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The death toll from the coronavirus in Italy — Europe's epicenter — rose dramatically Thursday, taking the total to 148.

CNBC considers whether the new coronavirus could normalize working from home.

Emerging market (EM) central banks will likely begin more aggressive loosening of monetary policy following the U.S. Federal Reserve's emergency interest rate cut, analysts anticipate.

Chinese gaming company Kunlun has agreed to sell Grindr, a popular gay dating app it acquired in 2016, for about $608.5 million.

The president of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics organizing committee has reportedly said that it would be "impossible" to cancel the Games.

Market participants are not making "rational" decisions when trading on the back of the coronavirus outbreak, an economist told CNBC's "Squawk Box Europe" Friday.

Ahead of meetings with non-OPEC allies in Vienna Friday, the UAE's Energy Minister, Suhail al-Mazrouei, appeared confident that Russia would agree to proposed production cuts.

The disruption that the coronavirus outbreak has brought on global supply chains is spurring Chinese companies to declare force majeure as they cannot meet contractual obligations — but there's a high chance they will not succeed.

Rivals to popular investing app Robinhood aren't jumping at the opportunity to celebrate the company's recent outage.

Iran's oil minister has hit out at other countries for not declaring confirmed cases of the coronavirus.

Logistics, the key arteries for China's economic activity, are still not operating normally, in a sign of how far the country is from fully getting back to work.

The Vatican said on Friday that a patient in its health services had tested positive for coronavirus.

Even amid the push for global gender equality, sexist attitudes continue to undermine progress — and what's more, almost all of us are guilty of that, according to the United Nations' new report.

Despite a bumpy ride for the dollar over the last few days, one strategist told CNBC it's one of the best places to park your money during the current market turmoil.

The price of gold spiked again this week as investors sought surety amid concerns over the coronavirus outbreak, but scammers are also capitalizing on the surge.

Stocks in Asia dropped on Friday as volatility continued to grip the markets amid investor concerns over the global coronavirus outbreak.

Australia, Hong Kong, Singapore, Japan, South Korea and Thailand "will enter or flirt with recession," said the ratings giant.

The two employees are among the more than 95,000 COVID-19 cases globally.

The U.S. Federal Reserve lowered its benchmark rate by 50 basis points this week — and investors are expecting more.

Especially if you're someone who travels frequently, meeting new people from new places, it feels important to offer some sort of physical gesture. And what's the etiquette for turning down a handshake anyway?