Tuesday, March 1, 2011

3/1/11 Tues am Month's Best: 1.Disney, 2Chevron, 3Dupont; Worst: Cisco

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Post No. 897 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 February 14, 2011.

A read of the print editions of Tuesday's Wall St. Journal, Financial Times, New York Times, USA Today, Atlanta Journal Constitution and Daily Report (Ga) (carries 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 Monday's stock prices and related data.

Dow Jones Industrial Average: The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed Monday at 12,226.34 up 95.89 points or 0.79% from Friday's close of 12,130.45. For the month the Dow was up 2.8%. For the year the Dow is up 5.60%. Of the 30 Dow Jones component companies 25 gained and 5 declined. The biggest gainer dollar-wise was IBM $161.88 -0.40 0.25% 4,722,103 NYSE and percentage wise was Intel INTC $21.47 -0.39 1.78% 65,776,583 NASDAQ-GS. The biggest decliner dollar-wise was 3M MMM $92.23 +1.98 2.19% 4,772,140 NYSE and percentage-wise was Johnson & Johnson JNJ $61.44 +1.80 3.02% 19,574,388 NYSE.

WSJ pC6 "Blue Chips add 95.89 on a pause in oil rally" by Donna Yesalavich says US stocks rose, the final day of their 3rd month in a row in the black, as investors were relieved by a pause in oil prices from their recent rally & by upbeat economic comments from a top Fed Res official. The Dow was led by a $1.80 increase in Johnson & Johnson & a gain of Verizon of 95 cents and Hewlett-Packard and 3M, up 95 cents and $1.98, respectively. Disney was the Dow's strongest component this month with a 12.5% jump, followed by a 9.3% gain by Chevron and a 8.3% rise in Dupon. Cisco was the Dow's worst component with a 12% loss. Disney is charted under Good News says its stock rose 12.5% in Feb. Intel is charted under Bad News saying due to a retreat in the tech sector Mon.

Fin Time p26 "Strong data & NY Fed optimism help extend recovery" by Michael Stothard says WU stocks extended their recovery from last week's losses, helped by strong economic data, positive comments from the Fed Res Bank of NY and deal activity in the healthcare real estate investment trust sector.

NYT pB8 "Shares end the month with gains, helped by Buffett's Comments" & USA Today p4B "Buffett's optimism helps boost stocks" by Bloomberg say stocks advanced extending a 3rd consecutive monthly gain for benchmark indexes, amid improving economic data & Warren Buffett's desire to make more acquisitions.

As of the open of the market Tuesday, 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 14.86 up from Monday's 14.74 (year ago it was 16.22); the P/E estimate is 12.67 down from Monday's 12.87 (year ago it was 13.21), and the dividend yield is 2.38 down from Monday's 2.40 (last year it was 2.61). 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.

Monday's Dow Jones Industrial Average closing numerator was 1,615.46 up 12.67 from Friday's closing numerator of 1,602.79. 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 increase for today by the divisor (0.132129493) you get the increase 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 Monday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $53.85 up $0.42 from Friday's Dow Jones Industrial Average average closing price of $53.43. The median closing price of Monday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $45.16 (JPM/HPQ) up 0.05 from Friday's median closing price of $45.11. The lowest volume was United Technologies UTX $83.54 +0.17 0.2% 3,185,935 NYSE and the highest volume was again Bank of America BAC $14.29 +0.09 0.63% 136,134,889 NYSE.

If Monday 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 made $1,267 ($161,546 - $160,279).

MarketWatch Monday 2/28/11 4:24 by Tom Benis says U.S. indexes rose Monday as M&A activity and economic news boosted shares and pushed stocks to their third straight monthly gains. The Dow Industrials (DJIA 12,226, +95.96, +0.79%) rose 0.8% to end at 12,226.34 -- up 2.8% for the month. The S&P 500 index (SPX 1,327, +7.34, +0.56%) rose 0.56% to end at 1,327.22 -- up 3.2% for the month. The Nasdaq Composite index rose 0.04% to end at 2782.27 -- up 3% for the month.

Monday's Closing Dow Numbers and Tuesday's News:

AT&T T $28.38 +0.25 0.89% 20,994,108 NYSE: WSJ pB5 "AT&T offers mobile shopping alerts" by Spencer Ante says AT&T will offer a program that serves up special offers via test message when its subscribers are near a retailer participating in the program.

Alcoa AA $16.85 +0.17 1.02% 21,646,274 NYSE: No mentions found.

