5 Things to Know Before the Opening Bell 6/27/25
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A new look at the Fed's preferred measure of inflation. Core PCE data is due at 8.30 Eastern time. Economists expecting a year-over-year increase of 2.6%, up a bit from April. Tesla CEO Elon Musk firing the EV maker's vice president of manufacturing operations. That's according to internal organizational charts viewed by CNBC.

The American edition of Vogue magazine, the end of an era, set to hire a new head of editorial content. That job was held for decades by Anna Wintour, who will remain chief content officer at Condé Nast and global editorial director at Vogue. And Uber, speaking with its co-founder, Travis Kalanick.

on potential funding for his acquisition of the U.S. subsidiary of Chinese company Pony AI. That's according to a New York Times report. Oh, that's only four.

- Thus the end. - Did I promise five? - Thus the end. - Did I promise five? Here it is. How could we leave this out? Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and fiancee Lauren Sanchez arriving in Venice, Italy for their 50, it was 50 million euros, I think. I don't know, so that's a lot. It's over $50 million, I think, wouldn't it be?

It's their big wedding weekend. The two were seen departing the luxury Amman Hotel with security boats in tow. They're expected to be married today on the small island of San Giorgio, just across from St. Mark's. Among the 200 guests confirmed to be attending are Mick Jagger, Ivanka Trump with her husband, poor Jared. Never gets in. It's always Ivanka. Oprah Winfrey and Bill Gates.

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