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5 Things to Know Before the Opening Bell 7/28/2025

Squawk Pod

CNBC

Business News, Investing, Business, News

4494 Ratings

🗓️ 28 July 2025

⏱️ 2 minutes

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Summary

The 5 things you need to know before the stock market opens today: Boeing expects its St. Louis area workers to strike next week, China has unveiled its global AI action plan, Union Pacific could be nearing a deal to buy Norfolk Southern, a subsidiary of Allianz U.S. was hacked, and Disney and Marvel brought in a total $118 million from the “Fantastic Four: First Steps” opening weekend. 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 Becky Quick, co-host of Squawk Box, and this is five things you need to know before today's opening bell.

0:08.9

Boeing bracing for a strike by more than 3,000 union workers at fighter jet plants in St. Louis

0:15.2

after they rejected a new contract offer. Union leaders recommended approval, which included a 20% wage increase over four years.

0:23.6

A cooling off period will now take place before a strike potentially begins next week.

0:29.6

China releasing a global AI action plan. It calls for international cooperation on technology development and regulation.

0:41.7

This comes just days after President Trump announced an American AI action plan that included calls to support the overseas deployment of U.S. technology.

0:47.1

Union Pacific could reach a deal to buy Norfolk Southern as soon as early this week.

0:51.8

That's according to a Bloomberg report.

0:53.4

It says that an agreement is likely to include both cash and stock.

0:58.5

A U.S. life insurance subsidiary of Germany-based Ali-on said that hackers gained access to the personal data of the majority of its 1.4 million customers.

1:07.0

The company said that that hack occurred through a third-party cloud-based platform.

1:12.2

And Disney and Marvel's Fantastic Four First Apps, topping the weekend box office, bringing in

1:17.7

$118 million in domestic ticket sales. That movie added another $100 million internationally,

1:24.7

bringing its global haul to about $218 million.

1:28.6

We'll be back later today with Squawk Pod, our daily podcast featuring the best of Squawk Box.

1:34.6

Stay tuned to your feed, wherever you get your podcasts, and listen anytime.

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