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Bernie Sanders and former first lady Michelle Obama headlined the first night of the all-virtual Democratic National Convention.

A limited supply of the right kinds of Covid-19 tests has hampered the U.S. response to the coronavirus since the very beginning, public health specialists say.

This is the fourth electric-vehicle company to use a SPAC to go public since March. Nikola, which plans to sell hydrogen fuel-cell trucks and all-electric pickups, merged with a SPAC named VectoIQ Acquisition ahead of its IPO.

The stocks making the biggest moves in premarket trading include Home Depot, Walmart, Amazon, Kohl's, and more.

Global Latin pop legend and entrepreneur Gloria Estefan has told CNBC she is facing some hard business decisions in her home state of Florida, as it continues to battle the coronavirus crisis.

Oracle is in talks to acquire TikTok's U.S., Canadian, Australian and New Zealand operations, challenging Microsoft, according to a source familiar with the matter.

Michelle Obama addressed the DNC after Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., the second-place finisher for the Democratic presidential nomination.

The escalation comes the week after Epic Games, makers of Fortnite, released a new direct payment mechanism designed to bypass the App Store's payment system, from which Apple takes 30%.

Michelle Obama is set to follow speeches from other high-profile figures including Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders and Rep. James Clyburn of South Carolina.

The method prosecutors said they used to get Alexander Yuk Ching Ma to reveal the nature of his espionage was worthy of a spy novel itself, NBC News reports.

Amazon is moving into the online pharmacy space in India. It won't be easy, local insiders say.

"As of this morning, we have tested 954 students and have 177 in isolation and 349 in quarantine, both on and off campus," the university said.

The speaker lineup on the first night of the 2020 Democratic National Convention includes Michelle Obama, Bernie Sanders and New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo.

Gig economy companies like Uber and Lyft misclassify their workers as independent contractors, when they deserve full benefits companies typically provide to their full-time employees, Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass. and labor lawyer Shannon Liss-Riordan write.

Robert Duncan, chairman of the Postal Service's Board of Governors, which selected DeJoy in May, has also agreed to testify on the same day.

"There's a lot of really important work that needs to be done, and the United States has to be in the middle of it, it cannot sit on the sidelines being indifferent," Clinton said.

The Ram 1500 TRX is expected to go on sale this year — starting at $71,690 — as a new halo vehicle for the brand in an attempt to greater differentiate it from Chevrolet and Ford, the industry's truck leaders by sales.

Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden last week outspent President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence on Facebook advertisements for the first time since June 6, following the selection of Kamala Harris as his running mate.

Reuters reported Monday that Amazon is interested in acquiring a minority stake in Rackspace, which helps companies shift their data to Amazon Web Services.

Pinterest appointed Andrea Wishom, president at Skywalker Holdings and former executive vice president at Harpo Productions, to become its third woman board member. It follows claims of gender discrimination from former COO Francoise Brougher.