Sunday, April 15, 2012

4/15/12 Sun/Sat American Express Reports Earnings on Wed,, BofA Thurs. & McDonald's on Fri

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A read of the print editions of Monday's Barron's, Investor's Business Daily, the combined Sat. and Sun. issues of each of the Wall St. Journal and Financial Times, and Sunday's and Saturday's New York Times and Atlanta Journal Constitution 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 Friday's stock prices and related data.

Dow Jones Industrial AverageThe Dow Jones Industrial Average closed Friday at 12,849.59 down 136.99 or 1.05% from Thursday's close of 12,986.58. For the week the Dow was down 136.99 or 1.05% from last Thursday's close of 12,986.58. For the year the Dow is up 5.17%. Of the 30 Dow components only Home Depot and Kraft gained and 26 declined. The biggest gainer dollar-wise and percentage-wise was Home Depot. The biggest decliner dollar-wise was IBM and percentage-wise was Bank of America.

Inv. Bus. Daily pA1 "Stock indexes retreat for 2nd week in row" by Paul Whitfield says stocks retreated for a second straight week as volume stepped up from the prior week. Friday's action was down in rising volume. The current outlook is the market is still in a correction.

Sat. WSJ pB4 "A week of worsts for Dow" by Chris Dieterich says the Dow fell for the 6th time in 8 days capping the biggest weekly decline this year after disappointing economic data from China & rising borrowing costs in Spain damped sentiment. Better than expected earnings from Google, JPMorgan and Wells Fargo weren't enough to keep the market from falling. Fin'l sector stocks led the market lower with Bank of America down 49 cents. Tech stocks slumped, Hewlett-Packard was down 53 cents.

Sat NYt pB7 "S&P 500 suffers biggest weekly decline of the year' by Bloomberg says stocks fell on Fri giving the S&P its biggest weekly decline of the eyar, as consumer confidence dropped, China's growth slowed & the cost of insuring against a Spanish debt default rose to a record.

Fin Times p13 "Worst week of year so far for S&P despite bank cheer" by Arash Massoudi says Wall St. welcomed the start of earnings seasons with Alcoa reporting better than expected results but by Fri even strong reports by JPMorgan and Wells Fargo could not stop US equities from their largest weekly fall since med Dec. Bank of America will report earnings next week.

As of the close of the market on Friday the current divisor for the Dow Jones Industrial Average found at page B4 of Saturday's Wall St. Journal is 0.132129493. Saturday's trailing P/E ratio is 14.43 up from Friday's trailing P/E ratio of 14.37 (year ago it was 14.79); Saturday's P/E estimate is 12.55 unchanged from Friday's P/E estimate of 12.55 (year ago it was 12.73) and Saturday's dividend yield is 2.52 down from Friday's dividend yield of 2.52 (last year it was 2.39). 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.

Friday's Dow Jones Industrial Average closing numerator was 1,697.81 down 18.11 from Thursday's closing numerator of 1,715.91. 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 Friday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $56.59 down $0.61 from Thursday's average closing price of $57.20. The median closing price of Friday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $51.55 (DD/HD) up $0.03 from Thursday's median closing price of $51.52. The lowest volume was 3M and the highest volume again was Bank of America.

If Friday 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 $1,811 ($171,591 - $169,781).

MarketWatch Friday 4/13/12 4:37 pm by Kate Gibson Mandaro says U.S. stocks fell Friday, with the major indexes recording their worst week yet this year, as investors considered the implications of slowing growth in China. "The market dropped because China's economy is slowing down more than expected," said Jim Sloan of Jim Sloan & Associates in Houston, Texas. The Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA -1.05% fell 136.99 points, or 1.1%, to close at 12,849.59, its largest weekly hit since the middle of December. The S&P 500 SPX -1.25% dropped 17.31 points, or 1.3%, to 1,370.26, off 2% from the week ago close. The Nasdaq Composite COMP -1.45% retreated by 44.22 points, or 1.5%, to 3,011.33, leaving it down 2.3% from last Friday's close. The indexes also fell last week, the first back-to-back weekly losses for the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq of the year.

