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• Declining Car Sales Sink European Upturn Hopes

  

  Car sales extended their declines in France, Spain and Italy last month, data showed on Friday, leaving little hope of a European auto market rebound anytime soon.

• Beer Bowl 2013: San Francisco vs. Baltimore

  

  It's the battle of the beers in the Super Bowl team hometowns. And dreams do come true, Jimmy: A land where beer is cheaper than water!

• Why Your Super Bowl Party Will Cost More This Year

  

  Chicken wing prices have spiked, making this year's Super Bowl parties more expensive than last year. Maybe it's time to serve bacon instead of wings!

• Nike and the NFL: Sizing Up the First Year

  

  Last year, Nike paid $1.1 billion to clothe the NFL for the next five years. If it goes well, some analysts estimate it could mean half a billion in revenue for each of those five years. However, the first year has not been without hiccups.

• Cramer: Could This Company Generate Monster Gains?

  

  The company makes mouth-watering treats, but that's not the only reason Jim Cramer has an appetite for this stock.

• Facebook Introduces Gift Cards 

  

  Facebook announced it is introducing gift cards, reports CNBC's Julia Boorstin. Facebook users can send gift cards to Jamba Juice, Olive Garden, Sephora and Target.

• Wal-Mart Limits Ammunition Sales After Demand Surges

  

  Walmart has started to limit sales of ammunition to three boxes per customer per day due to limited supplies, a spokeswoman said.

• H&M Is Still Expanding: CFO  

  

  Jyrki Tervonen, CFO of H&M, tells CNBC the company continues expanding in 2013.

• German Retail Sales Plunged in December

  

  German retail sales tumbled by their largest amount in over three years in December, preliminary data showed on Thursday, denting hopes that private consumption can compensate for weaker exports and lift Europe's largest economy this year.

• Analysts Raise Amazon Price Targets as Margins Surprise

  

  Amazon.com's better-than-expected profit margins surprised Wall Street, prompting at least five brokerages to raise their price targets on the world's largest Internet retailer's stock on Wednesday.

• Retailers Must Be in the 'Sweet Spot': CIO  

  

  Chris Wyllie, Chief Investment Officer at Iveagh, tells CNBC that in retail the people who are winning are those who have the right marriage between online and offline.

• French Autos’ Biggest Problem? French Consumers

  

  Shoppers at the Citroën showroom on the Champs-Élysées were conspicuous mostly by their absence on a recent weekday. Earnest-looking employees outnumbered the lone visitor by at least 10 to 1. Two of the workers were busy refining their already considerable skills at an auto-racing video game. The New York Times reports.

• Best Move of the Year? Playing the Flu

  

  Amid all the bullishness about stocks this year, the swine flu play may be getting lost. Yes, one of the most effective strategies has been betting on shares of companies that benefit from the higher-than-expected flu cases.

• JC Penney CEO Bringing Back Sales 

  

  CNBC's Gary Kaminsky offers his take on JC Penney CEO Ron Johnson's performance and the Dow closing in on 14,000.

• The Dow's Next Big Winners 

  

  CNBC's Kayla Tausche reports the winners and the losers of the Dow since the index hit 14,164 in 2007. Also, Harry Clark, Clark Capital Management, and Peter Tuz, Chase Investment Counsel, share their Dow picks.

• Confidence In Housing Market? 

  

  As the economy gets better, and interest rates begin to rise, that will take away a huge amount of purchasing power, reports CNBC's Diana Olick.

• J.C. Penney Is Bringing Back Sales

  

  The struggling department store chain this week is rolling out some of the hundreds of sales it ditched last year in hopes of luring back shoppers who were turned off when the discounts disappeared.

• Analyst Makes the Case For Caterpillar 

  

  Andy Kaplowitz, Barclays senior research analyst, explains why his company has an "outperform" rating on Caterpillar.

• Market Recovery Strong Enough to Boost Earnings? 

  

  As money moves off the sidelines, is the market at its top? Gina Sanchez, Roubini Global Economics, and Dan Greenhaus, BTIG, weigh in.

• Nassim Taleb: We Have to Address the Core of the Problem 

  

  Nassim Taleb, author of "Antifragile" and "The Black Swan," discusses the U.S. economy. "This is not a healthy system. We have to address the core of the problem and we have not," he says.