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Employers look for ways to provide child-care resources for employees during the pandemic while managing costs due to the downturn

To meet the enhanced health and safety guidelines imposed by local and federal agencies, the cost of licensed child-care centers has increased an average of 47%, according to a new report by the Center for American Progress. Home-based family child care is seeing costs increase an average of 70%.

The stocks making the biggest moves in premarket trading include Facebook, Tesla, Kansas City Southern, Costco, and more.

The federal budget deficit is projected to hit a record $3.3 trillion due to Covid-19 costs and the recession, the Congressional Budget Office said Wednesday.

PNC Financial's Amanda Agati questions the stamina of the record market rally.

Snap appears to be headed back to its 2017 post-IPO highs, says JC O'Hara, chief market technician at MKM Partners.

Tesla boss Elon Musk has been told by Germany's economy minister that he can have whatever he needs for his new Gigafactory in Berlin.

The almighty dollar is looking less so this year. Chad Morganlander of Washington Crossing Advisors lays out the stocks that could benefit from its weakness.

President Donald Trump signed a memo on Wednesday that threatens to cut federal funding to "lawless" cities, including Seattle, Portland, New York and Washington.

Billionaire investor William Ackman has approached short-term home rental company Airbnb about going public through a reverse merger with his blank-check company, according to people familiar with the matter.

The Kremlin was speaking a day after Germany said Navalny had been poisoned with a Soviet-style Novichok nerve agent in an attempt to murder him.

The coronavirus has infected more than 26 million people around the world so far, killing at least 863,445 people.

Amazon has announced that it expects to create 10,000 new permanent jobs in the U.K. during 2020.

The United States said on Wednesday it would require senior Chinese diplomats to get State Department approval before visiting U.S. university campuses or holding cultural events with more than 50 people outside mission grounds.

Apple, Google and Amazon are passing some of the costs of digital taxes to smaller companies.

SoftBank's investment into Biofourmis strikes a note of optimism for the troubled digital therapeutics space.

Stocks in emerging markets have lagged global share prices as those countries reported some of the world's highest numbers of cumulative coronavirus cases.

Outgoing Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's signature economic strategy "Abenomics" made Japan's economy stronger, but left many policy goals unmet.

Oil prices are likely to continue creeping up simply due to a weak dollar, an analyst said on Thursday.

Major gaming titles from companies including Tencent and NetEase were on the list of banned apps, as well a services from other Chinese technology giants like Baidu and Alibaba affiliate, Ant Group.