Friday, February 11, 2011

2/11/11 Fri am Kraft Profit Falls 24% Due to Cadbury Acquisition;l UBS Downgrades Walmart

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Post No. 869 The following is brought to you by Intellivest Securities Research, Inc. Toward the end of this Blog is a list of the Dow 30 current CEOs, a ranking of the Dow 30 components by market capitalization and Dow 30 component's SEC filings as of January 10, 2011.

A read of the print editions of Friday's Wall St. Journal, Financial Times, New York Times, USA Today, Atlanta Journal Constitution & Daily Report - Ga. (carriers Bloomberg) yielded the following stories about Dow Jones Industrial Average 30 component companies and the Dow with stories about the Dow aggregated first and then items about Dow Jones Industrial Average 30 companies presented alphabetically, followed by symbol and Thursday's stock prices and related data.

Dow Jones Industrial Average: The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed Thursday at 12,229.29 down 10.6 points or 0.09% from Wednesday's close of 12,239.89. For the year the Dow is up 5.63%. Of the 30 Dow Jones component companies 14 gained and 16 declined. The biggest gainer dollar-wise and percentage-wise was American Express AXP $46.57 +0.85 1.86% 9,181,468 NYSE. The biggest decliner dollar-wise and percentage-wise was Cisco CSCO $18.92 -3.12 14.16% 559,170,527 NASDAQ-GS.

WSJ pC5 "Blue chips snap 8 day win streak" by Brendan Conway says stocks made late session gains on expectations Egyptian Pres Mubarak wold step down from office though those hopes were dashed. a disappointing earnings report from Cisco turned into the biggest drag on stocks through most of the day. Also, UBS analysts cut their investment rating n Walmart as they predicted negative comparable store sales growth when it reports earnings this month. Cisco is charted under Bad News as its 2Q profit declined, with margins sliding for a 4th consecutive quarter.

Fin Times p22 "Tech sector weighed down by Cisco's unimpressive performance" by Michael Stothard says lacklustre quarterly earnings from Cisco dragged on tech stocks but in the wider markets, a stronger materials sector balanced out losses. Cisco's stock is harted. Walmart's rating from UBS was cut to neutral from buy by UBS.

NYT pB7 "Mubarak's speech stirs pot after day of earnings news" by Reuters says the S&P 500 & the Nasdaq composite index eked out gains in the final minutes of trading after Mubarak said he would delegate powers to the vp. A weak outlook from Cisco helped bring an 8 day rally in the Dow to an end. Cisco's shares tumbled 14% a day after it released its quarterly results & its outlook, but its chief competitors rose on the news. Juniper Networks rose 7.8% and Networking Index gained 3.5%. Walmart fell 2% after UBS cut it to neutral from buy saying a sales recovery at WMT could take longer thane expected. Kraft lost 2% in late tading after it reported 4Q results.

As of the open of the market Friday, the current divisor for the Dow Jones Industrial Average found at page C4 of today's Wall St. Journal is 0.132129493. The trailing P/E is 14.95 unchanged from Thursday's 14.95 (year ago it was 16.43); the P/E estimate is 12.64 unchanged from Thursday's 12.64 (year ago it was 12.67), and the dividend yield is 2.36 down from Thursday's 2.36 (last year it was 2.68). The Dow's all-time high was 14,164.53 on Oct. 9, 2007. The 12 year low close for the Dow was on March 9, 2009 when it fell to 6,547.05.

Thursday's Dow Jones Industrial Average closing numerator was 1,615.85 down 1.39 from Wednesday's closing numerator of 1,617.24. This is the sum of all 30 closing prices. A short cut to the Dow numerator is to multiply the closing Dow by the Divisor. Now, if you divide the Dow numerator decrease for today by the divisor (0.132129493) you get the decrease in today's Dow. A $1 change in the price of any DJIA stock = a 7.57 change in the average.

