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Private investment in space companies in the third quarter bounced back after a significant dip, according to a Space Capital report.

The GMC Hummer EV ad blitz starting Tuesday will run during the World Series, "The Voice" and across a barrage of social media and streaming platforms.

Short-term funding markets seized up during the early days of the coronavirus pandemic, demonstrating that more reform is needed, the Federal Reserve's chief banking overseer said Thursday.

American workers continued to hit the unemployment line in large numbers last week, with 898,000 new claims filed for jobless benefits.

The Senate Judiciary Committee scheduled an Oct. 22 vote on whether to approve of Judge Amy Coney Barrett's nomination to the Supreme Court.

The CDC said most of the drugmakers working on a potential coronavirus vaccine have tested only nonpregnant, healthy adults.

"You'll hear, and it's incorrect, 'oh, these viruses are too small to be filtered,' but that's not true. They're perfect. They're very easily filtered out," Kimberly Prather, an atmospheric chemist at the University of California at San Diego, said.

Facebook and Twitter made the decision to limit the distribution of a news article from the New York Post that claims to show "smoking gun" emails related to Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden and his son.

Deutsche Bank analysts said the company failed to show any difference between the new iPhone models' processors, battery life or screen technology.

The price change announcement via tweet followed pricing news from Lucid Motors, an electric vehicle start-up led by former Tesla exec Peter Rawlinson.

"I have no comment," Trump responded when asked whether Barr will keep his job if the president wins reelection over Joe Biden.

The coronavirus pandemic pushed United Airlines to a wider-than-expected third-quarter loss but the carrier was able to trim cash burn.

"People tend to think that on the first of January or the first of April, I'm going to get the vaccine, and then things will be back to normal," Dr. Soumya Swaminathan, WHO's chief scientist, said. "It's not going to work like that."

Amazon previously said it wouldn't ding warehouse workers if they took too many breaks as a coronavirus safety measure.

Among Us is a multiplayer PC and mobile game that has suddenly exploded in popularity, becoming one of the hit video games of 2020. 

Judge Amy Coney Barrett avoided answering direct questions again on Wednesday, her final day of questioning before the Senate Judiciary Committee.

The U.S. reported more than 52,400 new cases on Tuesday, pushing the seven-day average to more than 51,000 new cases per day, up more than 16% compared with a week ago, according to a CNBC analysis of data compiled by Johns Hopkins University.

"Canada is currently facing its second wave and areas that were not previously affected are now surpassing the numbers seen during the first wave," PAHO's top official said.

The company said it now expects revenue of $70 million to $71 million, compared to its previous guidance of $73.5 million to $75.5 million.

Pelosi and Mnuchin plan to speak again Thursday as they try to strike a last-ditch coronavirus stimulus agreement.