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Major League Baseball Players Association executive director Tony Clark said players sent a 70-game season proposal to team owners as the two sides look to start its 2020 season suspended by Covid-19.

McDonald's is planning to keep salads, bagels and yogurt parfaits off its menus for the foreseeable future after the coronavirus pandemic led the company to shrink its offerings.

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McDonald's said Thursday that it would hire 260,000 workers in the United States this summer.

Many economists these days are looking deeper than the usual suspects of macro data.

Heal, a five-year-old start-up that provides doctor-on-call visits and telemedicine is backed by such celebrities as Lionel Richie and Jeb Bush. Its services are in demand during the Covid-19 crisis. The company made CNBC's 2020 Disruptor 50 list, revealed Tuesday.

Kroger has struggled to keep up as the world of grocery shopping has transformed, but digital sales during the pandemic could give it a boost.

Analysts have doubted Kohl's deal to accept Amazon returns has helped to boost sales at its stores, but the retailer's chief technology officer Paul Gaffney said Thursday that it is working to boost traffic and purchases.

The quick rebound in global emissions as countries and states reopen is a grim reminder that the world is still grappling with accelerating climate change.

Subway announced Thursday that its North American franchisees would hire 50,000 workers as the restaurant industry looks to recover from the coronavirus pandemic.

Delta expects its August capacity to be down 55% to 60% on the year as demand creeps back.

The National Football League has agreed to a multi-year extension with WarnerMedia's HBO to keep exclusive rights to the network's Hard Knocks show. Industry sources tell CNBC the deal is a four-year pact.

A decline in sales contracts in Manhattan and jump in Florida suggests that the migration to the Sunshine State could accelerate as coronavirus restrictions ease.

"The question is 'can we keep this from getting out of control.' This is a virus that wants to infect a very large portion of the population," Dr. Scott Gottlieb said.

Ginkgo Bioworks, a synthetic biology company, is focusing much of its talent and resources on ramping up Covid-19 testing.

Many of the health-care workers on the front line of the coronavirus pandemic have another concern: crushing student loan debt.

Wu Zunyou, the chief epidemiologist of the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, said the capital's recent coronavirus outbreak has been brought under control.

Colin Kaepernick will join Medium's board of directors and contribute to a new blog on anti-Black racism and civil rights.

Multiple companies have announced that they will either honor or recognize Juneteenth as a paid holiday for their employees this year, as a sign of support for the Black community. Here is a list of the companies that promised to recognize Juneteenth.

On Wednesday, Cuomo said New York City is on track to move into "phase two" of the state's reopening plan.