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As bars and restaurants remain shuttered in response to the coronavirus pandemic, Boston Beer is turning millions of dollars of expired beer into ethanol to recoup some of its lost sales.

Dr. David Ho's lab pioneered treatment approaches to HIV. Now, his focus is Covid-19, or, more specifically, SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes Covid-19.

"It's reckless and careless," said the granddaughter of a 96-year-old man whose family withdrew him from a Long Island nursing home.

Though Congress approved more funding for PPP loans, it's unclear whether that's enough to cover every small business hit by the coronavirus pandemic.

Fabian Videla was one of the small-business owners to get approved for his $60,000 loan from the government, which should keep his employees paid for the next two months. Here's his advice to others trying to get one.

Lion Point is a concentrated credit and equity hedge fund co-founded by former managers from Elliott Associates and Perry Capital.

Body temperature checks, face masks and social distancing procedures are expected to become common practice as automakers attempt to reopen factories without increasing the spread of the disease.

"There is currently no evidence that people who have recovered from Covid-19 and have antibodies are protected," said the WHO.

Medical officials in Rio de Janeiro and at least four other major cities have warned that their hospital systems are on the verge of collapse.

Stocks head into a week full of big events, including a Fed meeting, earnings from Microsoft, Apple and Amazon, and first-quarter gross domestic product numbers.

Of the 5,900 businesses in Hollywood, 99.5% have less than 500 employees, and over 90% have fewer than 10 employees. Many are being forced to layoff or furlough employees as the coronavirus pandemic drags on.

Covid-19 has infected 2.7 million people around the world as of Friday, killing at least 195,920 people.

"This earnings week is "chock full of tech stocks, including some household names that have run up substantially from their March lows," the "Mad Money" host said.

Impossible Foods CFO David Lee joined CNBC's Jim Cramer to discuss the company's expansion into more grocery stores across the U.S.

Emails obtained by Vanity Fair show a frenzied behind-the-scenes effort inside the Trump White House to pressure health experts to import and distribute chloroquine drugs for Covid-19.

California's 482 cities say they will collectively lose $6.7 billion over the next two years because of the coronavirus pandemic, prompting layoffs and furloughs for public workers and potential cuts to basic services such as sanitation, public safety and housing.

China has dispatched a team to North Korea including medical experts to advise on North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, according to three people familiar with the situation.

As online travel giant Expedia struggles to survive the ravages of the coronavirus crisis, private equity has jumped in to help the company stay afloat and potentially ready it for sale when the economy restarts.

Trevor Milton, the founder and CEO of Nikola, said on "Power Lunch" that his company qualifies as a small business despite its high valuation.

More than 88 million households have received their Economic Impact Payment from the IRS as of April 17. That adds up to more than $158 billion. Find out where your state stands.