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Once thought to be a disease that primarily attacked the lungs, doctors now know Covid-19 can be unpredictable, manifesting a range of symptoms and placing stress anywhere in the body.

S&P 500 and Nasdaq futures pointed to gains at Wednesday's open, one day after both indexes closed at records again.

Dick's Sporting Goods reported eye-popping quarterly earnings and sales growth as consumers flocked to its website for hiking gear, kayaks, weights and workout clothes to stay busy during the coronavirus crisis.

Forecasters Hurricane Laura is now expected to rapidly power up into a 'catastrophic' Category 4 hurricane — an even stronger storm than previously expected — as it churns toward Texas and Louisiana.

The U.S. Justice Department charged Teva Pharmaceutical on Tuesday with conspiring with competitors to raise prices for generic drugs.

The coronavirus has infected more than 23.9 million people across the world as of Wednesday, killing at least 819,945 people.

The development of the tech has been a communal effort.

The deadliest and most destructive of the three in the wine country had containment lines around 25 percent of it that serve to prevent fires from burning more land.

However, "the desire to get away from the grasp of the U.S.-based or dollar-denominated U.S. financial system is certainly something at the forefront of China's mind," said Eswar Prasad, a former head of the International Monetary Fund's China division.

Despite the 19% drop in the foodservice business, Hormel CEO Jim Snee said he remains "optmistic" about the industry's future.

"This is a moment when we need to be thinking not just about how to serve all of our customers, but also how to take care of our communities because they are in so much pain," Benioff said.

"This rebalancing came about because of a need for more technology in this index," the "Mad Money" host said.

Restaurants have so far limped along through the worst of the coronavirus pandemic. But key pillars of support for their businesses will soon evaporate, spelling disaster for the eateries — and their landlords.

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

"If you have to shelter people, how do you keep them safe during a pandemic?" asked Catherine Troisi, an infectious disease epidemiologist at UTHealth School of Public Health in Houston. "It's enough of a challenge in regular times."

About half of Spirit's more than 2,500 pilots would work fewer hours, a reduction in costs that helps the company avoid involuntary cuts.

"They're not broadly available still. That's a tragedy," former Google CEO Eric Schmidt said of rapid testing for the coronavirus.

Nordstrom said Tuesday its net sales fell 53% during the second quarter, as its stores took a hit from being temporarily closed during the coronavirus pandemic.

There is a fear that coronavirus cases could continue to surge in the U.S. and that caps on attendance could hinder movie theater revenue once more films are released in September.

General Motors is using salaried employees to fill positions of hourly union workers absent due to coronavirus. GM aims to keep a Missouri truck plant operating as it attempts to refill dealer inventories after the pandemic led to a shutdown for about two months in the spring.