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Squawk Pod

5 Things to Know Before the Opening Bell 12/1/2025

Squawk Pod

CNBC

Business News, Investing, Business, News

4494 Ratings

🗓️ 1 December 2025

⏱️ 1 minutes

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Summary

The 5 things you need to know before the stock market opens today: President Trump says he’s made his choice for next chair of the Federal Reserve, Disney had brought in more than $500 million globally on the “Zootopia 2” box office, South Korean police are investigating a data breach at e-commerce site Coupang, data analytics firm Databricks is in talks to raise $5 billion at a valuation topping $134 billion, and UnitedHealth Group will reportedly sell off its last South American business. Squawk Box is hosted by Joe Kernen, Becky Quick and Andrew Ross Sorkin. Follow Squawk Pod for the best moments, interviews and analysis from our TV show in an audio-first format.

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0:00.0

Hi, I'm Joe Kernan, co-host a Swackbox, and this is Five Things to Know before today's opening bell.

0:09.0

President Trump says he's made his choice on the next Fed chair.

0:12.1

Speaking with reporters, the president said he knows who he's going to pick to succeed Jay Powell, but he didn't give a name.

0:18.7

Disney Zootopia 2, bringing in $156 million domestically at the box

0:24.4

office over the five-day Thanksgiving weekend period. It earned more than $550 million globally since

0:31.3

it opened on Wednesday. That's the best debut ever for an animated film. South Korean police are investigating that country's worst data breach in more than a decade.

0:41.4

It came at e-commerce giant coupon, which has been called the Amazon of South Korea.

0:47.8

Information from more than 33 million customers was leaked.

0:52.8

And data analytics firm, Data Bricks, is in talks to raise

0:56.3

$5 billion at a valuation of $134 billion. That's according to the information. United Health

1:05.0

Group finally will reportedly sell its last South American business to a Brazilian private equity

1:10.1

group for $1 billion.

1:12.5

We'll be back later today with an all-new Squawk pod, our daily podcast, featuring the best of

1:18.1

Squackbox. Check it out wherever you get your podcast and listen anytime.

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