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"It could be a short-term shock but one that ends up having a somewhat longer-term impact," Cornell University professor Eswar Prasad told CNBC.

With speculative plays like Virgin Galactic and Tesla soaring, investors should be careful picking individual stocks, warns John Davi, founder and chief investment officer of Astoria Portfolio Advisors.

As of Wednesday, more than 75,200 cases of coronavirus have been reported, resulting in at least 2,000 deaths.

Several Democratic presidential candidates have proposed a financial transaction tax to rein in wealth inequality, but the cost could extend to the population it's meant to help: everyday Americans.

Chelsey Glasson, a former user experience designer who worked at Alphabet's Google for five years, alleged her supervisor made discriminatory remarks about pregnant women, retaliated against her with poor performance ratings and unfairly denied her a leadership position.

Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading.

Procter & Gamble skin care brand Olay said Wednesday it will no longer retouch skin in its advertising by 2021.

The catalyst for Tesla stock is once again a big call on Wall Street.

Shares of Plug Power are surging, with social media users taking to sites like Reddit to discuss the stock's price action.

Though the coronavirus had just taken hold when the Fed met in January, officials already expressed concern about its economic impacts.

We'll get weekly jobless claims, earnings and market reaction to the Democratic debate.

A discussion of all that's moving the market today including the coronavirus, another jumpin Virgin Galactic shares and more.

With its latest acquisition, the company is targeting the mainframe.

Knock, knock. It's the IRS. The taxman is planning on in-person visits to individual taxpayers who haven't filed their income tax returns for prior years. So far, the agency expects to make 800 house calls, with more to come.

Saving the first few dollars are quick and easy. But once you hit your 30s, generating the amount of income you need to retire early will only get harder and harder.

Minutes from the January Federal Reserve meeting said the "current stance of monetary policy was appropriate."

Sales of the famed Explorer SUV cratered in 2019 as Ford struggled with manufacturing and quality control issues. The second-largest automaker said the launch was an unusually difficult one and expects future launches to go more smoothly.

Shel Kaphan, who joined the company in 1994, also said he supports breaking up Amazon.

The virus will definitely slow China's economic growth this year, Georgieva said, just how much depends on how well world leaders can contain the fast-spreading outbreak.

Investors are spinning the wheel on casino stocks again, but traders say these two look the best right here.