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Bank of America announced it will commit $1 billion to help communities grapple with economic and racial inequality worsened Covid-19.

Contact tracing has become a big job opportunity in parts of the country as cities and states reopen their economies and want to keep a lid on Covid-19 infection rates.

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio is set to hold a press briefing Tuesday as his city struggles to respond to the dueling threats of the coronavirus pandemic and the violence from protests over the death of George Floyd.

The last time demonstrations on this scale were seen in some areas was in 1968, following the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.

Treasury yields rose on Tuesday as investors focused on the reopening of the U.S. economy and U.S.-China relations.

Ford Motor Executive Chairman Bill Ford and CEO Jim Hackett sent a letter to employees regarding the "tragic killing of George Floyd" and America's "systemic racism."

How corporations respond to calls for diversity and inclusion amid the George Floyd protests will inform how S&P weighs them in its ESG index, its manager says.

Amazon's Sports and Outdoors category showed pepper spray as the top-selling item, while a rechargeable taser was listed at No.44, illustrating that consumers are buying self-defense items amid protests that have turned violent in some areas of the country.

The stocks making the biggest moves in premarket trading include Dick's Sporting Goods, Lululemon, Apple, and more.

Tencent-owned games developer Riot Games has released a new shooter game called VALORANT. It's another addition to a portfolio of game investments that could make Riot Games one of the best tech acquisitions ever.

TikTok, the social media app owned by China's ByteDance, apologized after a technical glitch made it look like the #BlackLivesMatter and #GeorgeFloyd hashtags had zero views.

Police fired tear gas outside the White House and in Philadelphia as looting and small fires were reported in New York City.

Facebook employees on Monday staged a "virtual walkout" in protest of the company's policies regarding recent posts by President Donald Trump.

Other misinformation and misleading claims spread across Twitter on Sunday night and into Monday related to the protests.

StitchFix CEO Katrina Lake said, "We have taken the very difficult decision to reduce the number of Stylists in our styling team in California, as we invest in our other styling hubs across the US"

Republican FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr said Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey is "weaponizing" the company for "his own partisan political beliefs."

It would be the first time the act to deploy U.S. troops was invoked since the 1992 Rodney King protests.

The family of George Floyd and their lawyer called for a first-degree murder charge to be filed against ex-Minneapolis cop Derek Chauvin after a new independent autopsy found that Floyd died as the result of asphyxiation from sustained pressure on his neck.

Through fiscal 2030, the virus will reduce real economic output — nominal GDP adjusted for inflation — by 3% from initial economic estimates in January before the pandemic hit, the Congressional Budget Office said.

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