Friday's Closing Dow Numbers and Sunday's and Saturday's News:

Symbol Last Sale Change % Change Share Volume Market

AT&T T
$30.57 -0.27 0.88% 15,146,498 NYSE: No mentions found.

Alcoa AA
$9.85 -0.32 3.15% 24,745,191 NYSE: Barron's p13 "Caution on earnings growth" by Kopin Tan says Alcoa saw 1Q profits fall 66% but its 9 cents a share was better than the loss anlysts had expected so its shares jumped 65 on the News.

Fin Times p13 "Worst week of year so far for S&P despite bank cheer" by Arash Massoudi says Wall St. welcomed the start of earnings seasons with Alcoa reporting better than expected results but by Fri even strong reports by JPMorgan and Wells Fargo could not stop US equities from their largest weekly fall since med Dec. Bank of America will report earnings next week.

American Express AXP
$57.32 -0.72 1.24% 4,719,052 NYSE: Barron's p15 "Week preview" says on Wed American Express is expected to report 1Q earnings of $1.03 a share vs. 97 cents a year ago. On Thursday Bank of America reports 1Q earnings with expected earnings of 8 cents a share up from its previous estimate of 6 cents, helped by stronger trading rev. On Friday McDonald's reports 1Q earnings for the last time with CEO James Skinner in charge. It is expected to earn $1.23 a share up 8 cents from a year ago.

Inv. Bus. Daily pA1 "Upbeat JPMorgan, Wells Fargo fail to impress invetors" by Kevin Marlin says better than expected results from JPMorgan and Wells Fargo failed to impress investors Fri. JPMOrgan's EPS rose 2% to $1.31. Rev grew 6% to $27.4 bil better than expectations of EPS dropping to $1.18 on rev of $24.68 bil. American Express reports Wed, and Bank of America on Thurs.

Bank of America BAC
$8.715 -0.455 4.96% 264,631,284 NYSE: Barron's p15 "Week preview" says on Wed American Express is expected to report 1Q earnings of $1.03 a share vs. 97 cents a year ago. On Thursday Bank of America reports 1Q earnings with expected earnings of 8 cents a share up from its previous estimate of 6 cents, helped by stronger trading rev. On Friday McDonald's reports 1Q earnings for the last time with CEO James Skinner in charge. It is expected to earn $1.23 a share up 8 cents from a year ago.

Inv. Bus. Daily pA1 "Upbeat JPMorgan, Wells Fargo fail to impress investors" by Kevin Marlin says better than expected results from JPMorgan and Wells Fargo failed to impress investors Fri. JPMorgan's EPS rose 2% to $1.31. Rev grew 6% to $27.4 bil better than expectations of EPS dropping to $1.18 on rev of $24.68 bil. American Express reports Wed, and Bank of America on Thurs.

Sat. WSJ pB4 "A week of worsts for Dow" by Chris Dieterich says the Dow fell for the 6th time in 8 days capping the biggest weekly decline this year after disappointing economic data from China & rising borrowing costs in Spain damped sentiment. Better than expected earnings from Google, JPMorgan and Wells Fargo weren't enough to keep the market from falling. Fin'l sector stocks led the market lower with Bank of America down 49 cents. Tech stocks slumped, Hewlett-Packard was down 53 cents.

Fin Times p13 "Worst week of year so far for S&P despite bank cheer" by Arash Massoudi says Wall St. welcomed the start of earnings seasons with Alcoa reporting better than expected results but by Fri even strong reports by JPMorgan and Wells Fargo could not stop US equities from their largest weekly fall since med Dec. Bank of America will report earnings next week.

Boeing BA
$72.91 -0.59 0.8% 2,828,429 NYSE: No mentions found.

Caterpillar CAT
$105.96 -0.48 0.45% 5,650,690 NYSE: No mentions found.

