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Business news Forget AI spending — the biggest risk to this stock market is speculative junk - The idea that these alternative investments somehow create anything en masse is almost ludicrous.Here are the 4 big things we're watching in the stock market this week - Earnings season is winding down as we kick off the last month of 2025. 'Zootopia 2' fuels top 5 Thanksgiving box office haul - Disney's "Zootopia 2" tallied an estimated $156 million during the five-day Thanksgiving holiday, leading the box office to a top five performance.The mobile app has changed the low-cost franchise business model, but not the risks - Many new franchise business models are mobile app and internet based, but while the lack of real estate can reduce costs, many risks remain. Global week ahead: The start of a Santa Rally or more 'bah humbug'? - Leonie KiddGlobal Week AheadGlobal week ahead: The start of a Santa Rally or more 'bah humbug'?Published Sun, Nov 30 202512:09 AM ESTLeonie KiddWATCH LIVEKey PoAn industry focused on death faces an existential crisis - The small, family run companies that make traditional memorialization products like gravestones are facing the dual challenges of tariffs and cremation.ACA subsidies will be extended by 1–2 yrs: Healthcare strategist - Mizuho Americas healthcare equity strategist, Jared Holz, joins Market Catalysts host Julie Hyman to discuss the future of Affordable Care Act (ACA) subsidies and why he believes they're not likely to be eliminated anytime soon. To watch moChina factory activity edges up in November but remains in contraction for eighth month as fading holiday demand drags services - The National Bureau of Statistics said the manufacturing purchasing managers index rose to 49.2, up 0.2 points from October and in line with forecasts in a Reuters poll.Silver hit record highs in 2025 – here's why the 'Devil’s metal' has further to run - While industrial demand for silver is expected to decline slightly in 2025, the metal is increasingly used in electric vehicles, for AI components and in photovoltaics.White House blasts Boston Globe, CBS News and The Independent for coverage of 'illegal orders' video - Last week, six Democrats with military or national security experience, released a video reminding service members they have the right to refuse illegal orders.