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Leading House and Senate Democrats warned Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin that onerous conditions on airline relief could cost workers their jobs.

Boeing is making its production pause in the Seattle area indefinite because of the spread of coronavirus.

In a note to the companies Saturday, Shilpan Amin, GM's vice president of Global Purchasing and Supply Chain, said it is making the company's step-by-step manufacturing plans for such personal protective equipment available to anyone willing to join in the cause.

For retailers, facing an apocalypse isn't anything new. What's new is the fact that everyone else is too. With everyone in duress, those with the ability to pull the trigger that could put a retailer into bankruptcy have become more gun shy.

Between the incessant screams of ambulance sirens rushing new patients to hospitals all day, and the non-stop negative news headlines, there is one moment each day in New York City that breaks up the daily monotony that is the new normal.

While more Americans stuck at home means more people are watching video, free content may overtake subscription video with job losses soaring and big media making more video available for no charge.

Over the past two weeks, teachers, students and parents in NYC have begun using online tools to cope with a new system for remote learning.

Even the one positive glimmer that came from Friday's nonfarm payrolls report just showed how bad things have gotten.

"We are not at war. Sailors do not need to die. If we do not act now, we are failing to properly take care of our most trusted asset — our Sailors," Crozier wrote in the letter.

San Francisco-area rocket builder Astra recently reduced its staff, a person told CNBC, in order to survive coronavirus delays.

The CNBC.com tech team, split mostly between the New York region and San Francisco Bay Area, just wrapped up its third full week with reporters sheltered in place.

Fitness studios across the United States are turning to online platforms to keep their audience connected during the COVID-19 pandemic that's caused many of them to close due to stay-at-home mandates. But so far, the boutique classes are largely offering classes for free, meaning their once-pricey classes are no longer bringing in money for the companies and their instructors.

In wildfire-prone states like California and Washington, the coronavirus pandemic has already hindered emergency preparation for the upcoming season.

Nearly two decades ago, when 9/11 spurred governments to invest in fighting bioterrorism, a group of disease experts figured out how to track pandemics using data from emergency rooms with a technique called 'syndromic surveillance.' Now, as the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic spreads, they're calling on the private sector for help.

Experts warn consumers' donation money is better spent directly donating to hospitals or other charitable organizations.

President Donald Trump on Saturday said that he will "immediately" seek more funding from Congress if the employee retention programs included in the $2 trillion coronavirus relief bill run out of money.

The 1,000-bed hospital ship had treated a total of three patients as of Thursday, the ship's captain Patrick Amersbach said.

Food caterers, event planners, venue owners, DJs and others that rely on the tech industry's parties and conferences have struggled to find work due to the coronavirus pandemic.

The virus has spread rapidly throughout New York City which has more than 57,159 confirmed cases, accounting for more than 20% of all cases in the U.S.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo said on Saturday that New York had about seven days to prepare for coronavirus apex in the state, warning that "we're not yet ready for the high point."