Stocks making the biggest moves premarket: Expedia, Block, Lyft and more

Check out the companies making headlines before the bell: Expedia (EXPE) – The travel website operator’s stock jumped 5.4% in the premarket after Expedia beat top and bottom line estimates in its latest quarterly report. Travel demand was strong, with lodging revenue up 57% from a year ago and airline ticket revenue up 22%. Block…

Is the economy in a recession? ‘What you call it is less relevant,’ says one economist: Here’s ‘what really matters’

There’s a lot of speculation lately about whether the U.S. is officially in a recession. Both President Joe Biden and Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said we’re not there just yet, pointing to the strong labor market and rising wages. The official declaration typically comes from the National Bureau of Economic Research, and it has…

Reminder that Corporate Taxes Are the Most Economically Damaging Way to Raise Revenue

In the rush to pass the Inflation Reduction Act, which features an ill-conceived tax on the book income of U.S. corporations, it is worth reminding policymakers of a well-established finding in the economic literature: that among all the major ways to raise revenue, increasing the corporate tax is the most economically destructive due to its…

Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav embraces the past as he plans his company’s future

In this article WBD David Zaslav, President and CEO of Warner Bros. Discovery talks to the media as he arrives at the Sun Valley Resort for the Allen & Company Sun Valley Conference on July 05, 2022 in Sun Valley, Idaho. Kevin Dietsch | Getty Images The biggest decision for any big media chief executive…

Would you be included in student loan forgiveness? What we know so far

Nosystem Images | E+ | Getty Images Student loan forgiveness could be coming as soon as this month. The Biden administration is considering a number of different ways to move forward with cancelling education debt. The biggest uncertainty is how much of the debt it will relieve, if any. On the campaign trail, President Joe…

Warner Bros Discovery’s DC universe, and its direct-to-streaming strategy, are getting a reset

In this article WBD Leslie Grace attends Warner Bros. Premiere of “The Suicide Squad” at The Landmark Westwood on August 02, 2021 in Los Angeles, California. Axelle/bauer-griffin | Filmmagic | Getty Images Investors are looking to Warner Bros. Discovery for details on its streaming strategy when the newly merged company reports second-quarter earnings after the…

Stocks making the biggest moves after hours: DoorDash, Beyond Meat, AMC, Virgin Galactic & more

In this article BYND BYND AMC WBD A DoorDash sign is pictured on a restaurant on the day they hold their IPO in New York, December 9, 2020. Carlo Allegri | Reuters Check out the companies making headlines after the bell:  DoorDash — Shares of the food delivery company popped 12% after a revenue beat. DoorDash…

Equifax coding error caused millions of inaccurate credit scores. How to know if you are affected

Getty Images If you took out a loan earlier this year, there’s a chance you’ll be hearing from your bank about a flub that may have been part of its lending decision. One of the three big credit-reporting companies, Equifax, announced this week that a coding issue resulted in the company providing inaccurate consumer credit…

Lordstown Motors expects limited production and deliveries of electric pickup in 2022

In this article RIDE Workers install door hinges to the body shell of a prototype Endurance electric pickup truck on June 21, 2021 at Lordstown Motors assembly plant in Ohio. Michael Wayland | CNBC Embattled electric truck startup Lordstown Motors on Thursday reaffirmed plans to begin commercial production of its first vehicle this quarter and…

Oil major BP boosts dividend as quarterly profits jump on high commodity prices

A BP gas station in Madrid, Spain. Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images LONDON — U.K. oil giant BP on Tuesday raised its dividend and boosted share buybacks after tripling second-quarter profits on robust refining margins and trading. The British energy major posted second-quarter underlying replacement cost profit, used as a proxy for net…