Chevron CVX
$100.93 -1.66 1.62% 5,235,482 NYSE: No mentions found.

CSCO
$19.85 -0.21 1.05% 27,344,119 NASDAQ-GS: No mentions found.

Coke KO
$72.04 -0.18 0.25% 3,921,879 NYSE: No mentions found.

Disney DIS
$41.9 -0.25 0.59% 6,472,618 NYSE: No mentions found.

DuPont DD
$52.08 -0.33 0.63% 3,045,411 NYSE: Inv. Bus. Daily pA8 "On track after a good shellacking" by Amy Reeves says paint makers look to overseas markets and mending US housing trends for growth. DuPont has a significant chunk fo the US paint market although its trying to sell off its auto point business.

Exxon XOM
$83.09 -0.51 0.61% 11,236,220 NYSE: Inv. Bus. Daily pA2 "Exxon enters deal with Russia", Fin times p11 "Rosneft & Exxon ready to seal deal" by Catherine Belton say Exxon did a jv with state oil firm Rosneft for W. Texas, Gulf of Mexico and Alberta projects.

GE
$18.92 -0.38 1.97% 31,604,195 NYSE: No mentions found.

Hewlett-Packard HPQ
$24.56 -0.54 2.15% 22,123,611 NYSE: Barron's p16 "HP's strategy: a Whitman sampler" by Tiernan Ray says Whitman may be setting up a contest for her heir apparent and it may include Todd Bradley, PC Chief, and Dave Donatelli, head of networking and servers. Whitman has become a stabilizing force at HP but stability alone may not lift the stock.

Barron's pM18 "Market watch" says /Sunnymeath Asset Management on 4/10 issued a report that says for 1Q 3 of the top 5 Dow performers were fin'ls the other two leaders were Microsoft and Home Depot. 15 of the Dow had returns of 5.8% or less and three had negative returns: McDonald's -2.2%, Verizon -4.7% and Hewlett-Packard -7.5%

Sat. WSJ pB4 "A week of worsts for Dow" by Chris Dieterich says the Dow fell for the 6th time in 8 days capping the biggest weekly decline this year after disappointing economic data from China & rising borrowing costs in Spain damped sentiment. Better than expected earnings from Google, JPMorgan and Wells Fargo weren't enough to keep the market from falling. Fin'l sector stocks led the market lower with Bank of America down 49 cents. Tech stocks slumped, Hewlett-Packard was down 53 cents.

Home Depot HD
$51.025 +0.395 0.78% 9,532,527 NYSE: No mentions found.

Intel INTC
$28.09 -0.39 1.37% 33,945,928 NASDAQ-GS: No mentions found.

IBM
$203.19 -2.13 1.04% 3,088,017 NYSE: No mentions found.

JPMorgan JPM
$43.2 -1.64 3.66% 42,338,281 NYSE: Barron's p14 "Week Review" says JPMorgan rev rose 6% but profit dipped 3.1% due to legal expenses and charges related to the value of its debt. Avon named ex-Johnson & Johnson vice chair, Sherilyn S. McCoy as its CEO.

Inv. Bus. Daily pA1 "Upbeat JPMorgan, Wells Fargo fail to impress investors" by Kevin Marlin, WSJ pB18 "Even JPMorgan isn't a special case" by David Reilly, Sat NYT pB1 "Solid results at 2 banks bode well for industry" by Nelson Schwartz, Fin Times p18 "JPMorgan at home", Fin Times p10 "JPMorgan rebound sets high earnings benchmark for rivals" by Tom Braithwaite say better than expected results from JPMorgan and Wells Fargo failed to impress investors Fri. JPMorgan's EPS rose 2% to $1.31. Rev grew 6% to $27.4 bil better than expectations of EPS dropping to $1.18 on rev of $24.68 bil. American Express reports Wed, and Bank of America on Thurs.

