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The number of workers filing for unemployment claims could again top 5 million for the week ended April 11, but the filings may also be peaking.

"The battle continues, but the data suggests that nationwide we have passed the peak on new cases," President Donald Trump said.

The company said it is "reevaluating" its investment plans for the rest of 2020, which includes data centers and hiring

"Rule No. 1 for the new abnormal is that you stick with the winners and you leave the raggedy rest to the others," the "Mad Money" host said.

"My stance is if we don't do something quickly in the face of a pandemic, you are going to cripple this domestic industry on the other side," CEO Matt Gallagher told CNBC.

Digital contact tracing is not a magic bullet, and there are a lot of steps that still need to happen before digital contact tracing apps like those enabled by Google and Apple start slowing the spread of the coronavirus around the world.

As millions stay home to curb the spread of Covid-19, U.N. chief Antonio Guterres warned that the world is witnessing a "horrifying global surge in domestic violence."

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Zoom has been incorporated in Delaware since 2011 and keeps its headquarters in San Jose, California. Its largest individual shareholder is a U.S. citizen.

Even though scientists are still learning about Covid-19, the virus has shown the capability to "accelerate in a number of different climates," one WHO official says.

"If we take this money and don't treat it like the precious capital that it is ... then we've done a disservice to everyone," Junior's Cheesecake owner Alan Rosen told CNBC.

"It's a tremendous program to keep our business afloat," said one small business owner.

New York state is moving to a "new normal," Cuomo also said as he outlined a gradual reopening of businesses.

J.C. Penney said Wednesday that it has chosen not to make a roughly $12 million interest payment due on April 15.

While headlines have touted stimulus payments of $1,200 to $2,400, many Americans could receive less money or nothing at all. How much you get is based on your income. Here's a look at how much you stand to get based on the rules.

Cinemark, the third-largest movie theater chain in the U.S., hopes to reopen at least some of its doors to the public in July. But the movie-going experience might be a little different when it does.

"Data on the pace of virus spread are encouraging, suggesting that lockdowns have paid large dividends," Goldman's chief economist wrote.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced additional unemployment benefits for the state on Wednesday as well as new measures to handle a record volume of unemployment inquiries.

Many small-business owners have been stymied by the Paycheck Protection Program, yet some business owners have been able to breeze through the application process.