Brands the ceo, nigel travis, will sell will tell us how the weather wreaked havoc on last quarters numbers and how hes feeling the coffee price pain. We will get his reaction when his competitor, starbucks, reports after the bell. Lets move onto to the stocks we are watching julie hyman keeping an eye on the stock. Rex you had mentioned apple and the stocks trading higher. The number of different factors with the company raising its buyback authorization. Raising it dividend and announcing a 71 stock split which many analysts say could place it in the Dow Jones Industrial average. The earnings numbers which also in particular and the companys iphone sales surging as the iphone was introduced through china mobile. Iphones a big driver but sales did disappoint. Verizon numbers are out and even though verizon numbers beat the narrativewth, over at ts earnings yesterday is that more customers are going to the phone installment plans which will be less profitable for these entities. By bio