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[The stream is slated to start at 12 p.m. ET. Please refresh the page if you do not see a player above at that time.] A funeral for George Floyd, an unarmed black man who died in the custody of Minneapolis police last month, is being held in Houston on Tuesday. Floyd died of asphyxiation

Futures contracts tied to the major U.S. stock indexes held steady during the overnight session Monday evening as investors hoped to extend the S&P 500’s gains after the index returned to positive territory for the year during the regular session. Dow Jones Industrial Average futures rose 29 points, suggesting a flat open when regular trading resumes on

Those armed with a newly minted college diploma are entering the worst U.S. job market in modern history, with unemployment spiking to levels not seen since the Great Depression. As a result of the economic fallout from the coronavirus crisis, increased competition for fewer openings has put downward pressure on salaries and benefits. Starting salaries now average $54,585, down

Elon Musk, founder and CEO of SpaceX, participates in a press conference at the Kennedy Space Center on May 27, 2020 in Cape Canaveral, Florida. NASA astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley were scheduled to be the first people since the end of the Space Shuttle program in 2011 to be launched into space from

An employee and a patient at an intensive care unit at the Republican Clinical Hospital treating patients with confirmed or suspected coronavirus infection. Yegor Aleyev | TASS | Getty Images Hospitals across the United States are desperately trying to ramp up volume after months where they saw far fewer patients than usual.  In March and

Demonstrators hold their fists in the air during at the Lincoln Memorial during a protest against police brutality and racism on June 6, 2020 in Washington, DC. Win McNamee People across the U.S. and other parts of the world are gathering in major demonstrations on Saturday against racism and police violence, marking the 12th consecutive

“Shark Tank” investor Daymond John told CNBC on Friday that “the first step” for CEOs who want to address racial inequality in the U.S. is listening to their own employees.  “Internally, have those tough questions being asked. Find out how your colleague or your staff feels that are of color and have the other individuals

What’s good news for the U.S. economy is suddenly bad news for mortgage rates. A far-better-than-expected May employment report only added to a growing sell-off in the bond market, pushing yields to the highest level since March. Mortgage rates loosely follow the yield on the 10-year Treasury. Rates have been rising this week, after sitting

An in-home health-care worker from Amwell coordinates a telehealth visit with a doctor on-screen. Amwell Less than a month after raising almost $200 million to meet skyrocketing demand for remote health care services, Amwell is gearing up to go public, according to people familiar with the matter. Telemedicine has seen an uptick in recent months,

The coronavirus epidemic in the U.S. is expanding and the U.S. still has not put the necessary infrastructure in place to prevent a major second wave in the fall, former Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Dr. Scott Gottlieb says. Covid-19 hospitalizations are on the rise in a number of states, Gottlieb told CNBC. Hospitalizations are a

Peter Endig | AFP | Getty Images Amazon is set to reopen two of its warehouses in the Midwest after it temporarily closed the facilities due to escalating civil unrest in the area.  On Tuesday, Amazon temporarily shuttered two delivery stations in Chicago, Illinois, and Gary, Indiana, as protests erupted nationwide over the death of George

Hundreds of protesters made their way toward Barclays Center in Brooklyn to demonstrate against police brutality, May 29, 2020. Erik McGregor | Getty Images The U.S. is heading for a nasty second wave of Covid-19 infections this fall as the coronavirus continues to circulate while protests rage across the nation over George Floyd’s killing and

After several rounds of tense correspondence between the organizers of the Republican National Convention and North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper, President Donald Trump announced late Tuesday that the GOP has now been “forced” to look for another state to host the event. “Had long planned to have the Republican National Convention in Charlotte, North Carolina,

A worker assembles an X model at the BMW manufacturing facility in Greer, South Carolina, November 4, 2019. Charles Mostoller | Reuters Economic activity in the second quarter has been cut by more than half, according to a tracker employed by the Atlanta Federal Reserve. The GDPNow outlook is now showing a 52.8% tumble, following

A Twitter account claiming to belong to a national “antifa” organization and pushing violent rhetoric related to ongoing protests has been linked to the white nationalist group Identity Evropa, according to a Twitter spokesperson. The spokesperson said the account violated the company’s platform manipulation and spam policy, specifically the creation of fake accounts. Twitter suspended the

[The stream is slated to start at 9:30 a.m. ET. Please refresh the page if you do not see a player above at that time.] New York Mayor Bill de Blasio is scheduled to address the public Monday after the city was rocked over the weekend by protests over the police killing of George Floyd,

Apple CEO Tim Cook sent a memo to employees Sunday addressing the killing of George Floyd.  Protests have erupted in cities across the country after the killing of Floyd, an unarmed black man, at the hands of Minneapolis police. On Friday, Derek Chauvin, a former Minneapolis police officer who was filmed kneeling on Floyd’s neck