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A daily morning look at the financial stories you need to know to start the day.

STOCKS/ECONOMY

-Stock futures are a bit down. We get new home sales data at 10 a.m. ET.

-Bitcoin has cracked the $9,600 level just hours after breaking the $9,000 level.

HOLIDAY RETAIL

-One report says sales at brick and mortar stores on Black Friday were down 4 percent from last year. Another report says online sales were up 18 percent. But watch for a flurry of possibly conflicting reports on both ends of Black Friday and Cyber Monday retail in the coming days.