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Samsung Electronics shares fell 2.5% to 773,000 won each, fueling declines in other Asian technology stocks, after the company forecast its third-quarter profit will fall from the second quarter's record high.

Starbucks posted on-target earnings, with same-store sales growing 9% from a year ago, thanks to 6% more traffic and a 3% increase in the average bill.

Is the recession finally over? It may well be, after the U.S. economy surged a better-than-expected 5.7% in the fourth quarter of 2009. The growth, driven by inventory gains, marks two consecutive quarters of GDP expansion -- usually long enough for the National Bureau of Economic Research to declare the end of a slump.

More decent news for the economy: U.S. GDP increased a revised 2.8% in the third quarter, the U.S. Commerce Department announced Tuesday. That's down from the government's initial 3.5% GDP growth estimate, but it's a level that still indicates an adequate expansion of commercial activity. A...

It's good news that investors have been waiting awhile for: The U.S. economy grew for the first time in a year, rising 3.5 percent in the third quarter, the U.S. Commerce Department announced Thursday. It was the strongest growth rate in two years and was led by consumer spending, a slower...

While investors and analysts have been highly critical of Starbucks (SBUX) over the past 24 months, sending the stock tumbling to a several-year low, the past few months have been quietly blissful. The stock is up more than 87 percent, to $14.69 at today's close, since November 21, when SBUX hit...