Super Bowl XLVI, Citigroup: Hot Trends

NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- Popular searches on the Internet include Super Bowlafter the New York Giants' win over the New England Patriots in Super Bowl XLVI Sunday night, 21-17. The Giants became the first team to go 9-7 in the regular season and then go on to win the Super Bowl. Giants quarterback Eli Manning was named the game's Most Valuable Player.

Super Bowl performers are also trending. Madonna, who headlined the halftime show, was joined by a a slew of other stars, including LMFAO, Nicki Minaj, M.I.A. and Cee Lo Green. Madonna escaped any controversy herself, as promised prior to her performance, but in a brief instant, M.I.A. showed her middle finger to the camera while delivering a line that had been censored. NBC apologized afterwards for the gesture, saying it was a spontaneous move that the delay system caught late.

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Citigroup(C) is a hot topic upon winning approval from the China Banking Regulatory Commission to issue credit cards in the country.

The move makes Citigroup the first global bank to issue credit cards in China under its own brand.

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China airline ban is another popular search after the country said it has barred its airlines from joining a European Union scheme that may charge for carbon emissions on flights in and out of Europe.

Chinese airlines cannot participate in the EU Emissions Trading Scheme without government approval, and are also prohibited from raising fares or fees in connection to the program. While the program is intended to curb rising greenhouse gas pollution, the Chinese government has called it a trade barrier. Many airlines object to the plan as it calculates the carbon cost for a flight's entire journey, not just within the European air space.

China's decision comes only a week before Chinese and European leaders are set to hold a summit.

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The chatter on Main Street (a.k.a. Google, Yahoo! and other search sites) is always of interest to investors on Wall Street. Thus, each day, TheStreet compiles the stories that are trending on the Web, and highlights the news that could make stocks move.

-- Written by Brittany Umar.

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