Notes From All Over -- Early Morning Edition -- July 15, 2020

Two different headlines, same story, Goldman Sachs 2Q20 earnings:

• WSJ: earnings flat year-over-year;
• Fox: huge earnings beat;

Goldman Sachs, 2Q20 EPS:

• forecast: $3.78 / share
• actual: $6.26 / share

Dak Prescott: deadline today. YouTube, July 14, 2020, ESPN. Absolutely bizarre. Quibbling between $31 million and $35 million, and now I see a headline that the latest offer, seven hours ago, was for $33 million. I'll bet he ... gotta run ...

NFL ... opening soon. Only problem: no plan. From The WSJ. Training camps are set to open July 28 -- it will be interesting to see how many "franchise" quarterbacks show up.

Tesla: one step closer. Tesla lands another $15 million in tax breaks to re-locate to Travis County, TX. Link here. 

Commissioners in Travis County, home to Austin and the possible next Tesla factory, approved Tuesday property tax breaks worth at least $14.7 million — and potentially more — over 10 years. The incentives are on top of $46.6 million in property tax abatement that the Del Valle School District Board approved earlier this month. 

Apple wins Irish tax case. Link here.

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Markets, pre-market trading:

• Dow futures: up 237 points
• S& P futures: up 18 points; up about 0.6%
• NASDAQ: up 37 points; up about 0.35%
• TSLA: up 2.65%; up $40; trading at $1557
• IMUX: up 1.65% in pre-market trading. Trading at $12.31. A few months ago, the floor seemed to be $9.00; now $12.00
• AAPL: up about 1.2%; up about $4.77; trading at 393
• BRK-B: not trading yet; was up over 3% at the close yesterday; up $5.58 which makes no sense to me
• AMZN: flat