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The long-tenured chief told CNBC's David Faber he wants to concentrate on Disney's creative pipeline.

There's a sense of urgency and crisis at Ford Motor that is reminiscent of the automaker's near-bankruptcy during the Great Recession, according to its incoming chief operating officer.

The firm is now predicting global auto sales to slump 2.5% in 2020 from 0.9% previously expected.

"I think you've got to start buying something," CNBC's Jim Cramer said.

As Wendy's readies itself to launch breakfast nationwide March 2, the chain is preparing to go head-to-head against rivals like McDonald's with a menu that touts its quality.

Discover is one of the largest credit card issuers in the U.S. and consistently tops a customer satisfaction survey. However, in the past five years the stock has underperformed that of the S&P 500 and competitors.

"The sudden increases of cases in Italy, the Islamic Republic of Iran and the Republic of Korea are deeply concerning," WHO's Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said.

Leon Cooperman said he's been a net buyer of stocks and is seeing "a lot of value in the market" over the last few days.

In the first Democratic presidential debate since Bernie Sanders earned a big target on his back, Democratic candidates jumped into an often chaotic and uncomfortable fray.

What happened to Papa John's? The company dealt with a string of high-profile public relations crises involving its founder, John Schnatter. The gaffes sent same-store sales plunging, and customer loyalty slipped.

"The health ministry asked us not to talk about the numbers," the director of Qom's University of Medical Sciences in Iran said this week.

Virgin Galactic Chairman Chamath Palihapitiya thinks the recent rally by Wall Street's favorite speculative stock is not the sign of a bubble.

The Dow has dropped more than 6% in the last two sessions, which history shows could mean that sentiment has become too negative.

Rob and Reshawn Lee purchased a home in the suburbs of Dallas in June 2013 for $300,000. They paid it off five years later in June 2018.

At a time of short-term market panic about the coronavirus, Warren Buffett offers a new lesson on how to identify long-term stock winners. The key: a focus on corporate reinvestment.

Debt among older Americans has increased dramatically since 1999, due partly to the erosion of the country's social safety net.

Social Capital founder Chamath Palihapitiya said ESG investing is 'a lot of sizzle, no steak.'

Companies like Facebook and Google will get regulated or be forced to divest, Chamath Palihapitiya said, but he said Amazon will continue to grow 25% every year 'like clockwork.'

Rep. James Clyburn, the top ranking African-American in the House, endorsed Joe Biden ahead of the South Carolina primary.

The diagnosis comes during Brazil's carnival holiday, a peak time for domestic travel when millions of revelers throng to major cities for raucous street celebrations.