5 Things To Know: December 17
December 17, 2025 • 1m 17s
Becky Quick (Anchor)
00:01.500
five
things
to
know
ahead
of
today's
opening
bell
open
AI
is
talking
with
amazon
about
the
tech
giant
possibly
investing
in
the
AI
startup
and
having
open
AI
use
amazon
's
chips
a
source
tells
CNBC
that
amazons
investment
could
top
ten
billion
dollars
self
? (Correspondent)
00:18.220
driving
car
company
waymo
is
in
talks
to
raise
fifteen
billion
dollars
in
twenty
twenty
six
a
person
familiar
with
the
matter
tells
CNBC
that
waymo
plans
to
raise
the
money
from
its
parent
company
alphabet
as
well
as
outside
at
a
valuation
as
high
as
a
hundred
and
ten
billion
? (Correspondent)
00:34.230
dollars
? (Correspondent)
00:35.550
spirit
airlines
is
in
new
talks
to
merge
with
frontier
airlines
that's
according
to
bloomberg
which
says
that
a
deal
between
the
bankrupt
spirit
and
frontier
could
be
announced
as
soon
as
the
end
of
the
month
ahead
of
that
frontier
shares
are
up
by
about
four
point
seven
percent
? (Correspondent)
00:50.430
and
reports
say
that
the
trump
administration
is
working
on
an
executive
order
that
would
seek
to
speed
up
defense
contractors
production
processes
by
potentially
limiting
their
ability
to
buy
back
stock
pay
dividends
? (Correspondent)
01:02.670
also
home
builder
lennar
missing
fourth
quarter
profit
estimates
the
company
's
co
CEO
saying
that
the
housing
market
remains
under
pressure
because
of
affordability
issues
and
weaker
consumer
confidence
that
stock
down
by
four
point
three
percent
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