Stocks started the day with losses with the Nasdaq (

IXIC

) backing away from record highs after Apple (

AAPL

) reported a surprise decline in iPhone sales and ahead of the Federal Reserve’s decision on interest rates this yearbook headlines for softballafternoon. Investors are also waiting for earnings from Facebook (

FB

) and Tesla (

TSLA

).

Here are the other stories the Yahoo Finance team is covering for you today.

Twitter’s stock surge and streaming deals

Twitter’s (

TWTR

) stock has surged 27% since April 7, boosted by an earnings beat last week and excitement over new video streaming deals, including one with Bloomberg. Nearly half of Twitter’s 16 new streaming deals come from the sports world and that could help the company boost users and provide new interest for the sports leagues signing on to Twitter. But will it make Twitter money?

Microsoft’s classroom laptop unveiled

Yahoo Finance tech editor Dan Howley is calling the Microsoft (

MSFT

) Surface Laptop, costing $999, “gorgeous.” He’ll tell us why and what the product means for Microsoft’s competition with Apple and Google (

GOOGL

) in the American classroom.

Starbucks has yet another new frappuccino

Starbucks (

SBUX

) is rolling out a Midnight Mint Mocha frappuccino, and unlike the Unicorn, this one is a coffee drink. The chocolatey concoction uses Starbucks regular coffee frappuccino and adds mint, whipped cream, cocoa, and more whipped cream. Is this too soon?

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