Last June, during the NBA Finals between the Cleveland Cavaliers and Golden State Warriors, an admittedly weary LeBron James said he was not sleeping well and staying up to watch "Teen Titans Go!" on Cartoon Network. The creators of the animated show obviously heard him because James will make a guest appearance playing himself in an episode titled, "The Cruel Giggling Ghoul," set to air Feb. 11 as part of an All-Star Jam.

Amazon.com Inc. may be planning more than just a shipping and logistic business versus UPS and FedEx. A 2013 report to Amazon's senior management team proposed something much bigger for the company's Fulfillment By Amazon service. The report mulled a global delivery network that controls the flow of goods from factories in China and India to U.S. and U.K. customers. The project, called Dragon Boat, is proceeding, according to a person familiar with the initiative.

More expensive loans aren't the only reason for automakers to worry, industry analysts are warning. There are signs that more consumers are having trouble handling the loans they've already taken out. With a record number of Americans buying new vehicles last year, lenders logged a record amount of debt on their books. And a growing number of those buyers are falling behind on payments, according to Experian Automotive. While 30-day delinquencies are actually down, the number of motorists two months behind on payments grew sharply.

Legacy jewelry brand PN Gadgil has unveiled a new corporate campaign featuring Bollywood bad boy Salman Khan. The actor has been endorsing PN Gadgil since last year, but this is the first campaign he has appeared in for the brand after a controversial hit-and-run case verdict. Khan last featured in the jewelry brand's ad to promote a 2015 movie. The new campaign was created by JWT.

Marilyn Monroe remains one of the worlds best-known stars more than 60 years after her death. She proved it again during Super Bowl 50, when she appeared in a commercial for Snickers as part of the brand's "You're Not You When You're Hungry" campaign. Of 46 celebrities who appeared in 24 of the 57 ads that ran before and during Super Bowl 50 on CBS, Monroe came out on top. She earned an E-Score of 100 and garnering 81% "awareness," according to research, marketing and consulting firm E-Poll Market Research, Los Angeles.

McDonald's has posted its worst annual results in Japan since going public there 15 years ago. The company reported a net loss of 34.704 billion yen - around $303 million. Last year, sales at McDonald's Japan stores were down around 15% from 2014, the company says. Thank a series of scandals, starting in 2014, when video footage emerged that seemed to show workers at a Chinese supplier of chicken nuggets mishandling and using out-of-date meat.

IBM wants to own customer experience, and has gone on an agency buying spree to do it. Its in-house digital agency, Interactive Experience (iX), with revenues of $1.9 billion, last week acquired Ohio-based marketing and creative agency Resource/Ammirati, Berlin-based digital marketing agency Aperto, and Dusseldorf-based digital shop Ecx.io. All will retain their brands and operate as subsidiaries within the agency. What the agencies get is IBM's analytics and data juggernaut, and access to IBM's artificial intelligence colossus Watson. And they get broader business strategy and design capabilities.

Industry experts and natural product associations say grocery retailers can make a lot on healthy pills. It's not small change, but $37 billion, in the rapidly growing category that includes vitamins, minerals, herbs, sports and nutrition, and other specialty products. Today mainstream retailers sell less than a third of the category, according to Eric Pierce, director of strategy and insights for "Supermarket News" sister publication "New Hope Media 360."

Kenneth Feinberg, the specialist whom Volkswagen has hired to put together a compensation package for U.S. owners of about 600,000 diesel-powered vehicles, says he expects to be eventually making some very generous payments. But the timing is up in the air, Feinberg tells the German newspaper "Frankfurter Allgemeine," until VW can first come to an agreement to move forward with repairs for those vehicles - which were equipped with so-called "defeat devices" meant to cheat on diesel emissions tests.

All of those gleaming black glass buildings in office parks belted by interstates may soon be gleaming sepulchers. Partly because shoppers are favoring ritzier malls or shopping online, corporate offices are moving back into cities, leaving behind big buildings that nobody wants.