All right, five things to know ahead of the opening bell. A source telling CNBC Walmart is pausing hiring of candidates that require H-1B worker visas. Walmart was the ninth largest corporate recipient of H-1Bs in America in fiscal 2025.President Trump hit applications with a new $100,000 fee last month. In a statement to CNBC, a Walmart spokesperson said, "Walmart is committed to hiring and investing in the best talent to serve our customers while remaining thoughtful about our H-1B hiring approach." Briti ...

Salesforce reportedly telling customers that it will not pay a ransom demand from a hacker who claims to have stolen a large amount of client data and threatened to publish it. A Bloomberg report cites an email from Salesforce to clients. That incident involved a thirdparty app called Sales Loft, which integrates with Salesforce to automate customer service interactions.The stolen data includes customer contact information, access tokens for user authorization, and information about customers IT configurati ...