Stocks making the biggest moves premarket: Continental Resources, Bank of America, Apple and others

In this article AAPL FOXA NWSA BK BAC CLR Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Check out the companies making headlines before the bell: Continental Resources (CLR) –Chairman and founder Harold Hamm and his family will acquire the shares of the energy producer that they don’t already own for $74.28 per share. The deal is…

Kanye West agrees to buy conservative social media platform Parler, company says

Kanye West arrives at the Vanity Fair Oscar Party on Feb. 9, 2020, in Beverly Hills, Calif. Evan Agostini | Invision | AP Kanye West, the superstar rapper who has made several inflammatory and antisemitic comments in recent weeks, has agreed in principle to buy conservative social media platform Parler, the app’s parent company said…

Bank of America tops estimates on better-than-expected bond trading, higher interest rates

In this article BAC Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Bank Of America CEO Brian Moynihan is interviewed by Jack Otter during “Barron’s Roundtable” at Fox Business Network Studios on January 09, 2020 in New York City. John Lamparski | Getty Images Bank of America said Monday that profit and revenue topped expectations on better-than-expected…

Medieval Times sues performers’ union over trademark infringement

Medieval Times Dinner and Tournament, a family dinner theater featuring staged medieval-style games, sword-fighting, and jousting performed by a cast of 75 actors and 20 horses, held in Lyndhurst, New Jersey Anadolu Agency | Getty Images Medieval Times has thrown down the gauntlet. The restaurant-and-show chain is suing its employees’ New Jersey union for allegedly…

U.S. satellite giant Viasat’s $7.3 billion takeover of UK rival Inmarsat faces in-depth competition probe

In this article VSAT Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT The offices of satellite operator Inmarsat in central London. Leon Neal | AFP | Getty Images The U.K.’s competition regulator launched an in-depth probe into American satellite internet company Viasat’s $7.3 billion deal to buy British rival Inmarsat. The Competition and Markets Authority on Friday…

For GM auto union workers, there’s still a lot to learn about making EVs

In this article GM Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT UAW Local 5960 member Kimberly Fuhr inspects a Chevrolet Bolt EV during vehicle production on Thursday, May 6, 2021, at the General Motors Orion Assembly Plant in Orion Township, Michigan. Steve Fecht for Chevrolet In 2015, Marland “Lanny” Brown learned how to build an all-electric…

In the new thriller ‘Emily the Criminal,’ director John Patton Ford takes on the student loan crisis

Emily the Criminal Courtesy: John Patton Ford In the new film “Emily the Criminal,” the title character, played by actress Aubrey Plaza, is almost always in a state of fear. There are moments where Emily’s dread lifts: after one of her successful heists, when she’s painting in her apartment to classical music or when she’s…

Tax Hike Proposals Live on Despite Being Dropped in the Inflation Reduction Act

Over the past two years, policymakers and taxpayers have grappled with proposals to increase taxes as ideas introduced in the 2020 presidential campaign were transformed into legislation. This effort culminated in August with the enactment of the Inflation Reduction Act. While many of the tax increases considered over the last two years were eventually shelved,…

China’s Xi downplays need for rapid growth, proclaims Covid achievements

China’s President Xi Jinping kicks off the ruling party’s 20th National Congress — held once every five years — with an opening speech at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Oct. 16, 2022. The week-long event is expected to pave the way for him to stay on for an unprecedented third five-year…

Utah’s cookie war heats up in court – and on social media

There’s a war going on in Utah – not over politics or drugs – but cookies. Crumbl Cookies, which has more than 300 stores in 36 states, has declared war on smaller competitors Dirty Dough (six stores in Utah and Florida) and Crave (nine stores in Utah and Florida.) And it’s setting social media ablaze….

Top Wall Street analysts say buy these stocks to protect against market uncertainty

In this article QCOM META PZZA CHEF DHT Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Source: Papa Johns Investors white-knuckled their way through last week as the major averages swung sharply, fueled by key inflation reports. On Thursday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average leapt 1,500 points from its low of the session to the highest point…