Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading.

There's optimism that nearly 4 in 5 workers surveyed see their layoffs as temporary, but the issue is whether their jobs will survive.

This is not an erratic breakout trend driven by reactions to global risk factors. This is a steady, sustainable uptrend breakout, according to Daryl Guppy.

Gold has the potential to breakout above the critical long term resistance level near $1,364 and move towards $1,550, according to Daryl Guppy.

There are two downside targets for gold, according to Daryl Guppy.

Oil's price hasn't rebounded, but many features of the commodity's performance suggest the bear is not in command of this market, Daryl Guppy writes.

All the support features and the trend strength continue to suggest that oil price is experiencing a temporary retreat, but the longer term trading band target is near $87, according to Daryl Guppy.

Amazon, Apple and Facebook all increased their lobbying spending in 2019 from the previous year.

Mike Bloomberg is outspending his rivals in the race to become the 2020 Democratic Presidential Nominee. His campaign spent $188 million during the fourth quarter of 2019. That's more money than any of his democratic competitors have raised over the entirety of this election cycle. But there's another big difference between those candidates and Bloomberg. Bloomberg didn't compete in the Iowa caucuses. Here's why and how he may still qualify for upcoming debates.

Insurance is an essential part of a comprehensive financial plan, but fee-only advisors have blanched at using commission-based products to solve a problem. Here's how to curtail those conflicts of interest.

With the average couple shelling out an estimated $285,000 for medical expenses after age 65, some advisors are looking closely at how their clients should best spend their health-care dollars.

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.

Jeff Lawson, Twilio CEO, joins 'Closing Bell' to discuss the surge in demand for the product amid Covid-19, earnings, and the company's assistance to telehealth initatives.

Emmerson Mnangagwa makes passionate plea for support as he targets upper middle-income status by 2030

The president of Zimbabwe has appealed for help in pulling his debt-ridden country out of “financial isolation”.

Emmerson Mnangagwa made his passionate call for international funding after he failed to secure new loans from the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank, African Development Bank and the Paris Club due to outstanding foreign debts of $8bn (£6.2bn).

Related: Zimbabwe urged to prioritise children as record poverty causes food shortages

Making sense of Disney's earnings, with CNBC's Melissa Lee and the Fast Money traders, Guy Adami, Tim Seymour, Steve Grasso and Karen Finerman.

While men and women can go out on alternate days, trans people in the Colombian capital face increasing risk of violent attacks

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A policy of making men and women leave their homes on alternate days during lockdown in Bogotá is fuelling violence towards the transgender community by the police and the public, activists say.

The mayor of the Colombian capital, Claudia López, announced last month that women were permitted to go outdoors for essential tasks on even-numbered days and men on odd-numbered days, in an effort to limit numbers on the streets.

Gilles Peterson and Flea of Red Hot Chili Peppers pay tribute to the Fela Kuti collaborator, described by Brian Eno as ‘perhaps the greatest drummer who ever lived’

The Nigerian drummer Tony Allen, who is credited with creating Afrobeat along with his old bandmate Fela Kuti, died suddenly at the age of 79 in Paris on Thursday, his manager said. “We don’t know the exact cause of death,” Eric Trosset said, adding it was not linked to the coronavirus pandemic.

“He was in great shape,” said Trosset. “It was quite sudden. I spoke to him at 1pm then two hours later he was sick and taken to Pompidou hospital, where he died.”

Related: Tony Allen: Afrobeat’s master on Hugh Masekela, Damon Albarn and friction with Fela Kuti

The epic Tony Allen, the greatest drummer on earth has left us. What a wildman with a massive, kind and free heart and the deepest one-of-a-kind groove. Fela Kuti did not invent afrobeat, Fela and Tony birthed it… https://t.co/qXqMAP7QzT

RIP TONY ALLEN. THE GOAT AMONGST GOATS. DO YOUR RESEARCH. LEGENDS NEVER DIE. THE INVENTOR OF RHYTHM #Afrobeat

Merci Tony Allen....https://t.co/Oizisc8wWd

Russ Koesterich, BlackRock Global Allocation Fund portfolio manager, joins 'Power Lunch' to discuss the state of the markets amid the coronavirus pandemic.

In the latest in our series on how Covid-19 will change football, we look at its impact at grassroots and non-league level

This could be the end of grassroots football. The impact is going to be horrendous. The main problem now is we’re not getting money we would usually receive from training-session fees or fundraising, because they’re not taking place. That money goes towards subsidising teams for the next season, helping them with pitch fees, league fees, trophy presentations, etc.