New Delhi, July 30 -- whether the recovery he inherited and then engineered is durable enough to hold under pressure.

management does not offer them when the trend feels uncertain. Tuesday's move suggests Niccol's team believes the second-half recovery is structural, not borrowed time.

Starbucks reported fiscal third-quarter revenue of $9.3 billion, topping the $9.12 billion Wall Street consensus estimate, according to results released by the company after Tuesday's market close. Adjusted earnings per share came in at $0.85, beating the $0.65 estimate by a margin that surprised even optimistic analysts. Global comparable-store sales rose 7.9 percent against a 5.7 percent consensus forecast. In North America, comparable sales advanced 8....