Key economic news in the US stock market that investors should pay attention to are as follows:

1. US stock index futures rose slightly, with the Dow futures up 0.19%, S&P 500 futures up 0.3%, and Nasdaq 100 futures up 0.52% as of now.

2. European stock markets collectively fell, with the German DAX index down 0.4%, the French CAC index down 0.89%, and the UK FTSE index down 0.39%.

3. The latest CNBC poll shows that 40% of Americans believe now is a good time to invest in stocks, the highest since 2019; only 13% of the public owns cryptocurrency.

4. Novo Nordisk announced that it will invest $1.2 billion to build a new factory in Odense, Denmark, to produce drugs for rare diseases. Construction work has reportedly begun and is expected to be completed by 2027.

5. Amazon employees are demanding that Amazon agree to begin negotiations with the union for the first union contract, otherwise warehouse workers and other Amazon employees across the US will start strikes against unfair labor practices.

6. Tesla's lithium refining plant in Texas has officially started production, becoming the first North American car company to process lithium on its own. After reaching mass production, the plant is expected to produce about 50GWh of battery-grade lithium annually.

7. Meta has written to the California Attorney General requesting to block OpenAI's business transformation, stating that OpenAI has no right to appropriate charitable assets for profit.

8. Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) fell nearly 12% in pre-market trading. The Nasdaq 100 index component adjustments were announced, adding popular stocks Palantir and Microstrategy, while AMD was removed.

9. Cathie Wood's ARK Investment Management expects Bitcoin's price to be between $124,000 and $150,000 by the end of the year. The most optimistic believe Bitcoin will break $800,000 next year.

10. Sources say that starting next year, Apple plans to launch an iPhone that is about 8mm thinner than the current model; the company also plans to release two foldable devices, aiming for a 2026 launch.