As the travel and tourism industry struggles with the fallout from the coronavirus, Chad Beynon of Macquarie explains why Hilton's franchise business model makes it resilient in this challenging environment.

The Las Vegas Raiders, Los Angeles Rams and Tampa Bay Buccaneers are among the most in-demand teams, while demand for Patriots tickets is way down, according to ticket volume data provided by SeatGeek.

It was another onslaught of bad news from America's department store chains, including bankruptcy filings and store closures, this week. And that likely will not be letting up anytime soon.

Sectors like health care or financial services have been less impacted by the pandemic so far, but Omnicom foresees demand for marketing services to decline as advertisers cut costs in the short term.

Jobless claims for the week ended April 25 came in at the lowest level in a month but bring the rolling six-week total to 30.3 million as part of the worst employment crisis in U.S. history

A global health expert and physician told CNBC that easing lockdowns without taking certain action would risk a second surge in coronavirus infections.

Household debt balances through March totaled $14.3 trillion, a 1.1% increase from the previous quarter and now $1.6 trillion clear of the previous nominal high of $12.7 trillion in the third quarter of 2008 during the financial crisis,

An auction May 20 will feature a sale of $20 billion worth as part of an effort to push the record-setting debt levels further out in terms of duration.

Private payrolls hemorrhaged more than 20 million jobs in April as companies sliced workers amid a shutdown that took most of the U.S. economy offline, according to a report Wednesday from ADP.

Before boarding, passengers and crew members will have their temperatures checked at the gate. If someone registers a temperature of 100.4 or higher, they will be kept at the gate.

Stock futures rise as traders look past the jobs collapse and take comfort in new promises from U.S. and China trade negotiators.

Sorrento Therapeutics and Mount Sinai Health System in New York City have joined forces to develop an antibody cocktail they hope will shield against Covid-19 infection for up to two months.

Three Senate Democrats are urging Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin to crack down on airlines that are cutting employee hours, despite billions in federal coronavirus relief.

New York is investigating how Covid-19 impacts children after a 5-year-old boy in New York City died due to coronavirus-related complications, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Friday.

Quincy Krosby, Market Strategist at Prudential Financial, explains why the U.S. central bank is still far from initiating a rate hike.

Can South Korea's first foreign-owned casino give casino hotspots like Vegas and Macau a run for their money? CNBC's Julia Wood, Susan Li and Bernie Lo discuss.

Chinese automakers face the greatest competition from their international rivals, says Janet Lewis, Head of Industrial Research, Asia at Macquarie.

Somshankar Sinha, Director, Asia ex-Japan Oil & Gas Research at Barclays, highlights the firm's lower capex spending as a key area to look out for in the year ahead.

Sri Mulyani Indrawati, COO & Managing Director at the World Bank, says China's attempt to shift its economic model will require many policy adjustments.

Alaistair Chan, Economist at Moody's Analytics, attributes the weak data to monetary tightening last year.

Hans Weber, President at Tecop International, says the time-consuming process of analyzing satellite data could have slowed down the flow of information available for the search for MH370.

Twitter says a technical glitch could be why some of its most popular tweets have disappeared from its platform. CNBC's Julia Wood reports.

David Joy, Chief Market Strategist at Ameriprise Financial, says Janet Yellen is being "too complacent" and expects the pace of the looming rate hike to be more aggressive.

CNBC's Julia Wood and Adam Bakhtiar discuss the possibility of Beijing moving in on fresh stimulus measures to prop up its economy.

Monica Kelly, Partner at Ribbeck Law Chartered, explains the firm's filing of a court petition against Malaysia Airlines and Boeing for the disappearance of the former's flight 370.

Norman Young, Senior Equity Analyst at Morningstar, says Microsoft's release of the Office for iPad app reflects a strategy shift in the software company under its new chief executive officer, Satya Nadella.

Nicholas Smith, Japan Strategist at CLSA, says a different economic condition in Japan right now will help it to avert the recession which occurred in 1997 after the implementation of a sales tax hike.

Asian stocks were mostly higher Wednesday, boosted by overnight gains on Wall Street and unveiling of China's official 2014 GDP growth target.

