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Shares of Square surged Wednesday after the Senate passed a bill that could allow non-bank lenders to participate in emergency lending to help small businesses.

Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said the Senate will pass the legislation later Wednesday. The full text of the bill has not yet been released.

The economic stimulus bill being considered in Congress would let qualifying businesses delay when they have to pay their share of payroll taxes. Here's what that means.

After a spate of disastrous wildfires degraded air quality, the state of California passed a regulation in 2019 requiring employers to have masks on hand.

Cuomo also said the $2 trillion federal stimulus deal Congress reached early Wednesday carves out $3.8 billion for New York state, and that won't be enough.

Apple has launched new iPhones in September or October since 2011. In most years, a successful launch of the new devices, which account for over half of Apple's revenue, is critical for the company.

The libertarian-leaning Koch network, which often does in-person canvassing, is going fully remote in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic.

Critics mocked the Facebook Portal TV when it launched, largely because it seemed silly to put a Facebook camera and microphone in our homes. Now it's sold out.

On Monday, WHO officials warned that the global outbreak is picking up pace.

President Trump used Twitter amid the spreading coronavirus pandemic to make cracks about Sen. Mitt Romney and Michael Avenatti, and to retweet shots about other perceived foes.

Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading.

As hotel stocks rebound for a second day in a row, Gina Sanchez of Chantico Global says one name is best suited to weather the coronavirus crisis.

The COVID-19 pandemic has posed the single biggest risk factor for the auto industry in years as consumer demand stalls, according to IHS Markit.

"Amazon Web Services must be just crushing it," said CNBC's Jim Cramer, suggesting that its AWS cloud unit and its e-commerce business are both positioned nicely to thrive.

Hundreds of Bay Area business owners upending their traditional business models to combat a coronavirus-induced plunge in sales. It's been one week since San Francisco Mayor London Breed and fellow Northern California officials unveiled what, at the time, was the most stringent set of restrictions to curb the coronavirus — a "shelter-in-place" order affecting 7 million residents in six Bay Area counties.

The beauty retail executive said the industry needs "liquidity and capital" so they can reopen doors and rehire workers once the coronavirus pandemic ends.

Health officials say those at highest risk for the worst outcomes of COVID-19 are older adults and people with chronic illnesses. Here's why diabetics need to be extra careful.

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Tuesday that the state has about 3,000 to 4,000 ventilators, a potentially lifesaving device that helps patients breathe, but it needs a minimum of 30,000 additional ventilators.

Ackman said he used the cash to add to stakes in Agilent, Berkshire Hathaway, Hilton, Lowe's and Restaurant Brands. He reentered Starbucks.

Legal sales of marijuana are booming as the nation battles the coronavirus crisis.