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Stocks traded lower on Thursday as Microsoft led shares of major tech companies lower and traders pored through disappointing unemployment data.

WHO is holding a briefing on the Covid-19 pandemic.

The number of Americans who filed for unemployment benefits rose more than expected last week as the pandemic inflicted more damage to the U.S. economy.

Clayton's comments came after CNBC's Andrew Ross Sorkin asked if eye-popping rallies in stocks like Tesla are cause for alarm.

The ability to live broadcast Messenger Rooms calls could pose another threat to Zoom, which allows paid users to livestream video calls to services like Facebook, Google's YouTube and Amazon's Twitch.

Treasury yields dipped on Thursday after data showed U.S. jobless claims rose more than expected last week.

American Airlines swings to a quarterly loss as the coronavirus depressed demand, but it slashed its cash burn.

The stocks making the biggest moves in premarket trading include Twitter, AT&T, Blackstone, Tesla, Microsoft, and more.

Schumer said McConnell and Republicans' inability to release a coronavirus relief bill jeopardizes the financial health of millions of people.

The FBI alleges that a researcher focusing on biology who lied about her connection to the Chinese military in order to receive a U.S. visa has avoided arrest by taking refuge in the Chinese consulate in San Francisco.

Contract tracing is being done after positive test in office building where many senior advisers and top officials work.

Twitter's disclosure on Wednesday complicates an already murky picture about who the hackers were and what they were after after a high-profile hack in which accounts for several VIPs posted tweets within minutes asking for bitcoin.

"We've had racists and they've existed, they've tried to get elected president but he's the first one that has," Biden said.

"Right now we have close to 1,000 casualties a day so if we don't change that trajectory, you could do the math," the former FDA commissioner told CNBC on Wednesday.

U.S. officials say the Houston consulate has long been used by China's government to steal medical research and attempt to infiltrate the oil industry.

The closing of Microsoft's retail stores cut into its earnings.

"Hopefully the approval process will go very quickly, and we think we have a winner there," President Donald Trump said Wednesday.

Musk also added that Tesla will continue to grow in California, where it will build the Tesla Model S and the Model X for global deliveries and the Tesla Model 3 and Tesla Model Y for North America.

During the period ending June 30, 2020, Tesla grappled with the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic and widespread civil rights protests on its employees, customers and U.S. factory operations, especially.

New York Jets owner Woody Johnson, an heir to the Johnson & Johnson pharmaceuticals fortune, was a big campaign donor to President Donald Trump, who named him U.S. ambassador to Britain.