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Squawk on the Street

11AM Hour: IMAX CEO on Sale Rumors, Eli Lilly Buys Vaccine Makers & the Benefits of a SpaceX-Tesla Merger 5/26/26

Squawk on the Street

CNBC

News, Investing, Business

4.0566 Ratings

🗓️ 26 May 2026

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

The CEO of IMAX discusses recent rumors of a potential sale of the company and box office demand over the holiday weekend. Then, we discuss the details of Eli Lilly's announcement to buy 3 vaccine makers for nearly $4 billion. Plus, as we await the SpaceX IPO, what could a potential merger with Tesla look like? We break down the benefits and drawbacks.

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0:00.0

Good Tuesday morning. Welcome to Squawk on the Street. I'm Carl Kintania with Sarah Eisen

0:08.4

live at post-9 of the New York Stock Exchange. Today, signs of a potential U.S. and Iran deal,

0:13.2

which could reopen the street of Hormuz. But we're joined by one oil and security expert

0:17.8

who says the president will have to make some difficult concessions.

0:21.0

Plus, with that massive SpaceX IPO on deck next month, one looming question remains.

0:26.1

Will Elon Musk move to merge it with Tesla? We'll explore the potential benefits and setbacks

0:31.0

of such a move. Disney's latest Star Wars chapter, The Mandalorian and Grogu, the first in the franchise

0:36.7

to be so-called

0:37.6

filmed for IMAX. It did conquer the holiday weekend. We'll discuss box office expectations

0:43.0

with Rich Gelfand of IMAX, as well as these reports that the company might be seeking a buyer.

0:49.5

As for the market's all-time highs for the S&P, 7530. Dow's given some back and is moderately red, pretty

0:55.6

mixed picture sector-wise, although industrials and information technology up almost 2% doing

1:02.5

some heavy lifting today.

1:03.7

I mean, look at the split personality between the AI and the non-AI with the NASDAQ surging,

1:08.9

one and a quarter percent. Thank you, Micron, AMD, Broadcom, the chips. The chip names

1:14.5

are really working today. Everything else a little bit weaker. Financials under pressure,

1:18.5

same with energy and discretionary. We'll start with the latest on the war in Iran.

1:22.2

Amon Javers joins us now. So, Amin, some hope in the market here if you look at the lower

1:26.5

price of oil. Yeah, hey there, Sarah. Iran is in the market here if you look at the lower price of oil.

1:32.1

Yeah, hey there, Sarah. Iran is accusing the United States of violating the ceasefire with strikes in southern Iran late yesterday. In a statement, the Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs

1:37.3

said these aggressive acts coinciding with ongoing Pakistan-mediated diplomacy once again

1:43.6

exposed America's bad faith and malice toward

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