So, on this bit of tea-leaf reading, we're off to the races so long as shares don't fall more than that 2.5% today.

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This stuff is insider baseball, HP palace politics, but nonetheless, a whole slew of tea-leaf-readers follow and interpret these intrigues before, during, and after they unfold.

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Mighty Leaf spends 20 cents on an average tea bag--the couple contracts out the production of the bags.

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