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Small business confidence crashes, revealing more Main Street carnage may lie ahead

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.




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Clock ticking for small businesses squeezed out of government loans, now have a few months or less to survive, survey reveals

Only 13% of small businesses that applied for relief through the Paycheck Protection Program have received funding, according to the CNBC/SurveyMonkey Small Business Survey released Monday.




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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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'Togetherness kills' — Cramer looks at stocks that will continue to suffer as social distancing remains

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




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NYT: EU bows to pressure to soften criticism of how the Chinese government pushed disinformation about the coronavirus

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.




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Campbell: Odds of some type of government support for oil industry are rising

Chris Campbell of Duff & Phelps discusses the likelihood of a bipartisan deal to support the U.S. oil and gas industry, which has been battered by the demand destruction caused by the coronavirus.




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Wedbush's Kulina: The key for big tech earnings has been signs of stabilization in April

Joel Kulina of Wedbush Securities discusses the key takeaways from Facebook, Microsoft and Tesla's earnings reports, and whether big tech companies may largely get a pass for a downturn in business in the latter part of Q1.




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Wall Street is too optimistic as economies start reopening, Stephen Roach warns

One of the world's leading authorities on Asia is worried Wall Street is miscalculating China's efforts to reopen its economy.




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Fed's Harker warns about reopening the economy too quickly

"Not only would this be a health catastrophe, but it would reverse the recovery as well," the central bank official said in a speech.




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Suze Call: Mary Ann, California

Mary Ann reluctantly co-signed a loan for her daughter and her daughter's boyfriend. Recently she checked her credit score and found out the loan has been charged off. Is there any way out to get her credit healthy again?




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Wall Street's 'incredibly strong month' is based on 'hope,' Jim Cramer warns

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




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Jim Cramer reacts to AMD, Starbucks, Boeing, GE and Alphabet earnings reports

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




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Cramer says his most trusted indicator 'makes me concerned' about the market's trajectory

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




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'She had the vision' — Marc Benioff credits Rhode Island governor for inspiring Salesforce's contact tracing tools

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.




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Jim Cramer on Moderna vaccine-sparked rally: 'Let's not get ahead of ourselves'

"This market does have a tendency to bounce between unbridled optimism and total despair — no middle ground," the "Mad Money" host said.




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Cramer Remix: A better alternative to your 401(k)

Jim Cramer breaks down his methods on how to take more control of your retirement savings.




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All California voters will be able to vote by mail in November, Newsom says

California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed an executive order Friday allowing all registered voters in the state to receive a mail-in ballot for November's election.




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Wildlife habitat destruction and deforestation will cause more deadly pandemics like coronavirus, scientists warn

Habitat destruction like deforestation and agricultural development on wildland are increasingly forcing disease-carrying wild animals closer to humans, allowing new strains of infectious diseases to thrive.




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AT&T will likely be broken up and will move on from WarnerMedia, analyst Craig Moffett predicts

Craig Moffett said on CNBC's "Squawk Box" that AT&T will eventually separate its telecom business from its media business.




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Twitter's brief history of earnings rallies shows they often don't last

Twitter surged after a big quarterly increase in users, but history shows the social media stock's rallies don't last.




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El-Erian lifts his don't-buy-the-dip warning for pros, but says most investors should still wait

"If you are a long-term investor, I would wait," economist Mohamed El-Erian said. "If you're a short-term tactical investor, there's a lot of opportunities out there."




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Ted Cruz, other senators, warn Saudis to stop using oil in 'economic warfare' against the US

Sen. Ted Cruz said a group of nine senators recently ripped into the Saudi ambassador to the United States in a conference call over its oil price war with Russia.




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Earnings estimates are plummeting in Europe. Here's what that means for the US

Should the virus spread in the U.S. as it is spreading in Italy, U.S. earnings could see similar declines.




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If you see an earnings estimate, it's probably wrong, given ongoing pandemic uncertainty

Companies have been slow to withdraw their earnings guidance, which makes estimating earnings for the S&P 500 nearly impossible.




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Pandemic has companies dropping earnings guidance, and some say it should be nixed altogether

A growing number of companies has nixed earnings guidance amid the coronavirus pandemic, and some in the corporate world say they should be dropped permanently.




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Halfway through one of the strangest earnings seasons ever, here's what we are learning

Most companies are not giving earnings guidance, leaving investors and analysts in the dark, yet the market is still rewarding better-than-expected results.




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Bezos loses $7 billion overnight, $18 billion in a month, as market sells off on coronavirus fears

Concerns over coronavirus have roiled markets and torched hundreds of billions in paper wealth from the world's billionaires over the past month. But last night's declines could be the largest overnight wealth loss in nearly a decade.




