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The stocks making the biggest moves in premarket trading include American Express, Verizon, Intel, Tesla, and more.

On Thursday, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo released the preliminary results of a statewide coronavirus antibody study, which estimated 13.9% of the New Yorkers have likely had Covid-19 already.

WHO officials are holding a press conference to announce a collaboration to accelerate the development, production and equitable distribution of vaccines, diagnostics and therapeutics for Covid-19.

The United States Oil Fund, which invests in oil futures contracts, was guaranteed to be a losing bet over time, but retail investors piled into the exchange-traded fund, perhaps believing it was a bet on the spot price of oil.

U.S. orders for long-lasting factory goods were expected to drop 11.9% in March as the Covid-19 outbreak took hold. Durable goods orders rose 1.2% a month earlier.

"It's a common method that people utilize when they want to kill themselves," one doctor said, NBC News reports.

The Trump Organization has reportedly asked Britain and Ireland's governments for assistance in weathering the coronavirus crisis.

The bill, which aims to boost small businesses and hospitals and expand testing, is set to become law in the coming hours with Trump's signature.

A side hustle can bring in some much-needed cash during the pandemic. These gigs allow for social distancing.

Unemployed workers are gaining free access to 3,800 courses created by elite universities and companies such as Amazon to learn skills and gain professional certificates for new job opportunities.

The Cincinnati Bengals selected Louisiana State University's Joe Burrow with the first pick of the NFL Draft on Thursday, one of several quarterbacks taken early in the event, which was held online in a bid to stem the spread of the coronavirus.

CNBC spoke to psychologists about why Germans are seemingly reluctant to rush back to shops despite an easing of coronavirus lockdown measures.

The Bank of Russia on Friday cut its key interest rate by 50 basis points to 5.5%.

Airlines in the Asia Pacific are expected to see a 50% fall in passenger demand for the year compared to 2019, IATA says.

As the economic shutdown drags on and job losses mount, more borrowers are opting to delay their monthly mortgage payments through mortgage forbearance plans.

The coronavirus has spread to 185 countries and territories — infecting more than 2.7 million people and killing over 190,000 globally, according to Johns Hopkins University.

The number of new coronavirus cases in U.S., Spain and Italy may have peaked, but it's still "extremely high" compared that in South Korea and China, said Cedric Chehab, head of country risk and global strategy at Fitch Solutions.

McDonald's, Starbucks and Subway are the three American firms among 19 companies in total that will be participating in the digital currency trial in Xiong'an.

Italy's booksellers, stationers and artisan businesses have started to re-open after a bruising period of lockdown in the country.

An additional 4.4 million Americans filed for jobless claims last week, bringing the total to 26 million over the past five weeks. And, despite the shift to remote work and the surge in demand for certain online services, tech is not immune to the pullback. Jobs openings nationwide across the industry dropped more than 20 percent between mid-March and mid-April, according to analysts at Glassdoor.