Sat. WSJ pB4 "A week of worsts for Dow" by Chris Dieterich says the Dow fell for the 6th time in 8 days capping the biggest weekly decline this year after disappointing economic data from China & rising borrowing costs in Spain damped sentiment. Better than expected earnings from Google, JPMorgan and Wells Fargo weren't enough to keep the market from falling. Fin'l sector stocks led the market lower with Bank of America down 49 cents. Tech stocks slumped, Hewlett-Packard was down 53 cents.

Fin Times p13 "Worst week of year so far for S&P despite bank cheer" by Arash Massoudi says Wall St. welcomed the start of earnings seasons with Alcoa reporting better than expected results but by Fri even strong reports by JPMorgan and Wells Fargo could not stop US equities from their largest weekly fall since med Dec. Bank of America will report earnings next week.

Johnson & Johnson JNJ
$63.58 -0.57 0.89% 9,834,652 NYSE: Barron's p14 "Week Review" says JPMorgan rev rose 6% but profit dipped 3.1% due to legal expenses and charges related to the value of its debt. Avon named ex-Johnson & Johnson vice chair, Sherilyn S. McCoy as its CEO.

Sat. AJC pA9 "Feds want J&J chief to be forced to tetify" says JNJ's new CEO Alex Gorsky should be ordered to testify in a lawsuit claiming JNJ paid kickbacks to influence sales of the antipsychotic drug Risperdal gov lawyers said.

Kraft KFT
$37.395 +0.255 0.69% 7,219,248 NYSE: No mentions found.

McDonald's MCD
$97.14 -0.505 0.52% 4,330,897 NYSE: Barron's p15 "Week preview" says on Wed American Express is expected to report 1Q earnings of $1.03 a share vs. 97 cents a year ago. On Thursday Bank of America reports 1Q earnings with expected earnings of 8 cents a share up from its previous estimate of 6 cents, helped by stronger trading rev. On Friday McDonald's reports 1Q earnings for the last time with CEO James Skinner in charge. It is expected to earn $1.23 a share up 8 cents from a year ago.

Barron's pM18 "Market watch" says Dunnymeath Asset Management on 4/10 issued a report that says for 1Q 3 of the top 5 Dow performers were fin'ls the other two leaders were Microsoft and Home Depot. 15 of the Dow had returns of 5.8% or less and three had negative returns: McDonald's -2.2%, Verizon -4.7% and Hewlett-Packard -7.5%

Sat. AJC pA9 "McDonald's gave less to its CEO last year" says CEO Jim Skinner got 10% less, only $8.8 mil last year.

Merck MRK
$37.815 -0.45 1.18% 12,440,717 NYSE: No mentions found.

Microsoft MSFT
$30.81 -0.165 0.53% 39,404,005 NASDAQ-GS: Barron's p38 "A Microsoft-Facebook swap?" by Mark Veverka says Microsoft should swap Bing to Facebook for Facebook shares.

Inv. Bus. Daily pA5 "Google's lower ad rates spark little fear" by Kevin Shalvey says the partnership between Yahoo and Microsoft Bing saw its per click rev rise 18% in A1.

WSJ pB3 "Microsoft shuffles china team" by Loretta Chao says Microsoft reorganized its leadership in China as it continues to contend with software privacy in the world's largest PC market and regulations barring sale of its Xbox 360 game console.

Pfizer PFE
$21.865 -0.05 0.23% 31,836,645 NYSE: No mentions found.

Procter & Gamble PG
$65.815 -0.275 0.42% 7,550,758 NYSE: No mentions found.

MMM
$85.69 -1.17 1.35% 2,153,119 NYSE: No mentions found.

Travelers TRV
$58.13 -0.97 1.64% 2,529,390 NYSE: No mentions found.

United Technologies UTX
$79.8 -1.37 1.69% 2,638,096 NYSE: No mentions found.