American Express AXP $43.57 +0.04 0.09% 8,859,663 NYSE: WSJ pC2 "SEC Filings: JPMOrgan, Fifth Third & American Express" by David Benoit says JPMorgan said it has up to $4.5 bil in legal losses should a worst case legal scenario occur, while American Express discloses in its latest SEC filing that it could face $500 mil in losses from various lawsuits.

Bank of Am BAC $14.29 +0.09 0.63% 136,134,889 NYSE: WSJ pC1 "Checking will stay free, says PNC bank" by Robin Sidel says this move by PNC comes as some big banks eliminate their free checking accounts such as Bank of America & JPMorgan.

WSJ pC2 "Who's news" by Anupreeta Das says Jeff Kaplan head of global m&s of BofA will become coo of Appaloosa Management.

Boeing BA $72.01 -0.29 0.4% 4,054,412 NYSE: No mentions found.

Caterpillar CAT $102.93 +0.93 0.91% 3,957,378 NYSE: No mentions found.

Chevron CVX $103.75 +1.65 1.62% 9,962,793 NYSE: WSJ pC6 "Blue Chips add 95.89 on a pause in oil rally" by Donna Yesalavich says US stocks rose, the final day of their 3rd month in a row in the black, as investors were relieved by a pause in oil prices from their recent rally & by upbeat economic comments from a top Fed Res official. The Dow was led by a $1.80 increase in Johnson & Johnson & a gain of Verizon of 95 cents and Hewlett-Packard and 3M, up 95 cents and $1.98, respectively. Disney was the Dow's strongest component this month with a 12.5% jump, followed by a 9.3% gain by Chevron and a 8.3% rise in Dupon. Cisco was the Dow's worst component with a 12% loss.

Cisco CSCO $18.56 -0.08 0.43% 61,531,342 NASDAQ-GS: WSJ pC6 "Blue Chips add 95.89 on a pause in oil rally" by Donna Yesalavich says US stocks rose, the final day of their 3rd month in a row in the black, as investors were relieved by a pause in oil prices from their recent rally & by upbeat economic comments from a top Fed Res official. The Dow was led by a $1.80 increase in Johnson & Johnson & a gain of Verizon of 95 cents and Hewlett-Packard and 3M, up 95 cents and $1.98, respectively. Disney was the Dow's strongest component this month with a 12.5% jump, followed by a 9.3% gain by Chevron and a 8.3% rise in Dupon. Cisco was the Dow's worst component with a 12% loss.

Coke KO $63.92 -0.39 0.61% 9,642,692 NYSE: No mentions found.

Disney DIS $43.74 +0.79 1.84% 12,387,892 NYSE: WSJ pC6 "Blue Chips add 95.89 on a pause in oil rally" by Donna Yesalavich says US stocks rose, the final day of their 3rd month in a row in the black, as investors were relieved by a pause in oil prices from their recent rally & by upbeat economic comments from a top Fed Res official. The Dow was led by a $1.80 increase in Johnson & Johnson & a gain of Verizon of 95 cents and Hewlett-Packard and 3M, up 95 cents and $1.98, respectively. Disney was the Dow's strongest component this month with a 12.5% jump, followed by a 9.3% gain by Chevron and a 8.3% rise in Dupon. Cisco was the Dow's worst component with a 12% loss. Disney is charted under Good News says its stock rose 12.5% in Feb. Intel is charted under Bad News saying due to a retreat in the tech sector Mon.

DuPont DD $54.87 +0.80 1.48% 5,947,011 NYSE:WSJ pC6 "Blue Chips add 95.89 on a pause in oil rally" by Donna Yesalavich says US stocks rose, the final day of their 3rd month in a row in the black, as investors were relieved by a pause in oil prices from their recent rally & by upbeat economic comments from a top Fed Res official. The Dow was led by a $1.80 increase in Johnson & Johnson & a gain of Verizon of 95 cents and Hewlett-Packard and 3M, up 95 cents and $1.98, respectively. Disney was the Dow's strongest component this month with a 12.5% jump, followed by a 9.3% gain by Chevron and a 8.3% rise in Dupon. Cisco was the Dow's worst component with a 12% loss.

Exxon XOM $85.53 +0.19 0.22% 24,280,656 NYSE: No mentions found.

GE $20.92 +0.10 0.48% 42,102,000 NYSE: No mentions found.

