5 Things to Know Ahead of the Opening Bell 3/11/2026
Squawk Pod
CNBC
4.2 • 543 Ratings
🗓️ 11 March 2026
⏱️ 2 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, I'm Becky Quick, co-host of Squawk Box, and this is five things you need to know before today's opening bell. |
| 0:08.8 | Chevron and Shell reportedly nearing the first big production deals with Venezuela since the United States captured the country's leader, Nicholas Maduro, back in January. |
| 0:18.6 | Disney, naming the president of its Disneyland resort, the next chair of the |
| 0:22.6 | company's division overseeing theme parks, cruise ships, resort hotels, and consumer products. |
| 0:28.5 | Thomas Masloom will succeed Josh DeMorrow, who takes over as Disney CEO next week. |
| 0:34.8 | Senate aides have reportedly been given approval to use three AI chatbots for |
| 0:38.9 | official work. The New York Times says that the list consists of Google's Gemini chat, OpenAI's |
| 0:44.9 | chat GPT, and Microsoft's co-pilot. And the Trump administration is restarting the global entry |
| 0:50.6 | program today, weeks after it paused that program because of the partial government |
| 0:55.0 | shutdown. Global entry allows American citizens expedited processing when they return to the United |
| 1:00.6 | States from abroad. And the IPO of SoftBank's Japanese payment app, Pay Pay Pay, is expected to price |
| 1:07.0 | near the low end of its marketing range of a $17 to $20 a share. |
| 1:11.7 | Reuter says that pricing will be finalized after the closing bell. |
| 1:15.7 | Pay Pay Pay plans to list on the NASDAQ under the symbol pay P. |
| 1:19.8 | It's pizza. |
| 1:20.9 | Pay Pay Pay. |
| 1:21.8 | Jojo. |
| 1:22.7 | We'll be back later today with Squawk Pod, our daily podcast featuring the best of Squawk Box. |
| 1:28.5 | Stay tuned to your feed, wherever you get your podcast, and listen anytime. |
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