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China's government is confident of solving the current coronavirus crisis such that it will not damage the leadership, historian Wang Gungwu said on Wednesday.

Some South Korean media outlets have reported multiple cases and possible deaths from the virus in North Korea, but there has been no independent verification.

In a speech that he made on Feb. 3 which was released over the weekend, Xi said: "Currently, we still have to deliver this year's economic and social targets."

"You've got Clorox, Zoom Video and Teladoc on reality, Gilead on hope. That's about it," the "Mad Money" host says.

ElectionGuard, developed by Microsoft Research, probably won't be widely used for the 2020 U.S. presidential election, but it could be adopted for the 2022 midterms, the company said.

Mike Bloomberg would sell the financial data and media company he created in the 1980s — which bears his name and made him a multibillionaire — if he is elected U.S. president, a top adviser said Tuesday.

Boeing has discovered some of its stored 737 Max planes have foreign objects in the fuel tanks, CNBC's Phil LeBeau reported Tuesday.

"The banks do better in a rising interest rate environment, not a lower one," the "Mad Money" host says, explaining why bank stocks dropped during the session.

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Bloomberg's transactions tax would exact a 0.1% duty on all trades of stocks, bonds and payments on derivate contracts.

The move marks the first time a U.S. fintech company has acquired a bank.

Companies in January announced just $13.7 billion of repurchases, the slowest opener since 2013.

Bloomberg will face five Democrats eager to take him down on Wednesday after qualifying for his first debate since entering the 2020 race.

The company has been working on Amazon Care for several years as a pilot project. The app provides virtual medical consultations, as well as a way to schedule a follow-up visit from a health professional to a patient's home or office.

Bernie Sanders has opened up a double-digit lead nationally over his closest rivals in the Democratic presidential primary, where Michael Bloomberg's rise has scrambled the race.

As of Tuesday, more than 73,400 cases of the coronavirus have been confirmed, including at least 1,874 deaths.

As its online grocery business grows, Walmart is seeing pricier items like choice cuts of meat and organic fruits and vegetables in customers' baskets.

General Motors, Fiat Chrysler and Toyota Motor on Tuesday confirmed that they've resumed or are beginning to restart production in China.

The news comes after longtime Nike CEO Mark Parker stepped down effective last month.

"I think we need to give it a few more days to determine if that's real," immunologist Anthony Fauci told CNBC.