Hewlett-Packard HPQ $43.63 +0.95 2.23% 27,572,843 NYSE: WSJ pC6 "Blue Chips add 95.89 on a pause in oil rally" by Donna Yesalavich says US stocks rose, the final day of their 3rd month in a row in the black, as investors were relieved by a pause in oil prices from their recent rally & by upbeat economic comments from a top Fed Res official. The Dow was led by a $1.80 increase in Johnson & Johnson & a gain of Verizon of 95 cents and Hewlett-Packard and 3M, up 95 cents and $1.98, respectively. Disney was the Dow's strongest component this month with a 12.5% jump, followed by a 9.3% gain by Chevron and a 8.3% rise in Dupon. Cisco was the Dow's worst component with a 12% loss.

Home Depot HD $37.47 +0.39 1.05% 9,696,326 NYSE: No mentions found.

Intel INTC $21.47 -0.39 1.78% 65,776,583 NASDAQ-GS: WSJ pC6 "Blue Chips add 95.89 on a pause in oil rally" by Donna Yesalavich says US stocks rose, the final day of their 3rd month in a row in the black, as investors were relieved by a pause in oil prices from their recent rally & by upbeat economic comments from a top Fed Res official. The Dow was led by a $1.80 increase in Johnson & Johnson & a gain of Verizon of 95 cents and Hewlett-Packard and 3M, up 95 cents and $1.98, respectively. Disney was the Dow's strongest component this month with a 12.5% jump, followed by a 9.3% gain by Chevron and a 8.3% rise in Dupon. Cisco was the Dow's worst component with a 12% loss. Disney is charted under Good News says its stock rose 12.5% in Feb. Intel is charted under Bad News saying due to a retreat in the tech sector Mon.

IBM $161.88 -0.40 0.25% 4,722,103 NYSE: No mentions found.

JPMorgan JPM $46.69 +0.01 0.02% 25,814,208 NYSE: WSJ pC1 "Checking will stay free, says PNC bank" by Robin Sidel says this move by PNC comes as some big banks eliminate their free checking accounts such as Bank of America & JPMorgan.

WSJ pC2 "SEC Filings: JPMOrgan, Fifth Third & American Express" by David Benoit says JPMorgan said it has up to $4.5 bil in legal losses should a worst case legal scenario occur, while American Express discloses in its latest SEC filing that it could face $500 mil in losses from various lawsuits.

NYT pB4 "JPMorgan taking stake in Twitter indirectly" by Evelyn Rusli says JPMorgan Digital Growth Fund, a new $1.2 bil fund, will invest indirectly in Twitter through a fund run by Chris Sacca.

Johnson & Johnson JNJ $61.44 +1.80 3.02% 19,574,388 NYSE: WSJ pC6 "Blue Chips add 95.89 on a pause in oil rally" by Donna Yesalavich says US stocks rose, the final day of their 3rd month in a row in the black, as investors were relieved by a pause in oil prices from their recent rally & by upbeat economic comments from a top Fed Res official. The Dow was led by a $1.80 increase in Johnson & Johnson & a gain of Verizon of 95 cents and Hewlett-Packard and 3M, up 95 cents and $1.98, respectively. Disney was the Dow's strongest component this month with a 12.5% jump, followed by a 9.3% gain by Chevron and a 8.3% rise in Dupon. Cisco was the Dow's worst component with a 12% loss.

KFT $31.84 +0.13 0.41% 9,081,004 NYSE: No mentions found.

McDonald's MCD $75.68 +1.24 1.67% 11,294,911 NYSE: No mentions found.

Merck MRK $32.57 +0.38 1.18% 16,215,823 NYSE: WSJ pB2 "Merck venture is delayed" by Peter Loftus says due to ongoing reviews by antitrust regulators, delayed will be the formation of an animal health jv with Sanofi-Aventis until 3Q.

Microsoft MSFT $26.58 +0.03 0.11% 50,916,888 NASDAQ-GS: No mentions found.

Pfizer PFE $19.24 +0.38 2.01% 48,819,023 NYSE: No mentions found.

Procter & Gam PG $63.05 +0.21 0.33% 11,395,281 NYSE: No mentions found.

