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some say that coming forward would help break taboos on workplace illness for other executives and workers.

Fiat Chrysler's late founding CEO Sergio Marchionne was a notorious workaholic who regularly slept on a corporate jet while landing in the headlines for his shrewd deal-making.

The Environmental Protection Agency is withdrawing a last-minute order by the agency's former chief that allowed super-polluting diesel truck engines.

With too many factories making slow-selling cars, General Motors can't afford to keep them all operating without making some tough decisions.

Marchionne died this week after suffering complications from surgery.

The Zurich University Hospital where Fiat Chrysler Automobiles founding CEO Sergio Marchionne died says he had been treated there for a "serious illness" for more than a year.

German automaker Daimler AG says its net profit fell 27 percent in the second quarter to 1.8 billion euros, from 2.5 billion euros a year earlier.

Hyundai Motor Co. says its net profit for the second quarter has fallen 14 percent over a year earlier due to the South Korean won's strength against the U.S. dollar.

U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross says the Trump administration won’t carry out its threat to impose auto tariffs while trade negotiations with the European Union are ongoing.

Automakers say steel and aluminum tariffs drove commodity expenses higher.

___ Trump, European Union leaders pull back from trade war WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump and European leaders pulled back from the brink of a trade war over autos Wednesday and agreed to open talks to resolve a dispute over steel and to tear down trade barriers between the United States and the European Union.

An escalating trade war and steep tariffs on steel and aluminum is putting pressure on earnings for automakers.

One New England city is ordering a California company's electric stand-up scooters off its streets and another is scrambling to craft new scooter rules since the rental vehicles began appearing last week with no warning.

U.S. stock indexes edged mostly higher in early trading Wednesday following a mixed batch of quarterly earnings results from General Motors, Boeing, Coca-Cola and other companies.

Dinged by slumping China sales and a fire at a U.S. parts factory, Ford Motor Co.'s second-quarter net profit fell 48 percent from a year ago.

Shares of the big carmaker have fallen 10% on a year-to-date basis

Sergio Marchionne, the founding CEO of Fiat Chrysler Automobiles who died Wednesday, was widely recognized as an industry leader.

Uber officials say the company has taken the first step toward relaunching its self-driving cars on Pittsburgh-area streets four months after a fatal accident involving one of the cars in Arizona.