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June's oil futures are at the best price in two months ahead of expiration, far different than the 300% plunge at May's contract expiration.

Check out the companies making headlines after the bell.

Trump fired IG Linick in a surprise move Friday night. The decision was recommended by Pompeo, according to the White House.

Pompeo told The Washington Post that Inspector General Steve Linick "wasn't performing a function in a way that we had tried to get him to," but would not provide specific examples.

Mayer will also serve as chief operating officer of ByteDance, the company the owns TikTok, effective June 1.

The reopening of plants for General Motors, Ford and Fiat Chrysler will test their capital-strained supply chains, coronavirus safety protocols and consumer demand.

Newsom said the reopening is conditioned on California's ability to hold the rate of Covid-19 transmissions steady and no additional stress is added to the hospital system.

Beyond worrying about the safety of workers and guests, there are potential liability concerns and the biggest question of all: will consumers feel safe enough to patronize restaurants and hair salons.

Stocks popped on promising news about Moderna's potential vaccine for Covid-19. Five experts break down what comes next.

Wall Street logged its best day in over a month as news from a Moderna trial stoked optimism about a potential coronavirus vaccine.

Josh D'Amaro has been named chairman of Disney parks, experiences and products. Rebecca Campbell will become chairman of Disney's direct-to-consumer division.

Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs will underwrite the offering, sources told CNBC.

Hope for a potential coronavirus vaccine and positive comments from Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell sent stocks flying on Monday.

Square is letting employees work remotely, even after Covid-related shelter-in-place orders come to an end.

"The ripple effects of all of our students staying home and not coming back to campus, would be crippling," said Svante Myrick, mayor of Ithaca, New York.

Verily is launching a research project to better understand how the human immune system responds to Covid-19.

A conversation about the latest market-moving news, including comments from the top-ranking Federal Reserve official.

"We are committed to using our full range of tools to support the economy in this challenging time," Powell said in remarks he will deliver to the Senate.

When asked about U.S. Attorney John Durham's review of the Russia probe, Barr told reporters that he would not let the Justice Department be used as a weapon to "drum up" illegitimate investigations.

Tim Shea, the top federal prosecutor in Washington, D.C., signed court filings that benefited Roger Stone and Michael Flynn, allies of President Trump.