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Seven Democratic senators filed a complaint urging an investigation GOP Sens. Ted Cruz and Josh Hawley’s efforts to overturn the presidential election results.

The Biden White House has a job listing in the software code of its website. The application for the U.S. Digital Service was spotted by a Microsoft worker.

President Biden released a plan to reopen schools, which includes more funding for Covid-related equipment and accelerating the pace of vaccinations.

Dave Clark, CEO of Amazon’s worldwide consumer business, wrote a letter to President Joe Biden offering to help with the nation’s Covid-19 vaccination efforts.

President Joe Biden on Wednesday is extending the payment pause on federal student loans through September 2021 in one of his first actions after inauguration.

President-elect Joe Biden’s housing agenda is focused on affordability. Changes to mortgage lending and home construction will be key.

Airlines are carrying fewer people but bad behavior is on the rise.

MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell said retailers including Bed Bath & Beyond and Kohl’s are removing the company’s products, prompting calls for boycotts.

Newly combined ViacomCBS is set to launch its streaming service Paramount+ in the U.S. on March 4, the company announced Tuesday.

The Dine Brands chain is hoping to entice customers with the easy portability of the burritos and bowls, which will be available all day.

The updates related specifically to features that allow users to message and interact with businesses on WhatsApp. Last year, Facebook announced that businesses using WhatsApp could store and manage their chats with customers using Facebook’s “secure hosting infrastructure.”

The IRS will begin receiving 2020 income tax returns on Feb. 12.

Biden is calling for $1 trillion in direct relief to taxpayers, including increased stimulus checks and enhanced unemployment benefits, and more.

The Pentagon’s internal probe comes after some troops and veterans were spotted at last week’s Capitol invasion.

Some states, like Virginia, Oklahoma and Texas, won’t be able to issue additional funds from the Covid relief law to certain workers for several weeks.

The Trump administration will be unable to get the discount cards out to beneficiaries.

Taco Bell is bringing back its popular potatoes and will test Beyond Meat’s beef substitute in a bid for vegetarian customers.

These science-backed strategies will give you a motivation boost no matter what your goals are.

School closures have a clear negative impact on children’s health, the United Nations health agency has warned.

With no ticket matching all six numbers drawn Wednesday night, the top prize has soared to $640 million. Mega Millions’ jackpot, meanwhile, is $750 million.

Checkout.com said it’s raised $450 million in an investment led by Tiger Global Management.

Starting this weekend, Delta won’t allow DC-bound travelers to check guns in their luggage ahead of Biden’s inauguration.

The U.S. is recording at least 247,600 new Covid-19 cases and at least 3,340 virus-related deaths each day, based on a seven-day average of JHU data.

German online car trading platform Auto1 on Wednesday announced it is planning to list on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange in the first quarter of 2021.

Trump became the only U.S. president impeached twice, one week before President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration.

Facebook and other U.S. tech giants could face new data privacy cases in Europe after the ECJ said any regulator in the region can bring about new proceedings.

The new clinical trial data shows a single shot of the vaccine “gives sustainable antibodies,” Dr. Paul Stoffels, J&J chief scientific officer, told CNBC.

Corporations are pulling back on political candidate contributions after Capitol Hill rioting in what could be a sea change in corporate spending on politics.

The U.K. has introduced new measures to root out the presence of alleged forced labor in China’s Xinjiang region in British supply chains.

The move will affect 315 people, who will be notified by the end of the business day.

Founded in 2013 by PayPal co-founder Max Levchin, Affirm has become prominent in the “buy now pay later” space that offers point-of-sale loans.

“Flow” is “an optimal state of consciousness where we feel our best and perform our best,” says peak performance expert Steven Kotler.

Marco Rubio and Joe Biden both supported $2,000 direct payments in the Covid-19 relief bill passed late last year, a push that was blocked by Mitch McConnell.

Jason McDonald, a spokesman for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said in a statement to CNBC the agency is looking at the new research.

A data analysis released this week by Placer.ai shows how shopper visits to malls have ebbed and flowed with the nature of the Covid pandemic.

Ravin Gandhi, CEO of a kitchenware company, followed his dream of making a movie. The film is now headed to streaming services like Apple TV, Amazon Prime.

Amazon said it “notified Parler repeatedly” over the past few months that the social media app was hosting violent content in violation of its terms of service.

The S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite closed slightly higher on Wednesday, led by tech shares, as traders kept an eye on interest rates.

Swan was named CEO in January 2019 after serving as interim CEO for seven months.

Aerojet Rocketdyne finished building the first of its AR1 engine series, but lacks both a customer and plans to test-fire until at least late 2022.

The Google-owned company took down the account following similar actions by Facebook and Twitter.

Trump is set to be impeached for inciting a mob that sought to undo Joe Biden’s election. National Guard troops are protecting the Capitol from more violence.

The National Guard was called in to protect the Capitol a week after pro-Trump rioters rampaged through the building.

The drugstore chain is looking for growth opportunities as consumers shop more online and competitors take some of its business.

“We’re in a very difficult situation, and it’s getting worse,” White House health advisor Dr. Anthony Fauci said Tuesday.

U.S. Treasury yields dipped on Wednesday, after strong demand in an auction for $38 billion of 10-year notes on Tuesday.

A brief history of the CNBC Disruptor 50 list, with details on every start-up that made the list between 2013 and 2020.

