General Electric CEO Immelt Is Stepping Down

Foxconn says Apple, Dell join its bid for Toshiba chip business

Foxconn says Apple, Dell join its bid for Toshiba chip business

Apple Inc (AAPL.O) and computing giant Dell Inc will join a Foxconn-led consortium bidding for Toshiba Corp's highly prized chip unit, the CEO of the world's largest contract electronics manufacturer told Reuters on Monday. Terry Gou, Foxconn's founder and chief executive, said U.S.-based Kingston Technology Co, a maker of memory products, would also be part of the bidding group, while Amazon.com Inc (AMZN.O) was close to joining. The Taiwanese firm is also in discussions with Alphabet Inc's Google (GOOGL.O), Microsoft Corp (MSFT.O) and Cisco Systems Inc (CSCO.O) about their participation in the bid, he said.


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U.S. authorities launch unusual sleeper-berth test

WASHINGTON, D.C.— To split or not to split, that is the question the American Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) is hoping to answer with an unusual driver experiment, using real drivers in real time. The goal: Develop “statistically reliable evidence” to see if split-sleeper-berth time affects driver performance, safety and fatigue. The plan: Exempt a limited number of drivers from the existing regulation and watch what happens. ...Read the rest of this story

Uber board adopts all recommendations from Eric Holder investigation

Uber board adopts all recommendations from Eric Holder investigation

The Uber Technologies Inc [UBER.UL] board of directors voted unanimously to adopt all recommendations from a report stemming from allegations of sexual harassment at the company and other employee concerns, a board representative said on Sunday. The board, at a meeting on Sunday, adopted a series of recommendations from former U.S Attorney General Eric Holder following a sprawling, multi-month investigation into Uber's cultures and practices.


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