Stella Artois joins forces with Water.org and Co-Founders Matt Damon and Gary White to call on consumers to leave a mark and help end the global water crisis.

The coronavirus relief bill from Harris, Sanders and Markey would give direct payments to people making up to $120,000, with $2,000 per child.

Jay Jacobs, executive director of the Timber Lake Family of Camps, joins "Squawk Alley" to discuss how he is preparing to keep summer campers safe amid the coronavirus pandemic.

Billionaire philanthropist Melinda Gates shares her thoughts about the U.S. response to coronavirus and why solving the current caregiving crisis is crucial.

Of the 5,900 businesses in Hollywood, 99.5% have less than 500 employees, and over 90% have fewer than 10 employees. Many are being forced to layoff or furlough employees as the coronavirus pandemic drags on.

This marked the first negative GDP reading since the 1.1% decline in the first quarter of 2014 and the worst level since the 8.4% plunge in Q4 of 2008 during the worst of the financial crisis

In contrast to the U.S., countries in North Asia and Australia had "very convincing containment" of the coronavirus crisis, making them more likely to achieve a "very sharp" economic rebound post-pandemic, says Deutsche Bank's Michael Spencer, chief economist and head of research for the Asia-Pacific.

April Coolidge used to work in real estate but now she makes more money driving a truck than she ever did selling houses.

Bankrate's Mark Hamrick discusses the findings of a new survey on how Americans are feeling about their financial health, more than a month into coronavirus stay-at-home measures.

Esty Dwek of Natixis Investment Managers discusses market reaction to plans by U.S. states and some countries to reopen their economies, and whether stocks may be pricing in too much optimism.

The U.S. Federal Reserve is trying to keep the coronavirus crisis from becoming an extended financial crisis. And the Fed's measures go beyond anything the central bank did during the Great Recession of 2009.

Amazon has been combating coronavirus-related issues on multiple fronts for the past several months.

It takes the market time to digest shocks. How investors reacted in months after the Lehman Brothers bankruptcy in 2008 offers a window onto why some remain reluctant to buy stocks.

The Omega Family Office chairman and CEO said on CNBC's "Squawk Box" that taxes will need to go up regardless of who wins the upcoming presidential election.

Barrick Gold CEO Mark Bristow joins Squawk Box after the company reports earnings, to speak about the spike in demand for gold during the coronavirus crisis.

CNBC's Sara Eisen reports breaking news on BlackRock Chairman Larry Fink's annual letter.

John Bilton, global head of multi-asset strategy at J.P. Morgan Asset Management, discusses the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on stock valuations.

Spanish Minister of Foreign Affairs, the European Union and Cooperation Arancha Gonzalez discusses the EU's response to the coronavirus crisis.

Ilham Kadri, CEO of Solvay, discusses the chemicals company's first-quarter earnings.

Miguel Azevedo of Citi discusses the coronavirus pandemic's impact on Middle Eastern nations, mergers and acquisitions, and economic activity in the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.

With ten million test kits now secured by the Mindaroo Foundation and its business partners, Australia will have the "abundant capacity" to test widely for infections to "end the virus, not the economy," says Andrew Forrest, the foundation's co-founder and chairman, and former CEO of Fortescue Metals Group.

The coronavirus has been a massive blow for markets across the globe. But Daniel Gerard of State Street says tech stocks in North Asia still offer plenty of opportunities for investors.

It's going to be a "very difficult" period for the Middle East given coronavirus pandemic, but this could be a "golden opportunity" for economies to implement reforms and become more resilient, says Alain Bejjani, CEO of Majid Al Futtaim.

Egypt has been implementing structural reforms in an "expedited fashion" and widening social safety nets to people who are vulnerable in light of the coronavirus outbreak, says Rania Al-Mashat, Egypt's minister of international cooperation.

We are "worried" that humanitarian spaces for refugees may shrink if coronavirus infections within refugee camps rise, says Peter Maurer, president of the International Committee of the Red Cross. He says he also expects ICRC's funding to become "very problematic" with donor countries increasing spending on their own economies.

A new survey finds nearly 9 in 10 Americans say the COVID-19 crisis is causing stress on their personal finances, highlighting the importance of financial literacy.

