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Intelsat satellite is nearly 20 years old, but a spacecraft built by Northrop Grumman succeeded in docking with it and extending its lifespan.

Areas such as construction should be the first to come back, John Williams told CNBC.

A growing number of companies has nixed earnings guidance amid the coronavirus pandemic, and some in the corporate world say they should be dropped permanently.

Gig workers, independent contractors and the self-employed have a more roundabout process to file for unemployment benefits than traditional salaried workers, experts say.

The IHME projections were used by the Trump administration in developing national guidelines to mitigate the outbreak. Now, they are reportedly influencing White House thinking on how and when to "re-open" the country, STAT News reports.

A group of Amazon employees are calling for workers to walkout in protest of the company's labor practices.

The Dow is set to surge Friday on a report that said Gilead Sciences' drug Remdesivir showed effectiveness in treating Covid-19.

The stocks making the biggest moves in premarket trading include P&G, Gilead, Schlumberger, Boeing, Apple, and more

"Many developed countries may, in the medium term, find themselves on the brink of a debt crisis," the EIU wrote in its report.

Remdesivir was one of the first medicines identified as a contender to treat Covid-19 given it showed promise in the past in treating SARS and MERS.

Saudi oil shipments to the U.S. have nearly quadrupled since February to a whopping 1.46 million barrels per day in the first half of April — a level not seen since 2014.

China reported that its first quarter GDP contracted by 6.8% in 2020 from a year ago as the coronavirus outbreak seriously impacted the world's second largest economy.

Issuers are urging caution as the Federal Reserve pledges to buy investment-grade and high-yielding junk bond ETFs to support the market.

Wuhan city, the center of the coronavirus outbreak in China, said that a local investigation found another 1,290 deaths from the disease.

The Wuhan government said total confirmed infections in the city have been revised upwards by 325 to 50,333, while there are now 1,290 more deaths totaling 3,869, Xinhua News Agency reported.

Pony.ai, with its fleet of 10 vehicles, has teamed up with e-commerce site Yamibuy for the delivery initiative.

The International Monetary Fund this week downgraded its economic forecast. It now expects the global economy to shrink by 3% this year before growing 5.8% next year.

Michael Cohen, the former personal lawyer and fixer for President Donald Trump, will be released from prison and be allowed to serve the remainder of a three-year sentence due to concerns about the coronavirus

Roger Stone, a Republican operative and longtime friend of President Trump, claimed juror misconduct in his request for a new trial.

Covid-19 has infected more than 2,151,100 people around the world as of Thursday, killing at least 142,735 people.