SOTS 2nd Hour: Coca-Cola CEO, & The State of Activist Investing w/Keith Meister, Lauren Taylor Wolfe 10/21/25

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A busy morning of reports as earnings season heats up: Sara Eisen, Carl Quintanilla, and David Faber kicked off the hour with key pullouts from the morning's earnings calls when it comes to tariff costs and consumer trends - before Coca-Cola CEO James Quincey joined the team to breakdown their quarter... Hear his view on demand, pricing, China, and the low-income consumer. Plus: Faber's exclusive reporting when it comes to a possible sale of Warner Brothers Discovery.  Also in focus: the street's biggest names convening for 13D's annual 'Active-Passive Investor Summit' in NYC today. Catch deep dives on the state of activist investing - and where they see opportunity here - with Corvex Management CIO Keith Meister and later on, Impactive Capital's Lauren Taylor Wolfe (who argued: we're in an AI bubble here).Squawk on the Street Disclaimer Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Carl Quintanilla, Jim Cramer and David Faber discussed breaking news from David: Warner Bros. Discovery has initiated a process to sell the company — and that Netflix and Comcast are among the interested parties. General Motors shares surged on a Q3 beat and raised full-year guidance. Earnings winners include Coca-Cola, 3M and GE Aerospace.  David interviewed Starboard Value CEO Jeff Smith at the 13D Monitor Active-Passive Investor Summit. The activist investor discussed companies including Tylenol maker Kenvue, of which Smith is a board member. Also in focus: Apple $4 trillion watch, Disney+ cancellations, what Goldman Sachs CEO David Solomon told CNBC about the credit cycle.Disclosure: Comcast is the parent company of NBCUniversal, which owns CNBC.Versant would become the new parent company of CNBC upon Comcast’s planned spinoff of Versant.Squawk on the Street Disclaimer Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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Sara Eisen, David Faber, and Carl Quintanilla kicked off the hour looking at fresh data on the China front before breaking down the market picture with Charles Schwab's Chief Investment Strategist Liz Ann Sonders. Plus: why gold and stocks are partying together - according to market veteran Ruchir Sharma, who broke down the rare correlation and why it could lead to an "unpleasant surprise" for investors... and what to do with Netflix shares - ahead of results tomorrow. Also in focus: Mark Cuban telling CNBC that the Trump administration deserves credit for its efforts to reduce drug prices - hear his exclusive comments, this hour... Along with the latest on the huge internet outage sending a number of high profile websites dark this morning... and the regulatory win sending Boeing shares to fresh highs.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

After the best week for stocks since August, Carl Quintanilla, Jim Cramer and David Faber discussed shares of Apple rising on news about stronger demand for the iPhone 17. The anchors also explored what to expect from the markets this week, with a slew of earnings and CPI inflation data on tap. Hear Cramer's take on where you should take profits now. Rare earth stocks extend their red-hot rally amid the U.S.-China standoff regarding Beijing's export curbs. Also in focus: Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang's take on China and chip curbs, Cleveland-Cliffs soars, a $5,000 call on gold, the Amazon Web Services outage, a note from Morgan Stanley's Adam Jonas on Tesla and robots.Squawk on the Street Disclaimer Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

David Faber, Sara Eisen and Michael Santoli led off the show with what's next for regional banks one day after credit concerns sparked a sell-off in that group. Breaking news from Sara: Apple announced a five-year deal for U.S. streaming rights to Formula 1 races. Shares of Novo Nordisk and Eli Lilly down sharply on President Trump's push to lower prices of Novo's blockbuster weight-loss drug Ozempic. Also in focus: Market reaction to Trump's comments on China tariffs, American Express' earnings beat, what Oracle's new CEOs told David, gold rally takes a breather, CoreWeave-Core Scientific deal latest.Squawk on the Street Disclaimer Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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Carl Quintanilla, Sara Eisen, and David Faber kicked off the hour with the view from the C-suite when it comes to the consumer and broader economy along with the latest from Washington - before getting into key trades with J.P. Morgan Global Market Strategist Meera Pandit. Plus: earnings season beginning to heat up... Hear the CEO of BNY Melon breakdown their results and the broader M&A environment, while former United Airlines Chairman & CEO gave his take on the airline's strong guidance - despite looming government shutdown risks to aviation.  Also in focus: a cohort of governors spanning 15 blue U.S. states and territories forming a new public health alliance to counter moves from the Trump Administration - and one of them joined the team to explain why (Colorado's Jared Polis).Squawk on the Street Disclaimer Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Carl Quintanilla, Jim Cramer and David led off the show with more upward momentum for the AI trade: Salesforce shares up sharply after the company said it expects revenue of more than $60 billion in 2030. Taiwan Semiconductor's quarterly beat and guidance added to positive market sentiment. Rare earth stocks extended their parabolic rise amid the U.S.-China dispute over Beijing's export controls. The anchors react to OpenAI CEO Sam Altman's response to the backlash surrounding his decision to have ChatGPT allow erotic chats. Also in focus: The comments Starbucks CEO Brian Niccol made to Cramer that sent the stock higher, Fed Governor Waller's latest message on everything from rate cuts and inflation to a softer labor market.Squawk on the Street Disclaimer Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.