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The coronavirus relief bill significantly expands unemployment benefits. For some workers, it could pay to be unemployed.

Good news for individuals who receive monthly checks from Social Security: You are eligible for the one-time stimulus checks. But the government is still working out details on exactly how those funds will be disbursed.

President Trump suggested he would invoke the Defense Production Act to force companies to produce needed equipment like ventilators.

The coronavirus relief act is giving employers, including sole proprietors, extra time to meet their share of Social Security payroll taxes, the 6.2% of wages they must pay. Deciding whether it's right for you won't be easy.

Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading on Friday.

Vice President Mike Pence said that the fundamentals of the U.S. economy remain strong despite the coronavirus pandemic that has tanked markets and led to unprecedented layoffs of millions.

Tesla plans to cut on-site staff at its Nevada battery plant by around 75% due to the coronavirus pandemic, the local county manager said.

Apple has developed a new website and app that will provide a screening tool for COVID-19 symptoms as well as up-to-date information from trusted sources about the coronavirus outbreak.

Biden and Sanders, who are vying for the Democratic presidential nomination, have stopped booking TV ads as coronavirus spreads, instead focusing on a digital approach.

The first patients in a "historic" drug trial to test treatments for the coronavirus have been enrolled in Norway and Spain, World Health Organization officials announced Friday.

Restaurant suppliers are pivoting to selling to grocery stores or directly to consumers to keep their businesses afloat amid the coronavirus pandemic.

International Monetary Fund chief Kristalina Georgieva said Friday that the global economy is now in a recession thanks to COVID-19.

A growing number of health experts are saying the United States needs to have a two-week-long or more shelter-in-place or lockdown to try to stop the coronavirus pandemic in its tracks.

"I have just been marveling that people think our drug companies don't have good scientists," CNBC's Jim Cramer said.

"The idea that my appearance pushed the market down an additional 4% that day is absurd," Ackman told investors on Thursday.

The House aims to quickly pass a $2 trillion coronavirus stimulus plan, but one lawmaker's objection could push a vote to as late as Saturday.

While much of the U.S. hunkers down to work and shop online, large swaths of the country are trying to cope without a connection to the Internet. Before the coronavirus hit the U.S, only about seven percent of American employees had jobs that allowed them to work remotely, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Lack of Internet access has also left millions of households cut off from vital servifces and information during the pandemic.

U.S. consumer sentiment fell to a three-year low as the coronavirus outbreak takes a toll on the economy, according to data from the University of Michigan.

Industrials have soared this week. These are the best stocks within the group, according to Todd Gordon of Ascent Wealth Partners and Nancy Tengler of Laffer Tengler Investments.

If store closures because of the coronavirus last longer than eight months, that is when "liquidity becomes a significant risk factor" for department store chains, Cowen & Co. said.