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A senior Trump administration official denounced the company as "the Mafia" and suggested it could spy on the British Parliament.

Amazon's new Go Grocery store is the company's latest effort to expand its physical retail footprint.

Japan is officially spending $12.6 billion to organize the Olympics, although a national audit board says the country is spending twice that much.

Walmart is trying to turn e-commerce into a profitable business and drive up sales of general merchandise, such as apparel.

Trump's comments came as the administration has tried to ease growing fears from markets and governments that a pandemic is on the way.

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Azar said the U.S. currently has a stockpile of 30 million surgical masks, but HHS estimates suggest the country needs 300 million masks.

U.S. airlines are now waiving change and cancellation fees for South Korea flights as the coronavirus spreads.

Bread is making a comeback, specifically sourdough bread. Sales of sourdough bread grew about 11.6 percent from 2015 to 2019 to over $325.9 million.

Home Depot's CEO said the earnings indicate that its significant investments are paying off.

Gene Seroka, executive director of the Port of Los Angeles, told CNBC that he's basing his assessment on the sharp slowdown in shipping then and now.

Many retirees may be surprised to find that their Social Security benefits may be subject to federal income taxes. But there are ways to keep the rate at which you are taxed on that income down, if you're strategic about how you take your income.

On Tuesday the number of confirmed coronavirus cases worldwide hit 80,370 and is continuing its global spread. The health sector, woefully unprepared to handle the outbreak, is trying to develop a vaccine. BioAegis Therapeutics' Steve Cordovano explains why the odds are against them.

Disney announced it has partnered with Impossible Foods to make the Impossible Burger the "preferred plant-based burger" of Disneyland, Disney World and the Disney Cruise Line.

Jefferies said coronavirus outbreaks in Italy, Iran and South Korea hint that COVID-19 is capable of spreading to and within many locations.

CEO and Chairman Jeff Gennette said that the U.S.-China trade war has actually helped prepare the company for this situation.

"It's the candidate who's got to go out onstage. It's the candidate who has to make the final decision and stand by the fallout. And that makes it really tough," Warren told NBC News.

Microsoft benefited from strong sales of Windows licenses for business PCs as companies rushed to upgrade their hardware before Microsoft stopped supporting Windows 7 in January. That trend should continue, but factory work stoppages in China could delay sales into later quarters.

The housing market heated up at the end of 2019, and that was reflected in even bigger gains in home values, according to the closely watched S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller Home Price Index.

Consumer confidence rose less than expected in February as people's assessment of current conditions wavered, data from the Conference Board showed.