Verizon VZ
$37.25 -0.30 0.8% 8,870,763 Dual Listed: Barron's pM18 "Market watch" says Dunnymeath Asset Management on 4/10 issued a report that says for 1Q 3 of the top 5 Dow performers were fin'ls the other two leaders were Microsoft and Home Depot. 15 of the Dow had returns of 5.8% or less and three had negative returns: McDonald's -2.2%, Verizon -4.7% and Hewlett-Packard -7.5%

Walmart WMT
$59.77 -0.37 0.62% 6,658,190 NYSE: Barron's p19 "Plucking Kohl's from the bargain bin" by Christopher Williams says in order to gain market share from Penney and Walmart and other rivals, Kohl's needs to boost its presence in fast growing categories such as footwear, accessories & beauty.

Sat. NYT pB1 "Unexpected ally helps Walmart cut waste" by Stephanie Clifford says Walmart now reuses or recycles more than 80% of its waste as its environmental push has helped transform public opinion of the company. About a quarter of Americans now have a favorable impression of Walmart.

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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. (Chicago, 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 Meg Whitman (Palo, Alto, CA)
Home Depot HD Frank Blake (Atlanta, GA)
Intel INTC Paul S. Otellini (Santa Clara, CA)
IBM Virginia M. Rometty (Armonk, NY)
JPMorgan Chase JPM Jamie Dimon (NY, NY)
Johnson & Johnson JNJ William C. Weldon to be replaced by Alex Gorsky 4/24/12 (New Brunswick, NJ)
Kraft KFT Irene Rosenfeld (Northfield, Ill.)
McDonald's MCD Jim Skinner to be replaced July 1 by Don Thompson (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 Inge Thulin (St. Paul, MN)
Travelers TRV Jay S. Fishman (NY, NY)
United Technologies UTX Louis Chenevert (Hartford, CT)
Verizon VZ Lowell McAdam (NY, NY)
Wal-Mart WMT Mike Duke (Bentonville, ARK)

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Here are the Dow Jones Industrial Average 30 as of 4/15/12 ranked in order of market capitalization rounded to the nearest 1/2 billion followed by number of shares outstanding rounded to the nearest 1/2 billion:

1. Exxon Mobil XOM $4391 [5]
2. Microsoft MSFT 258.5 [8.5]
3. IBM 235 [1]
4. WalMart WMT 203.5 [3.5]
5. GE 200 [10.5]
6. Chevron CVX 199 [2]
7. Procter & Gamble PG 181 [3]
8. AT&T T 181 [6]
9. Johnson & Johnson JNJ 175 [3]
10. JPMorgan Chase JPM 165 [4]
11. Pfizer PFE 164.5 [7.5]
12. Coke KO 162 [2.5]
13. Intel INTC 140.5 [5]
14. Merck MRK 115 [3]
15. Cisco CSCO 107 [5.5]
16. Verizon VZ 104.5 [3]
17. McDonald's MCD 98.5 [1]
18. Bank of America BAC 93.5 [10.5]
19. Home Depot HD 77.5 [1.5]
20. Disney DIS 75 [2]
21. United Technologies UTX 72.5 [1]
22. Caterpillar CAT 68.5 [.5]
23. American Express AXP 67 [1]
24. Kraft KFT 66 [2]
25. 3M MMM 59.5 [.5]
26. Boeing BA 54.5 [1]
27. Hewlett-Packard HPQ 48.5 [2]
28. DuPont DD 48.5 [1]
29. Travelers TRV 22.5 [.5]
30. Alcoa AA 10.5 [1]

Here are the latest 8K, 10Q & 10K & Proxy & certain other SEC filings as of 4/15/12:

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

AT&T T: 3/12/12 Proxy Materials re: Annual Meeting of Stockholders to be held on 4/27/12 at 9 a.m. at Grand American Hotel, Salt lake City, Utah
2/29/12 8K re: redemption of 5.87% Notes due 5/15/12
2/24/12 10K for FY ended 12/31/11
2/21/12 Prelim Proxy re: Annual Meeting of Stockholders on 4/27/12 Grand America Hotel, Salt Lake City, Utah
2/13 8K re: sale of $3 bil Global Notes

