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Nearly half of Americans whose families experienced a layoff during the coronavirus pandemic now believe those jobs are lost forever, a new poll shows, as temporary cutbacks give way to shuttered businesses, bankruptcies and lasting payroll cuts.

With millions of Americans not paying their housing costs in July, moratoriums on evictions put in place early during the coronavirus pandemic are expiring. While landlords may be sympathetic to tenants' needs, communities face hardships when rent goes unpaid. A movement to cancel rent has been growing as the patchwork of solutions across the country leaves many renters falling through the cracks.

With millions of Americans not paying their housing costs in July, moratoriums on evictions put in place early during the coronavirus pandemic are expiring. While landlords may be sympathetic to tenants' needs, communities face hardships when rent goes unpaid. A movement to cancel rent has been growing as the patchwork of solutions across the country leaves many renters falling through the cracks.

Players, managers and coaches of the New York Yankees and Washington Nationals knelt in unison before the opening game of the 2020 baseball season, then stood for the national anthem Thursday night.

Malaysia on Friday said U.S. investment bank Goldman Sachs has agreed to a $3.9 billion settlement with the government over the multibillion-dollar 1MDB scandal.

Software stocks have had a huge run this year, but there's still more upside, two traders said after Microsoft's earnings report.

Winemakers are expected to be hit hard, especially in Italy which was the epicenter of the outbreak before it spread throughout the European continent.

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo's seeming attempt to rally the Chinese people against the Communist Party of China has the opposite effect of increasing support for the ruling party, said Daniel Russel, former assistant secretary of state for East Asian and Pacific affairs from 2013 to 2017.

The coronavirus has infected more than 15.3 million people around the world as of Thursday, killing at least 625,005 people.

According to figures from the U.N., in the 12 months before the crisis, 243 million women and girls aged between 15 and 49 had experienced physical or sexual violence by a partner,

Zoom's chief marketing officer Janine Pelosi said the company has a "massive responsibility" given its rise.

This is the second time the film has been moved on the calendar. The push comes on the heels of a number of other studio slate shake-ups.

These calendar changes come as coronavirus cases in the U.S. continue to soar. Movie theaters are unable to reopen in many states due to social distancing and health guidelines.

At Potato Head beach resort in Bali, menus are made of old tires and flip flops, while bottle caps are turned into tissue dispensers. Can hotels save the planet while also saving money?

The guidelines laid out the social, emotional and mental risks of keeping students at home and gave broad outlines on how to resume in-person instruction.

The blockbuster antitrust hearing may conflict with a planned service for the late Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., a source familiar with the matter told CNBC.

Walmart confirmed to CNBC that it will open at least six additional Walmart Health clinics in the greater Atlanta area by the end of 2020.

People in Vietnam say the Ministry of Health's handling of the coronavirus was decisive, strict, and ultimately, highly effective.

When production on the seventh season of "The Blacklist" shutdown earlier this year, cast and crew were more preoccupied about escaping the coronavirus hot spot of New York than how they were going to finishing filming.

Simon, which is the biggest U.S. mall owner by the number of malls it operates, had already teamed up with ABG to supply financing to carry Brooks Brothers through its restructuring, as the retailer searched for a buyer.