This is CNBC’s live blog covering all the latest news on the coronavirus outbreak. This blog will be updated throughout the day as the news breaks. Global cases: More than 4 million Global deaths: More than 279,300 Most cases reported: United States (over 1.3 million), Spain (over 223,500), Italy (over 218,200), United […]
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Coronavirus live updates: Three members of White House task force to enter some form of quarantine
This is CNBC’s live blog covering all the latest news on the coronavirus outbreak. This blog will be updated throughout the day as the news breaks. Global cases: More than 4 million Global deaths: More than 279,300 Most cases reported: United States (over 1.3 million), Spain (over 223,500), Italy (over 218,200), United […]
Anthony Fauci will follow ‘modified’ quarantine after exposure to White House aide with coronavirus
US President Donald Trump (L) listens as Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Anthony Fauci speaks during the daily briefing on the novel coronavirus, COVID-19, at the White House on March 24, 2020, in Washington, DC. Mandel Ngan | AFP | Getty Images White House health […]
Tesla files complaint in federal court claiming ‘no rational basis’ for factory shutdown
Elon Musk Jim Watson | AFP | Getty Images Tesla on Saturday filed suit against the California’s Alameda County in U.S. District Court for California’s Northern District, asserting that the county rules contradict state policy on business closures. Tesla CEO Elon Musk said in a tweet that the company would be […]
Dental practices led record health care job losses in April but are already bouncing back this month
Dr. Paul Giotopoulos of Quaker Ridge Dental Source: Dr. Paul Giotopoulos of Quaker Ridge Dental The health care sector lost a record 1.4 million jobs in April led by more than half a million job cuts at dentist offices according to the Labor Department, as the coronavirus pandemic kept most […]
Coronavirus live updates: Global cases cross 4 million mark as White House deals with infection in the ranks
People walk along Broadway as the coronavirus keeps financial markets and businesses mostly closed on May 08, 2020 in New York City. The Bureau of Labor Statistics announced on Friday that the US economy lost 20.5 million jobs in April. This is the largest decline in jobs since the government […]
Trump says US will start buying dairy, meat and produce from farmers amid supply chain disruptions
A farmer holds a seed piece from a clearwater russet potato in a recently planted potato field at Friehe Farms in Moses Lake, Washington, on Thursday, April 30, 2020. David Ryder | Bloomberg | Getty Images The U.S. will start rolling out a program to purchase $3 billion of dairy, […]
Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt is reportedly no longer an advisor to the company
Eric Schmidt speaks during a National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence conference November 5, 2019, in Washington Alex Wong | Getty Images Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt is no longer serving as an advisor to the company, according to a Saturday report. Schmidt stopped serving as technical advisor in February, […]
How the coronavirus could kill the $2 billion US bail bond business
A decades-long debate about bail bonds as one of the biggest causes of jail density, has been given new intensity by Covid-19. A need to reduce crowded prison populations could threaten the $2 billion industry. George Rose | Getty Images Prisons and jails are at a significant risk of a […]
Trump says US will purchase $3 billion of dairy, meat and produce as farmers struggle amid pandemic
A farmer holds a seed piece from a clearwater russet potato in a recently planted potato field at Friehe Farms in Moses Lake, Washington, on Thursday, April 30, 2020. David Ryder | Bloomberg | Getty Images The U.S. will purchase $3 billion of dairy, meat and produce from farmers and ranchers […]