The week ahead in business

MONDAY:

Treasury securities auction.

TUESDAY:

ICSC-Goldman Sachs store sales index.

WEDNESDAY:

Earnings from Bed Bath Beyond, Family Dollar Stores, Monsanto.

THURSDAY:

Wholesale trade, initial jobless claims, Bloomberg consumer comfort index, earnings from Alcoa.

FRIDAY:

This story was originally published January 3, 2014 at 11:00 AM with the headline "The week ahead in business."