2025 Winds Down: Warren Buffett, AI Automation, & WBD’s Bidders 12/31/25

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🗓️ 31 December 2025

⏱️ 39 minutes

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2026 celebrations begin in New Zealand, Australia, and the Pacific Islands! Stateside, it’s the last day of headlines in 2025: Warner Brothers Discovery may reject Paramount’s latest bid for its spinoff assets, Warren Buffett is serving his last day as Berkshire Hathaway CEO, and Courtney Reagan and former Walmart U.S. CEO Bill Simon discuss the year’s winners and losers in retail as the holiday season winds down. Plus, Khan Academy CEO and founder Sal Khan warns of a looming jobs apocalypse, driven by AI automation. Happy New Year! Sal Khan - 19:51 Courtney Reagan - 31:15 Bill Simon - 34:49 In this episode: Becky Quick, @BeckyQuick Joe Kernen, @JoeSquawk Courtney Reagan, @CourtReagan Katie Kramer, @Kramer_Katie

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0:00.0	Bring in show music, please.
0:04.3	Hi, I'm CNBC producer Katie Kramer.
0:07.3	Today on Squawk Pod, happy New Year's Eve.
0:10.6	It has been a year of a lot of superlatives.
0:14.0	AI is taking your job, probably.
0:16.4	A modest proposal from Khan Academy founder Sal Khan about that particular employment apocalypse,
0:23.1	he wants companies to pay up for the workers they cut.
0:26.4	If folks wait too long, the political wins are going to switch.
0:30.9	The year in retail, several brand names will be under new leadership in 26, our Courtney
0:36.0	Reagan on where the retail stocks end this year.
0:39.3	It's a sort of a stealth rally there right at the end.
0:42.3	And former Walmart U.S. CEO Bill Simon on the winners and losers in the year of the tariff.
0:48.3	We were able to really see the big guys, Walmart, Costco, Amazon, find ways to digest the tariff news and really to push back on the
0:59.9	manufacturers and get some assistance there. But first, it is the last day of headlines for
1:06.9	2025, Warner Brothers Discovery set to reject Paramount's latest bid for its assets,
1:12.6	and it is Warren Buffett's last day leading Berkshire Hathaway.
1:16.8	Don't worry, the Oracle will remain in Omaha.
1:20.1	Buffett still controls 30% of the vote in that company.
1:22.9	He doesn't make bad deals.
1:25.5	It's Wednesday.
1:27.0	It's December 31st, 2025, already 2026 down under.
1:32.2	Tiny kangaroo down sport.
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