CNBC Business

Virgin Galactic shares surged on Friday after announcing its next spaceflight test on July 11 will carry founder Sir Richard Branson.

The stock was briefly halted due to volatility.

The domestic box office has entered a strong period of recovery, but ticket sales over the Fourth of July weekend may struggle to match pre-Covid levels.

Track star Sha'Carri Richardson was suspended from the U.S. Olympic team after failing a test for marijuana use.

As the July 4 weekend kicks off, travel is nearing pre-pandemic levels, according to TripIt by Concur.

Most Americans should feel comfortable safely gathering over Independence Day weekend, Dr. Scott Gottlieb told CNBC on Friday.

The last time GM wasn't the bestselling automaker for a quarter in the U.S. was when Ford outsold them in the third quarter of 1998, Edmunds reports.

Ford sold 475,327 vehicles during the second quarter, a 9.6% increase from a year earlier when the coronavirus pandemic caused Americans to shelter in place.

The trial success of CRISPR gene-editing technology has broad applications to treating other diseases, Intellia Therapeutics CEO John Leonard said.

GM said it is investing millions of dollars into a company that plans to extract lithium from the Salton Sea Geothermal Field in Imperial, California.

U.S. stock futures were flat Friday morning ahead of the release of the key June jobs report.

Trump Organization and CFO Allen Weisselberg were hit charges related to a scheme to dodge taxes on executive compensation at Donald Trump's company.

PG&E's bankruptcy filing, effectively barred victims from suing the company. Instead, a fund was created, but it has been underperforming the market.

The price jumps and shrinking inventory suggest the Manhattan real estate rebound is continuing to gain momentum.

World Athletics President Sebastian Coe said he's "not sure that there is a huge risk attached" to the Tokyo Olympics going ahead.

The White House is taking the right approach in fighting the delta variant by deploying response teams to vulnerable communities, Dr. Scott Gottlieb said.

Canoo and Lordstown Motors recently held in-person investor days to tout their technology following executive shake-ups, inquires by the SEC and share drops.

"They are social justice warriors where they see fit until it affects their wallet," hedge fund manager Kyle Bass told CNBC.

"It's really more about people building confidence to go back to work," Denny's CEO John Miller told CNBC.

GM reported sales of 688,236 vehicles during the second quarter, up 39.7% from a year earlier when the coronavirus pandemic caused buyers to shelter in place.