Companies large and small are handling layoffs over minutes-long, scripted video calls, but workers say there's a better way to handle them.

Uber reported first-quarter earnings on Thursday, and while the company lost $2.9 billion during the quarter, the stock rose after hours on optimistic comments from CEO Dara Khosrowshahi.

Investors are rewarding the likes of Chegg and Everbridge for impressive growth while other companies struggle.

The National Football League Players Association has approved terms of a new 10-year collective bargaining agreement with NFL team owners.

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.

The JEDI, or Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure, deal worth up to $10 billion has become one of the most tangled contracts for the Department of Defense.

Rent is traditionally due on the first of the month, and with each passing month more tenants are becoming late on their payments.

The economic free fall from Covid-19 is taking its toll on what had been strong housing demand just a few months ago.

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

"This is not a situation where you can go to the American people and say, 'How many lives are you willing to lose to reopen the economy?' We don't want to lose any lives," Cuomo said.

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.

Most experts agree that Covid-19 testing is vital to safely reopen the economy. But getting to scale presents challenges, they say.

Angela Stent, author of 'The Limits of Partnership: US-Russian Relations in the Twenty-First Century,' warns that attention will fall on Vladimir Putin as to whether Crimea will join Russia officially.

Norman Young, Senior Equity Analyst at Morningstar, says Microsoft's release of the Office for iPad app reflects a strategy shift in the software company under its new chief executive officer, Satya Nadella.

Mitul Kotecha of TD Securities tells CNBC's Squawk Box Asia that the rising tensions between U.S. and China over COVID-19 could make it hard to uphold the Phase One trade deal, risking another trade war.

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.

Ford Motor expects to begin calling back salaried employees who have been working remotely due to the coronavirus pandemic beginning in late June, executives said Thursday.

"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.

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.

Main Street confidence hit a record low in the Q2 2020 CNBC Small Business Survey, with the coronavirus causing a majority of entrepreneurs to fear permanent changes, including bankruptcy.

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

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

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

Cramer warned that the U.S. economy may be too weak to handle another trade spat with China and discouraged Trump from imposing new tariffs.

"Social distancing is going to be the answer why you have to sell certain stocks," CNBC's Jim Cramer said Tuesday.

"This is not blockbuster drug, but watch this trend. I think it's very exciting for investors," CNBC's Jim Cramer said Wednesday.

A rally in bitcoin led the cryptocurrency market higher ahead of a major technical event for the digital coin and as industry participants report an increased interest from institutional investors.

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.

New York Times reporter Matt Apuzzo discusses his piece on how Beijing moved to tamp down criticism from the West over its response to the coronavirus pandemic.

Bjørnar Tonhaugen of Rystad Energy discusses what could potentially happen to oil prices when the U.S. and the world is projected to run out of viable physical storage capacity, potentially sometime in May.

Realtor.com chief economist Danielle Hale discusses the firm's latest housing trends report, including whether demand for home buying will return this summer if the U.S. can effectively contain the coronavirus pandemic.

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.

"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.

The combined group could put pressure on rival telecommunications firms BT, Vodafone and Sky.

"Mad Money" host Jim Cramer rings the lightning round bell, which means he's giving his answers to callers' stock questions at rapid speed.

"Some of these hopes make more sense than others," the "Mad Money" host said.

"Mad Money" host Jim Cramer rings the lightning round bell, which means he's giving his answers to callers' stock questions at rapid speed.

The "Mad Money" host offered his thoughts on each companies' latest quarterly results and recommended multiple stocks for buys.

"This drug makes a big difference, especially if you were worried about a second wave of infections after we reopened the economy," the "Mad Money" host said.

"Mad Money" host Jim Cramer rings the lightning round bell, which means he's giving his answers to callers' stock questions at rapid speed.

"I recommend putting on half your position here, and then wait and buy more if it pulls back below $30 after the earnings," the "Mad Money" host said.

Stocks on Wall Street have reached levels that are "too hot" for Jim Cramer's liking.

"Mad Money" host Jim Cramer rings the lightning round bell, which means he's giving his answers to callers' stock questions at rapid speed.

"'Sell in May and go away' is suboptimal advice, people, but this May, it just so happens that the market's run too much versus the fundamentals," the "Mad Money" host said.

"Mad Money" host Jim Cramer rings the lightning round bell, which means he's giving his answers to callers' stock questions at rapid speed.

Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff said it was Rhode Island Gov. Gina Raimondo's idea to couple contact tracing with coronavirus testing as the software maker sought to launch Work.com.

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

"Mad Money" host Jim Cramer rings the lightning round bell, which means he's giving his answers to callers' stock questions at rapid speed.

"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.

"[A]s the country gradually reopens, there are some industries that should do much, much better," the "Mad Money" host said.