
Starbucks' profit shows Americans need coffee fix
Americans may not feel optimistic about the economy but they're still spending more at Starbucks. The world's biggest coffee chain said Thursday that ...

Review: iPhone Google Maps lags Android version
Every time my husband and I drive the 677 miles from New York to my parents' house in Michigan, we dread the long stretch of Interstate 80 through the ...

S&P closes above 1,500 for 1st time since 2007
Passing another milestone on the nation's long journey back from the Great Recession, the Standard and Poor's 500 index closed above 1,500 for the ...

S&P 500 in longest winning streak since 2004
The Standard & Poor's 500 index closed above 1,500 on Friday for the first time since the start of the Great Recession in 2007, lifted by strong ...
Starbucks profit climbs as US cafes thrive
Americans still need their Starbucks fix even in the weak economy. The Seattle-based coffee chain said Thursday its profit rose 13 percent in the ...

Cameron: UK will focus on tax avoidance at G-8
British Prime Minister David Cameron said Thursday he will use his country's year-long presidency of the G-8 to target tax-dodging tactics by ...

Judge: Tully's Coffee to go to Dempsey's group
The auction for the beleaguered Tully's Coffee chain concluded Friday in federal bankruptcy court, with a judge approving the sale to an ownership ...

Other bidders contest Tully's sale to Dempsey
A company that teamed up with Starbucks Corp. to bid for the Tully's Coffee chain filed an objection Wednesday challenging the winning offer made by ...

Starbucks enters entrenched Vietnam coffee market
Nghiem Ngoc Thuy has been slinging coffees to thirsty Vietnamese for 20 years in her colonial-style villa with peeling shutters, and she and her ...

'McDreamy' says he beat Starbucks for coffee chain
"Grey's Anatomy" star Patrick Dempsey may be the real "McSteamy." The actor, who was dubbed "McDreamy" as a star of the hospital drama while his ...
Starbucks to open 1st Vietnam cafe
Starbucks Corp. will open its first Vietnam cafe early next month in Ho Chi Minh City as part of its strategy to expand across Asia, the company said ...

Starbucks cups to come with a political message
Starbucks is using its coffee cups to jump into the political fray in Washington. The world's biggest coffee chain is asking employees at cafes in the ...

Starbucks promises to pay more UK tax
Starbucks bowed to mounting pressure over its tax affairs in Britain and revealed Thursday that it would pay about 10 million pounds ($16 million) in ...

Starbucks to open 1,500 more cafes in the US
Another Starbucks may soon pop up around the corner, with the world's biggest coffee company planning to add at least 1,500 cafes in the U.S. over the ...

Britain to clamp down on corporate tax avoidance
The British government said Monday it would spend more money catching tax avoiders, after a lawmakers' committee accused major multinational companies ...
Starbucks to donate to RED for World AIDS Day
Starbucks Corp. is donating a portion of its proceeds on World AIDS Day to help fight the disease. The company announced Thursday it would give five ...