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In a CNBC interview Friday morning, 3M CEO Mike Roman said it was "absurd" to suggest his company wasn't doing all it could to help the U.S. fight the coronavirus.

The inquiry comes after Connecticut officials were "zoombombed" during a call to discuss the Census.

Construction has been deemed essential by the federal government, but a growing number of residential construction workers are pulling back, worried about catching the coronavirus.

Loeffler and Sprecher reportedly sold an undisclosed amount of put options in February.

U.S. airline executives face a test to see which sacrifices they are willing to make in exchange for federal aid that would allow them to continue paying their employees during the coronavirus pandemic.

Alabama became the most recent state to enact a stay-at-home order amid the coronavirus pandemic, with Gov. Kay Ivey announcing the new measure Friday.

A day prior, the captains of the U.S. Navy's two hospital ships said that the vessels have treated fewer than 20 patients since deploying to New York and Los Angeles.

"We have gotten some ventilators in, but right now, we're struggling to have enough for next week," he said, adding that the city needs 15,000 additional ventilators to get through April and May.

Jeff Bezos' space company Blue Origin told its workforce on Friday that it will not be laying off employees during the coronavirus crisis.

While Zoom previously encouraged people to turn on the waiting room feature, it's now enabling it by default as a way to help prevent "zoombombs."

Members of the coronavirus task force hold a press briefing Friday hours after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi called for another bill expanding on the $2 trillion package Congress passed last week.

More than 1 million Americans have been tested for the novel coronavirus. More than 200,000 have tested positive.

World Health Organization officials cautioned Friday that more young people are becoming critically ill and dying due to COVID-19.

Automotive retailers are cutting executive pay and laying off or furloughing thousands of workers as U.S. auto sales plummet amid the coronavirus pandemic.

Four U.S. senators sent a letter to Apple CEO Tim Cook on Friday asking questions about the company's COVID-19 app and how it handles personal data.

The household survey, which asks individual residences how many people are working there, showed a stunning drop of 2,987,000 workers for the month.

CNBC studied the net change in employment by industry for March based on data from the Labor Department.

"New York is in crisis. Help New York," Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Friday.

Trump invoked the Defense Production Act to force 3M to produce desperately needed respirator masks in the fight against the coronavirus.

"Never in the history of the IMF have we witnessed the world economy come to a standstill," said Kristalina Georgieva, managing director of the IMF, during a press conference on the pandemic.