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"Just remember, even as we reopen for business, the new normal is not the old normal," the "Mad Money" host said.

"Mad Money" host Jim Cramer rings the lightning round bell, which means he's giving his answers to callers' stock questions at rapid speed.

"I think we should hold off on another trade war until the economy's in better shape," the "Mad Money" host said.

Home goods retailer Pier 1 this week announced plans to liquidate its business after failing to find a buyer. Modell's announced plans to shutter its business in March. Earth Fare, which filed for bankruptcy in February, only found a buyer for parts of it.

E.l.f Chairman and CEO Tarang Amin said Thursday that the company's focus on its online marketplace allowed it to outperform in the face of a broader industry slowdown.

"Without a clear apples-to-apples comparison of the number of tests per capita, it is hard to compare disease rates across states," said Robert Bednarczyk, assistant professor of epidemiology at Emory University.

"We have the capacity to do that as a major research university," Boston University President Robert Brown told CNBC.

The U.S. of course must act to protect against drug and medical equipment shortages, but in a way that does not feed the flames of trade nationalism created by the current pandemic, writes Ambassador Henry A. Crumpton.

CEO Corie Barry said the personalized approach is a safer way to serve customers and a better fit for the retailer, which sells big-ticket items like gaming consoles, kitchen appliances and home theater systems.

The billionaire co-founder of Avenue Capital said he thinks games will be held in two locations, suggesting Las Vegas and Orlando.

The number of countries reporting MIS-C has nearly doubled in one week to 13 and the number of states now stands at 25 and D.C., NY Gov. Andrew Cuomo said.

Aging dams in the U.S. will increasingly fail and cause death and environmental destruction as climate change makes extreme precipitation more frequent, scientists warn.

The failure of two Michigan dams on Tuesday evening led to devastating floods and the evacuation of more than 10,000 people.

"I want to signal as clear as a bell, all roads are leading to the first half of June. The city indicators, the state indicators, we're seeing very clear progress," de Blasio said.

The retailer had a surge of sales during the early weeks of the pandemic, but later furloughed about 51,000 employees and took other cost-cutting measures.

Nearly half the restaurants and hotels surveyed by the Dubai Chamber and three-quarters of travel and tourism companies expect to go out of business in the next month alone.

Dealers and automakers are changing business strategies as consumers demand more online sales and personalized services.

The TSA is tweaking some passenger screening procedures because of the coronavirus that would require less contact with travelers.

One of the biggest retail shopping center owners in the U.S., Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield, is preparing to reopen its properties across the country.

Retailers aren't the only ones struggling to pay the bills.