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April retail sales are expected to have fallen a record 12.3% as consumers cut back sharply on spending and added to savings at a high rate.

Nike is finally beginning to reopen stores in the U.S., but the company said Thursday it expects the coronavirus pandemic will still have a material impact on its business in North America, parts of Europe and Asia during its fiscal fourth quarter.

Walt Disney and unions representing workers at Florida's Walt Disney World have reached an agreement on safeguards to protect employees from coronavirus, a union statement said on Thursday

"It's hard to create a valuation for businesses," billionaire entrepreneur Mark Cuban told CNBC.

Boeing CEO Dave Calhoun has spoken with U.S. airline executives in recent days after he told NBC's "TODAY" show that a U.S. carrier is likely to go bust.

Stocks ended trading higher as the market digested another worse-than-expected jobs report, but CNBC's Jim Cramer and other key market minds say there's still a tough road ahead.

Stocks rose on Thursday as gains in bank shares and the oil market offset another dismal round of U.S. unemployment data.

The amusements business is built on crowds and communal experiences. Now, owners of national and regional parks are trying to rewrite the theme park playbook so they can reopen in the midst of Covid-19.

Starbucks sent a letter to landlords demanding a break on rent for the next year as the coronavirus pandemic hammers U.S. sales.

The cuts, announced internally Thursday, are expected to primarily occur outside of the company's engineering operations

A court ruling tossing out Wisconsin's stay-at-home order threw communities into chaos Thursday, after some bars opened immediately and were packed with customers.

Americans received $48 billion in unemployment benefits in April. The payout could have exceeded $90 billion if it weren't for administrative delays and other factors, according to a new analysis.

Apple is expected to release its own product using virtual reality and augmented reality technology within the next few years.

Rick Bright's former agency, which falls under the Department of Health and Human Services, is a key player in federally funded vaccine and treatment development.

Hedge fund billionaire Ray Dalio sees similarities between the current economic downturn and the Great Depression in the 1930s. He believes the economy was headed for a major recession and restructuring regardless of the coronavirus pandemic. But there is reason to be optimistic about the future. "We're not going to go back to normal," Dalio tells CNBC Make It.

To keep roughly half of all child care slots from disappearing nationwide, industry advocates say the U.S. needs to spend $50 billion. But lawmakers seem unwilling to pay that — at least for now.

Apple is preparing an "affordable" 10.8-inch iPad that could launch in the second half of 2020, and a new iPad Mini between 8.5 and 9-inches large for the first half of next year, Ming-Chi Kuo said.

Bright said doctors and nurses in the nation's hospitals are relying on N95 respirators that were procured in other countries but don't meet U.S. safety standards.

Law enforcement officers called hours ahead of their visit on Wednesday, had full access to the entire Tesla facility during the inspection and were able to observe whether employees working there were complying with the latest health orders.