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"I think that sometimes we forget why we own stocks. We own stocks to create wealth," CNBC's Jim Cramer said on Wednesday.

The United States is studying the possibility of slapping $3.1 billion in additional tariffs on goods from the United Kingdom, France, Germany and Spain.

Speaker maker Sonos plans to cut 12% of its global workforce due to "uncertainty and challenges stemming from the Covid-19 pandemic." It's also closing its New York City retail store.

Tech industry leaders have warned that any system requiring a "backdoor" to encryption would undermine its privacy protections altogether.

Ford needs its highly profitable flagship product to drive a global restructuring plan and pay off debt related to the coronavirus pandemic.

Complaints that Tesla's giant touch screens can fail have drawn the attention of U.S. safety regulators.

Many businesses are at risk of closing, despite federal loan relief they may have received. This debt would generally be forgiven if a business closes. But there are caveats.

The chances of winning November's presidential election have moved "firmly" in favor of Democratic candidate Joe Biden, economists have projected.

Relativity Space, a startup that plans to almost entirely 3D-print rockets, on Wednesday announced it struck another major launch deal.

The closure of the European Union's external borders is due to end on Tuesday.

"This is great for earnings in the S&P. It's not great for employment," Kevin O'Leary told CNBC.

Peloton keeps pedaling higher. Here's how it rallies another 28% after its more than 100% surge this quarter.

The adult world has many confusing concepts, but remember: Most people are not geniuses. Yet they manage to navigate, and so can you.

Total mortgage application volume fell 8.7% last week from the previous week, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association.

Apple was affected by the shutdown in China during the height of the coronavirus pandemic in the country, but it has seen a sharp rebound as the the economy reopened.

The coronavirus has infected more than 9.27 million people around the world as of Wednesday, killing at least 477,807 people.

Germany reported a further cluster of coronavirus cases at a slaughterhouse in Lower Saxony on Tuesday, the latest in a series of outbreaks that have been seen in the country.

Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer called the GOP reform bill "deeply, fundamentally and irrevocably flawed," NBC News reports.

Ben & Jerry's said Tuesday it plans to join the "#StopHateForProfit" campaign, pausing ads on Facebook and Instagram in the U.S. beginning July 1.

A termination letter sent to Officer Brett Hankison released by the city's police department Tuesday said Hankinson violated procedures by showing "extreme indifference to the value of human life" when he "wantonly and blindly" shot 10 rounds of gunfire into Taylor's apartment in March.