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Starbucks (SBUX | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating)
was in-line; same store sales rose 4% in July, less than expected. The company
also announced an additional 25 million share buyback.
Ingersoll Rand (IR | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) raised its dividend 12.5% and said it would
accelerate its share buyback program.
Leapfrog (LF | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) missed by $0.16.
WellCare Group (WCG | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) beat by $0.07.
Traders are talking about Cuba, and what happens when the country eventually becomes a free, market based economy.
Some themes to watch longer-term:
Hotels: Take a look at Hilton (HLT | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating), which rallied yesterday and today. Tourism from the U.S. could expand greatly.
Sugar: Processor Imperial Sugar Company (IPSU | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) rallied today. Cuba was once the world's largest exporter of sugar but since the Soviet Union collapsed in 1990, harvests have been a fraction of what they used to be.
Cruise lines: Royal Caribbean (RCL | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating).
And don't forget about oil--which was discovered in the North Cuba Basin, and the Varadero Oil Field currently supplies about 40% of Cuba's needs.
Keep in mind, though, that the U.S. has had a trade embargo with Cuba since 1961, and just yesterday White Houses spokesman Tony Snow said that "there are no plans to reach out'' to Cuba now.
Brice Wightman
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