Alcoa AA: 4/11/12 8K re: 1Q results
3/12/12 & 3/1/12 Proxy re: Annual Meeting of Shareholders 5/4/12 9:30 am, Fairmont Hotel, Pittsburgh, PA
2/28/12 10K/A & 2/16/12 10K for FY ended 12/31/11
2/26/12 8K re: amendment to bylaws re: notice to shareholders

American Express AXP: 3/26/12 8K re: dividend of 20 cents a share payable 5/10 to holders at 4/5 & stock buyback plan of up to 150 mil shares
3/20 & 3/2/12 Proxy re: Annual Meeting of Shareholders 4/30/12 9 am American Express HQ, NYC
3/15/12 8K re: delinq. & write-off stats thru 2/29
3/13/12 8K re: Comprehensive Capital Plan
2/29/12 & 2/24/12 10K/A & 10K for FY ended 12/31/11
2/15/12 8K re: Deling & write-off stats for 3 months ended 1/31/12
2/13/12 8K re: retirement of Director Dan Akerson

Bank of Am BAC: 4/11/12 8K re: reclassification of business segments
3/16/12 8K re: sale of preferred stock
2/23/12 10K for FY ended 12/31/11
2/10/12 8K re: settlement of mortgage abuse case with state & fed regulators

Boeing BA: 3/16/12 Proxy materials re: Annual Meeting of Shareholders 4/30/12 10 am Field Museum, Chicago
2/29/12 8K re: grant of stock options to exec
2/9/12 10K for year ended 12/31/11

Caterpillar CAT: 4/12/12 8K re: election of fromer Utah Gov. and Ambassador Jon Huntsman to Board of Dirs.
4/11/12 Proxy materials re: Annual Meeting of Stockholders on 6/13/12 at 8 am, Marriott Riverwalk, San Antonio, Texas
3/20/12 8K re: dealer stats thru 2/12
2/21/12 10K for FY ended 12/31/11
2/21/12 8K re: Jan '12 dealer stats

Chevron CVX: 4/12/12 & 3/29/12 Proxy material re: Annual Meeting og stockholders on 4/4/12 9:30 am HQ, San Ramon, CA
4/10/12 8K re: 1Q update
3/29/12 8K & Proxy materials re: amendment of bylaws re: litigation in Delaware courts, raise of CEO and other execs' salaries and election of Charles "Wick" Moorman to Board of Dirs.
2/23/12 10K for FY ended 12/31/11

Cisco CSCO : 3/27/12 8K re: execs' pre-arranged stock trading plans
3/15/12 8K re: acquisition of NDS Group Ltd, a provider of video software for $5 bil
2/21/12 10Q for Qtr ended 1/28/12
2/17/12 8K re: $3 bil credit agreement with Bank of America
2/8/12 8K re: 2Q results

Coke KO 3/14/12 8K re: closing of sale of over $1 bil of notes
3/8/12 Proxy materials re Annual meeting of shareowners 4/15/12 9:30 am Cobb Galeria, Atlanta
2/23/12 10K for FY ended 12/31/11
2/21/12 8K re: election of Robert A. Kotick as Dir.
2/15/12 8K re: adoption of restricted stock plan
2/7/12 8K re: 4Q & full year '11 results

Disney DIS 3/16/12 8K re: amendment to 2011 Stock Incentive Plan
2/13/12 8K re: sale of $1 bil of 1.125% Global Notes due '17
2/7/12 10Q for 12/31/11
2/7/12 8K re: 1Q results

DuPont DD: 4/3/12 & 3/16/12 Proxy material re: Annual meeting of stockholders 4/25/12 10:30 am HQ Wilmington, Del
3/15/12 8K re: retirement of William K. Reilly from Board of Dirs.
2/9/12 10K re: FY ended 12/31/11

