Investors Digest Earnings From Corporate Giants; Prince Rules iTunes

Investors are digesting quarterly earnings from three corporate giants. Microsoft (MSFT) - Get Report profit fell 25%. It's cloud business did well but it faces higher taxes and currency fluctuations. Starbucks (SBUX) - Get Report  sales growth was 9% but that fell short of expectations. It did say its U.S. business and mobile growth were strong. Alphabet (GOOGL) - Get Report  saw its so-called 'moon shots' take the shine off the overall business. The parent of Google continues to enjoy a booming internet advertising business but it lost nearly a billion dollars on experimental businesses like self driving cars, NEST and its life sciences division. General Electric (GE) - Get Report  earnings came in 2 cents above expectations. It's revenue was in live. Pop star Prince is ruling iTunes today. Sales of his songs have soared to the top of the most popular list after his sudden death Thursday. During his life, Prince was one of the best selling artists of all time.