California Inc.: DMV running down rules for robot vehicles

Welcome to California Inc., the weekly newsletter of the L.A. Times Business Section. It's earnings season, so all eyes are on corporate balance sheets. Last week, big banks reported solid numbers, with JPMorgan Chase, Citigroup and Wells Fargo each posting profit and sales numbers that exceeded analyst expectations. However, Wells said its third-quarter profit slipped 3% from a year earlier as the company tries to recover from that bogus-accounts scandal. Checking out China: Wang Jianlin, chairman of China's Dalian Wanda Group, will speak Monday night at LACMA on "Navigating Business in China."