5 Things to Know Before the Opening Bell 8/21/2025
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🗓️ 21 August 2025
⏱️ 2 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, I'm Andrew Ross Sorkin, co-host of Squawk Box. Today, I'm with Joe Kernan, and this is |
| 0:06.6 | five things to know before today's opening bell. We got a lot of them, well, we got five of them, |
| 0:11.9 | actually. Human Resources Software Giant Workday reports after the bell. The stock down about |
| 0:17.1 | 17% in the three months, in the past three months. Analysts have raised concerns that AI could take market share from Workday and its competitors. |
| 0:25.4 | Meantime, President Trump saying his administration will not approve wind or farmer destroying solar. |
| 0:31.3 | This comes after the Trump administration tightened permitting for renewables last month. |
| 0:35.5 | And United Health has created a new public responsibility |
| 0:38.5 | board committee as it works to repair its public image. The company says the committee will be |
| 0:43.0 | focused on monitoring and overseeing financial regulatory and reputational risks to the firm. |
| 0:48.5 | And Elon Musk must face a lawsuit by voters that accused the Tesla CEO of defrauding them in the run-up to last year's |
| 0:55.3 | presidential election. Musk promised people the chance to win a million dollars if they signed |
| 1:00.3 | a petition to support the United States Constitution. A judge in Texas said a woman plausibly |
| 1:06.0 | alleged that Musk and his political action committee wrongly induced her to provide personal |
| 1:10.6 | information. |
| 1:11.8 | And coffee giant Starbucks is expanding its test of coconut water beverages. |
| 1:16.6 | Cocoa and cocoa cold brew will be offered in 400 stores starting today, including in New York, |
| 1:24.4 | Chicago, and L.A. |
| 1:27.4 | I want some of that coconut. That was so good that to me it's... including in New York, Chicago, and L.A. |
| 1:29.6 | I want some of that coconut water. That was so good that, to me, it seemed like more than five the way that you did it. |
| 1:33.6 | Thank you. |
| 1:34.7 | Thank you. |
| 1:35.2 | I appreciate the praise. |
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