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The cryptocurrency project launched by Facebook still faces regulatory hurdles.

"This outbreak could still go in any direction," said Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director-general of the World Health Organization.

Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading on Friday.

Kudlow said a new, all-time low on the 30-year Treasury bond yield doesn't reflect reality: "This a fundamentally very sound economy."

Wells Fargo is reportedly nearing settlements with the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Justice Department over its sales scandal.

That's contrary to the conventional Street wisdom which ties the low rates and money-printing to a market bull run that is less than a month away from its 11th anniversary

Central bank officials have indicated that they are content to keep policy on hold as they watch economic developments play out.

Despite market expectations for up to two cuts this year, Bostic said that unless there's a significant shift in economic performance, the Fed should stay put.

Despite gains, the president of the French Association of Wines and Spirits Exporters expressed concerns that 2020 would be a difficult year for the industry.

Cases in South Korea have grown by about two-thirds in recent days, according to health officials there, and the country reported its first death caused by COVID-19.

The stocks making the biggest moves in premarket trading include Deere, Coca-Cola, Chewy, First Solar, and more.

The briefing cost the acting director of national intelligence, Joseph Maguire, his job, a former intelligence official said.

Amazon started informing sellers this week that it's removing listings that include false claims about the coronavirus.

Almost 20 million television viewers tuned in to watch the ninth Democratic debate on Wednesday, the first to feature former New York Mayor Mike Bloomberg.

Dropbox surpassed estimates for earnings, revenue and paid users in the fourth quarter. Dropbox stock jumped as much as 16% in after-hours trading.

Noticeably better quality in the new Model 3 cars helped Tesla show the biggest improvement among automakers in Consumer Reports' latest brand rankings.

The success of the eighth-generation Corvette will largely be on whether it can attract a new generation of buyers beyond its base of Baby Boomer fans.

Facebook and Sony on Thursday announced they will pull out of next month's Game Developers Conference in San Francisco due to ongoing concerns with the coronavirus outbreak.

NRC Health confirmed in a statement to CNBC that it shut down its "entire environment," including client-facing reporting portals, to contain a cyberattack that raised concerns about private patient records.

President Donald Trump's friend Roger Stone was sentenced to more than three years in prison for crimes related to lying to Congress and tampering with a witness.