The week ahead in business

January motor vehicle sales; construction spending; Treasury securities auction; earnings from NASB Financial, Sysco, YRC Worldwide.

Factory orders; earnings from ADM, Arch Coal, Atmos Energy, Cerner, DeVry, Emerson Electric, HCA Holdings, Jack Henry, Waddell Reed Financial.

ADP employment report; earnings from Assurant, Humana, O’Reilly Automotive, Walt Disney.

Chain store sales; international trade; initial jobless claims; productivity and costs; Bloomberg consumer comfort index; earnings from Aetna, Empire District Electric, General Motors, LinkedIn, NIC, Spirit AeroSystems.

This story was originally published January 31, 2014 at 11:00 AM with the headline "The week ahead in business."