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"We're already looking at how we use our ICU beds, how can we use alternative areas of care, including setting up tents outside of our hospitals," said Rod Hochman, CEO of Providence St. Joseph Health.

About 7 in 10 manufacturers of pharmaceutical ingredients supplying the U.S. are overseas, including 13% in China, according to FDA testimony.

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Following the troubled launch of its Explorer SUV last year, Ford said production and sales of the popular vehicle are gaining momentum.

The WHO has yet to classify the virus as a pandemic, but officials have warned that the threat of a pandemic is "very real."

"It is a painful setback," Adidas CEO Kasper Rorsted says about the coronavirus outbreak.

In a recent CNBC/SurveyMonkey Women at Work Survey, 7% of working women with children under 18 said they have at least $5,000 in a 529 College Savings Plan.

"I would start to nip away at it on these kind of down days that we have," the Leuthold chief investment strategist said Wednesday.

Joe Biden continued a run of early success as he tried to put distance between himself and Bernie Sanders in his push for his party's nomination.

Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., will win the North Dakota Democratic presidential caucus Wednesday, NBC News projects.

Nvidia and Netflix stand out among the S&P 500 stocks that have beaten the market since its 2009 bottom, traders say.

In 2017, the Navy awarded Leidos a $35.5 million contract to build the vessel, named Sea Hunter II.

OTG is bringing the cashierless checkout technology to one of its CIBO Express stores in the Newark Airport.

Fiat Chrysler said Wednesday it will "intensify measures" against the spread of the coronavirus in Italy, including temporary closings plants in Italy, where the government has implemented a national quarantine.

CNBC's Jim Cramer said Wednesday there are few stocks worth holding in the coronavirus-driven market volatility.

For retirement savers who want to reap a return, there are still some options out there, but with added risk.

Up to 70% of the population is likely to be infected with the coronavirus that is currently spreading around the world, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said.

U.S. consumer prices increased slightly last month, driven higher by more expensive food.

Dow futures on Wednesday were pointing to an opening loss that would give back much of Tuesday's 1,100-point snap-back rally.

Bakers in Seattle, San Francisco and New York City are losing thousands of dollars of Pi Day sales as companies close offices due to the COVID-19 outbreak.