Q: Loved seeing your “glove box” item in my East Bay Times today. Glove box is what my mom called it. Dad said “jockey box." What can you tell us about jockey box history? I’m 78 so my parents are long gone, but I like to say jockey box when my grown grandkids are in the car, just to hear their reaction and so I can tell family stories. ...Read more

When Stellantis NV Chairman John Elkann this week explained his concerns with costly U.S. tariffs, he made sure to draw a comparison with growing automotive powerhouse China.

Both the American and European auto sectors are struggling to navigate "extreme" policy and regulatory pressures — including the new import tariffs — as China's ...Read more

Ford Motor Co. has adjusted shipments to China from the United States as a result of retaliatory tariffs, the Dearborn automaker confirmed.

Citing anonymous sources, The Wall Street Journal first reported the Blue Oval this week halted shipments completely of F-150 Raptor pickups, Mustang muscle cars and Bronco SUVs built in Michigan, as well ...Read more

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau may not proceed with agencywide job cuts, while a D.C. federal court weighs whether the terminations would violate a preliminary injunction blocking the agency from shutting down.

Judge Amy Berman Jackson of the US District Court for the District of Columbia said from the bench Friday that a written ...Read more

With gold prices at record highs, jewelry collectors are in meltdown mode.

For weeks, they've been scouring their homes and cracking open their safes to retrieve vintage necklaces, family heirlooms and other expensive pieces containing the precious metal that can be melted for cash.

"It happens with every gold spike," said Jeff Clark, a market...Read more

The Las Vegas-based company that would operate the future Las Vegas Spaceport west of the city is offering wealthy customers a chance to own their own military-grade personal satellite.

United Spaceports Corp., the corporate entity that owns the Las Vegas Spaceport, has begun sales of the Black Star 1000 advanced military private satellite for ...Read more

There is no gift shop, no factory tour, no visitors’ center at Just Born Quality Confections. That doesn’t stop fans from coming anyway. They tap on the tinted doors to see if there’s any chance of catching a glimpse of the 102-year-old company’s most beloved product.

They’re there to peep the Peeps.

Just Born makes 2 billion Peeps ...Read more

ANZA-BORREGO DESERT, California — With all-terrain tires, all-wheel drive, seven driving modes and wireless navigation, the Ford Bronco Sport is a packhorse built for all seasons.

In southern California, those seasons can happen in one day.

The Bronco Sport — aka, Son of Bronco, Bronco Jr., Bronco Lite — is the entry-level sibling in ...Read more

Ford Motor Co. seems to have gone down a rabbit hole in recent years with EVs, spending tons of money and time on production and innovation. While the company's trusty old nameplates continue to be profitable and modern, Ford has left the Mustang untouched, and for good reason. In Grasso’s Garage today, we review the 2025 Intense Lime Yellow ...Read more

The trade war with China has spooked investors but also has its supporters among business leaders who feel ripped off by the world’s second-largest economy.

Business leaders for years have decried intellectual property theft, unequal treatment of U.S. companies and cyberattacks. “Shark Tank” star and investor Kevin O’Leary said he would...Read more

World events can bring about the creation of great products. Consider the 1956 Suez Oil Crisis, when Egypt nationalized the British- and French-owned Suez Canal Company.

With Europe's oil supply threatened, the British Motor Company created a car that was even more fuel efficient than its popular Morris Minor. The work of Minor's designer Alec...Read more

Three congressmen from the House Committee on Energy and Commerce are raising concerns over data privacy weeks after the genetic testing company 23andMe filed for bankruptcy, putting millions of customers' personal information up for sale.

The Republican representatives — Brett Guthrie from Kentucky, Gus Bilirakis from Florida and Gary Palmer...Read more

In another major legal blow to Google, a federal judge on Thursday ruled that the search giant held an illegal monopoly over some advertising technology, a ruling that could reshape the online advertising business.

Judge Leonie Brinkema of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia said in a decision that Google illegally ...Read more

Rising economic uncertainty amid a global trade war did little to dampen Netflix’s financial results in the first quarter.

The Los Gatos-based streaming giant said its first quarter revenue grew 13% to $10.5 billion, fueled by membership growth and higher prices.

Net income jumped 24% to $2.89 billion in the quarter, well ahead of the $2.48 ...Read more

Anna Paulson, a career economist at the Federal Reserve's Chicago bank, will take over as president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, the bank said Thursday morning.

An insurance scholar, Paulson, 60, cowrote a 2017 paper on the declining number of Americans from all levels of society who buy life insurance. She has also studied how ...Read more

Boeing employees don’t trust senior leadership and don’t feel their contributions are recognized or valued, according to the results of an internal survey that CEO Kelly Ortberg shared at staff meetings this week.

The company is seeing improvement in its production process, Ortberg said, something that it has been striving for since a ...Read more

As trade tensions and tariff-fueled fears of a recession roil the economy, stock analysts warn that Walt Disney Co.'s theme parks could take a hit.

Typically, amusement park attendance in the U.S. is tied to the health of the American economy. When people feel better about their financial situation, they're more likely to spend on discretionary...Read more

We keep hearing about all the goods that will become more expensive for Americans thanks to Donald Trump's tariff policy, such as it is: clothing, shoes, cars, food, especially anything imported from China.

But the latest skirmish between Trump and China has painted a target on this nation's most important manufacturing exporter: Boeing Co.

On...Read more

In another major legal blow to Google, a federal judge on Thursday ruled that the search giant held an illegal monopoly over some advertising technology.

Judge Leonie Brinkema of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia said in a ruling that Google illegally maintained and acquired a monopoly in two markets for advertising ...Read more