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Reported cases surpassed 10 million in late June, then doubled just over six weeks later on Aug. 10, according to Johns Hopkins data.

The chief of the Food and Drug Administration told the Financial Times he is willing to bypass the standard approval process to make a vaccine available as soon as possible.

The stocks making the biggest moves in premarket trading include Honeywell, Amgen, Salesforce, Apple, GE, and more.

News of the purchases came on the Oracle of Omaha's 90th birthday.

Nestle plans to pay $2 billion to gain full ownership of peanut allergy treatment maker Aimmune Therapeutics, as the Swiss company expands its fast-growing health science business.

The five largest Chinese banks posted at least 10% year-on-year fall in profits during the first half of 2020 as they set aside more funds for potential loan losses in the coming months.

TikTok, which has about 100 million monthly active users in the United States, is being forced to sell its U.S. business by the Trump administration, which says the app's current ties to China make it a national security threat.

China amended its list of technologies subject to export restrictions to include data personalization services, a move which could complicate ByteDance's sale of TikTok.

China's official manufacturing Purchasing Manager's Index (PMI) for the month of August came in at 51.0 as compared to 51.1 in July, according to the National Bureau of Statistics.

The U.S. is preparing rules that could prevent foreign companies from listing on American exchanges and force existing ones to delist if they fail to follow standards for U.S. audits and regulations.

An updated export rule from China could allow the country to complicate TikTok's sale in the U.S., according to a Wall Street Journal report published on Saturday.

United Airlines is making its tickets more flexible in a bid to win over customers after the pandemic devastated demand.

Trump will travel to Kenosha, Wisconsin on Tuesday to meet with law enforcement officials in the city days after a Black man, Jacob Blake, was shot in the back seven times by a White police officer and paralyzed

National Securities' Art Hogan sees overbought conditions in the S&P 500.

Frank Slootman, who previously led the market debuts of Data Domain and ServiceNow, is taking Snowflake on its virtual roadshow ahead of his biggest IPO yet.

The Office of the Director of National Intelligence has told the House and Senate Select Committees on Intelligence that it will no longer give in-person briefings about election security and foreign election interference.

Earlier this month, the CDC quietly revised its guidance on Covid-19 testing and dropped its previous recommendation to test everyone who's come into close contact with an infected person.

The Spurs' 22-year playoff streak ended this season, raising questions about the team's direction moving forward. Team executives spoke to CNBC about what's ahead.

This is a textbook activist opportunity where a company spends the money from its profitable core business and spends it on a non-core business.

Saving more toward retirement amid a once-in-a-lifetime recession can seem like a futile effort, particularly if you're already on the brink of your golden years. But there are a couple of steps you can take to shore up your financial security now.