The U.S. role as the world's leading oil and gas producer doesn't feel as empowering as it recently did, with oil prices heading into negative territory for the first time ever this week.

Oil and gas companies delayed in transitioning from fossil fuels and lost investors. The oil price crash caused by the coronavirus threatens to make this shift permanent.

Stocks have risen swiftly as investors look beyond the coronavirus pandemic, but millions of Americans continue to suffer unemployment and sickness.

There are some key things that retirement savers should steer clear of doing with their 401(k), despite uncertainty over exactly when the stock market will recoup its losses and head higher.

Chris Nassetta, president and CEO of Hilton, joins "Squawk Box" to discuss company earnings, navigating the coronavirus crisis and more.

Many Gen Z and millennial professionals have one question: Will I still have a job? Worrying about day-to-day expenses puts them at risk for financial burnout. And that could mean they neglect their long-term plans, particularly retirement savings.

From a drop in income to the inability to pay bills, young adults are facing obstacles they weren't necessarily expecting.

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The tech giant’s pledge to go carbon negative by 2030 leans heavily on nascent technology such as machines that suck carbon out of the air

Microsoft drew widespread praise in January this year after Brad Smith, the company’s president, announced their climate “moonshot”.

While other corporate giants, such as Amazon and Walmart, were pledging to go carbon neutral, Microsoft vowed to go carbon negative by 2030, meaning they would be removing more carbon from the atmosphere than they produced.

It will cost them money, but it will allow the technologies to come online and for the next company to follow their footsteps

It’s extremely hard to lead if there’s no one there to follow

Brent Beardall, WaFd Bank CEO, joins 'Power Lunch' to discuss the state of the Paycheck Protection Program and how many PPP loans the bank has processed.

The April jobs report is expected to show the worst unemployment rate since the Great Recession. Michelle Girard, chief U.S. economist at NatWest Markets, and Beth Akers, senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute, joins "Squawk Box" to discuss what they expect.

As the novel coronavirus began to take hold on the United States, the Federal Reserve made a number of quick policy actions. The Fed slashed rates to nearly zero, announced a slew of asset purchases, and more, in an effort to stave of economic devastation as businesses shuttered and millions of Americans lost their jobs. Here's what the Federal Reserve has done to preserve a financial system rocked by a global pandemic.

UK’s 800,000 school leavers and graduates need jobs and education offers amid turmoil, says thinktank

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Youth unemployment in Britain will reach the 1 million mark over the coming year unless the government provides job guarantees or incentives for school leavers and graduates to stay on in education, a thinktank warns.

The Resolution Foundation (RF) said that in the absence of action an extra 600,000 people under the age of 25 would swell dole queues, with a risk of long-term damage to their career and pay prospects.

We urgently need a fairer tax system so that rich people like me help solve the fallout from coronavirus, not just profit from it

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I made my first million the year Greece went under. I was 24 years old at the time.

I’d attended a presentation given by one of Citibank’s senior economists, in which he explained that government debts of the world’s major economies had grown to dangerous levels, and were continuing to grow. He warned that markets could stop lending to some of these governments, forcing a devastating round of austerity on to already battered economies.

If we repeat 2008, buying a house with one’s own wages will be a thing of the past

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We look at the impact of the pandemic on schools, universities, students, parents, teachers and professors — and who is at the table to shape what happens next. "We now have an economic crisis on top of the public health crisis, and the ways that we're choosing to educate children is simply unequal and is going to lead to an educational crisis,” says education scholar and Cornell University professor Noliwe Rooks, author of "Cutting School: Privatization, Segregation, and the End of Public Education."

French President Emmanuel Macron said he was looking into more financial aid for the country's arts and culture sectors that have been hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic. 

This thread started by Ekaterina Damer has prompted many recommendations from psychologists on twitter. Can anyone recommend an (ideally brief) introductory paper or post or book explaining what makes for a good theory? For example, how to construct a good psychological theory, what are key things to consider?@psforscher @lakens @talyarkoni @chrisdc77 @tomstafford @kurtjgray — Ekaterina … Continue reading "After the methods crisis, the theory crisis"