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Ford Motor Co on Monday said it was replacing Chief Executive Officer Mark Fields with James Hackett, the head of the unit developing self - driving cars, in response to investors» growing unease over the U.S. carmaker's stock performance and prospects.

Alphabet's (goog) Waymo self - driving car unit asked a U.S. judge on Monday to postpone an upcoming trade secrets trial against Uber Technologies (uber), so Waymo could investigate whether Uber withheld important evidence in the case.

Alphabet's Waymo unit is seeking about $ 2.6 billion from Uber for the alleged theft of one of several trade secrets in a lawsuit over self - driving cars, a lawyer for Uber said on Wednesday.

Uber Technologies must promptly return stolen confidential files to Alphabet's (googl) Waymo self - driving car unit, a federal judge ruled, while stopping short of shutting down the ride - services company's autonomous car program.

A U.S. judge on Tuesday said Uber Technologies had withheld evidence from him and granted a request from Alphabet «s Waymo self - driving car unit to delay a trade secrets trial that had been scheduled to begin next week.

A truck filled with 100 fan - powered filtration units was driven from Toronto to Boyle to be used to clean particulates from the air inside Fort McMurray homes, Feldstein said.

Waymo accuses Uber and Otto of stealing data Otto founder Anthony Levandowski worked for Google's self driving car unit, now known as Waymo.

A U.S. judge on Tuesday said he would delay a trade secrets trial over self - driving car technology between Alphabet's Waymo unit and ride provider Uber until December.

Represents the percentage change compared to prior year period in miles driven per vehicle per workday on US lease power units.

The spin out of the self - driving car unit, which is currently housed in X, another Alphabet company, has been expected for some time.

These would include the product and menu choices, the unit design and fixtures, the advertising and promotion efforts needed to drive enough customers to the business and the pricing that you'll need to have to produce a good profit level.

A drive to organize a union at a unit of Bloomberg LP has fizzled, and the employee leading the effort has been fired, Fortune has learned.

«I've always operated the company in a very capital efficient, very unit - economics - driven way,» she says.

The revelations Tuesday and Wednesday about the extensive use of Wickr inside Uber upended the high - stakes legal showdown with Alphabet's Waymo unit, which accuses the ride - hailing firm of stealing its self - driving car secrets.

But she's going to face pressure to liberate high - tech, high - growth units such as ride - sharing / hailing division Maven and self - driving entity Cruise, mainly to deliver more returns on the stock price.

Google became a subsidiary of Alphabet, as did most of its smaller, research - driven units, including connected - home business Nest and Google Fiber, its home broadband initiative.

He drives his 10 - year - old Volvo sedan to the storage unit and loads the mowers into the trunk and back seat.

Alphabet «s self - driving car unit Waymo (googl), Ford Motor (f), Uber Technologies, Toyota Motor (tm), Tesla Motors, and others also filed comments suggesting changes.

But it sure does drive a stake into the long - held North American ideal of infrastructure - based telecommunications competition, and indeed makes a very strong case for structural or operational separation of those companies» network units.

Three executives from Google's self - driving - car unit left in August, as did Bill Maris, founder and head of Google's venture arm.

The main goal is to keep unit costs, excluding fuel, flat over the three - year period, while also driving up revenue by adding capacity, Hogg said.

His exit is the latest in a string of departures from the unit, Recode points out, highlighting that one of the project's other cofounders, Jiajun Zhu, recently left for an unnamed startup, while another group, including cofounder Anthony Levandowski, went to found a self - driving truck startup at the beginning of the year.

It's the first indication that Uber's problems, from a sexual harassment scandal to an intellectual property lawsuit with Google parent Alphabet's self - driving car unit, are taking a significant and widespread toll on its stock price.

The first salvos were delivered to a 10 - person jury in San Francisco federal court in a civil lawsuit that could help determine who emerges in the forefront of the autonomous car business nearly a year after Alphabet Inc's self - driving car unit Waymo sued rival Uber Technologies Inc..

Waymo said engineer Anthony Levandowski downloaded more than 14,000 confidential files in December 2015 containing designs for autonomous vehicles before he went on to lead Uber's self - driving car unit in 2016.

The case hinges on whether ride - hailing firm Uber used trade secrets from Alphabet's self - driving car unit to advance its autonomous vehicle program.

Waymo, Google parent Alphabet's self - driving unit, has submitted an application to begin testing driverless cars in California without a backup driver present.

The company's self - driving units have been in test runs in the area for a while now, but always with a backup driver.

John Namey, director of real estate for the 380 - unit Firehouse Subs in Jacksonville, Fla., says he goes into likely new trade areas and «drives the major and minor roads, looking where restaurant concentrations are.

A major area hospital is working in one unit as it ramps up a fundraising drive, cramming it with an army of envelope stuffers.

Tesla has followed a master plan Musk laid out in a 2006 blog post: «to enter at the high end of the market, where customers are prepared to pay a premium, and then drive down market as fast as possible to higher unit volume and lower prices with each successive model.»

Glen De Vos, vice-president of Delphi's business - services unit, says the Intel deal gives the company everything it needs to develop an autonomous - driving package to sell to automakers.

Earnings from Corning's specialty materials unit, which makes Gorilla Glass, surged 71.4 % to $ 71 million in the third quarter, driven by demand from smartphone makers such as Apple (aapl).

The deposition centers on an ongoing lawsuit between Alphabet's self - driving car unit Waymo (formerly all under Google) and Uber.

The Waymo self - driving car unit also asked that an independent monitor be appointed to ensure Uber does not use Waymo technology in the future, the sources said.

A number of companies, including Audi, Bosch, Daimler's Mercedes - Benz unit, Delphi Automotive (DLPH), Google, and Nissan have permits through a California DMV program for testing self - driving cars.

Toshiba needs to sell the chip unit to plug a giant hole in its finances caused by the failure of the conglomerate's U.S. nuclear business, but the deal has snagged on such issues as antitrust concerns if the U.S. disk - drive maker were a major owner.

A number of companies, including Audi, Bosch, Daimler's Mercedes - Benz unit, Delphi Automotive, Google, and Nissan have permits through a California Department of Motor Vehicle program to test self - driving cars.

Toby Iles, Economist at The Economist Intelligence Unit says a boost in household income will drive growth in Asia's luxury market.

Garmin is kicking out four Drive GPS units that warn you about conditions that other mapping devices miss, such as sharp turns, crossings and even fatigue.

Former Uber CEO Travis Kalanick said he was «constantly making a pitch to partner» with Google's self - driving car unit, but Alphabet's Larry Page wasn't interested.

The new Sidewalk project would make way for self - driving cars on its streets, more efficient electricity and water delivery systems, and high - tech housing units for tens of thousands of people and workers.

Most Swedes live within an hour's drive from the nearest hospital or local emergency unit.

Last week, Alphabet «s (googl) self - driving vehicle unit Waymo sued Uber for allegedly stealing designs related to autonomous vehicles, a claim that Uber has denied.

What do costs - per - unit look like at different levels of output volume in the industry, and how much could costs realistically be driven down by the merger?

The growth was mainly driven by our continuing investments in advertising and marketing to support our business units and by the growth of personnel costs due to new hires.

Khosrowshahi, a former CEO of travel site Expedia, deftly settled an acrimonious lawsuit with Google's former self - driving car unit.

Reorganizing the business into new operating and reporting units to increase transparency and drive corporate focus.

Wang Jin, the former senior vice-president of Baidu's autonomous driving unit, left Baidu in March 2017 to found JingChi.

Han Xu, CTO of JingChi and former Chief Scientist of Baidu's autonomous driving unit, took over as CEO of the startup.