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"If I was talking to you last year, the big debate in this state and by extension this country was the work California was doing to lead in the privacy space," he said.

Mary Meeker, who is known for her lengthy annual "Internet Trends" report, says businesses that are doing the best in the current crisis use cloud technologies, sell products that are always needed, can easily be found online, make other businesses more efficient and have a good social media presence.

Wuhan, the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak in China, added 325 confirmed coronavirus cases and 1,290 deaths to the city's Covid-19 count after "a city-wide investigation," state media reported earlier Friday.

Toomey, Hill and Schumer's pick, Bharat Ramamurti join an oversight team that has already attracted scrutiny, despite the fact it has yet to launch.

Members of the coronavirus task force are expected to hold a press briefing Friday as tensions between President Donald Trump and governors continues to grow.

Renaissance's Medallion hedge fund is reportedly up 24% this year through April 14, well ahead of the broader market's negative return.

The new site is convenient for folks who have an iPhone or iPad and normally use the Apple Music app but have otherwise not used the service on a Windows computer where they'd have to download and install Apple's famously sluggish iTunes software.

Vox will furlough about 100 employees and cut high earner salaries for three months as it seeks to cut back on costs while global advertising revenue slumps.

The back-and-forth kicked off after the president responded on Twitter to comments Cuomo made during a press briefing on the public health crisis.

"We believe we're one of the few companies who will be able to make a vaccine at a huge scale," Sanofi CEO Paul Hudson says.

"Death is bad and even though staying at the home and not getting a paycheck is bad, it's not as bad as death," Cuomo said.

U.S. government debt prices were lower Friday morning as investors monitored news of a potential Covid-19 treatment.

Ford Motor expects to report a net loss of $2 billion for the first quarter as the coronavirus depresses sales and production.

A group of Amazon employees are calling for workers to walkout in protest of the company's labor practices.

Biotech stocks surged Friday after new details on a closely watched clinical trial lifted hopes that scientists may be close to a treatment for the coronavirus.

NASA and SpaceX are targeting May 27 for the launch of Demo-2, the first crewed NASA launch in nearly a decade.

Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading on Friday.

The government's coronavirus mortgage bailout has now swelled to nearly 3 million borrowers, and the expectation is that the numbers will multiply. Mortgage servicers are struggling to make up those payments to bondholders and are begging for a bailout.

World Health Organization officials are holding a press conference to update the public on the coronavirus outbreak.

Roger Stone, a Republican operative and longtime friend of President Trump, claimed juror misconduct in his request for a new trial.