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Musk has a record of making strange remarks on Twitter. His latest example was on May 1, when he tweeted that Tesla stock "is too high."

The coronavirus pandemic has not stopped China from its geopolitical pursuits, as Beijing advances its position on issues including the South China Sea, Taiwan and Hong Kong.

Three now-former Minneapolis police officers were arraigned on charges of aiding and abetting a fourth cop in the alleged murder of George Floyd.

Paul Meeks, who's known for running the world's largest tech fund during the dot-com bubble, reveals he's just as passionate now — and he's making a big bet on semiconductors.

The lawsuit is the latest challenge for Victoria's Secret, which has fallen out of favor with customers and has had to shutter stores during the pandemic.

"We stand with our black merchants, our black employees and the black community worldwide," Shopify COO Harley Finkelstein said amid civil unrest in America.

Nissan's CEO Makoto Uchida spoke to CNBC on Wednesday on a wide range of topics, from Brexit to rebuilding investor trust in the company after the controversial departure of Nissan's former CEO Carlos Ghosn.

Slack's revenue growth slightly picked up as coronavirus sent people home from work.

Amwell, a provider of remote health services formerly known as American Well, is looking to go public in the coming months, sources tell CNBC.

For years Amazon Web Services employees have relied on an in-house tool, Amazon Chime, for video calls. Employees can now use Slack, which is more popular.

"I think we're looking at a V-shaped recovery in the stock market, and that has almost nothing to do with a V-shaped recovery in the economy," the "Mad Money" host said.

Gap Inc.'s first-quarter sales fell 43%, the clothing maker reported Thursday, as its stores were shut for much of the period due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Bankrupted J.C. Penney announced Thursday the list of the 154 stores it plans to close this summer, with store closing sales kicking off June 12.

The reorganization comes as the company is expected to face lawsuits from regulators in the coming months.

"Let's take this moment to be an inflection point ... that we are going to not just proceed incrementally, but in a very strong way to do things differently," the House Speaker said.

The White House counsel responded to Sen. Chuck Grassley's letter in late May about Inspector General Steve Linick's ouster, but it "failed to address" the requirement that there be a "good reason" for such a termination, Grassley said at the time.

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Industry members worry that if films begin to shift towards on-demand and streaming that all of the metrics that were used to gauge success could disappear.

Zillow has seen significant increases in listing for furnished rentals and rentals of six-months or less, a sign that Airbnb hosts have pivoted to the long-term rental market as a result of the coronavirus's impact on the tourism industry.

"They want a heck of a lot more than just saying, 'We condemn the killing of George Floyd or many others,'" PwC U.S. Chair Tim Ryan told CNBC.