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Federal prosecutors wanted to criminally charge Walmart, the world's biggest retailer, over the company's opioid sales to customers, but top Trump administration law enforcement officials killed that effort, a new bombshell report says.

It might be premature to declare the bear market dead, but Thursday's action sure checked off some important boxes.

The virus has infected an additional 100,000 people around the world since Tuesday.

Claims for state unemployment were most concentrated in Rhode Island, Nevada, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, New Jersey and Washington state.

Amazon workers feel the company hasn't done enough to protect them from catching the coronavirus while they're on the job.

Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said record-setting unemployment filing numbers as the coronavirus pandemic grows "right now aren't relevant."

Philadelphia is prepping for the need for many more hospital beds in the coming weeks, but has not been getting anywhere with the owner of closed Hahnemann Hospital in Center City, according to Managing Director Brian Abernathy.

Dr. Anthony Fauci, President Donald Trump's health advisor, spoke to NBA star Steph Curry on an Instagram story about the coronavirus pandemic.

Wendy's on Thursday announced measures to support its franchisees and its own liquidity as the coronavirus pandemic drives down its same-store sales by 20%.

Despite an unprecedented package to combat the coronavirus pandemic, the Senate could be forced to take more action sooner than it hopes.

Slack's CEO Stewart Butterfield told a story on Twitter about just how crazy things have been for the company this past month. From deciding to shut down to seeing a boost in customers.

The coronavirus bill provides $5 billion to New York, which doesn't come close to covering state's projected revenue shortfall, which could total $15 billion, Cuomo said.

The employees infected with coronavirus had been working from home for "nearly two weeks," wrote Tesla's vice president of environmental health and safety, Laurie Shelby, in the e-mail.

There's something broken in the bond market that could be dangerous for investors. Simply put, traditional bond pricing services aren't working, says ETF Trends chief investment officer Dave Nadig.

Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said Thursday that people will start getting relief checks within three weeks, as the country reels from the coronavirus pandemic.

Affirmed already works with major network operators like AT&T, SoftBank and Telus. Now it wants to help companies more easily run sophisticated 5G networks.

With $1,200 expected to go to millions of people already during the coronavirus crisis, Nancy Pelosi wants more money in their pockets.

More than 5,300 residents have already been hospitalized and the state is projecting that will climb to 140,000 over the next two to three weeks, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said.

In a global downturn, WeWork's business model of renting short-term office space, while holding longer-term leases, is particularly vulnerable.

The $2 trillion coronavirus rescue package passed late Wednesday by the Senate would cut the compensation for the highest-paid American executives if they accept loans from the federal government.