ExxonMobil XOM: 4/12/12 Proxy materials re: Annual meeting of shareholders 5/30/12 9 am Meyerson Center, Dallas
3/28/12 8K re: Fin'l Operations review info on website
3/14/12 8K re: transcript of 3/8 analysts meeting
2/29/12 8K re: election of Henrietta H. Fore as Dir.
2/24/12 10K for FY ended 12/31/11
2/23/12 8K re: worldwide proved oil & gas reserves

GE: 4/9/12 & 3/9/12 Proxy material re: Annual meeting of shareholders on 4/25/12 10 am Detroit Marriott
4/6/12 8K re: downgrade of GE senior unsecured debt rating by Moodys from Aa2 to aa3 and other downgrade
3/16/12 8K re: GE Capital segment fin'l info as of 12/31/11
1/20/12 8K re: 2/24/12 10K re: FY ended 12/31/11

Hewlett-Packard HPQ: 3/23/12 8K re: exec changes and amendment to bylaws decreasing Board of Dirs from 14 to 11
3/12/12 10Q for Qtr ended 1/31/12
3/12/12 8K re: underwriting of $2 bil of Global Notes
2/22/12 8K re: 1Q results ended 1/31/12
2/3/12 Proxy re: 3/21/12 Annual meeting of shareholders at Santa Clara, CA Convention Ctr.

Home Depot HD: 4/2/12 Proxy material and 10K for year ended 1/29/12 and material re: Annual meeting of shareholders on 5/17 at 9 am at Cobb Galeria, Atlanta
2/21/12 8K re: FY '11 results & FY '12 guidance

Intel INTC: 4/4/12 Proxy material re: annual stockhodles meeting 5/17/12 8:30 am HQ, Santa Clara, CA
2/28/12 8K re: expansion of JV with Micron Tech for flash memory
2/23/12 10K for FY ended 12/31/11
2/9/12 8K re: settlement of antitrust case brought by NY Atty Gen'l

IBM: 3/22/12 & 3/12/12 Proxy material re: Annual meeting of stockholders on 4/24/12 10 am Charleston Convention Center, S.C.
2/28/12 10K for FY ended 12/31/11
2/9/12 8K re: underwriting agreement for 2.2% Notes due '17
2/3/12 8K re: underwriting agreement for notes due '15 - '17
2/3/12 8K re: exec salaries for top 5 execs

JPMorganChase JPM: 4/13/12 2 8Ks re: fin'l info on website & 1Q results
4/4/12 Proxy material re: annual meeting of shareholders 5/15/12 at JPM campus in Tampa, Fl
4/4/12 8K re: annual report on website
3/29/12 8K re: Reg. statement re: Global Med. Term Notes'
3/27/12 8K re: changes to Board of Dirs: election of Tim Flynn and retirement of William Gray & David Novak
3/14/12 8K re: dividend of 30 cents payable 4/30 to record holders as of 4/5 and $15 bil share buyback program
3/1/12 8K re: 2/28/12 Investor Day Presentation
2/29/12 10K for FY ended 12/31/11
2/9/12 8K re: global settlement of mortgage foreclosure suits brought by state & fed regulators

Johnson & Johnson JNJ : 4/9/12 8K re: resignation of Vice Chair of Board, Sheri S. McCoy to join Avon as CEO
4/3/12 & 3/14/12 Proxy material re: Annual meeting of Shareholders on 4/26/12 10 am Grand Hyatt New Brunswick, NJ
3/28/12 8K re: new format for sales results
2/23/12 10K for FY ended 12/31/11
2/21/12 8K re: election of Alex Gorsky as CEO & Dir as of 4/26/12

Kraft KFT: 4/2/12 & 3/23/12 Proxy material re: Annual meeting of shareholders on 5/23/12 at North Shore Performing Arts Center in Skokie, Ill.
3/20/12 8K re: $2.1 bil of costs and expenses re: spin-off of N. Amer. grocery business
3/15/12 8K re: nominations of Terry Lundgren & Jorge Mesquita to Board of Dirs.
3/14/12 8K re: revolving credit agreement
2/27/12 10K for FY ended 12/31/11
2/21/12 2 8Ks re: '11 operating results & 4Q results