The average closing price (the closing numerator divided by 30) of Thursday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $53.86 down $0.05 from Wednesday's Dow Jones Industrial Average average closing price of $53.91. The median closing price of Thursday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $47.56(HPQ/AXP) up 0.53 from Wednesday's median closing price of $47.03. The lowest volume was 3M MMM $90.46 -0.32 0.35% 2,772,258 NYSE and the highest volume was again Bank of America BAC $14.49 -0.15 1.02% 124,176,469 NYSE.

If Wednesday morning before the market opened you had purchased 100 shares of each of the Dow Jones Industrial Average 30 shares (assuming you could buy fractional shares and assuming no transaction costs) and sold at the close you would have lost $139 ($161,585 - $161,724)

MarketWatch Thursday 2/10/11 4:13 by Laura Mandaro says US stocks closed near session highs Thursday, with investors distracted in the final minutes of the trading session by Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak's televised address. The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA 12,229, -10.60, -0.09%) ended its eight-session winning streak off 10.6 points, or 0.1%, at 12,229.29, dragged lower by a 14% drop in Cisco Systems Inc. (CSCO 18.94, +0.02, +0.11%) . Still, that was a recovery for the blue-chip average from an 83-point drop early in the session, as well as a 30-point loss ahead of Mubarak's speech. The S&P 500 (SPX 1,322, +0.99, +0.07%) ended up 1 point at 1,321.87. The Nasdaq Composite (COMP 2,790, +1.38, +0.05%) was up 1.4 points at 2,790.45. "He's shocking investors and blaming the rabble rousers," said Jack Ablin, chief investment officer at Harris Private Bank, of Mubarak's address, in which the Egyptian president said he would transfer power after an election.

Thursday's Closing Dow Numbers and Friday's News:

AT&T T $28.24 +0.27 0.97% 35,226,267 NYSE: WSJ pB2 "Verizon iPhone hits shelves" by Yukari Kane says crowds were modest at some high profile stores as Verizon Wireless started selling Apple's iPhone as AT&T lost its US exclusivity on the phone. Analysts expect sales of 7 to 13 mil Verizon iPhones this year.

Alcoa AA $17.12 -0.04 0.23% 21,547,431 NYSE: No mentions found.

American Express AXP $46.57 +0.85 1.86% 9,181,468 NYSE: No mentions found.

Bank of America BAC $14.49 -0.15 1.02% 124,176,469 NYSE: No mentions found.

Boeing BA $72.66 +0.03 0.04% 4,908,811 NYSE: WSJ pA1 "Pentagon loses war to zap airborne laser from budget" by Nathan Hodge says the Airborne laser conceived to shoot down missiles not long after they blast off is a modified Boeing 747 and is still alive even though the Pentagon has spent around $5.2 bil on it since '96 and wants to kill it.

WSJ pA4 "Space projects of Pentagon to get boost" by Andy Pasztor says a boost of dollars will be spent on the Air Force's most powerful rockets: Delta IVs and Atlas 5s, supplied by a joint venture of Boeing and Lockheed Martin.

AJC pA18 "Boeing's new airplane could replace its 737" says Boeing CEO James McNerney said they may develop a new plane to replace its 737.

CAT $100.6 +0.81 0.81% 5,629,483 NYSE: No mentions found.

Chevron CVX $96.7 +0.46 0.48% 7,272,219 NYSE: No mentions found.

Cisco CSCO $18.92 -3.12 14.16% 559,170,527 NASDAQ-GS: NYT pB7 "Mubarak's speech stirs pot after day of earnings news" by Reuters says the S&P 500 & the Nasdaq composite index eked out gains in the final minutes of trading after Mubarak said he would delegate powers to the vp. A weak outlook from Cisco helped bring an 8 day rally in the Dow to an end. Cisco's shares tumbled 14% a day after it released its quarterly results & its outlook, but its chief competitors rose on the news. Juniper Networks rose 7.8% and Networking Index gained 3.5%. Walmart fell 2% after UBS cut it to neutral from buy saying a sales recovery at WMT could take longer thane expected. Kraft lost 2% in late trading after it reported 4Q results.

