Filed under: Citigroup , Taxes It’s tax season, which means our mailboxes are filling up with W-2s and 1099s and other financial forms sent to the IRS to tell them how much income we need to declare. We expect statements from employers, banks, and brokerages reporting the interest or dividend income we collected in 2011. But Citibank customers may have an extra surprise in store for them

Filed under: Investing , Media , Coca-Cola Company , Pepsico , salesforce.com , Apple , Anheuser-Busch InBev , Yahoo , Best Buy Super Bowl Sunday is coming and you know what that means: Coca-Cola ( KO ) polar bears will be hamming it up, the E*TRADE ( ETFC ) Baby will charm viewers, and Audi’s new LED headlights are going to do in some vampires. Ferris Bueller will even make a surprising return .

Filed under: Honda Motor Co , Ford Motor Co , Toyota , General Motors , Autos , Tesla Motors Toyota ( TM ) may have lost the U.S. sales lead, but it still leads in one key survey — and that lead should give fans of the automaker hope as it gears up to retake lost ground. Toyota retained its crown in the latest edition of Consumer Reports ‘ annual survey of auto-brand perception, a sign that many consumers remain loyal to the company despite its struggles in recent years

Filed under: Media , Honda Motor Co , Autos , Entertainment Fans of John Hughes’ classic Ferris Bueller’s Day Off will have to keep waiting for a real sequel. A teaser with Matthew Broderick reprising his role as the happy-go-lucky Bueller — sort of — is actually a taste of a Honda ( HMC ) commercial that will make its television debut during Sunday’s Super Bowl. Facebook, Twitter, and blogs were ablaze earlier this month with buzz that Broderick’s middle-aged turn as Bueller wanting a day off from work was actually a precursor to a full-blown movie….

Filed under: Earnings , Microsoft , Amazon.com , New York Times Co , Market News There’s never a dull moment on Wall Street, especially now that 2012′s first earnings season is well under way. Let’s go over some of the items that will help shape the week that lies ahead. 1.