The week ahead in business

Treasury securities auction; earnings from Compass Minerals, Highwoods Properties.

Wholesale trade; earnings from Cbiz, CVS Caremark, Sprint, TomTom.

Earnings from Deere Co., Whole Foods Market.

Initial jobless claims; retail sales; business inventories; earnings from Avon Products, Build-A-Bear Workshop, Cabela’s, Goodyear Tire Rubber, PepsiCo, Quintiles.

This story was originally published February 7, 2014 at 10:00 AM with the headline "The week ahead in business."