WSJ pC8 "Cisco: the too human network" by Rolfe Winkler says Cisco's shares fell 14% after CEO said it was entering a period of transition. Switching rev fell 7% as the biz is under attach as Cisco rolls out its latest product lineup. Hewlett-packard has been active in switches as the firms used to cooperate but after Cisco decided to sell servers a core HP product, HP retaliated by buying network equip firm 3Com and getting aggressive on deals. Cisco still trades at 18 times est earnings for '11 but with CEO Chambers not reaffirming his 12 to 17% growth target from an earlier core and its core biz under long term attack, Cisco isn't cheap. In "Overheard" side bar it says Hewlett-Packard's "Catalyst for Change" promo offering 20% off to network switches to customers trading in Cisco's Catalyst brand was part of the reason Cisco's rev took a hit last quarter.

WSJ pC5 "Blue chips snap 8 day win streak" by Brendan Conway says stocks made late session gains on expectations Egyptian Pres Mubarak wold step down from office though those hopes were dashed. a disappointing earnings report from Cisco turned into the biggest drag on stocks through most of the day. Also, UBS analysts cut their investment rating n Walmart as they predicted negative comparable store sales growth when it reports earnings this month. Cisco is charted under Bad News as its 2Q profit declined, with margins sliding for a 4th consecutive quarter.

Fin Times p22 "Tech sector weighed down by Cisco's unimpressive performance" by Michael Stothard says lacklustre quarterly earnings from Cisco dragged on tech stocks but in the wider markets, a stronger materials sector balanced out losses. Cisco's stock is harted. Walmart's rating from UBS was cut to neutral from buy by UBS.

Fin Times p12 "Cisco" says Cisco's stock fell 14% even though it eat Wall Street's rev & earning per share estimates for 4Q.

Coke KO $63.54 +0.39 0.62% 9,170,332 NYSE: No mentions found.

Disney DIS $43.31 -0.05 0.12% 14,827,632 NYSE: No mentions found.

DuPont DD $54.33 +0.50 0.93% 6,812,799 NYSE: No mentions found.

Exxon XOM $83.2 +0.65 0.79% 21,013,042 NYSE: No mentions found.

GE $21.27 -0.04 0.19% 50,055,479 NYSE: No mentions found.

Hewlett-Packard HPQ $48.54 -0.40 0.82% 23,108,709 NYSE: WSJ pC8 "Cisco: the too human network" by Rolfe Winkler says Cisco's shares fell 14% after CEO said it was entering a period of transition. Switching rev fell 7% as the biz is under attach as Cisco rolls out its latest product lineup. Hewlett-packard has been active in switches as the firms used to cooperate but after Cisco decided to sell servers a core HP product, HP retaliated by buying network equip firm 3Com and getting aggressive on deals. Cisco still trades at 18 times est earnings for '11 but with CEO Chambers not reaffirming his 12 to 17% growth target from an earlier core and its core biz under long term attack, Cisco isn't cheap. In "Overheard" side bar it says Hewlett-Packard's "Catalyst for Change" promo offering 20% off to network switches to customers trading in Cisco's Catalyst brand was part of the reason Cisco's rev took a hit last quarter.

Home Depot HD $37.31 +0.14 0.38% 6,007,101 NYSE: No mentions found.

Intel INTC $21.8 +0.34 1.58% 56,455,939 NASDAQ-GS: No mentions found.

IBM $164.09 -0.56 0.34% 5,735,450 NYSE: No mentions found.

JPMorgan JPM $45.53 +0.42 0.93% 22,597,211 NYSE: No mentions found.

JNJ $60.93 +0.05 0.08% 8,621,408 NYSE: No mentions found.

Kraft KFT $31.11 -0.13 0.42% 16,252,042 NYSE: WSJ pB4 "Kraft's profit squeezed by Cadbury costs" by Ilan Brat, NYT pB2 "Kraft profit falls 24% on Cadbury acquisition costs" by AP say costs related to the acquisition of Cadbury caused this profit fall in 4Q as Kraft earned $540 mil or 31 cents a sahre down from $710 mil or 48 cents a share a year earlier. Kraft bought Cadbury a year ago for $19.5 bil. Kraft's rev rose 30% to $13.77 vs. analysts' expectations of $13.48 bil.

