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In Palantir's filing to go public on Tuesday, CEO Alex Karp said the "engineering elite" of Silicon Valley do not know "how society should be organized or what justice requires."

The four-day GOP convention follows the Democratic National Convention last week, where Joe Biden formally accepted his party's nomination.

Fewer voters say they're voting by mail, CNBC/Change Research polls find, as changes at the USPS fuel concerns about counting ballots.

After 16 years in business, Palantir finally unveiled its prospectus for a direct listing, through which it will sell shares directly to investors without investment banks intervening.

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo's speech upends decades of precedent and ethics guidelines aimed at separating America's national security and foreign policy decision-makers from partisan politics.

One of President Donald Trump's supporters set to speak at the Republican National Convention on Tuesday was cut from the lineup after she promoted anti-Semitic and QAnon conspiracy theories on Twitter.

The second night of the 2020 Republican National Convention will feature first lady Melania Trump and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.

Gartner said travel restrictions, retail closures and a decline in spending on nonessential products contibuted to the global drop in sales.

Restaurants have so far limped along through the worst of the coronavirus pandemic. But key pillars of support for their businesses will soon evaporate, spelling disaster for the eateries — and their landlords.

"If you have to shelter people, how do you keep them safe during a pandemic?" asked Catherine Troisi, an infectious disease epidemiologist at UTHealth School of Public Health in Houston. "It's enough of a challenge in regular times."

About half of Spirit's more than 2,500 pilots would work fewer hours, a reduction in costs that helps the company avoid involuntary cuts.

"They're not broadly available still. That's a tragedy," former Google CEO Eric Schmidt said of rapid testing for the coronavirus.

General Motors is using salaried employees to fill positions of hourly union workers absent due to coronavirus. GM aims to keep a Missouri truck plant operating as it attempts to refill dealer inventories after the pandemic led to a shutdown for about two months in the spring.

They are the latest mass job cuts to hit the aviation industry as it reels from a plunge in demand and billions in losses.

The FDA's decision to issue emergency use for the treatment came a day after President Donald Trump accused the agency of delaying enrollment in clinical trials for Covid-19 vaccines or therapeutics.

Sales of newly built homes soared 36% annually across the nation in July, as pent-up demand from the shut-down spring market, combined with urban flight and a new desire for more work-at-home space fueled already strong demand.

"This was not expected at all; this was not foreseen," said Kyle Garcia, a 17-year-old freshman at the University of Notre Dame.

The annual fashion show will be allowed to host the world's top designers as scheduled for Sept. 13 to 17, but even outdoor audiences will be capped at 50 people.

Kymeta said it raised $85.2 million in this latest round, with Bill Gates leading the investment with $78.5 million.

Across the country, school reopening plans threaten to widen the divide between the haves and have-nots. But this is most pronounced in New York City.