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San Francisco targets May 18 for some businesses to resume as California unveils reopening guidelines

Covid-19 has infected 3.7 million people globally, and killed at least 264,111 as of Thursday.




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Online AP Exams start on Monday—here's what students and parents need to know

This year, some 3.4 million students are registered to take AP Exams online between May 11 and May 22.




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Online education company Coursera offers unemployed workers thousands of free courses

Unemployed workers are gaining free access to 3,800 courses created by elite universities and companies such as Amazon to learn skills and gain professional certificates for new job opportunities.




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Pop radio in decline, streaming on the rise: How the coronavirus is changing what we listen to

Instead of car radio, people calling on digital assistants like Amazon's Alexa and Apple's Siri to fire up some music while they cook.




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Homeowners should grab this emergency lifeline before it dries up

Wells Fargo and JPMorgan Chase are temporarily halting applications for home equity lines of credit. If other lenders follow suit, it could mean that homeowners will miss out on an emergency source of funding. What you should know.




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Top ad firm outlines business sectors hit the most by the pandemic, and the ones that are faring better... for now

Sectors like health care or financial services have been less impacted by the pandemic so far, but Omnicom foresees demand for marketing services to decline as advertisers cut costs in the short term.




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California Gov. Gavin Newsom unveils health guidelines for retailers and manufacturers to reopen starting Friday

California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced on Thursday a list of health guidelines that retailers, manufacturers and warehouses must adopt to begin offering curbside pick-up as early as Friday.




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Frontier Airlines to check passenger temperatures. Too high, you won't fly

Before boarding, passengers and crew members will have their temperatures checked at the gate. If someone registers a temperature of 100.4 or higher, they will be kept at the gate.




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Republicans stall on next coronavirus relief bill, United Airlines halts $2.25 billion bond offering

Covid-19 has infected more than 3.8 million people around the world as of Friday, killing at least 269,881 people.




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US lawmakers urge Mnuchin to crack down on airlines cutting worker hours after taking billions in coronavirus aid

Three Senate Democrats are urging Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin to crack down on airlines that are cutting employee hours, despite billions in federal coronavirus relief.




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Nintendo's 2020 game pipeline is looking weak: Analyst

Despite the strong demand for Nintendo's Switch console and the breakout success of its "Animal Crossing: New Horizons" title, Kazunori Ito of Morningstar Investment Management Asia says he does not see a strong game pipeline for the company this year.




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USAA chief: Coronavirus 'cabin fever' may be behind car crash uptick after initial steep decline

"The last couple of weeks we've seen a slight uptick in those rates, certainly not because stores are reopening," USAA CEO Wayne Peacock told CNBC.




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Ford and 3M begin shipping respirators to front-line health workers fighting coronavirus pandemic

About 90 United Auto Workers union members have assembled more than 10,000 respirators at a Ford plant near Flat Rock, Michigan.




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GM raises $4 billion in bond offering, expects to establish new $2 billion credit line

General Motors plans to further strengthen its cash position during the coronavirus pandemic through an offering of senior unsecured fixed rate notes, the company announced Thursday.




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Wells Fargo will no longer accept applications for home equity lines of credit

Banks have been retreating from loans tied to housing as the coronavirus pandemic impacts home values and the creditworthiness of borrowers.




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Jim Cramer says Buffett's sale of airline stocks makes him 'very concerned about the near term'

Cramer said that he viewed Buffett bailing on airlines as a sign that there were serious issues in the broader economy.




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Retail investors bought airline stocks even as travel slowed to a trickle, TD Ameritrade says

"I don't think you're buying these thinking that that business is coming back immediately," TD Ameritrade chief market strategist JJ Kinahan told CNBC.




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Norwegian Cruise Line raises over $2 billion to withstand 'well over' a year without revenue

"When the transactions are completed, the additional liquidity alleviates management's concern about the Company's ability to continue as a going concern for the next 12 months," Norwegian said in a statement Wednesday.




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How Am I Doing? Jacqueline

Jacqueline, who's 46, single and lives in Washington, D.C., tells Suze she wants to retire at 67 and travel. She wants to know if she's on track to meet her goal.




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Estee Lauder CEO: 'Consumer finds a way to get the product they want,' as online sales grow double digits

"The consumer finds a way to get the product they want" and "found a way to buy our product online more than usual," Estee Lauder CEO Fabrizio Freda said.




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Warren Buffett's exit from airline stocks is a wake-up call for index investors, Jim Cramer says

"I recommend selling" some position in the S&P 500 index fund "if the [upward] streak continues," the "Mad Money" host said.




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Many restaurants would 'shut down completely' under Tennessee's reopening guidelines, Jim Cramer says

"These rules are safe and healthy for the customer, which is great, but there's simply no way most restaurants can possibly obey them without going right out of business," the "Mad Money" host said.




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Norwegian Cruise Line CEO: 'We expect to sail sometime in 2020'

Norwegian Cruise is working "shoulder-to-shoulder" with health officials to "develop an enhanced protocol" to relaunch cruise trips, CEO Frank Del Rio said.




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Investors are betting two of the hardest hit groups — energy and airlines — have bottomed

The last few weeks have seen many unusual flows into exchange-traded funds that offer an insight into the market recovery.




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Warren Buffett says Berkshire sold all its airline stocks because of the coronavirus

Buffett said Berkshire sold its entire stake in United, American, Southwest and Delta Airlines, worth more than $4 billion on December 31.