3M MMM $92.23 +1.98 2.19% 4,772,140 NYSE: WSJ pC6 "Blue Chips add 95.89 on a pause in oil rally" by Donna Yesalavich says US stocks rose, the final day of their 3rd month in a row in the black, as investors were relieved by a pause in oil prices from their recent rally & by upbeat economic comments from a top Fed Res official. The Dow was led by a $1.80 increase in Johnson & Johnson & a gain of Verizon of 95 cents and Hewlett-Packard and 3M, up 95 cents and $1.98, respectively. Disney was the Dow's strongest component this month with a 12.5% jump, followed by a 9.3% gain by Chevron and a 8.3% rise in Dupon. Cisco was the Dow's worst component with a 12% loss.

Travelers TRV $59.93 +0.33 0.55% 3,653,893 NYSE: No mentions found.

United Technologies UTX $83.54 +0.17 0.2% 3,185,935 NYSE: No mentions found.

Verizon VZ $36.92 +0.95 2.64% 18,133,197 DualListed: No mentions found.

Walmart WMT $51.98 +0.23 0.44% 17,817,503 NYSE: No mentions found.


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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 2/14/11 followed by number of shares outstanding rounded to the nearest 1/2 billion:

1. Exxon Mobil XOM $428 [5]
2. Procter & Gamble PG 258.5 [4]
3. GE 229 [10.5]
4. Microsoft MSFT 233 [8.5]
5. IBM 203 [1]
6. WalMart WMT 195 [3.5]
7. Chevron CVX 195 [2]
8. JPMorgan Chase JPM 182 [4]
9. AT&T T 169 [6]
10. Johnson & Johnson JNJ 166.5 [3]
11. Pfizer PFE 152.5 [8]
12. Bank of America BAC 150 [10]
13. Coke KO 146.5 [2.5]
14. Intel INTC 120.5 [5.5]
15. Verizon VZ 106.5 [3]
16. Hewlett-Packard HPQ 105 [2]
17. Cisco CSCO 104 [5.5]
18. Merck MRK 101 [3]
19. Disney DIS 82 [2]
20. McDonald's MCD 80.5 [1]
21. United Technologies UTX 78.5 [1]
22. 3M MMM 65.5 [.5]
23. Caterpillar CAT 65.5 [.5]
24. Home Depot 61.5 [1.5]
25. American Express AXP 56 [1]
26. Kraft KFT 53 [2]
27. Boeing BA 53 [1]
28. DuPont DD 50 [1]
29. Travelers TRV 27 [.5]
30. Alcoa AA 18 [1]

Here are the latest 8K, 10Q & 10K & Proxy SEC filings as of 2/14/11:

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

AT&T T: 1/27/11 2 8Ks re: 4Q results
1/13/11 8K re: change of accounting for pension
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

Alcoa AA: 2/11/11 8K re: resignation of Carlos Ghosen, CEO of Nissan, from Board of Directors
2/3/11 8K re: FD disclosaure re: flat rolled growth opport'ties in Europe
1/25/11 & 1/21/11 8Ks re: contributions to pension plan
1/13/11 8K re: transcript of 4Q earnings call
1/11/11 8K re: 4Q results
12/8 8K Olivier Jarrault named Pres. Alcoa Engineered Products
11/30/11 8K re: pesonnel changes in management

American Express AXP: 1/18/11 8K re: comp to CEO Chanault
1/24/11 & 1/19/11 8K re 4Q results
1/18/11 8K re: write-off statistics for quarter ending 12/31/10
12/16/11 8K re acquisition of Loyalty Partner

Bank of Am BAC: 1/31/11 8K re: compensation of officers
1/21/11 8K re: 4Q & FY 2010 results
1/3/11 8K re: Agreement with Freddie Mac & Fannie Mae to repurchase $3 bil of loan to settle Countrywide dispute

Boeing BA: 2/9/11 10K & 1/26/11 8K re: 12/31/10 results & FY 2011 guidance
1/11/11 8K re: resignation of William M. Daley from Board to be Chief of Staff to Pres. Obama
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: 1/27/11 8K re 12/10 deale statistics
1/27/11 8K re: results for 4Q and FY ended 2010
1/21/11 8K re: stocholders approval of acquisition of Bu8cyrus Int'l Inc.
1/20/11 8K re: Justice Dept. request for Hart-Scott-Rodino iinfo re: Bucyrus purchase
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

Chevron CVX: 2/1 8K re: compensation to officers including CEO John Watson
1/28/11 & 1/11/11 8K re 4Q results

Cisco CSCO 2/9/11 8K 2Q results
1/31/11 8K re: agreement re: issuance of $3 bil of commercial paper
12/17/10 8K re: pre-arranged exec stock trading plan

Coke KO 2/9/11 8K re: results for 4Q and FY 2010
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

