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Auto companies have established task forces and war rooms to monitor and combat the coronavirus from impacting their manufacturing, supply chains and employees.

Scientists have synthesized an alternative genetic system that, like DNA, can store and transmit information. It can guide NASA's search for alien life in planetary exploratory missions.

Part of investors' worries surround the uncertainty over the potential impact of a widespread Covid-19 outbreak in the United States. But that's not all that's worrying investors.

In many high-priced cities, communal housing is becoming more popular. As a lifestyle, co-living closely resembles college dorm life. And residents love it.

San Francisco start-up Redfora is the maker of the Earthquake Bag, an emergency-preparedness kit that has seen it sales climb alongside disasters like the coronavirus outbreak.

The Trump administration has announced new initiatives to crack down on the sale of Chinese counterfeit goods on e-commerce platforms. Some small firms say it won't be enough.

A peace deal was signed in the Qatari capital of Doha on Saturday, which aims to kick-start U.S. troop withdrawals from Afghanistan.

Despite more potential downside, the U.S. equity market is not in a bubble at all.

The impact of coronavirus on Europe's future has the potential to be even more significant than the migrant crisis, particularly as it unfolds in almost biblical fashion atop a plague of other European maladies, writes Frederick Kempe.

Manufacturing in China shrank at the fastest pace ever recorded in February, stung by the coronavirus outbreak.

Muhyiddin Yassin will become Malaysia's next prime minister, the country's king said on Saturday, saying he may have the majority support among lawmakers in parliament.

Millions of Afghans are anticipating that America's longest war fought in their country will end on Saturday as U.S. and Taliban negotiators are expected to sign a deal to allow a U.S. troop reduction and a permanent ceasefire.

The United States has decided to postpone a meeting with leaders of Southeast Asian countries it had planned to host on March 14 due to worries about the coronavirus outbreak, two U.S. officials familiar with the matter said on Friday.

Former Dallas Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo agreed to a long-term deal with CBS Sports, a source confirmed to CNBC.

The somber readings provide the first official snapshot of the state of the Chinese economy since the outbreak of the coronavirus epidemic which has killed almost 3,000 people in mainland China and infected about 80,000.

Stocks capped off a wild week of trading with another massive sell-off.

President Donald Trump leaned on the Federal Reserve for help to deal with ramifications from the coronavirus impact on the stock market and the economy.

The coronavirus wiped $3.18 trillion in market value from U.S. stocks this week, according to estimates from S&P Dow Jones Indices.

Elliott Management founder and billionaire investor Paul SInger is seeking to replace TWitter CEO Jack Dorsey, a person familiar with the matter told CNBC Friday

The Santa Clara Public Health Department announced a third case of coronavirus in the county possibly transmitted through community spread, which brings the total number of coronavirus cases in California to 10 and the total number of cases in the U.S. to 63.