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Apple will be closing its stores outside Greater China until Mar. 27 but its online stores will still be open, Tim Cook said in a tweet.

The president claims he was "given a set of circumstances" that wasn't meant for the high numbers of potential coronavirus infections and casts blame on his predecessor, Barack Obama.

Trump spoke Friday flanked by the CEOs of Target, Walmart, Walgreens and others as he updated the country on the government's response to the virus.

White House physician, Sean Conley, said there was no need for U.S President Donald Trump to be quarantined.

All three major publicly-traded cruise companies have now suspended at least some operations as the COVID-19 pandemic sends waves through the travel industry.

Ford Motor Chief Operating Officer Jim Farley is set to receive millions in common shares of the automaker if he is not selected as its next CEO, according to a company filing submitted to the SEC on Friday.

Pichai said employees asked about whether Verily could help in COVID-19 efforts.

"The next eight weeks are critical," Trump said as he declared a national emergency over the coronavirus outbreak, freeing up as much as $50 billion for states' use.

Bitcoin dropped below $4,000 Friday, knocking off half of its value over two days.

President Donald Trump and other U.S. officials appeared to disregard recommended health guidelines on preventing the spread of respiratory illnesses Friday.

Now that stocks have entered a bear market, more wild volatility is expected in the week ahead as investors await a big policy move by the Federal Reserve.

"We're starting this because we believe it could work," Eli Lilly CEO David Ricks told CNBC in explaining the company's partnership with AbCellera Biologics.

Rep. Bobby Rush, D-Ill., said coronavirus misinformation with "racists themes" is "literally adding insult to injury."

Bill Gates founded Microsoft in 1975 with Paul Allen, who died in 2018. Gates is also leaving the board of Berkshire Hathaway.

As of Friday, more than 137,000 cases of coronavirus have been reported, resulting in at least 5,000 deaths.

JPMorgan is the latest financial firm to report its first cases of coronavirus as Gov. Cuomo takes steps to address the pandemic.

The addition of the U.K. to the travel restrictions could cause further pain for airlines reeling from the coronavirus's spread.

In a memo posted on its website as of Friday afternoon, the privately held sporting goods retailer said, in part, "the scale of impact is still unknown, and we want to do our part to protect our community especially while testing availability is unknown."

Trump said people with federal student debt won't have to pay interest amid the coronavirus. That means borrowers could put their payments on pause without any penalty.

President Donald Trump said that he will not take any precautionary measures following his close contact at Mar-a-Lago with a Brazilian official who was diagnosed with the coronavirus.