Disney DIS 2/8/11 10Q & 2/8/11 8K re: 1Q results
1/28/11 Proxy statement for annual sahreholder meeting to be held 3/23/11 at Salt Lake City, Utah
12/14/10 8K re: issuance of $5 bil of Notes
11/24/10 10K for year ending 10/2/10

DuPont DD: 2/8/11 10K re FY 12/31/10
1/27/11 8K re: compensation for CEO Ellen Kullman
1/25/11 8K re: results for quarter ended 12/31/10
1/12/11 8K re: acquisition of Danish firm, Danisco
12/10 8K re: retirement of Jeffrey L. Keefer as EVP

ExxonMobil XOM: 1/31/11 8K re: 4Q and FY 2010 results
11/30/10 8K re: revisions to officers' compensation plan

GE: 2/14/11 8K re: amendments to bylaws re: calling of special meetings of shareholders
1/31/11 8K re: closing of Comcast deal giving it control of NBC Universal
1/21/11 8K re: 4Q and FY '10 results
12/16/10 8K re: departure of Director Sir William M. Castell

Hewlett-Packard HPQ: 2/1/11 Proxy statement re: 3/23/11 shareholders meeting
1/20/11 8K re: election of 5 new members to Board of Directors
12/15/11 10K re: FY 10/31/10
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: 1/12/11 8K re: promotion of Aaron Carmack as Pres. of Home Depot Canada
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: 1/31/11 8K re: 4Q results & 2011 guidance
1/26/11 8K re: amendment to stock option plan
1/24/11 8K re: dividend and shre repurchase program (increase)
1/14/11 & 1/13/11 8Ks re: results of quarter ended 12/25/11 & 2011 guidance
1/10/11 8K re: patent agreement with NVIDIA Corp.
11/12/10 8K re: 15% increase of quarterly cash dividend

IBM: 1/28/11 8K re: compensation to officers including CEO Sam Palmisano
1/27/11 8K re: bylaw amendment re: holding of stockholder meetings
1/19/11 & 1/18/11 8K re: 4Q results and 12/31/10 FY
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

JPMorganChase JPM: 1/14/11 2 8Ks re: 4Q results
12/29/10 8K re: results of tender offer for 5.8% securities
12/22/11 8K re: purchase of 25 Bank St in Canary Wharf as London Investment banking headquarters
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

Johnson & Johnson JNJ : 1/25/11 8K re: 4Q results ending 1/2/11

Kraft KFT: 2/10/11 8K re: 4Q & FY 2010 results
1/31/11 8K re: status of lawsuit with Starbucks
1/24/11 8K re: amendment to articles of incorproation to eliminate Class B common Stock and amendment to bylaws re: shareholder meetings
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

McDonalds MCD: 2/8/11 8K re: Jan 2011 global sales
2.7/11 8K re: election to the Board of Donald Thompson, Pres. & CEO
1/24/11 8K re: 4Q & FY 2010 results
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

Merck MRK: 2/3/11 8K re: 4Q results
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

Microsoft MSFT: 2/8/11 8K re: underwriting agreement for $750 mil of 2.5% Notes due 2016
1/27/11 10 & 1/27/11 8K for quarter ended 12/31/10
11/19/10 8K re: results of 11/16/10 Annual Meeting of Shareholders

Pfizer PFE: 2/1/11 8K re: 4Q results & reduction of research & development facilities
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: 2/11/11 8K re: election of Meg Whitman to Baord of Directors
2/1/11 8K re: retirement of Blboal Health Vice-Chair Robert A. Steele
1/28/11 10Q & 1/27/11 8K re: 2Q results
1/11/11 8K re: quarterly dividend of $0.4818 per share
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

3M MMM: 1/25/11 8K re: 4Q results & FY 2011 guidance
12/7/10 8K 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: 1/28/11 8K re: departure of Blythe McGarvie from Board
1/25/11 8K results of 4Q
11/10/10 8K re: completion of tender offer for 6.25% debentures
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

United Technologies UTX: 2/10/11 10K for FY 12/31/10
1/26/11 8K re: 4Q results & FY 2011 guidance
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

Verizon Communications Inc. VZ: 2/3/11 8K re: increase to stock repurchase program
1/27/11 Proxy statement & 8K re: proposed purchase of Terremark to boost cloud capacity
1/27/11 8K re: 2011 guidance
1/25/11 4Q & FY 2010 results
1/21/11 8K re: change of accounting for pension
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

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