NYT pB7 "Mubarak's speech stirs pot after day of earnings news" by Reuters says the S&P 500 & the Nasdaq composite index eked out gains in the final minutes of trading after Mubarak said he would delegate powers to the vp. A weak outlook from Cisco helped bring an 8 day rally in the Dow to an end. Cisco's shares tumbled 14% a day after it released its quarterly results & its outlook, but its chief competitors rose on the news. Juniper Networks rose 7.8% and Networking Index gained 3.5%. Walmart fell 2% after UBS cut it to neutral from buy saying a sales recovery at WMT could take longer thane expected. Kraft lost 2% in late tading after it reported 4Q results.

McDonald's MCD $75.76 -0.17 0.22% 5,431,725 NYSE: Fin Times p2 "McDonald's keeps sumo bouts link" by Mure Dickie says McDonald's will keep sponsoring sumo wrestling in Japan despite a match rigging scandal there.

MRK $33.04 -0.05 0.15% 10,812,627 NYSE: No mentions found.

Microsoft MSFT $27.5 -0.47 1.68% 76,597,410 NASDAQ-GS: WSJ pB6 "More zing for bing" by Nick Wingfield says Microsoft saw the biggest month over month increase in tis share of the internet search market since it relaunched its search engine in '09 as Bing climbed to 13.1% from 12% in Dec.

Pfizer PFE $19.03 -0.02 0.1% 38,875,805 NYSE: No mentions found.

Procter & Gam PG $64.58 +0.19 0.3% 10,971,144 NYSE: No mentions found.

3M MMM $90.46 -0.32 0.35% 2,772,258 NYSE: No mentions found.

Travelers TRV $58.46 -0.35 0.6% 4,191,533 NYSE: No mentions found.

United Tech UTX $84.75 +0.77 0.92% 4,413,789 NYSE: No mentions found.

Verizon VZ $36.42 -0.26 0.71% 21,525,984 DualListed: WSJ pB2 "Verizon iPhone hits shelves" by Yukari Kane, USA Today p5B "Trafic ligher for Verizon iPhone" by Jefferson Graham say crowds were modest at some high profile stores as Verizon Wireless started selling Apple's iPhone as AT&T lost its US exclusivity on the phone. Analysts expect sales of 7 to 13 mil Verizon iPhones this year.

Walmart WMT $55.59 -1.14 2.01% 15,722,139 NYSE: NYT pB7 "Mubarak's speech stirs pot after day of earnings news" by Reuters says the S&P 500 & the Nasdaq composite index eked out gains in the final minutes of trading after Mubarak said he would delegate powers to the vp. A weak outlook from Cisco helped bring an 8 day rally in the Dow to an end. Cisco's shares tumbled 14% a day after it released its quarterly results & its outlook, but its chief competitors rose on the news. Juniper Networks rose 7.8% and Networking Index gained 3.5%. Walmart fell 2% after UBS cut it to neutral from buy saying a sales recovery at WMT could take longer thane expected. Kraft lost 2% in late tading after it reported 4Q results.

WSJ pC5 "Blue chips snap 8 day win streak" by Brendan Conway says stocks made late session gains on expectations Egyptian Pres Mubarak wold step down from office though those hopes were dashed. a disappointing earnings report from Cisco turned into the biggest drag on stocks through most of the day. Also, UBS analysts cut their investment rating n Walmart as they predicted negative comparable store sales growth when it reports earnings this month. Cisco is charted under Bad News as its 2Q profit declined, with margins sliding for a 4th consecutive quarter.

Fin Times p22 "Tech sector weighed down by Cisco's unimpressive performance" by Michael Stothard says lacklustre quarterly earnings from Cisco dragged on tech stocks but in the wider markets, a stronger materials sector balanced out losses. Cisco's stock is harted. Walmart's rating from UBS was cut to neutral from buy by UBS.

