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5 Things to Know Before the Opening Bell 9/24/2025

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CNBC

Investing, Business, News, Business News

4.2543 Ratings

🗓️ 24 September 2025

⏱️ 2 minutes

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Summary

The 5 things you need to know before the stock market opens today: Micron reporting quarterly results above analysts’ expectations due to the AI boom, President Trump cancels a meeting with the top Congressional Democrats ahead of a potential government shutdown, the Government Services Administration is looking to potentially re-hire hundreds of federal workers cut during Elon Musk’s DOGE cost-cutting campaign, Disney is raising the monthly price of streaming service Disney+, and fintech Stripe’s valuation has climbed above $106 billion. 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 Andrew Ross Sorkin, co-host of Squawk Box, and this is five things to know before today's

0:07.3

opening bell. Computer memory and storage maker Micron reporting results above analyst expectations

0:12.7

and issuing a solid forecast for the current quarter. Micron has become one of the beneficiaries of

0:17.4

the AI boom as chips like Nvidia require increasing amounts of high-tech memory.

0:22.4

In meantime, President Trump canceling a plan meeting with the top two Democrats in Congress

0:26.7

over funding for the federal government.

0:28.9

Government said to shut down at the end of this month unless a spending deal is reached.

0:33.3

And the Associated Press reporting that the government's General Services Administration, or GSA, looking to rehire potentially hundreds of federal employees who lost their jobs in Elon Musk's Doge cost-cutting campaign.

0:46.4

Because of that doge push, some of those workers have essentially been on paid vacation for seven months.

0:52.6

Disney, raising the price of its Disney Plus streaming service,

0:55.9

the ad-free version will cost $19 per month.

0:59.1

That's up by $3.

1:00.8

The ad-supported version will rise by $2 to $12 per month.

1:05.1

And the valuation for private fintech company,

1:07.4

Stripe, now is reportedly climbed above $106 billion.

1:12.0

The new valuation passes the previous high of $95 billion back in 2021.

1:18.7

We're going to be back later today with an all-new SquawkPod, our daily podcast,

1:22.7

featuring the best of SquackBox.

1:24.5

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

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