Converting vacant retail space into rapid testing sites could help people feel comfortable going back to restaurants, real estate executive William Rudin said.

The company will reimburse Airbnb hosts with the money they would have earned.

 Our guest writer this week is CNBC’s SVP of Business News, Dan Colarusso.   I was planning to write a lighter note about what I call the Alt-Economy, opining on the future of alternative energy, alternative proteins, and alternative everything becoming mainstream, having a little fun with a piece from Outside on plant-based tuna appearing in...

Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading.

European stocks closed slightly higher on Wednesday as investors monitored vaccine rollouts and coronavirus containment measures.

Black adults report shelling out an average of $12 a month and Hispanics are paying $14 a month, on average, Bankrate found. Whites pay an average of $5.

Google is suspending political ads along with any reference to “impeachment, inauguration or protests at the U.S. Capitol” beginning Thursday.

KAR Auction Services planned to go 100% digital in the next three years, but ended up making it happen virtually overnight, CEO Jim Hallett said.

Cloud-based software firm Salesforce has been named as the top place to work in the U.K. in 2021, in Glassdoor’s annual rankings of employers.

Reading articles and news about money helps you increase your financial awareness at a comfortable pace, and without pressure.

There are thousands of free or low-cost personal finance applications people can use for saving, investing and more. Here’s what to know before you download.

When it comes to choosing the right career path, many people will tell you, “Just follow your passion.” But it’s a lot more complicated than that.

A local report from the Korea Economic Daily that said Apple suggested the tie-up and Hyundai Motor was reviewing the terms.

The moves were part of the fallout of Wednesday’s riot that forced American corporations to come to terms with how to respond.

“We still have to understand a lot more about the vaccines, know what to measure, how to measure,” LabCorp CEO Adam Schechter told CNBC.

“If it doesn’t break every American’s heart, something is wrong. It breaks my heart, for sure. I didn’t sign up for that,” Ken Langone said of the Capitol riot.

Dwayne Johson, aka The Rock, explains how he got the mindset that “I will do everything that I can and work hard,” he tells CNBC Make It.

Energy is the top-performing sector this year, but it’s losing appeal as a long-term investment, two traders say.

Target must prove it can hold on to market share gains as Americans get vaccinated and feel more comfortable returning to malls.

Here are the health habits and mental health strategies that Olympian Michael Phelps relies on during the pandemic.

U.S. stock futures fell Wednesday, a day after Wall Street resumed its 2021 upswing with modest gains.

U.S. stock futures fell Wednesday, a day after Wall Street resumed its 2021 upswing with modest gains.

Online holiday sales hit a record high, and two traders discuss ways to play the surge.

The $900 billion Covid relief law extends two unemployment programs by 11 weeks. Many workers will get an additional four weeks, into the second week of April.

The scientific leader of the U.S. vaccine effort will stay in the role for 30 days, but won’t be chief advisor as of Inauguration Day, sources say.

Democrats still passed a resolution calling on Vice President Pence to invoke the 25th Amendment, then plan to move to impeach President Trump.

Republican Reps. Liz Cheney, John Katko, Adam Kinzinger, Fred Upton and Jaime Herrera Beutler will vote to impeach President Trump.

CEO Tim Cook announced the Racial Equity and Justice Initiative in June, following the killings of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor.

Strong 2021 earnings guidance is critical to confirm the foundation of the rally.

The coronavirus crisis has Americans hoarding more money than ever and earning less on it.

Goldman Sachs Chief Economist Jan Hatzius said that U.S. stocks and bond markets could possibly “take more of a breather” in the near term.

The stocks making the biggest moves in premarket trading include Urban Outfitters, Target, KB Home, and more.

In an announcement made at CES 2021, the firm said testing began in Austria last month.

The U.S. is recording at least 248,650 new Covid-19 cases and at least 3,223 virus-related deaths each day, based on a seven-day average of JHU data.

Amazon is pushing deeper into education with a new learning platform that’s designed to help students in India get into prestigious engineering colleges.

After setting more than a dozen record lows last year, mortgage rates began 2021 on an upward climb. That lit a fire under borrowers hoping to refinance.

Rapyd’s software lets firms integrate a range of payment methods into their apps, including money collection and bank transfers.

The ECB is sticking to its growth projections despite new coronavirus restrictions that could extend the economic crisis in the euro area.

With the sharp move higher in interest rates, markets have been on the lookout for inflation creeping up.

Foxconn and Chinese carmaker Geely have created a joint venture aimed at selling manufacturing and services to the global auto industry.

Lenovo said it had filed to issue so-called Chinese depositary receipts (CDRs) on the Science and Technology Innovation Board of the Shanghai Stock Exchange.

This latest state of emergency in Tokyo and three other areas was announced last week, in a bid to combat the latest surge in coronavirus infections.

Sellers on the dark web have been advertising Covid-19 vaccines, asking for bitcoin payments and not delivering the goods, cybersecurity firm Check Point found.

Ugandans head to the polls on Thursday as singer-turned-lawmaker Bobi Wine looks to deny incumbent President Yoweri Museveni a sixth term.

Washington leaders disagree whether $2,000 stimulus checks will really help those who need it most. Experts say these changes could better direct the money.

The average American spent $1,218 for cellphone service in 2019. That comes out to just over $100 per month. Taxes are a large reason why.