Reuters - Starbucks Corp. on Wednesday posted 16 percent quarterly profit growth but showed its weakest monthly same-store sales rise in four-and-a-half years, missing Wall Street estimates and sending shares down 9 percent.

Reuters - Starbucks Corp. , the world's largest coffee shop chain, on Wednesday reported higher quarterly earnings, helped by strong sales of espresso beverages and summer drinks like Banana Coconut Frappuccinos.

Reuters - PepsiAmericas Inc. , the No. 2 bottler of Pepsi drinks, on Wednesday reported lower second-quarter earnings from a year earlier, when it posted a gain related to litigation.

Tropicana Beverages North America has agreed to pay more than $164,000 in fines for exposing workers to safety hazards at the company's Bradenton processing plant, the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration said Thursday. OSHA...