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___ 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.

Sergio Marchionne, a charismatic and demanding leader who engineered two long-shot corporate turnarounds to save both Fiat and Chrysler from near-certain failure, died Wednesday.

General Motors, facing rising commodity costs in a trade showdown with Europe and elsewhere, cut its outlook for the year.

The new head of Fiat Chrysler (FCA) brings an engineer’s precision and a successful manager’s administrative skill to the challenge of filling Sergio Marchionne’s shoes.

Fiat Chrysler Automobiles has lowered its full-year targets after second-quarter profits sank by 35 percent, but confirmed the carmaker had eliminated its net industrial debt.

Marchionne combined Fiat and Chrysler, two strugging automakers, and built them into the world's seventh-largest automaker.

The European Union says it's ready to retaliate against the United States with tariffs on products worth $20 billion if President Donald Trump puts duties on cars and auto parts from Europe.

___ US announces billions to help farmers hurt by Trump tariffs WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration is announcing a $12 billion program to aid farmers who have been hurt by the president's trade disputes with China and other U.S. trading partners.

The Licensed Taxi Drivers' Association of London have growing frustration with the presence of Uber in its city, and is considering legal action to mitigate its financial losses.

The new business will be based primarily in Detroit.

The Switchblade’s first public flight will take place in several months.