check out the companies making headlines before the bell carmax kmx – the auto retailer missed estimates by 18 cents with quarterly earnings of 172 per share although revenue topped analyst projections comparable preowned car sales rose 62 less than the 73 estimate of analysts surveyed by streetaccount carmax tumbled 71 in the premarket mccormick mkc – the spice maker reported adjusted quarterly earnings of 80 cents per share beating estimates by 8 cents with revenue slightly above wall street forecasts however it also cut its fullyear earnings forecast as it deals with higher inflation and logistics challenges fubotv fubo – the sportscentered video streaming services fubo gaming unit is partnering with payments platform paysafe psfe for its interactive wagering operation paysafe rose 11 in the premarket while fubotv added 14 merck mrk – merck struck a deal to buy drugmaker acceleron pharma xlrn for 180 per share in cash or 115 billion it had been reported earlier this month that acceleron was close to a sale agreement and reports earlier this week had named merck as the suitor virgin galactic spce – virgin galactic shares soared 89 in the premarket after the faa concluded a probe of a july 11th flight mishap and allowed the company to resume launches the investigation determined that the july flight had deviated from its assigned path and that virgin had not communicated the deviation to the faa as required diageo deo – diageo said its new fiscal year is off to a strong start with the worlds largest spirits producer pointing to a strong north american business and a fasterthanexpected recovery in european markets diageo rose 23 in premarket trading astrazeneca azn – the drugmakers covid19 vaccine showed 74 efficacy in a us clinical trial and 835 efficacy in people 65 years and older the company expects to file for us approval later this year altria mo philip morris international pm – the tobacco producers were ordered by the international trade commission to halt the import and sales of their iqos heated tobacco device the order stems from a patent case brought by rival tobacco producer rj reynolds with the case now moving to an administrative review lordstown motors ride – lordstown is near a deal to sell its ohio car factory to taiwans foxconn technology for an undisclosed amount according to people familiar with the matter who spoke to bloomberg the electric truck maker had bought the plant from general motors gm less than two years ago lordstown rallied 56 in the premarket herman miller mlhr – herman miller fell a penny shy of wall street forecasts with adjusted quarterly earnings of 49 cents per share but the office furniture makers sales came in well above estimates and it also gave an upbeat currentquarter earnings forecast herman miller added 22 in premarket action perrigo prgo – perrigo shares surged 143 in premarket trading after the drugmaker resolved a tax dispute with ireland for about 399 million with no interest or penalties applied