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Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading.

A recent study found Americans twice as likely to be comfortable talking about drug use, mental illness and relationship stress than household income or debt. It's time to end that.

President Donald Trump's payroll tax deferral went into effect on Sept. 1, and employers and payroll providers are still figuring out how to proceed. Here are a few things employees should know for now.

Ford Motor is trying to cut its white-collar workforce by about 1,400 people with buyouts, a spokesman told CNBC.

"Trump does not want to expose the degree to which his political partners in the Kremlin are propagating this message for his benefit," a spokesman for Joe Biden's campaign said.

Roughly two-thirds of trade aid payments went to the top 10% of recipients at the beginning of the year, according to an analysis of U.S. Department of Agriculture records by CNBC.

Before, politicians used Census and voter registration data to create maps. Now, they draw political maps based on the consumer data companies use to target ads.

"We need to be circumspect about what we open while we're trying to open schools," former FDA chief Dr. Scott Gottlieb told CNBC.

Shares of DraftKings rose on Wednesday after the company said Michael Jordan is joining the betting company as a special advisor.

"Look at luxury right now, look at Neiman's, look at parts of Lord & Taylor," Macy's Chief Executive Jeff Gennette told CNBC. "There is opportunity for us. Nordstrom is closing stores."

Pelosi and Mnuchin spoke about coronavirus stimulus, but they still stand far apart on how much they want to spend to combat the pandemic.

The drop is a slight improvement from July, yet the August boom in real estate deals in suburban markets around New York and in Florida shows real estate dollars (and most likely residents) continue to flow out of Manhattan.

Macy's and Bloomingdale's "have high potential" away from malls and in smaller formats, CEO Jeff Gennette told analysts.

Use of inexpensive, readily available steroid drugs to treat people hospitalized with Covid-19 reduced the risk of death by one-third, according to an analysis conducted by the World Health Organization and published Wednesday in the Journal of the American Medical Association.

Democratic Sens. Elizabeth Warren and Tina Smith call on Trump to go further to end U.S. overreliance on foreign producers for medicines.

Shares of AMC jumped after the movie chain announced that more than 70% of its domestic theaters would be open by Friday.

From the Dow's biggest makeover in years to an upcoming SPAC ETF, industry analysts break down what investors should be watching in a rapidly changing space.

The number of sustainability-focused index funds, and investor assets in these funds, have doubled over the last three years, according to Morningstar, and Covid-19 added to interest.

The big-box retailer is adding hundreds of new food and beverage items to Good & Gather, the retailer's grocery brand, to make itself more of a grocery destination.

Macy's said its second-quarter digital sales were up 53% from a year ago.