CNBC Business

The House subcommittee tasked with overseeing the country's coronavirus response is scheduled to hold its first briefing on Wednesday where members will discuss reopening the nation's economy.

The Atlantic hurricane season's first tropical storm could develop near Florida and the Bahamas this weekend, continuing a trend toward more preseason storms in the Atlantic in recent years.

A NASA presentation published on Wednesday outlined just how much the agency expects the Commercial Crew program will save taxpayers.

"The worst thing that could happen," economically, is that a country reopens and then has to shut down again to respond to a resurgence of the virus, said WHO official Dr. Mike Ryan.

The hackers have been caught attempting to "identify and illicitly obtain valuable intellectual property" and public-health data related to coronavirus research, according to the U.S. government.

Bob Diamond, former Barclays CEO and Colby College trustee, told CNBC that the school could delay the start of the fall semester to ensure in-person classes take place.

"There should be some amount of fans in the stadiums, depending on what locale and where you are and what the local rules are," Carolina Panthers owner David Tepper told CNBC.

Roughly 1.8 million residents struggling with unemployment due to the coronavirus pandemic have filed claims, roughly six times the number of claims filed during the 2008 financial crisis, officials said.

There are more than 100 vaccines in development globally as of April 30 with at least eight vaccine candidates already in human trials.

The number of news cases of PMIS in the city rose by 30 from the day before. Doctors are increasingly recognizing the symptoms in more children after the illness came to light in the U.K. late last month.

Some industry experts are seeing signs that at least some travelers — in particular, wealthier ones — expect to start going on vacation again during the year-end holiday season. And those willing to fly are headed to warm-weather spots overseas, it seems.

"Without clear planning and implementation of the steps that I and other experts have outlined, 2020 will be darkest winter in modern history," Bright says in written congressional testimony.

Shanghai Disneyland may have been able to reopen, but Disney could be on track to lose around $1 billion in earnings before interest and taxes each month from the rest of its parks being closed due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Many aspects of the new House $3 trillion coronavirus relief bill are not designed to get the economy moving again, Sen. Rob Portman told CNBC on Wednesday.

Space start-up LeoLabs unveiled a service on Wednesday that will send alerts in real-time to help avoid collisisions in space.

Conde Nast is the latest among a slew of publishers that have been affected by a decrease in advertising revenue brought on by Covid-19.

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is holding his daily press conference on the Covid-19 outbreak, which has infected more than 338,400 people across the state as of Wednesday.

Despite President Trump's "America First" policies, the U.S. auto industry heavily relies on Mexico for parts as well as vehicle production.

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

We've all been a lot more isolated lately. But while social distancing has been a challenge for many, others have turned it into an opportunity. CNBC Make It speaks to three entrepreneurs whose businesses are fighting to beat loneliness.