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Here are the current CEOs of the Dow 30 Companies:

AT&T T Randall L. Stephenson (Dallas, TX)
Alcoa AA Klaus Kleinfeld (NY, NY)
American Express AXP Kenneth I. Chenault (NY, NY)
Bank of America BAC Brian T. Moynihan (Charlotte, N.C.)
Boeing BA W. James McNerney, Jr. (Cyhicago, Ill)
Caterpillar CAT Douglas Oberhelman (Peoria, Ill.)
Chevron CVX John Watson (San Ramon, CA)
Cisco CSCO John Chambers (San Jose, CA)
Coca Cola KO Muhtar Kent (Atlanta, GA)
Disney DIS Robert Iger (Burbank, CA)
DuPont DD Ellen Kullman (Wilmington, DE)
ExxonMobil XOM Rex W. Tillerson (Irving, Tx)
GE Jeffrey R. Immelt (Fairfield, CT)
Hewlett-Packard HPQ Leo Apotheker (Palo, Alto, CA)
Home Depot HD Frank Blake (Atlanta, GA)
Intel INTC Paul S. Otellini (Santa Clara, CA)
IBM Samuel J. Palmisano (Armonk, NY)
JPMorgan Chase JPM Jamie Dimon (NY, NY)
Johnson & Johnson JNJ William C. Weldon (New Brunswick, NJ)
Kraft KFT Irene Rosenfeld (Northfield, Ill.)
McDonald's MCD Jim Skinner (Oak Brook, Ill)
Merck MRK Kenneth Frazer (Whitehouse Station, N.J.)
Microsoft MSFT Steve Ballmer (Redmond, WA)
Pfizer PFE Ian Read (NY, NY)
Procter & Gamble PG Bob McDonald (Cincinnati, OH)
3M MMM George W. Buckley (St. Paul, MN)
Travelers TRV Jay S. Fishman (NY, NY)
United Technologies UTX Louis Chenevert (Hartford, CT)
Verizon VZ Ivan Seidenberg (NY, NY)
Wal-Mart WMT Mike Duke (Bentonville, ARK)

Here are the Dow Jones Industrial Average 30 ranked in order of market capitalization rounded to the nearest 1/2 billion as of 1/10/11 followed by number of shares outstanding rounded to the nearest 1/2 billion:

1. Exxon Mobil XOM $378.5 [5]
2. Microsoft MSFT 241 [8.5]
3. GE 198 [10.5]
4. WalMart WMT 191.5 [3.5]
5. IBM 183.5 [1]
6. Procter & Gamble PG 182.5 [3]
7. Chevron CVX 182 [2]
8. Johnson & Johnson JNJ 171 [3]
9. JPMorgan Chase JPM 169.5 [4]
10. AT&T T 167.5 [6]
11. Coke KO 146 [2.5]
12. Pfizer PFE 146 [8]
13. Bank of America BAC 145 [10]
14. Intel INTC 115.5 [5.5]
15. Cisco CSCO 115.5 [5.5]
16. Merck MRK 115 [3]
17. Verizon VZ 107 [3]
18. Hewlett-Packard HPQ 98 [2]
19. McDonald's MCD 78 [1]
20. Disney DIS 74.5 [2]
21. United Technologies UTX 72.5 [1]
22. 3M MMM 62 [.5]
23. Caterpillar CAT 59.5 [.5]
24. Home Depot 56.5 [1.5]
25. Kraft KFT 54.5 [2]
26. American Express AXP 53.5 [1]
27. Boeing BA 51 [1]
28. DuPont DD 44.5 [1]
29. Travelers 24.5 [.5]
30. Alcoa AA 17 [1]

Here are the latest 8K, 10Q & 10K SEC filings as of 1/10/11:

Symbol & Co. Name/Date of Filing/Form Filed/ Comments

AT&T T: 12/21/11 8K re: borrowing up to $8 bil
12/20/11 8K re: purchase of spectrum licenses from Walcomm
12/7/10 8K re: replacement of existing 5 year $9.4 bil revolving credit facility
12/1/10 8K re: redemption of all 7.8% notes due 3/1/11
11/5 10Q for quarter ending 9/30/10

Alcoa AA: 10/22/10 10Q for 3Q ended 9/30/10
10/12 8K re: transcript of 3Q earnings conference
10/8/10 8K re: 3Q results

