this is in response to the killing of 20 first graders and 6 adults at sandy hook elementry in newtown, connecticut, last month. gun manufacturers make up roughly $12 million in the teacher retirement portfolio. the lull that hit the motorcycle industry during the recession appears to be over. sales of the bikes rose in 2012 for the first time since 2006. bmw had a stellar year, with overall motorcycle sales rising 2%. studies suggest that more women and younger buyers are lured to head out on the highway. a decade ago, boomers outnumbered gen-x and gen-y riders four-to-one. gm is shifting away from outsourcing. according to reports, the automaker wants to rely more on its own employees for tech projects versus outsourcing jobs. and it will hire around 10,000 workers for tech centers in michigan, texas and georgia and one other yet- to-be-revealed location. meanwhile, general motors predicts a modest increase in u.s. market share this year, along with reducing its losses in europe. honda is also adding jobs in the u.s. and investing $23 million into an ohio plant where it will manufact

. >>> students from sandy hook elementry are back at school today a month after the tragedy that killed 20 students and six adults. they're attending classes at a refurbished school with the same name as the old one. back to you ashley. ashley: thanks, arthel. >>> gold and oil giving back most of their fiscal cliff gains. so where should you put your money now with it down sharply? sandra smith in the pits with today's trade. sarn dra? >> ever since. we saw a lot of commodities hit lows of the session along with the stock market on word that the fed does see an end to their bond buying program that really moved the markets down here today. there has been big questions among traders looking at the selloff in gold prices whether or not the big rally yesterday was warranted or whether or not it will last. i can tell you one thing, credit suisse is of today. the wti contract, the west texas intermediate oil, that is our benchmark here in the united states, they're saying now is the time to own oil because they're predicting that this will be a much more global reflected market in the new ye