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5 Things to Know Before the Opening Bell 9/29/2025

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CNBC

Investing, Business, News, Business News

4.2543 Ratings

🗓️ 29 September 2025

⏱️ 2 minutes

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Summary

The 5 things you need to know before the stock market opens today: Jeep-maker Stellantis has a new CFO, the CEO of British drugmaker GSK is stepping down, SEC Chair Paul Atkins is moving to fast track President Trump’s effort to shift the earnings report schedule for public companies, Vice President JD Vance has spoken publicly about TikTok, and Bad Bunny will headline this February’s Super Bowl halftime show. 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.

0:08.7

Jeep maker Stalantis naming a new chief financial officer.

0:12.4

The company said its previous CFO had resigned for personal reasons.

0:16.8

British drug maker, GSC, says that CEO Emma Walmsley will step down in December and be replaced by the company's chief commercial officer.

0:25.2

Walmsley had led GSK for the last nine years. Her contract was set to end next September.

0:31.2

You can see that stock right now up by about 3.5%.

0:34.1

SEC Chair, Paul Atkins, is vowing to fast-track President Trump's proposal to end

0:39.4

quarterly earnings reports. In an opinion piece in the Financial Times, Atkins writes that the government

0:44.2

should provide the minimum effective dose of regulation needed to protect investors while allowing

0:49.4

businesses to flourish. Vice President J.D. Vance says that he is optimistic about the future of TikTok

0:55.4

in the United States. Speaking on Fox News, the vice president said that he feels confidence

1:00.4

the U.S. side of TikTok is successfully separated from what from TikTok global and that U.S.

1:06.7

users' data will be secure. And Puerto Rican hip-hop artist Bad Bunny named as the headliner for February Super Bowl halftime show.

1:15.6

This is after reports that say Taylor Swift passed on an offer to star in that show.

1:21.1

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

1:26.4

Stay tuned to your feed, wherever you get your

1:29.4

podcast, and listen anytime.

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