McDonald's MCD: 4/13/12 & 3/7/12 Proxy materials re: annual meeting of shareholders on 5/24/12 at HQ at Oak Brook, Ill.
3/26/12 8K re: retirement of James Skinner as CEO effective 6/30/12 and his replacement as CEO of Donald Thompson
3/8/12 8K re: Feb. '12 sales results
3/7/12 Prelim Proxy re: Annual Meeting of Shareholders 5/24/12 at McDonald's HQ Oak Brook, Ill.
2/24/11 10K for FY ended 12/31/11
2/10/12 8K re: grant of exec stock options
2/8/12 8K re: Jan '12 sales
2/7/12 8K re: issuance of $750 mil med term notes

Merck MRK: 4/12/12 Proxy materials re: annual meeting of Shareholders on 5/22/12 8:30 am at Bridgewater Marriott in NJ
3/30/12 8K re: Retirement from Board of Dirs of Steven Goldstone & Harry Jacobson
2/28/12 10K for FY ended 12/31/11
2/9/12 8K re: Dr. Thomas Shenk retiring from Board of Dirs.
2/2/12 8K re: full year & 4Q results 12/31/11

Microsoft MSFT: 2/27/12 8K re: election of John W. Thompson as Dir.
1/27/12 10Q/A & 1/19/12 10Q for year ended 12/31/11
1/19/12 8K re: 2Q 12/31/11 results

Pfizer PFE: 3/15/12 Proxy materials re: Annual meeting of shareholders 4/26/12 8:30 am Westin Governor Morris, Morristown, NJ
2/28/12 10K for FY ended 12/31/12
1/31/12 8K re: 4Q & full year 12/31/11 results

Procter & Gamble PG: 4/13/12 8K re: dividend of 0.562 cents payable 5/15/12 to record holders at 4/27
2/23/12 8K re: Consumer Analyst Conference slides 2/23/12
2/15/12 8K re: sale of Pringles to Kellogg for $2.7 bil in cash
2/10/12 8K re: restructuring of Beauty & Grooming Global Business Unit
2/6/12 8K re: issuance of $2 bil 2.3% & floating rate notes

3M MMM: 3/21/12 Proxy materials re: annual meeting of stockhodlers 5/8/12 10 am River Centre, St. Paul, Minn
2 8ks 2/21/12 & 2 8ks 2/16/12 re: exec pre-arranged stock trading plans
2/16/12 10K FY 12/31/11
2/8/12 8K re: Inge G. Thulin replacing George W. Buckley as CEO on 2/24/12

Travelers TRV: 4/10/12 Proxy materials re: Annual meeting of shareholders on 5/23/12 11 am Hartford, Marriott
2/16/12 10K FY 12/31/11

United Technologies UTX: 4/13/12 8K re: retriement of charles Lee from Board of Dirs.
3/22/12 & 2/24/12 Proxy materials re: 4/11/12 Annual Meeting of Shareholders Riviera Theatre Charleston, SC
3/15/12 8K re: structure for proposed Goodrich acquisition
2/17/12 8K re: election of Pedro Baranda as Pres. of Otis Elevator
2/9/12 10K for year ended 12/31/11

Verizon Communications Inc. VZ: 4/2/12 & 3/19/12 Proxy material re: Annual meeting of shareholders on 5/3/12 at 10:30 at Von Braun Center, Huntsville, Al.
2/24/12 10K FY 12/31/11

WalMart WMT: 3/27/12 10K for year ended 1/31/12
2/21/12 8K re: 4Q results
1/25/12 8K re: election of Rosalind Brewer as CEO of Sam's Club
12/8/11 8K re registration rights agreement with certain selling shareholders
12/8/11 10Q for qtr ended 10/1/11

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