U.S. stock-index futures were flat on Monday, as traders return to their desks following the extended Thanksgiving weekend. The focus is on the retail stocks - Amazon (AMZN), Target (TGT), Wal-Mart (WMT) and Macy's (M) - due to Cyber Monday, as well as the news the media company Meredith (MDP) had agreed to buy the publisher Time Inc. (TIME) for $2.8 bln.
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