers, the Manhattan district attorney said.