Starbucks has penetrated scores of markets over the years, but may face a challenge in Vietnam's deep-rooted coffee culture.

General Motors shares eclipsed their $33 IPO price, fueled in part by enthusiasm over the company's new vehicles.

The online poker giant PokerStars was dealt a setback in its quest to enter the U.S.'s burgeoning regulated online gambling markets, when a New Jersey state judge said the Atlantic City casino that PokerStars planned to buy could be put back on the market.

DirecTV, the second largest U.S. pay-TV provider, is weighing a potential bid for Hulu, the latest company to show interest in the six-year-old video site.

The Financial Times said its Tech Blog and various Twitter accounts were hacked Friday by a group identifying itself as the Syrian Electronic Army.

A natural-gas trade group is planning a campaign to show compressed natural gas can be an effective fuel for passenger cars to encourage wider use of the fuel in transportation.

Bloomberg appointed former IBM chief Samuel Palmisano to review the company's compliance measures, in response to concerns about subscriber information that had been available to Bloomberg journalists.

Pay off your student loans, watch out for excess fees, get your credit transcript in order and use your social network.

Pay off your student loans, watch out for excess fees, get your credit transcript in order and use your social network.

In anticipation of rising rates, investors are piling money into short-term-bond mutual funds and ETFs. But they might be taking on other, more worrisome, risks.