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Early retirement packages are being offered to more employees as a result of coronavirus, but workers need to negotiate the best packages carefully, including health insurance and other non-financial benefits.

U.S. government debt prices were higher Thursday morning ahead of new unemployment data.

There is a very wide and pervasive wealth and asset gap between races, and layoffs and the economic fallout of the Covid-19 crisis are disproportionately affecting Black and Latinx Americans. Our core values will dictate how we respond.

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos this week sold more than $3.1 billion worth of shares in his company, according to filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Democrats and the White House are struggling to reach a coronavirus stimulus deal, but they seem to be moving closer on unemployment insurance.

Facebook on Wednesday removed a post from the account of President Donald Trump in which he said in a video interview that children are "almost immune" from Covid-19. Twitter also temporarily banned the president's campaign account from tweeting.

Telemedicine companies Livongo and Teladoc relied on lot of Zoom calls and one socially distanced meeting in Detroit, Michigan.

The pandemic shows no signs of letting up and the U.S. economy is in free-fall, but investors are still hungry for tech companies to hit the market.

Trump applauded the country's coronavirus vaccine and therapeutic development, saying it has had "tremendous success" and is "ready to deliver them literally as soon" as they're approved.

Telehealth has been one of the massive growth stories of the Covid-19 era, as patients avoid clinics and hospitals where they risk exposure to the coronavirus. The Teladoc-Livongo deal is the third-largest in the U.S. this year.

Pompeo's comments come less than a week after President Donald Trump told reporters on Air Force One that he will act soon to ban Chinese-owned video app TikTok from the United States.

"I mean, the numbers don't lie," Dr. Anthony Fauci said when asked during an interview whether the U.S. had the world's worst coronavirus outbreak.

A push for $25 billion in additional aid to protect airline jobs through the end of March gained steam with the backing from Republican senators.

Investors are keeping a close eye on a surge in the U.S. money supply for signs of inflation's long-awaited return.

Mester called Wednesday for more help from Congress and said the central bank stands at the ready to provide whatever resources it can to help an economy at risk from rising coronavirus cases.

President Donald Trump is expected to hold a press briefing on Wednesday as Republicans and Democrats find more common ground on the next coronavirus relief package.

Mitt Romney, Susan Collins and Martha McSally are proposing a bigger unemployment insurance extension than Senate Republicans previously did.

Virginia's coronavirus notification app, called Covidwise, launched on Wednesday, just under four months after the Apple-Google partnership was first revealed.

Roku, while reporting its second-quarter earnings Wednesday, said the advertising industry outlook remains uncertain in the second half of the year.

Starbucks, Chipotle Mexican Grill and Shake Shack are focusing on drive-thru construction in light of the coronavirus pandemic.