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Retirees aren't the only ones who can skip a 2020 distribution from their 401(k) plans and IRAs. Heirs of retirement accounts can also waive the mandatory withdrawal.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu tested negative for the coronavirus on Monday after a parliamentary aide was confirmed to be carrying the virus, though the 70-year-old leader would remain in isolation, a spokesman said.

The CARES Act signed into law Friday will throw small businesses a much-needed lifeline. But the message from Main Street is clear — the capital is needed now.

Meadows will succeed Mick Mulvaney, who had served as acting chief of staff since December 2018 along with being OMB director.

General Motors is quickly moving to repurpose two U.S. facilities from automotive manufacturing to making health-care supplies in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo has repeatedly warned that the coronavirus epidemic in New York threatens to overwhelm the health-care system.

SEC Chairman Jay Clayton said Monday that the practice of short selling — effectively betting that a stock will drop — is needed to "facilitate ordinary market trading."

The CARES Act passed by Congress and signed into law by President Trump last week has loosened restrictions on withdrawals from IRAs. Here's a look at what certified financial planner Joshua Brown is telling his clients about tapping IRAs in the age of coronavirus.

The Department of Justice is investigating stock transactions made by at least one lawmaker earlier this year before the market's steep, coronavirus-driven declines, CNN reported.

The spread of the coronavirus has led to people all over the world scrambling to purchase protective face masks. As empty shelves and price gouging strain America's health-care system, industrial giant 3M is stepping up. The company said it's doubled production of its N95 respiratory face masks, and plans to double that again over the next 12 months.

Although Congress has eliminated all costs for coronavirus testing and improved access to care, it's the price of treatment that could become the bigger concern.

Erik Santos of Georgia is charged with conspiring to defraud federal and private health-care benefit programs "by submitting fraudulent testing claims" for coronavius and genetic cancer screenings.

Executives across the company will also take pay cuts, according to an internal email obtained by CNBC.

There is "some preliminary data from non-randomized studies, observational studies, that indicate some drugs and some drug cocktails may have an impact," said Dr. Mike Ryan, a top WHO official.

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is holding a press conference on the COVID-19 outbreak, which has infected more than 60,000 people in the state as of Monday.

"I think we're going to have a good idea over the next three days because it's been used now in New York at my request," Trump says.

Johnson & Johnson announced it has a coronavirus vaccine candidate, noting that human testing on the medication will begin in September.

Workers at Amazon's JFK8 warehouse are walking out to demand that the company close the facility for sanitizing after an employee tested positive for the coronavirus.

Officials within Biden's organization have discussed bringing in a new group of regional fundraising advisors, including former aides to Sen. Kamala Harris' and Pete Buttigieg's campaigns.

"This is a day where you say, if I'm short I'm betting against science, not betting against the lackadaisical attitude of many people in the country," CNBC's Jim Cramer said Monday.