Battlefront II will have single player campaign

The markets extended its gains during the midday with the Dow soaring 124 points to 20,577. Nasdaq climbed 32 points to 5,837.


Electronic Arts announced that Star Wars Battlefront II, which will launch on November 17, will have a single player campaign that takes place between the Return of the Jedi and Star Wars: The Force Awakens movies. Users had complained that the original Star Wars Battlefront only offered multiplayer battles. Battlefront II will also introduce multiplayer combat in space.


The California Department of Motor Vehicles approved Apple's application to test autonomous cars in the state. The permit will allow Apple to use its self driving technology in three 2015 Lexus RX540h vehicles. Apple joins the ranks of Tesla, Google, BMW, Ford and twenty five other companies that are officially testing autonomous vehicles in the nation's most populous state.


In what may be a first for Harley-Davidson, the motorcycle maker offered rebates to dealers in the U.S. on year model 2016 motorcycles. With slowing demand and backlog of inventory, the 114-year old company offered up to $1,000 per motorcycle in order to move models from last year. Even with the incentives, analysts expect first quarter sales to drop between 15% to 20% from last year.


In the broad market, advancing issues outpaced decliners by a margin of more than 2 to 1 on the NYSE and by more than 5 to 3 on Nasdaq. The broader S&P 500 index climbed 13 points to 2,342. Bitcoin soared $16 to $1195.


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