Get caught up quickly on the top news and calls moving stocks with these Top Fives, as compiled by the editors of The Fly. 

1. STOCK NEWS: 

• Merck (MRK) agreed to acquire Acceleron (XLRN) for $180 per share in cash [more]
• Bed Bath & Beyond (BBBY) is sliding after reporting downbeat Q2 results and cutting FY21 guidance [more]
  
• Perrigo (PRGO) resolved its Irish tax assessment for EUR297M [more]
  
• Virgin Galactic (SPCE) has been cleared to fly following the conclusion of an FAA inquiry [more]
  
• AstraZeneca's (AZN) COVID-19 vaccine showed 74% overall estimated efficacy in a recent trial [more]
  

2. WALL STREET CALLS: 

• Kohl's (KSS) double-downgraded to Underperform from Buy at BofA [more]
• Atlantic Equities downgrades Starbucks (SBUX) on wage inflation, China comps [more]
  
• Snowflake (SNOW) upgraded to Buy from Neutral at BTIG [more]
  
• JPMorgan upgrades Amicus (FOLD) to Overweight as Cowen says spin-out and profit potential make it a takeout target [more]
  
• Citi drops Alibaba (BABA) target, sees "increasing chance" of 2022 guidance cut [more]
  

3. AROUND THE WEB: 

• Lordstown (RIDE) is nearing a deal to sell its Ohio plant to Foxconn (HNHPF), Bloomberg reports [more]
• Nintendo (NTDOY) and Zynga (ZNGA) have both denied a Bloomberg report saying 11 game studios were in possession of a 4K Switch development kit [more]
  
• The Supreme Court of California has rejected Oracle's (ORCL) appeal against a decision to award $3B in damages to HP Enterprise (HPE) in a case related to Itanium, The Register reports [more]
  
• Tegna (TGNA) is raising antitrust concerns over a potential buyout, NY Post says [more]
  
• Amazon (AMZN) has entered into a settlement with two employees fired over activism, NY Times reports [more]
  

4. MOVERS: 

• Orion Group (ORN) rises after being awarded $192M in contracts [more]
• Dole (DOLE) up after seeing momentum on the WallStreetBets Reddit thread in terms of message volume this morning with a top-10 position over the past 24 hours [more]
  
• Camber Energy (CEI) higher after being the highest trending name on StockTwits and is also in the top-5 on WallStreetBets Reddit thread in terms of message volume over the past 24 hours [more]
  
• Bit Digital (BTBT) falls after announcing an $80M private placement [more]
  
• CarMax (KMX) lower after reporting quarterly results [more]
  

5. EARNINGS/GUIDANCE: 

• McCormick (MCK) reported upbeat Q3 results [more]
• Landec (LNDC) reiterated its FY22 revenue guidance [more]
  
• Intuit (INTU) reiterated its earnings and revenue guidance for Q1 and FY22 [more]
  
• Paychex (PAYX) provided a "beat and raise" report for Q1 [more]
  
• Schnitzer Steel (SCHN) provided Q4 EPS guidance [more]
  

INDEXES: 

Near midday, the Dow was down 443.34, or 1.29%, to 33,947.38, the Nasdaq was down 39.62, or 0.27%, to 14,472.82, and the S&P 500 was down 37.71, or 0.87%, to 4,321.75.