Is the Apple Vision Pro Worth $3,500? Plus, Tee Time with AT&T CEO John Stankey 02/02/24

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🗓️ 2 February 2024

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Becky Quick and Joe Kernen are live at AT&T Pebble Beach Pro Am. The two sit down with AT&T CEO John Stankey to discuss sponsoring the golf tournament, the company’s latest earnings report, future of communications, and more. Plus, back in New York, Andrew Ross Sorkin is trying on the Apple Vision Pro along with The Wall Street Journal’s Senior Personal Technology Columnist Joanna Stern. She gives her take on the new Apple product, how it compares to other mixed reality headsets, and if it’s worth the $3,500 price tag. Also, the U.S. economy added 353,000 jobs in January, crushing expectations but raising questions about future decisions on rate hikes by the Federal Reserve. And American Express CEO Stephen Squeri shares lessons learned from the pandemic, insights from Warren Buffett, and collaborations with other businesses to offer deals on Amex cards. Joanna Stern - 12:06 John Stankey - 21:23 In this episode: Joanna Stern, @JoannaStern Andrew Ross Sorkin, @andrewrsorkin Becky Quick, @BeckyQuick Joe Kernen, @JoeSquawk Zach Vallese, @zachvallese

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0:00.0	Bring in show music please.
0:04.0	Today, the U.S. economy adds
0:08.0	353,000 jobs in January, crushing expectations.
0:13.0	This is maybe almost 100,000 over the top forecast I saw.
0:19.4	Apple's Vision Pro hits the shelves, but is it worth the $3,500 price tag, Wall Street Journal's
0:25.2	Joanna Stern.
0:26.3	I wore this for like 24 hours straight and when I came out I was like, what is life?
0:30.1	What is reality?
0:31.1	And an exclusive on site from Pebble Beach
0:34.8	with AT&T CEO John Stanky.
0:37.7	As you see, there's a lot of people around here
0:39.6	that you get access to, you're able to do business with, you're able to create ideas with, you're able to solve problems
0:46.0	for which is good for our business.
0:48.4	I'm CMBC producer Zach Valisee.
0:50.8	It's Friday, February 2nd.
0:52.7	Squawk Pod begins right now.
0:55.1	Stand Becky by in three, two, one,
0:58.0	cute please.
1:00.5	Good morning everybody and welcome to Squackbox right here on
1:03.3	CMBC. I'm Becky Quick along with Joe Kernan. We're live right now from the
1:07.2	AT&T ProM at Peble Beach. Andrew is at the NASDAQ market site in
1:11.4	Times Square. We've got things to cover all the way
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