Vice President Mike Pence got roasted after being caught by a live microphone jokingly offering to carry empty boxes "just for the camera" into a health-care facility treating coronavirus cases.

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.

"San Diegans, just like others in California, do not want to give back the tremendous gains that we've made, the sacrifices that we've made over these last six weeks," Mayor Kevin Faulconer said.

Russia marks the 75th anniversary of Soviet victory over Nazi Germany in World War Two on Saturday, but the coronavirus outbreak means that celebrations have been pared back massively.

Myron Brilliant, Executive VP & Head of International Affairs at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, explains how increased U.S. LNG exports could impact Russia's standoff with Ukraine.

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

Randy Kroszner, Professor Of Economics at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, discusses the selloff on Wall Street after Yellen indicated that rate hikes could happen sooner than expected.

Lu Ting, Greater China Economist at Bank of America Merrill Lynch, dismisses the possibility of the yuan falling to 6.4 against the greenback.

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.

Robert Pavlik, Chief Market Strategist at Banyan Partners, says recent losses on Wall Street was caused by a myriad of factors, which include more than Chinese weak data and Ukraine tensions.

Antonio Fatas, Professor of Economics at INSEAD, says it is unlikely that the West will impose hard-hitting economic sanctions upon Russia.

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.

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.

CNBC's Julia Wood reports on the chances of a resurgence in Australian real estate trusts.

Singapore needs sustainable measures in its "prolonged battle" against the coronavirus, so that the country can ease out of its "circuit breaker" period to resume normal activities safely, says Lawrence Wong, second minister for finance, minister for national development and co-chair of the multi-ministry taskforce on Covid-19.

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.

Singapore learned from the coronavirus pandemic that its migrant workers' dormitories need redesigning to prevent future outbreaks, says Lawrence Wong, second minister for finance, who is also co-chair of the country's Covid-19 task force.

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.

Migrant workers living dormitories have accounted for around 87.6% of Singapore's total 19,410 confirmed cases as of Tuesday, according to the health ministry.

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.

Ronny Gal of Sanford C. Bernstein says he thinks remdesivir will not be the most significant revenue contributor for Gilead Sciences over time. He also explains his rationale for raising the company's price target to $75 from $72.

Roughly 60% to 70% of Didi Chuxing's business has bounced back from the coronavirus crisis in China, says Jean Liu, president of the mobile app-based transportation firm.

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.

Angelo Zino of Equity Research tells CNBC's Squawk Box Asia that Uber and Lyft will not likely see significant recovery until a vaccine is found amid the uncertainty of the coronavirus pandemic.

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.

Gregory Daco of Oxford Economics says he expects the U.S. unemployment rate to go up to 17% in April, reflecting a loss in income that will weigh on consumer spending and subsequent economic recovery.

Australia has started plans on re-opening its economy after a period of social distancing. Ivan Colhoun of the National Australian Bank suggests looking to fiscal stimulus to cushion the hit to their economy, and to keep an eye on how lower immigration may slow the economy in the long term.

Investors should be prepared for a potential stock market relapse and that they are not solely invested in the United States, says David Kelly, chief global strategist for JPMorgan Asset Management. He suggests exploring countries in East Asia, which will likely exit the coronavirus crisis faster than Europe or the U.S.

While there has been "quite a bit of interest" in Kingsoft Cloud's IPO filing, investors should be cautious about the high-growth tech company operating on negative margins and the generally poor performance of Chinese IPOs, says Kathleen Smith, founding principal of Renaissance Capital.

In contrast to the U.S., countries in North Asia and Australia had "very convincing containment" of the coronavirus crisis, making them more likely to achieve a "very sharp" economic rebound post-pandemic, says Deutsche Bank's Michael Spencer, chief economist and head of research for the Asia-Pacific.

Finian Tan, Chairman of Vickers Venture Partners proposes a "shelter in place" approach to combat COVID-19, which involves asking those 50 years and above to stay at home without exception, while allowing the rest of the population to go back to business as usual, including opening of businesses and borders.

Tesla CEO Elon Musk lashed out at government stay at home orders as "fascist" in an expletive-laced rant on Tesla's Q1 earnings call.

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

Daimler, which owns Mercedes-Benz, says it took "robust and best practice safety measures" to ensure that the reopening of the plant was safe for its 4,200 workers.

"That's going to tug against what the governors have to do," the former FDA chief told CNBC. "We still face a pretty big epidemic in this country."

Ford Motor expects to begin calling back salaried employees who have been working remotely due to the coronavirus pandemic beginning in late June, executives said Thursday.

Many of the new EVs that were supposed to enter the U.S. market to challenge the California carmaker this year are being delayed.

On Friday, Tesla braced its furloughed U.S. employees for at least another week of unemployment, wrapping up a wild week that included expletives and wild tweets from CEO Elon Musk.

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.

The homes have a combined value of $39.5 million.

Ferrari's market value surged to $30 billion Monday morning, more than the value of General Motors or Ford Motor.

Despite the "unexpected and unprecedented times" due to Covid-19, the company, said Tuesday that it and French automaker PSA Group "remain committed" to a previously announced merger of equals.

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.