American Express AXP: 12/16/11 8K re acquisition of Loyalty Partner, a marketing firm active in Germany, Poland & India
12/15/11 8K re; delinquency & write-off statistics through 10/31/10
11/15/10 8K re: delinquency & write-off statistics for period ending 10/31/10
11/3/10 10Q for quarter ending 9/30/10
11/2/10 8K re: changes to retirement plan for officers

Bank of Am BAC: 1/3/11 8K re: Agreement with Freddie Mac & Fannie Mae to repurchase $3 bil of loan to settle Countrywide dispute
11/5/10 10Q for quarter ending 9/30/10
11/5/10 8K re: status of Countrywide litigation
10/20/108K re: registration of 50,354,545 shares

Boeing BA: 12/3/10 8K re: election o Ronald A. Williams to Board of Directors and the Audit & Finance Committees
11/16/10 8K re: $2.3 bil 364 day revolving credit agreement

Caterpiller CAT: 12/16/10 8K re: Nov. dealer statistics
12/14/10 8K re: changes to By-laws re: holding of Board meetings
12/10/10 8K re: election of Jesse J. Greene, Jr. & Miles D. White to Board of Directors and Greene to the Audit Committee & White to Governance Committee
12/7/10 8K re: entering into bridge loan of up to $8.6 bil
11/18/10 8K re: status of acquisition of Bucyrus
11/18/10 8K 3 month dealer statistics
11/15/10 8K re: acquisition of Bucyrus for $8.6 bil to close mid '11
11/12/10 8K/A resignation of Gail D. Foster from Board of Directors
11/4/10 10Q for quarter ending 9/30/10

Chevron CVX:11/5/10 10Q for quarter ending 9/30/10
10/29 8K re 3Q net income of $3.77 bil down from $3.83 bil for 3Q '09

Cisco CSCO 12/17/10 8K re: pre-arranged exec stock trading plan
11/23/10 10Q for quarter ending 10/30/10

Coke KO 12/15/10 8K re: expiration of tender offer for notes
12/15 & 12/9/10 8Ks re: election of Howard G. Buffett to Board of Directors & Public Issue & Diversity Relations Committees
11/23/10 8K re: result of cash tender offer for debt
11/18/10 8K re: completion of note offering
11/16/10 8K re: resignation of Cathleen p. Black from Board to become Chancellor of NYC Schools
11/8/10 8K re: underwriting agreement for issuance of notes
11/4/10 8K re tender offer for CCE debt
10/29/10 10Q for quarter ending 10/1/10

Disney DIS 12/14/10 8K re: issuance of $5 bil of Noes
11/24/10 10K for year ending 10/2/10
11/12/10 8K re: results of 4Qtr earnings

DuPont DD: 12/10 8K re: retirement of Jeffrey L, Keefer as EVP
10/21/10 10Q for 3rd quarter ending 9/30/10
10/26/10 8K re 3Q results

ExxonMobil XOM: 11/30/10 8K re: revisions to officers' compensation plan
11/16/10 10Q re 3Q results ending 9/30/10
10/28/10 8K re: 3Q results
10/22/10 SC TO-C re: offer to buy Clarinet Inc., a cancer diagnostic firm

GE: 12/16/10 8K re: departure of Director Sir William M. Castell
11/3/10 10Q re 9/30/10 results

Hewlett-Packard HPQ: 12/15/10 10K
12/2/10 8K re: underwriting agreement for issuance of notes
11/22/10 8K re: 4Q results
10/18/10 8K re: election of Leo Apotheker as Pres/CEO

Home Depot HD: 12/2/10 10Q re: results for period ending 10/31/10
11/16/10 8K re: update of fiscal year '10 guidance

Intel INTC: 11/12/10 8K re: 15% increase of quarterly cash dividend
11/2/10 10Q for quarter ending 9/25/10

IBM: 1/4/11 8K re: amendment of By-laws to decrease directors to 12
12/8/10 8K re: underwriting agreement re: debt
12/6/10 8K re: resignation of Cathleen Black from Board of Directors
10/26/10 10Q for period ending 9/30/10

