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Brokers say buyers and renters coming from the city are asking for the same thing: more space and more distance from neighbors and crowds.

Trump said U.S. officials and scientists are fast-tracking work to produce a vaccine for the coronavirus, adding that he is in charge of its development dubbed "Operation Warp Speed."

"That's going to tug against what the governors have to do," the former FDA chief told CNBC. "We still face a pretty big epidemic in this country."

"We think it is safe to go back to work, and we're going to start to demonstrate that," Dow Inc. CEO Jim Fitterling told CNBC on Thursday.

Glossier, Allbirds and Asics have continued with product launches during the pandemic

Tapestry Chief Executive Jide Zeitlin said the crisis materially weakened the retailer's results during the period. "No one is immune to the effects of this one hundred year storm," he said.

Kellogg said Thursday that Eggo waffle sales soared 45% in March as the coronavirus pandemic forces more consumers to eat breakfast at home.

Health care in the U.S. is big business, and hospitals operate at or near full capacity to maximize profits. U.S. hospitals have shed about a half million hospital beds over the past 40 years. But what happens when a pandemic strikes?

The NBA says it is still exploring ways to safely resume play for the season.

On Wednesday, de Blasio announced New York City will offer free coronavirus antibody testing to more than 150,000 health-care workers and first responders.

Daimler, which owns Mercedes-Benz, says it took "robust and best practice safety measures" to ensure that the reopening of the plant was safe for its 4,200 workers.

States are taking vastly different approaches in lifting coronavirus restrictions and reopening their economies.

Macy's plans to reopen 68 stores Monday in states including South Carolina and Georgia, where coronavirus restrictions are easing.

McDonald's global same-store sales shrank 3.4% in the first three months of the year after plunging 22% in March.

Leisure airline Sun Country is moving up its plans to fly packages for Amazon as the coronavirus hurts demand for air travel.

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is holding his daily press conference on the Covid-19 outbreak, which has infected more than 299,600 people across the state as of Thursday.

The renewable energy sector is being affected by the coronavirus in a number of ways.

McDonald's said in early April that same-store sales fell 3.4% during the first quarter.

European markets traded slightly lower Thursday afternoon as investors react to news of a potentially effective coronavirus treatment while monitoring corporate earnings and economic data.

Lifestyle stocks, particularly athleisure and wellness, can largely hold up through the coronavirus-fueled economic slowdown, two traders said.