Australia has "no benefits at all" from focusing on its coronavirus-related geopolitics with China, one of its major trading and business partners. It should focus instead on people's health and economic recovery, says Mark Allison, CEO and managing director of Elders Limited.

The United States' prevailing goal will be seeing through its "phase one" trade deal with China despite rising geopolitical tensions over the latter's alleged coronavirus involvements, says Alex Wolf, head of investment strategy for Asia at JPMorgan Private Bank. He unpacks what this means for credit risk assets and hedge funds.

A new Cold War is emerging from the ongoing U.S.-China geopolitical tensions, says Clete Willems, an Akin Gump partner and former White House official. He cites the "growing frustration" with China's economic policies and resistance to investigations for its alleged coronavirus involvements.

Among the latest disputes between the U.S. and China is the origin of the coronavirus, which has infected more than 3 million people and killed over 250,000 globally, data by Johns Hopkins University showed.

Don Meij , CEO Of Domino's Pizza Enterprises gives an update on the pizza business during the international pandemic, and how Domino's is keeping up with demand.

It will be difficult for U.S. President Donald Trump to backtrack on the U.S.-China "phase one" trade deal after previously lauding it as "the best deal ever made", says Jeffrey Kleintop of Charles Schwab, adding that March trade data shows a pickup in U.S. exports to China.

Mitul Kotecha of TD Securities tells CNBC's Squawk Box Asia that the rising tensions between U.S. and China over COVID-19 could make it hard to uphold the Phase One trade deal, risking another trade war.

Phil Blancato, CEO of Ladenburg Thalmann Asset Management, says "no one wants more economic pain" in this current environment, adding that he would be surprised if the current US China trade tensions escalate.

According to Mark Mccormick of TD Securities, there lacks a realistic alternative in the currencies markets, so even if China sells U.S. treasuries, demand from other sources will come in and keep the U.S. dollar elevated for the next couple of months.

China should still set a growth target this year for the authorities to design a "sensible" stimulus package, says Liu Li-gang, Citigroup's chief economist for China, who adds that the country's unemployment rate risks exceeding 10% without aggressive fiscal stimulus.

Initial optimism following the phase one trade deal has slipped a bit and the market is starting to price in "some greater concerns" about U.S.-China friction, over trade as well as the coronavirus crisis, says Timothy Moe, Goldman Sachs' co-head of macro research in Asia and chief Asia Pacific equity strategist.

Jian Chang of Barclays Asia Pacific says medical supplies are a key factor driving the increase in China's export numbers. Jian Chang also explores the worsening U.S.-China relationship in recent weeks amid the coronavirus crisis, with the trade agreement being a key focal point.

Currently, most regulations across various cities in China still require the presence of a safety driver in vehicles.

Dow futures drop Thursday after another avalanche of weekly jobless claims and a crush of earnings.

In reopening plants, automakers face worker safety issues and must abide by local mandates, which Tesla CEO Elon Musk highlighted earlier this week. Then there are more complex problems.

Jing Yang, director of corporate research at Fitch Ratings, expects electric vehicles to outperform an overall slump in China's car sales this year given strong policy support.

"The last couple of weeks we've seen a slight uptick in those rates, certainly not because stores are reopening," USAA CEO Wayne Peacock told CNBC.

President Trump has invoked a Korean War-era law to fight the coronavirus pandemic. The Defense Production Act gives the president extraordinary powers over the U.S. economy, which supporters of the move say is necessary to contain the disease.

Dow futures trimmed earlier gains as U.S. oil prices turned lower after a five-session winning streak.

About 90 United Auto Workers union members have assembled more than 10,000 respirators at a Ford plant near Flat Rock, Michigan.

"The projected economic fallout for the (auto) industry is grave," reads the bipartisan letter signed by nine lawmakers from Michigan, Ohio, Tennessee, Texas and Alabama, all states with big auto manufacturing plants.

It's unclear why Tesla halted its operations at the plant that's normally operated six days a week. But the move means that Tesla isn't making any cars worldwide.