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Mohamed El-Erian warns the Fed's pledge to support junk bonds could create 'zombie companies'

"My own sense is the Fed went too far in going into the high-yield market," the Allianz economic advisor told CNBC on Monday. "You get people who shouldn't be borrowing raising money."




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Three stocks in unloved corners of the market could be solid bets: Analyst

David Trainer, CEO of Investment Research Firm New Constructs, sees three prime picks in some of the hardest-hit areas of Wall Street.




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The Fed and markets are on a collision course over interest rates, Blackstone's Joe Zidle warns

Blackstone chief investment strategist Joseph Zidle predicts the Federal Reserve won't ease as much as Wall Street wants.




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Market correction could hit once Wall Street realizes fewer rate cuts are coming, Blackstone warns

Blackstone's Joseph Zidle predicts the Fed will cut rates but says Wall Street won't get what it wants, and stocks could fall as much as 20%.




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Upcoming event could turn the market into a 'minefield,' says Peter Boockvar

Bleakley Advisory Group CIO Peter Boockvar on navigating this earnings season. With CNBC's Seema Mody and the Futures Now traders, Jim Iuorio at the CME and Anthony Grisanti at the NYMEX.




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This upcoming event could turn the market into a 'minefield,' says Peter Boockvar

Earnings season could negatively impact the U.S. stock market as companies begin to feel the pain of the global economic slowdown, warns Peter Boockvar.




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Steve Grasso breaks down why he bought Snap shares after earnings

Steve Grasso, managing director of Institutional Trading at Stuart Frankel & Co., picked Snap Inc. as his last chance trade on CNBC's "Closing Bell."




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If a second wave hits, economist Mark Zandi warns a depression will hit

Moody's Analytics' Mark Zandi worries businesses may reopen too soon.




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Cashing in on PayPal earnings

What to do ahead of PayPal earnings. With CNBC's Melissa Lee and the Options Action traders, Carter Worth, Mike Khouw and Tony Zhang.




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'If you're a shareowner in Amazon, you may want to take a seat' — Amazon reports earnings, plans to spend all Q2 profits on coronavirus response

Amazon will invest heavily in Covid-19 testing for its employees.




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Tenet Healthcare warns of significant Covid-19 impact in the second quarter

Tenet Healthcare warned of a significant hit from the Covid-19 pandemic in the current quarter, even as the hospital operator's quarterly profit beat estimates due to a tax benefit from the coronavirus stimulus bill.




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Disney's parks were its biggest profit-maker, now they could be its biggest drag on earnings

Last year, Disney's Parks, Experiences and Consumer Products segment was its fastest-growing profit driver. Now, it could be the company's biggest drag on earnings, thanks to the Covid-19 outbreak.




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Cheesecake Factory swings to a loss as coronavirus weighs on earnings

The Cheesecake Factory swung to a loss in its first quarter as the coronavirus pandemic forced the company to close its dining rooms and furlough thousands of its workers.




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The businesses that made Disney a juggernaut are suddenly hurting, distracting from its streaming success

Disney wants Wall Street to focus on its growing streaming business, but its media networks, theme parks and film studio have grown too large to be ignored. That's become a big problem during coronavirus shutdowns.




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Wendy's shares jump after company reports US same-store sales picking up as customers return

Wendy's reported that its U.S. same-store sales are rebounding after plunging in March and the first half of April.




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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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Croatia PM: Will not hesitate to speak of enlargement at EU-Western Balkans summit

Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic speaks ahead of the EU-Western Balkans summit on Wednesday.




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Strong nutrition business lifted first-quarter earnings, DSM co-CEO says

Geraldine Matchett, co-CEO of DSM, discusses the company's first-quarter earnings.




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Expecting to see earnings trough in the third quarter, Siemens CEO says

Siemens CEO Joe Kaeser discusses the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on the company's earnings.




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'Buyer beware' at this point — it's going to be a grind from here, strategist warns

Hani Redha, multi-asset portfolio manager at PineBridge Investments, discusses investing amid the coronavirus crisis.




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Earnings will get a massive hit this year from the coronavirus hit: Portfolio Manager

Steven Glass of Pengana International Fund says there is a wide disconnect between fundamentals and market moves and we are currently witnessing a bear-market rally.




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Lebanese citizens on a painful path despite the government's rescue plan, analyst says

Gregg Carlstrom, Middle East Correspondent at The Economist says a haircut for banks in Lebanon seems inevitable despite their recent spat with the government.