The American industrialist Harvey Samuel Firestone (1868-1938) organized the Firestone Tire and Rubber Company, a leading firm in the rubber industry. Harvey Firestone was born at Columbiana, Ohio, on Dec. 20, 1868, the son of a prosperous farmer....

Firestone, Ford agree to release documents Associated Press Tuesday, January 9, 2001 Corpus Christi, Texas -- A woman paralyzed in a rollover crash of a Ford Explorer with Firestone tires reached a settlement Monday under which Ford Motor Co. and Bridgestone/Firestone...

Founder's grandson won't seek re-election LOS OLIVOS, Calif.--Brooks Firestone, the moderate politician/businessman, apparently has had enough of the brutal world of politics. The grandson of the founder of Firestone Tire & Rubber Co. plans to end his public career and returning...

To Harvey Firestone, excuses were a signal that the thinking process had come to a screeching stop.Firestone (1868-1938) wasn't unreasonable. He was a practical businessman who insisted on the highest quality for the tires he manufactured. Firestone placed the responsibility for his company's fortunes on...

Henry Ford had a better idea. Three of them, in fact. He didn’t invent the internal-combustion engine, but his four-cylinder, 20-horsepower Model T—Brewster green in the early years, then black and only black—became the “universal car” of the 1910’s and 20’s. “No man making a...