This is a live blog. Please check back for updates. All times below are in Beijing time. 7:55 am: Hubei province reports 14,840 new cases China’s Hubei province reported an additional 242 deaths and 14,840 new cases as of Feb. 12. The province said it is starting to include “clinically diagnosed” cases in its figures
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Oil jumped more than 3% on Wednesday as China reported the lowest number of new coronavirus cases since the end of January, easing concerns about a drop-off in demand for oil. Prices also got a boost as traders eyed potentially steeper production cuts from OPEC. U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude gained 3.5%, or $1.77, to
A woman wears a protective mask as she rides a bicycle on February 11.2020 in Wuhan. Hubei province, China. Flights, trains and public transport including buses, subway and ferry services have been closed for the twentieth days. Getty Images This is a live blog. Please check back for updates. All times below are in Beijing
Actor Jussie Smollett leaves court after charges against him were dropped by state prosecutors in Chicago, Illinois, March 26, 2019. Kamil Krzaczynski | Reuters Actor Jussie Smollett is once again facing charges in Chicago in connection with a January 2019 police report in which he claimed he was the victim of a racist and homophobic
Medical workers in protective suits move a patient at an isolated ward of a hospital in Caidian district following an outbreak of the novel coronavirus in Wuhan, Hubei province, China February 6, 2020. China Daily | Reuters This is a live blog. Check back for updates. All times below are in Eastern time. Total confirmed
A women wearing a protective mask and jacket pushes a bicycle on February 9, 2020 in Wuhan, China. Flights, trains and public transport including buses, subway and ferry services have been closed for eighteenth days. The number of those who have died from the Wuhan coronavirus, known as 2019-nCoV, in China has climbed to 813.
President Trump speaks during an event at the White House in Washington, D.C., on Thursday, Feb. 6, 2020. Al Drago | Bloomberg | Getty Images President Donald Trump’s proposed budget would reportedly kill a loan program that assisted automakers such as Ford Motor and Tesla in producing more environmental-friendly vehicles, including Tesla’s all-electric Model S.
Hospital staff in protective garments walk at a checkpoint to the Hubei province exclusion zone at the Jiujiang Yangtze River Bridge in Jiujiang, Jiangxi province, China, as the country is hit by an outbreak of a new coronavirus, February 1, 2020. The banner reads: ‘Committed to the fight to prevent and control the epidemic’. Thomas
A woman sits outside wearing a protective mask on February 9, 2020 in Wuhan, China. Flights, trains and public transport including buses, subway and ferry services have been closed for eighteenth days. The number of those who have died from the Wuhan coronavirus, known as 2019-nCoV, in China has climbed to 813. Stringer | Getty
Elon Musk’s Tesla had a week for the Wall Street record books, swinging hundreds of dollars in both directions as some investors rushed to buy shares and others rushed to cover their negative bets. The stock began the week just above $670 a share — a record high after a strong end to last month
A staff member takes body temperature of a girl at Singapore Changi Airport in Singapore, Feb. 5, 2020. Then Chih Wey | Xinhua | Getty Images The global death toll from the new coronavirus is now at 805, higher than that of SARS. Hubei province reported early Sunday morning local time that there were 81
A citizen wearing a mask cycling across a deserted road in Wuhan, China on February 7, 2020. The 2019 new coronavirus was discovered in Wuhan in late 2019, and has spread to more than two dozen countries since. Stringer | Anadolu Agency | Getty Images This is a live blog. Please check back for updates.
All times below are in U.S. eastern time. Read CNBC’s coverage from our Asia-Pacific and Europe teams overnight: Total cases: At least 34,000 as of Friday eveningTotal deaths: At least 722 worldwide as of Friday evening 9:08 a.m. France issues tougher travel warning to China France’s foreign office on Saturday issued new travel advice for
A Chinese woman wears a protective mask as she walks in a nearly empty and shuttered commercial street on February 7, 2020 in Beijing, China. Kevin Frayer | Getty Images This is a live blog. Please check back for updates. All times below are in Beijing time. 10:08 am: Toyota to extend plant closures in
This is a live blog. Please check back for updates. All times below are in Eastern time. Total cases: More than 31,000 as of Friday morning.Total deaths: At least 636 worldwide as of Friday morning 8:3 am Canada Goose says travel restrictions are hurting sales 8:15 am: Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi says outbreak is not
Jim Farley, Ford Motor Company Executive Vice President and President of Global Markets, reveals the 2020 Ford Mustang Shelby GT 500 at the 2019 North American International Auto Show during Media preview days on January 14, 2019 in Detroit, Michigan. Bill Pugliano | Getty Images Ford Motor President of Automotive Joe Hinrichs will retire and
Pedestrians wearing protective face masks walk though the Chinatown neighborhood of New York, U.S., on Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2020. Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty Images This is a live blog. Please check back for updates. All times below are in Beijing time. 8:40 am: Chinese social media erupts with condolences and anger over whistleblower
Philip Krim, CEO and co-founder of sleep product company Casper, poses for a photo outside of the New York Stock Exchange, before their IPO, Thursday, Feb. 6, 2020. Richard Drew | AP Casper shares surged nearly 30% following the online mattress maker’s initial public offering Thursday morning, opening at $14.50. Casper had priced its IPO at $12
Vehicles wait in line at the drive through lane of a Yum! Brands Inc. Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) and Taco Bell restaurant in Lockport, Illinois, U.S., on Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2019. Daniel Acker | Bloomberg | Getty Images Yum Brands on Thursday reported quarterly earnings that fell short of analysts’ expectations. Shares of the company
The view of the WuhanKeting in Wuhan, central China’s Hubei Province. Wuhan in central China’s Hubei Province started converting three existing venues, including a gymnasium and an exhibition center, into hospitals to receive patients infected with the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV), the headquarters for the epidemic control said late Monday. Getty Images This is a live