Customers' grocery shopping patterns may look different from prior economic downturns, though, since people are juggling health concerns along with budget-consciousness.
After operating its factory in defiance of Covid-19 health orders for days, Tesla HR tells employees in an e-mail Wednesday: "choose not to work, it may impact your unemployment benefits"
The equipment complications show another wrinkle that large companies like Alphabet must manage as they transition their employees to working from home.
"While that can ruffle some feathers along the way, many investors adore absolutely adore that and see that as a strength," Morgan Stanley's Adam Jonas said on "Squawk Alley."
The Supreme Court on Wednesday wrestled with two cases over whether Electoral College voters have a constitutional right to diverge from their state's popular vote.
Many public companies that tapped PPP have so far escaped scrutiny because they aren't household names. CNBC found 49 companies with a market capitalization of at least $100 million that hadn't disclosed plans to return the money as of May 12.
The urgency to ramp up coronavirus testing in the U.S. "has eased the usual scrutiny" applied by the Food and Drug Administration before the release of a new test, according to the authors of the study.
Over 45,000 people have signed up for Utah's contact tracing app, Healthy Together, since it was released in late April, representing about 2% of Utah's population, the app's developers told CNBC.