Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Anthony Fauci speaks during the daily briefing on the novel coronavirus, COVID-19, in the Brady Briefing Room at the White House on April 1, 2020, in Washington, DC. Mandel Ngan | AFP | Getty Images The world may never get […]
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Trump and 3M strike deal to bring 166.5 million masks to US in three months to help coronavirus response
President Donald Trump said Monday that the White House and 3M reached a “very amicable agreement” that will bring more than 55 million masks to the U.S. each month, following a public dispute between the manufacturing giant and the president. “So the 3M saga ends very happily,” Trump concluded at […]
Coronavirus live updates: Starbucks baristas to wear face masks, US cases now number 364,000
This is CNBC’s live blog covering all the latest news on the coronavirus outbreak. All times below are in Eastern time. This blog will be updated throughout the day as the news breaks. Global cases: More than 1,337,749 Global deaths: At least 74,169 US cases: At least 362,759 US deaths: […]
Coronavirus fight: Trump says there’s light at the end of the tunnel with vaccine and treatment research
President Donald Trump speaks during the daily briefing on the novel coronavirus, COVID-19, in the Brady Briefing Room at the White House on April 6, 2020, in Washington, DC. Mandel Ngan | AFP | Getty Images While the coming days in the nation’s coronavirus fight look bleak, President Donald Trump […]
Unemployment numbers matter more to the market than ‘potential peak in the coronavirus transmission,’ Jim Cramer says
CNBC’s Jim Cramer watched stocks rally hard Monday on welcome data about coronavirus progress, but he is not sold on the idea that Wall Street has fully turned the corner. After the new virus infections count in the U.S. dipped on Sunday, the three major stock averages all jumped more […]
Wisconsin primary is on again for now as state Supreme Court blocks order to delay voting
Tony Evers in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S. November 4, 2018. Nick Oxford | Reuters The Wisconsin Supreme Court on Monday blocked Gov. Tony Evers’ executive order to postpone in-person voting for the state’s presidential primary set for Tuesday. The Democrat aimed to delay voting until June 9 because of the coronavirus […]
Coronavirus brings Boeing’s US airplane production to a halt
Boeing Dreamliner 787 Air China planes sit on the production line at the company’s final assembly facility in North Charleston, South Carolina. Travis Dove | Bloomberg | Getty Images Boeing on Monday said it will suspend production of 787 planes in South Carolina because of the coronavirus pandemic, a move that […]
Why the chances for a ‘V’-shaped economic recovery are getting less likely by the day
A man cleans up on the trading floor, following traders testing positive for Coronavirus disease (COVID-19), at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, U.S., March 19, 2020. Lucas Jackson | Reuters A man cleans up on the trading floor, following traders testing positive for Coronavirus disease (COVID-19), […]
Coronavirus live updates: Checkpoints between Texas and Louisiana now in effect, US deaths top 10,000
This is CNBC’s live blog covering all the latest news on the coronavirus outbreak. All times below are in Eastern time. This blog will be updated throughout the day as the news breaks. Global cases: More than 1,309,439 Global deaths: At least 72,638 US cases: At least 347,003 US deaths: […]
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson in intensive care after coronavirus symptoms worsen
U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson was moved to intensive care as his coronavirus symptoms worsened over the course of hours Monday, according to a statement from the government. Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab will temporarily take over the prime minister’s duties while Johnson is hospitalized, the government said. “Since Sunday evening, […]