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Warren Buffett gave airlines another go. Coronavirus was a problem he couldn't stomach

Warren Buffett has again ditched the airline sector as coronavirus threatens to be a challenge too big for him to stomach.




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Buffett on coronavirus, airlines and more: Watch the 5 best moments from the Berkshire meeting

Berkshire Hathaway's 2020 annual shareholder meeting, the "Woodstock for Capitalists," was hosted virtually for the first time ever.




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US airline stocks tumble after Buffett sells stakes

Airline shares were headed for another day of sharp declines, this time after Warren Buffett said Berkshire Hathaway's cashed out of its stakes in the four largest carriers.




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Buyers appear to be 'calling the bottom' in the JETS airline ETF, market analyst says

As airline stocks tumble, investors in the U.S. Global Jets ETF (JETS) seem to betting on a further bailout for the group, says market researcher Dave Nadig.




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Warren Buffett unloads airline stocks, but trader sees opportunity in three other travel names

Warren Buffett has exited the airlines, but one trader says there could be pockets of opportunity elsewhere in the travel space.




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Egyptian billionaire Naguib Sawiris sees oil at $100 in 18 months, says he would buy airlines

Egyptian billionaire Naguib Sawiris said he would buy airlines, going against fellow billionaire investor Warren Buffett, who announced that Berkshire Hathaway sold all airline stocks at the firm's annual meeting on Saturday.




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United Airlines not proceeding with $2.25B bond offering

CNBC's Phil LeBeau reports on United Airlines bond offering. With CNBC's Melissa Lee and the Options Action traders, Carter Worth, Mike Khouw and Tony Zhang.




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United Airlines swings to $1.7 billion loss in first quarter as bookings disappeared in coronavirus pandemic

United Airlines had reported a first-quarter pretax loss earlier this month.




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SAS CFO says airline should be granted government support amid pandemic

Torbjorn Wist, CFO of SAS, discusses the airline's position in the coronavirus crisis and its seeking of state aid to support the company through the pandemic.




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Crowdsourcing your bottom line

Internet lingerie startup "Adore Me" aims to disrupt the U.S. lingerie market. One strategy their using, is to crowdsource the designs they bring to market.




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Opinion: Hollywood couldn't script a plotline like what's happening in oil right now

Keeping up with all the recent twists and turns in the oil market is difficult. Here's where things stand as what could be a pivotal week gets underway.




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Ireland says Brexit trade talks timeline 'virtually impossible'

The coronavirus pandemic has made an already difficult timeline for a British-European Union trade deal "virtually impossible", Ireland's foreign minister said, cautioning that he did wish to raise expectations of London seeking more time.




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New outbreaks in Germany, South Korea underline risk of easing restrictions

Fresh coronavirus outbreaks at slaughterhouses in Germany and new cases reported Saturday in South Korea linked to a man who had visited multiple nightclubs highlighted the challenges authorities face as they seek to open up their economies.




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European airlines drop guidance and warn it could take years for demand to bounce back

A number of European airlines have dropped their financial guidance for the year, as the ongoing coronavirus pandemic creates widespread uncertainty about when business will return to normal.




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The economic decline in the first quarter reveals even weaker consumers and more unknowns ahead

Consumers reined in spending faster than expected in the first quarter, probably even before states issued stay-at-home orders.




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Stocks making the biggest moves midday: Disney, American Airlines, Tyson Foods and more

These are the stocks posting the largest moves in midday trading.




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Stocks making the biggest moves midday: Starbucks, Chevron, Norwegian Cruise Line, Alphabet & more

Starbucks jumps as the coffee chain rolls out a reopening plan in the U.S. while Chevron leads energy stocks higher amid a surge in crude.




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Stocks making the biggest moves after hours: Spirit Airlines, Etsy, Paypal and more

Check out the companies making headlines after the bell.




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Analysis suggests Hong Kong's market is set to decline

Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index is poised for a continuation of its downtrend — with a downside target near 25,200, Daryl Guppy writes.




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Australia's currency decline is collateral damage in Trump's trade war

There was a contradiction when Australia's stock market was making new 10-year highs but the currency was posting significant lows. A big question has now been answered, Daryl Guppy writes.




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Wedbush's Ygal Arounian on Uber earnings: Top line numbers weren't that bad

Tom White, D.A. Davidson analyst and Ygal Arounian, Wedbush Securities, join "Closing Bell" to talk about markets.




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PayPal CEO on earnings, online spending trends during pandemic and more

PayPal reported a record amount of new active accounts added to its platform in April, but it saw a drop in quarterly profit as the Covid-19 pandemic weighs on consumer spending. PayPal President and CEO Dan Schulman, joins "Squawk Box" to discuss.




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Norwegian Cruise Line CEO talks cruise bookings, raising $2 billion to avoid bankruptcy

Norwegian Cruise Line CEO Frank Del Rio said the troubled company has raised enough liquidity to get through potential 18 months of zero revenues.




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People receiving SSI or VA benefits have until tomorrow to meet this stimulus check deadline

Time is running out if you're receiving SSI or VA benefits and want to make sure your children under 17 are included in your stimulus payments. You have just until tomorrow to report your information to the IRS. But beware: Some people have already complained that their checks fall short.




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White House weighs pushing tax deadline back to Sept. 15

To help bolster the economy, the White House is weighing a variety of measures, including the possibility of extending the tax deadline to September or even December.