Ashley Lau in New York and Supriya Kurane in Bangalore; Editing by Chris Reese and Gopakumar Warrier

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GM ordered new switches months before recall: WSJ

General Motors Co (GM.N) ordered half a million replacement ignition switches almost two months before it alerted federal safety regulators of the issues that prompted a recall of millions of vehicles, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing email exchanges between the automaker and its supplier Delphi Automotive Plc (DLPH.N).

By Ashley Lau in New York and Supriya Kurane in Bangalore; Editing by Chris Reese and Gopakumar Warrier