Comment on December 22 Premarket Briefing: 10 Things You Should Know

Shares of Tesla were up more than 4% in Thursday afternoon trading on the optimism. Elon Musk is on the verge of yet another massive payday.

A new contract that requires “labor harmony” could be a model to empower millions who work for federal contractors nationwide. In what some are hailing as a win for workers, the Biden administration has told a call center operator with a history of contentious labor disputes that it will have to reapply for its current $7 billion federal contract—eight years ahead of schedule.

The justices tightened the standards for when a federal court should issue an order to protect the jobs of workers during a union organizing campaign. The Supreme Court on Thursday made it harder for the federal government to win court orders when it suspects a company of interfering in unionization campaigns in a case that stemmed from a labor dispute with Starbucks.

Under the surface, some markets have seen home price corrections, while others have climbed higher. Want more stories from Lance Lambert’s ResiClub in your inbox? Subscribe to the free, daily ResiClub newsletter.

A new list from workplace review site Comparably reveals how employees rank higher-ups at companies like Uber, Adobe, and Topgolf. While everyone knows that good or bad leadership can make or break a company, it’s hard to tell without having worked somewhere exactly what the internal company culture is like.

Trump is not only accepting crypto donations, but he’s an active investor, reportedly owning a crypto wallet that holds a broad portfolio of coins that analysts say is worth $14.7 million. Ahead of the 2024 election, Donald Trump is pitching himself as the chosen candidate for crypto adherents. He reportedly told a campaign stop in California earlier this month he wants to be the “crypto president” (a major about-face for a guy who in 2019 said he was “not a fan of crypto.”)