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TradingMarkets 7 stocks you need to know for Thursday

By Brice Wightman | TradingMarkets.com | August 02, 2006
Symbols: SBUX, LF, IR, WCG
Here are 7 stocks for traders for
Thursday:











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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Original publication: August 02, 2006