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Sandberg said on Tuesday that Facebook will do what it can to help its employees and small businesses manage through the coronavirus outbreak.

More than half of all deaths in the U.S. occurred in Washington state, where the virus has killed 53 people.

SoftBank had planned a $3 billion tender offer for WeWork shares, which were privately held, along with a $1.5 billion acceleration of equity it has already committed and $5 billion in syndicated debt. The financing package was meant to save WeWork from an impending cash crunch last year.

Lobbying groups representing the country's travel and tourism industry met the White House on Tuesday to meet with President Donald Trump and other officials to discuss the devastating economic impact of the pandemic.

As the growing economic impacts of the coronavirus roll through the U.S., some of the nation's largest mortgage lenders are already getting calls from borrowers, concerned they won't be able to make their monthly payments. Both government and independent regulators for the mortgage industry are now working on plans to deter another foreclosure crisis.

The Federal Reserve will now conduct daily repo operations of $500 billion through Friday, with each one running from 1:30 p.m. to 1:45 p.m.

Testing in the U.S. has been hampered by delays and a restrictive diagnostic criteria that limited who could get tested.

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio says officials will make a decision on a shelter-in-place order within the next 48 hours.

"No," President Donald Trump said in January when asked if there were worries about coronavirus becoming a pandemic. "We have it totally under control," he said at the time.

The International Olympic Committee reaffirmed its commitment to push ahead with the 2020 Summer Olympics in July without delay, but officials and potential participants are starting to get skeptical.

Investors are likely viewing Lyft and Uber more as travel stocks, however, placing them in one of the segments hardest hit by the coronavirus.

Some of the hottest stocks of the last couple years have been the hardest hit in recent weeks.

Though crude has only plumbed its new lows for about a week, some are already warning that energy workers could see layoffs.

President Donald Trump spoke with the chief executives of the largest U.S. restaurant companies on Tuesday about the response to the coronavirus outbreak.

Politicians on both sides of the aisle, including Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, want to send cash to Americans as the COVID-19 crisis deepens.

Video calling company Zoom is hot in the coronavirus-induced work-from-home craze. Cisco's Webex is getting major user growth too, but isn't bragging as much.

The virus — which has already killed more than 7,167 people and infected more than 183,000 people around the world — is spreading as the Iranian regime deals with intensifying U.S. sanctions.

It could not be immediately determined what steps McConnell is pushing for, but the stipulations around paid time off were a thorny issue in negotiations between House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin.

U.S. airline shares surged after Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said the administration will help airlines.

Cuomo says at least 19% of New Yorkers with confirmed cases have been hospitalized with COVID-19.