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This is a comparison of Wednesday's Federal Open Market Committee statement with the one issued after the Fed's previous policy-making meeting on March 17.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced that food and beverage service curfews in New York will end soon.

The Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna Covid-19 vaccines are 94% effective at preventing hospitalizations in the elderly, the CDC said Wednesday.

Biden is calling for a paid leave policy that would compensate workers for 12 weeks while they took care of children or parents or healed from an illness.

The company announced earlier this year that it had purchased $1.5 billion worth of bitcoin and planned to accept it as payment for vehicles.

"I've been an Arsenal fan since I was 8 years old," Swedish billionaire and Spotify CEO Daniel Ek told CNBC. "I'm prepared that this could be a long journey."

As SoulCycle reopens its studios and welcomes riders back to classes indoors, it has a new CEO with a fresh vision for the fitness chain.

Blackhall Studios, a Georgia-based production studio, has been sold to Commonwealth Group, a Los Angeles-based private equity firm.

New chicken sandwiches from KFC and McDonald's are driving sales for the chains.

The United States is reporting an average of 2.7 million daily vaccinations over the past week and more than half of adults have gotten a shot in most states.

Travel technology firm Koddi says hotel and resort rates, while still lower than a year ago, are slowly ticking back up along with demand.

Yum Brands reported quarterly earnings that crushed analysts' expectations as U.S. consumers returned to its restaurants.

President Biden is proposing a capital gains tax increase for households making over $1 million. The change may also impact home sellers.

Shoe brand Allbirds is in the process of interviewing banks in preparation for an initial public offering, according to The New York Times.

U.S. stock futures were flat as investors digest tech earnings and look ahead to the end of the Fed's April meeting.

The CDC said fully vaccinated people can meet outdoors in small groups without masks, but it did not define how big those gatherings can be.

The retail chief said he wants the big-box retailer to be a leader in diversity and inclusion.

Construction work on PacWave South could begin this summer, with operations starting by 2023.

A single dose of a coronavirus vaccine can reduce household transmission by up to half, a study by Public Health England has found.

Government data showed at least another 3,293 people died, while overall cases also rose by a record 360,960 reported infections.