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The U.S. has called on OPEC kingpin Saudi Arabia to put a stop to its ongoing oil price war with non-OPEC leader Russia.

Prince Charles "has been displaying mild symptoms but otherwise remains in good health," his household said.

France'a death toll has passed 1,000 and it has a confirmed case count of more than 22,600 — the fourth-highest in Europe.

Pressure is building up in Europe to come up with new ways to mitigate the economic impact of the coronavirus, in the region that has become the epicenter of the outbreak.

Bernanke told CNBC the Federal Reserve acted with appropriate force.

President Trump's businesses are barred from getting loans or investments under the new $2 trillion coronavirus stimulus deal, according to Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer.

Former Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke sounded an optimistic tone on the longer-term state of the economy,

The central bank official was in the news earlier this week when he forecast that the unemployment rate will skyrocket to 30%, higher than it was even during the Great Depression.

"If we don't get the public health right," no Fed monetary policy or Washington fiscal package is going to work, Bernanke added.

President Trump's approval rating hit 49% in the latest Gallup poll, matching his best performance.

With COVID-19 impacting more and more Americans, individuals across the country are scrambling to set up wills and end-of-life directives.

New orders for long-lasting U.S. manufactured goods unexpectedly rose in February, but are set to decline as strict measures to contain the coronavirus pandemic sap demand and push the economy into recession.

Lawyers are predicting, and have already started to see, a rise in divorce cases following the intense period of self-isolation due to the coronavirus.

Ben Bernanke, Brookings Institution's distinguished fellow and former Federal Reserve chairman, joins "Squawk Box" to discuss the economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic.

"The things that Democrats stood firm for, expanding unemployment, helping states and counties, investing in hospitals, transparency on the big fund" are now all included, the Delaware Democrat said on CNBC's "Squawk Box."

As the market for portable computers that possess features of both tablets and laptops takes off, Apple's new iPad Pro is leading a pack that looks more like a winning compromise in a weakened tablet market.

A hike in interest rates, combined with a massive shutdown of the economy caused homeowners and potential homebuyers to back away from the mortgage market.

The big-box retailer is putting some of its ambitious growth plans on hold as it focuses on the day-to-day realities of the coronavirus outbreak.

By the beginning of Wednesday's press conference, more than 424,000 cases of the coronavirus had been confirmed worldwide.

The White House and Senate leaders have reached a deal on a massive $2 trillion coronavirus stimulus bill to combat the economic impact of the outbreak.