5 Things to Know Before the Opening Bell 9/3/2025

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🗓️ 3 September 2025

⏱️ 3 minutes

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The 5 things you need to know before the stock market opens today: A new ruling decided Google can keep Chrome, OpenAI is buying a product development startup for $1.1 billion, activist hedge fund Holdco is reportedly putting pressure on Comerica to sell or face a board challenge, Zscaler shares are up after strong revenue guidance, and Disney will pay $10 million to settle FTC claims it unlawfully collected children’s data. 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 Joe Kernan, co-host of Swack Box with Becky Quick and Andrew Ross Sorkin.
0:06.0	And this is five things to know before the opening bell.
0:10.0	Alphabet shares jumping on a legal win for Google antitrust against U.S. antitrust authorities,
0:17.0	a district judge ruling the company will not have to sell its Chrome Internet browser, although he said Google would have to share data with its rivals to increase
0:26.0	competition and online search.
0:28.0	That was one.
0:28.5	You do realize that there's a number on the screen.
0:33.1	Oh.
0:33.8	Holy moly.
0:34.9	Okay.
0:35.4	Are you able to read?
0:41.4	For those of you who watch television. Yeah, but I'm reading above that. Okay. Can, are you able to read? For those of you who watch television. But yeah, but I'm reading above that. Look at the screen. I'm reading above that. And when I do look at the screen, it's to make sure my, my, my, my, pay is situated properly. And the number two. Number two. You call me that? Number two. Yeah, thank you. Number two. Number two. You call me that? Number two?
0:54.6	Yeah, thank you.
0:55.8	Number two.
0:56.4	Number two.
0:57.2	Number two.
0:57.7	Number two.
1:00.3	You know what?
1:02.8	Not everything is airworthy.
1:04.3	I was going to say something.
1:05.2	Open AI, buying product development startup.
1:08.0	I'll tell you at the end.
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