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World Health Organization officials said they are still trying to understand why the delta variant is more transmissible and potentially makes people sicker than the original coronavirus strain. “We’re really trying to get a better handle on why the delta variant is more transmissible,” said Dr. Maria Van Kerkhove, WHO’S technical lead on Covid-19, said at a press briefing...

The Broadway League announced Friday that it will require vaccinations for audiences, performers, crew and staff.

The U.S. GAO denied a protest by Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin that NASA wrongly awarded a lucrative astronaut lunar lander contract solely to Elon Musk’s SpaceX.

Royal Caribbean Cruises announced that it will require all guests to test for Covid after several fully-vaccinated guests tested positive.

The CDC data published Friday was based on 469 cases of Covid associated with multiple summer events and large public gatherings in July in Massachusetts.

David Friedberg, an early Google exec, reunited with Larry Page to start The Production Board. He’s now got $300 million from Alphabet and other investors.

Shares of Dole slid 9% in afternoon trading Friday as the company made its return to the public markets.

Disney is requiring all salaried and non-union hourly employees in the U.S. to be fully vaccinated against the coronavirus by the end of September.

Amazon’s disappointing results on Thursday pushed down shares of top U.S. e-commerce companies.

Bryan Lourd fired back at Disney for “shamelessly and falsely” accusing Scarlett Johansson of being insensitive about the global coronavirus pandemic.

Shares of Pinterest closed down 18.24% after the company’s second-quarter results, published Thursday, revealed a decline in monthly active users.

These are the stocks posting the largest moves in midday trading.

Walmart’s corporate staff as well as management-level employees must be vaccinated against Covid by Oct. 4, according to a memo obtained by CNBC.

Wages and salaries rose at a healthy pace in the three months ended in June as employers competed to find enough workers to fill millions of available jobs.

Walmart said it will begin requiring masks for store workers in high-risk counties in the U.S. as determined by the latest CDC rankings, effective immediately.

MLB’s announcement did not give any details on the allegations against Castro, a four-time All-Star.

“The war has changed,” CDC officials wrote in a confidential document given to lawmakers this week.

As Americans slowly return to the office, many are adopting a style that’s been called “workleisure” — a more put-together version of the athleisure.

“If I could borrow $1 billion and buy Facebook a decade ago for 1% interest, I think I would’ve done quite well,” MicroStrategy’s Michael Saylor told CNBC.

MyPillow’s Mike Lindell said he’s pulling ads from Fox News after the network said it wouldn’t take one of his commercials linked to election-fraud claims.