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Virgin Galactic delivered second-quarter results after the market closed on Thursday and announced the reopening of ticket sales for spaceflights.

The Covid delta variant and labor challenges are resulting in fewer orders of Beyond Meat products from restaurants.

Online furniture retailer Wayfair said active customers grew to 31.1 million, a nearly 20% year-over-year increase.

President Joe Biden announced efforts to boost Covid vaccinations in children ages 12 and up as they return to school this fall. 

The new target is expected to be supported by auto companies such as General Motors, Ford Motor and Stellantis.

More residents in states ravaged by the delta strain are rolling up their sleeves for Covid vaccinations to slow the spread.

Levi Strauss & Co. announced it has entered into an agreement to acquire the yoga apparel brand Beyond Yoga, launching the jeans maker into activewear.

Richard Trumka served as president of the 12.5-million-member AFL-CIO since 2009. President Joe Biden called the labor leader a close friend.

Dr. Anthony Fauci warned that a more severe Covid variant could soon emerge, as daily average new case totals approach 100,000 per day.

Penn National's purchase of Toronto-based media company Score Media and Gaming allows the company to grows its presence across North America.

Publicly traded rocket builder Astra will go for its first launch of the year later this month, planning to transport a Pentagon payload to orbit.

Space company Maxar Technologies shares dropped in trading Thursday after it announced another delay to the launch of its next-generation imagery satellites.

Weber Grills has plans to launch a new line, CEO Chris Scherzinger told CNBC on Thursday ahead of the company's public listing Aug. 5.

German authorities are wary of the potential impact of the delta Covid-19 variant at a time when many pandemic restrictions have been dropped.

Elon Musk tweeted overnight, "Yeah, seems odd that Tesla wasn't invited" to Biden's clean-car event at the White House alongside Ford, GM and the UAW.

For airline stocks, sentiment matters more than technical levels, says JC O'Hara of MKM Partners.

Sales of skateboards and scooters propelled U.S. toy sales to $11 billion during the first half of 2021, a 19% increase from 2020, the NPD Group said.

Modern said it believes a booster will likely be necessary before winter.

The money will be used to support Nova Innovation's Volume Manufacturing and Logistics for Tidal Energy project.