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Even if employees have demonstrated an ability to do their jobs from home, the company expects them to report to the office to foster creativity and innovation under its phased-in return-to-work plan.

78 Stanford Medicine academics and doctors signed a letter to warn the public about controversial views shared by Dr. Scott Atlas, an advisor to President Trump on the pandemic.

The coronavirus has infected more than 28.1 million people around the world so far, killing at least 909,927 people.

Dozens of extreme, wind-driven wildfires burned through forests and towns in U.S. West Coast states on Thursday, destroying hundreds of homes, killing at least nine people and forcing hundreds of thousands to flee, authorities said.

The U.K. economy grew 6.6% in July on a monthly basis, according to initial estimates published Friday.

Municipal and national authorities are looking to develop greener infrastructure.

"This is actually how innovation is made — when you go outside of the immediate opportunity," Blavity CEO Morgan DeBaun told CNBC.

The move is a reminder of just how much the music industry has changed with the advent of streaming and social media, which have allowed artists to control more of their own revenue, NBC News reports.

With depression rates up amid the economic and health crises, mental health should be treated like a physical illness, Sage Therapeutics CEO Jeff Jonas said on "Mad Money."

WHO Chief Scientist Dr. Soumya Swaminathan said Thursday there's no need to be "overly discouraged" by the news, adding that "these things happen." 

"There's clearly, you know, a consumer shift that's happening and you know people are holed up at home," RH CEO Gary Friedman told CNBC's Jim Cramer.

The coronavirus pandemic is proving to be the accelerator that China's health care technology start-ups needed.

"Given that September tends to be a nightmarish month, it's good to have some cash," the "Mad Money" host said.

"This is stuff that everyone knew. There's a report that I have here someplace where China said it was airborne earlier than the statements I made. People knew it was airborne. This was nothing," Trump said Thursday.

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

Electric vehicle start-up Lucid is touting its all-electric Air sedan as a more efficient, faster and spacious vehicle than the Tesla Model S, a car the company's CEO Peter Rawlinson helped bring to market.

"It's much safer for students to live on campus," President Donald Trump said during a press briefing at the White House.

These are the stocks posting the largest moves after hours Thursday.

The stone, a 102.39-carat D Colour Flawless Oval Diamond, could fetch $10 million to $30 million. Only seven flawless white diamonds of more than 100 carats have ever been sold at auction.

"Diversity of thinking is often reflected by the diversity of the people, and so you need diverse people in the organization. It's absolutely a business imperative," Carnival CEO Arnold Donald told CNBC.