Headline Roundup: Mall Tour

Barclays is on track to report record profits. [Guardian]

Renault boasts it will produce a cheaper car than the Tata Nano. [FT]

Infiniti's Essence debuts at Geneva auto show, then tours malls and hotels in the US. [NY Times]

Audi, BMW and Mercedes sales gain due to BRIC countries. [WSJ]

Visa launches worldwide campaign in run-up to Olympics. [BrandWeek]

Starbucks attributes 52-week high to "strength of the brand." [CNBC]

Google newest iteration, Caffeine, will go live soon. [Telegraph]

Novartis will spend $200 million on campaign for OTC heartburn drug Prevacid. [WSJ]

(More headlines: Tesco loyalty, Marriott boutique chain.)

Tesco broadens share of grocery market with loyalty program. [Guardian]

Seeking faster growth, hoteliers turn to Asia. [NY Times]

Marriott will open boutique chain of hotels, dubbed the "Autograph Collection." [USA Today]

News organizations' websites cater to video, reaping advertising dollars. [NY Times]

Yahoo! is deemed "vulgar" by the Chinese government. [WSJ]

EU's resistance to Oracle's Sun takeover is cultural. [NY Times]

Squatters impersonate brands on Twitter. [Ad Age]

Thomson Reuters under EU investigation over ways it locks in customers. [WSJ]

Making my job harder: Google will not index publishers' material against their wishes. [Telegraph]

The rich people are spending again! The rich people are spending again! [WSJ]