CNBC on Coronavirus
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Microsoft and UnitedHealth offer companies free app to screen employees for coronavirus
UnitedHealth Group and Microsoft’s ProtectWell coronavirus symptom screener UnitedHealth Group and Microsoft UnitedHealth Group and Microsoft are offering companies a coronavirus screening app called ProtectWell that provides a daily symptom screener to…
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Boston Dynamics’ dog-like robot Spot is being used on coronavirus social distancing patrol
Boston Dynamics‘ dog-like robot, Spot, is being used in a park in Singapore to help encourage social distancing during the coronavirus pandemic. “The robot isn’t really enforcing in Singapore. It’s…
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Slovenia becomes first European nation to declare an end to its coronavirus epidemic
Bled Island, Slovenia Frank Bienewald | LightRocket | Getty Images Slovenia has become the first European country to declare its domestic coronavirus outbreak officially over. The country’s government confirmed in…
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This is the critical link to successfully reopening the US economy
US President Donald Trump participates in a meeting with Supply Chain Distributors to discuss the response to COVID-19 at the White House in Washington, DC, on March 29, 2020. Jim…
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5 things to know before the stock market opens Friday
1. Dow set to drop on concerns about US-China trade The government said Friday that April retail sales plunged a record 16.4% as coronavirus lockdowns closed stores around the world. Economists…
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Retail sales plunge a record 16.4% in April, vs 12.3% drop expected
Consumer spending tumbled a record 16.4% in April as the backbone of the U.S. economy retrenched amid the coronavirus pandemic, according to a government report Friday. Economists surveyed by Dow…
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Britain is launching e-scooter trials ahead of schedule. These are the start-ups racing to take part
A man riding a Lime e-scooter in Berlin, Germany on June 21, 2019. Thomas Trutschel | Photothek via Getty Images Electric scooter companies are racing to take part in planned…
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Coronavirus live updates: Drive-in theaters offer haven; Slovenia declares an end to pandemic
Wall Street got a fresh look at the retail sector Friday morning, with April sales posting another record drop. Restaurants, bars and nongrocery retailers are just starting to reopen in…
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Drive-ins have become a safe zone for moviegoers, owners hope they return after pandemic
Drive-in theaters are having a renaissance as coronavirus social distancing restrictions make them a safe place to go to the movies. “We are surprised,” Jim Kopp, owner of the Family…
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Global sports will likely take a $60 billion hit from the coronavirus: Sportradar
With live sporting events canceled and postponed in an attempt to control the spread of the coronavirus, there is “pent up demand” for live sports broadcasts, a sports data analytics company…