Safeway CEO Steven Burd to retire in May Robert Edwards, Safeway's chief financial officer, and Larree Renda, executive vice president, are possible CEO candidates, Feldman said. Judge dismisses Apple's claim against AmazonAmazon.com won dismissal of Apple's claim that the online retailer's use of the term "app store" for Android device software is false advertising. U.S. District Judge Phyllis Hamilton in Oakland Wednesday granted Amazon's request to throw out one claim in Apple's lawsuit alleging trademark infringement and unfair competition over the Amazon Appstore for Android, a service begun in March that sells applications for the Kindle Fire and devices running Google Inc.'s Android software. Facebook stock surges on mobile ad trendSocial-networking service Facebook rose more than 5 percent Wednesday amid optimism that the company will be able to step up sales growth from advertising shown to users on mobile devices.