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5 Things to Know Before the Opening Bell 8/22/2025

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CNBC

Business News, News, Investing, Business

4.2543 Ratings

🗓️ 22 August 2025

⏱️ 2 minutes

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Summary

The 5 things you need to know before the stock market opens today: Workday has warned investors of pressure on its HR and finance software business, Zoom and Ross Stores reported strong earnings, NBCUniversal is reportedly in talks to carry MLB games on NBC and Peacock, and The White House is bringing Airbnb co-founder Joe Gebbia into the administration as Chief Design Officer. 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 Squackbox with Andrew Ross Sorkin, and this is five things to know before the opening bell.

0:09.1

Shares of finance and HR software provider workday are lower after the company issued guidance that was in line with expectations and warned of pressure in some areas of its business.

0:19.3

You can see that stock down by 4.2%.

0:22.4

Meantime, Ross shares are higher. The retailer top quarterly profit estimates and reinstated its

0:27.8

annual earnings forecast, and that stock is up by about 2%. Zoom shares also higher this morning.

0:33.5

The company raising its annual revenue and profit forecast, and that stocks up by about 5.5%

0:38.3

and a quarter percent.

0:39.3

CNBC parent company, NBC Universal, is reportedly in talks with Major League Baseball to carry games on NBC and Peacock.

0:47.3

The Wall Street Journal says that the three-year deal would be worth about $200 million a year.

0:52.3

And reports say President Trump will appoint Airbnb co-founder Joe Gebia as the government's first design chief.

1:00.1

The president signing an executive order to create a national design studio.

1:04.8

It will be focused on making the government's digital services more efficient.

1:09.0

Yeah, read Doge there.

1:10.6

This might include improving websites

1:12.4

and online tools like income tax filing, social security applications, and Medicare enrollment,

1:17.9

and that would be a good thing. It would be a great thing. I know Joe for a long time,

1:22.0

and I will tell you, he's a brilliant designer. He has a great eye. He has a great sort of aesthetic. When you really look at what obviously Airbnb has done along with Brian Chesky, of course, who by the way has also done a lot of work over the years with Johnny Ive. So there's a lot of, I mean, anything to make it look better, feel better, make it easier for people to use it.

1:49.0

And to have somebody of that quality in the government doing this is a mitzvah.

1:50.4

So thank you, Joe.

1:56.6

We'll be back later today with SquackPod, our daily podcast featuring the best of Squackbox.

2:01.1

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