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Four senators urged the Amazon CEO to provide paid sick leave for warehouse workers.

"When there's chaos and there's this fear in the street that's when the adversary tends to strike hardest," Crowdstrike CEO George Kurtz said.

Once a vaccine is found, WHO officials warned about other logistical, financial and ethical hurdles world leaders will face.

Boeing Co said on Friday its chief executive and board chair will forego all pay until the end of 2020 and the company will suspend its dividend.

Markets face more violent swings, as information becomes available on the spread of the coronavirus and how it is hurting the economy.

As of Friday, more than 259,000 cases of coronavirus have been reported worldwide, resulting in at least 11,000 deaths.

At Mount Sinai Health System's Morningside hospital in New York City, the number of coronavirus patients at the 500-bed facility doubled in two days this week.

Delta's CEO issued another grim warning about the collapse in demand and the urgent need for government aid as coronavirus destroys travel demand.

Stocks turned lower Friday as investors concluded a week of wild swings.

Novartis will donate enough doses of malaria drug hydroxychloroquine to treat several million patients in the fight against the coronavirus, if it wins approval, the Swiss company said on Friday.

McDonald's CEO Chris Kempczinski said Friday that the company suspended its $15 billion buyback program several weeks ago.

The move forced the CME to step in and invoke its emergency protocols to auction off the portfolios.

Google on Friday said its Google I/O 2020 developer conference will no longer take place in any capacity because of the spread of coronavirus. It originally been moved to an online event.

SpaceX got a key government license for its Starlink satellite internet network, federal filings reveal.

The U.S. argues that its "maximum pressure" campaign against Iran does not stop the flow of humanitarian goods.

CNBC's Julianna Tatelbaum takes a look at how coronavirus testing, treatments and vaccines are developing around the world.

The measures aim to support businesses as plunging oil prices and the coronavirus crisis threaten the economy.

European markets closed higher Friday, as central banks and governments sought to mitigate the economic hit from the coronavirus pandemic.

Alvine Capital's Stephen Isaacs said the coronavirus crisis is "unprecedented" since there were already record levels of leverage and overbought stocks.

Businesses including condom-makers, gin producers and food manufacturers are seeing consumers react in different ways as they self-isolate or reduce social contact.