JPMorganChase JPM: 12/13/10 8K re: termination of Replacement capital Covenants
10/28/10 8K/A re: amendment to replace capital covenants re: debt
10/20/10 & 10/19/10 2 8Ks re: amendment to credit agreements
10/14/10 8K re: investor conference re: 3Q results

Johnson & Johnson JNJ : 11/10/10 10Q for quarter ending 10/3/10

Kraft KFT: 12/28/10 8K re: expiration & results of tender offer for notes
12/22/10 8K re: adoption of long term exec comp. program
212/13/10 28Ks re: status of tender offerfor notes
12/6/10 8K re: seeking preliminary injunction vs. Starbucks
11/30/10 8K re: arbitration with Starbucks'11/29/10 8K re: cash debt tender offer to holders of $1 bil of notes
11/8/10 8K re: status of agreement with Starbucks'
11/5/10 10Q for quarter ending 9/30/10
11/4/10 8K re: 3Q results

McDonalds MCD: 12/20/10 8K re: departure and settlement re: Denis Hennequin as Pres. of MCD Europe
12/10 8K re: amendment of Cert. of Incorp re: designations of rights of preferred stock
12/9/10 8K re: global sales results
11/9/10 8K re: results of global sales results
11/5/10 8K re: resignation of Denis Hennequin as President of McDonald's Europe to be replaced by Steve Easterbook
11/5/10 10Q for period ending 9/30/10

Merck MRK: 12/10/10 8K re: sale of 2.2% notes due '16
11/30/10 8K re: election of Kenneth C. Frazier a CEO with Richard T. Clark staying as Chair
11/8/10 10Q for period ending 9/30/10

Microsoft MSFT: 11/19/10 8K re: results of 11/16/10 Annual Meeting of Shareholders

Pfizer PFE: 12/17/10 8K re: proposed settlement of shareholder derivative lawsuit in US Dist. Ct. SDNY
12/16/10 8K re: election of George A. Lorch as non-Exec Chair
12/9/10 8K re: resignation of Jeffrey B. Kindler as CEO & election of Ian C. Read as Pres/CEO
11/12/10 10Q for quarter ending 10/3/10
11/2/10 8K re: 3Q results
10/22/10 SC TO-T & 10/12/10 8K both re: Pfizer's purchase of King Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Procter & Gamble PG: 12/14/10 8K re: election of Susan Desmond-Hellmann, 53, Chancellor of U of Cal. SF to Board
11/18/10 8K re: close of sale of $1 bil of 1.8% notes due '15
10/28/10 10Q for period ending 9/30/10
10/27/10 8K re: results for quarter ending 9/30/10

3M MMM: 12/7/10 8K re: re: financial outlook for '11
11/5/10 10Q re: quarter ending 9/30/10'
10/28/10 8K re: 3Q results of $6.9 bil sales

Travelers TRV: 11/10/10 8K re: completion of tender offer for 6.25% debentures due '67
11/9/10 8K re: modification of rights of holders of 6.75% notes due '36
11/8/10 re: purchase of 43% of a Brazilian surety
11/8/10 8K & 11/5/10 8K re: amendment of consent solicitation of 6.75% notes
11/1/10 8K re: underwriting agreement for sale of notes
10/27/10 8K re: tender offer to holders of 6.25% due '67

United Technologies UTX: 12/10/10 8K re: election of Ellen Kullman, DuPont CEO to Board of Directors
12/10/10 8K re: resignation of Carlos M. Gutierrez from Board
10/25/10 10Q for period ending 9/30/10

Verizon Communications Inc. VZ: 12/29/10 8K re: updated fin'l info re: divestiture of properties as a result of acquisition of Alltel Corp. in Jan '09
12/8/10 8K/A re: Board committee assignments of Rodney E. Slater
11/10/10 8K/A re: election of Lowell C. McAdam as Pres/COO & Francis J. Shammo EVP & CFO
10/28/10 10Q for period ending 9/30/10

WalMart WMT: 12/6/10 10Q for period ending 10/31/10
11/16/10 8K re: 3 Qtr EPS 0.95 cents and raising full year EPS guidance from $3.95 to $4.05