Wednesday, May 30, 2012

5/30/12 Wed am Johnson & Johnson Warned re: Vaginal Moisturizer


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Post No. 1,649 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, and a ranking of the Dow 30 components by market capitalization as of May 16 and recent Dow 30 components' SEC filings as of May 16.


A read of the print editions of  Wednesday's Wall St. Journal &  Financial Times, Investor's Business Daily, New York Times, USA Today, Atlanta Journal Constitution & 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 a separate table of Dow component's symbol and Tuesday's stock prices and related data in alphabetical order.

Dow Jones Average The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed Tuesday at 12,580.69 up 125.86  or 1.01% from Friday's close of 12,454.83.  For the year the Dow is up 2.97%. Of the 30 Dow components 28 gained and 2 declined. The biggest gainer dollar-wise  was Caterpillar and percentage-wise was Bank of America . The biggest decliners dollar-wise were the two decliners, Exxon and McDonald's, both of which were down 0.15 cents  and percentage-wise was  was Exxon.

 WSJ pC4 "Stocks move up: Facebook, down" by Chris Dieterich says stocks marched higher amid optimism about Greece's prospects to remain in the euro zone offsetting a disappointing reading on US consumer confidence.  Bank of America was up 29 cents  and was the Dow's biggest gainer.

NYT pB1 "Overall market turns up while Facebook slides" by Christine Hauser says even as stocks moved solidly higher on Tues, shares of Facebook went against the tide, continuing to fall sharply below the initial offering price in what could be a sign that the bottom is yet to come.  All three major indexes had gains of more than 1%.  Last week the indexes posted their first weekly gain since April.

Inv. Bus. Daily pB4 "Stocks notch alrge gains as rally attempt continues" by Vincent Mao says stocks started a short week with big bains Tues thanks to a late session rally.  Tuesday's action was stocks climb in higher trade.  The current outlook is the market is in a correction.

USA Today p4B "Housing market stabilization helps stock market rally" by Bloomberg says stocks rose Tues after the first weekly gain since April in the S&P amid data showing stabilization in the housing market and after Greek opinion polls eased concern the country will leave the euro.

As of the open of the market on Wednesday the current divisor for the Dow Jones Industrial Average found at page C5 of  Wednesday's Wall St. Journal is 0.132129493. Wednesday's trailing P/E ratio is 13.86 up from Tuesday's trailing P/E ratio of 13.72 (year ago it was 14.15);  today's P/E estimate is 11.75 unchanged from Tuesday's P/E estimate of 11.75 (year ago it was 12.54) and today's dividend yield is 2.68 down from yesterday's dividend yield of 2.70 (last year it was 2.40). 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.

Tuesday's Dow Jones Industrial Average closing numerator was 1,662.28 up 17.15 from Friday's closing numerator of 1,645.65. 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 Tuesday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $55.41 up 0.56 from Friday's average closing price of $54.85. The median closing price of Tuesday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $49.47 (HD/DD) up $0.55 from Friday's median closing price of $48.92. The lowest volume was 3M and the highest volume again was Bank of America.

If Tuesday 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 $1,715 ($166,228 - $164,565).

MarketWatch Tuesday 5:32 by Lauran Mandaro and Polya Lesova says U.S. stocks rallied 1% Tuesday, getting a lift from Greek polls signaling a commitment to the euro currency and on hopes of more global stimulus. Oil and gold ended lower after the euro dropped below $1.25 on concerns over Spain’s solvency.  The Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA +1.01% gained 125.86 points, or 1.01%, to 12,580.69 after rising 156.78 points. Of 30 components, 28 traded higher, led by Bank of America Corp. BAC +4.06%  , up 4.1%.Caterpillar Inc. CAT +2.87% contributed the most to the Dow’s point gains after China’s government appeared to move ahead with stimulus policies, which stoked a steep rally in Asia stocks, the materials sector, and early gains in gold and oil. In Greece, polls showed that the conservative New Democracy party was ahead of the antibailout, left-wing Syriza. The debt-laden nation will hold an election June 17, as concerns grow over whether Greece will stay committed to austerity measures and remain in the euro zone.The polls “bring back to front and center that Greek people don’t want to leave the euro,” said Michael Gibbs, co-head of the equity-advisory group at Raymond James in Memphis. “The market is taking that as a positive.”The New Tigers of the world have the potential to steal the spotlight from their regional peers, defy the slowdown and reshape the global economy. Turkey and Poland dazzled observers with their economic performance following the global credit crunch, but remain vulnerable to euro-zone crisis.
“Weaker economic news here and subdued inflation might be bullish for stocks in terms of more Fed medicine and [stimulus] from other central banks,” said Nick Raich, direct of research at Key Private Bank in Cleveland. “Weak economic data supports more global stimulus coming, and [that expectation] supports the market,” he said. After surging in the first hour of trading, stocks gave up nearly half of their rise after the euro fell below $1.25 EURUSD -0.13% , a move that followed ratings agency Egan-Jones Rating Co. downgrading Spain’s credit rating. U.S. stocks regained most of those early gains by the last half-hour of trading.The Nasdaq Composite Index COMP +1.18%  advanced 33.46 points, or 1.2%, to 2,870.99.Among Nasdaq-listed shares, Facebook Inc. FB -0.31% shares ended down 9.6% to $28.84 as their first day of options trading began. Shares are now 24% below their IPO price. U.S. markets were closed Monday for the Memorial Day holiday.
The S&P 500 Index SPX +1.11%  rose 14.60 points, or 1.1%, to 1,332.42. All 10 industry sectors were higher, led by materials and tech. Health care, utilities and consumer staples lagged behind.The outperformance of sectors deemed “cyclical,” a reversal of some recent days where defensive stocks outperformed, constitute vacillations that “reflect investor indecision regarding the likelihood, sources, timing, nature and efficacy of additional fiscal and monetary initiatives,” said Clark Yingst, chief market analyst at Joseph Gunnar, in emailed comments.Gold and oil gave up early gains inspired by expectations of more Chinese stimulus measures to close lower following the Spain ratings downgrade. July oil CLN2 +0.07%  ended down 0.1% at $90.76 a barrel. August gold GCQ2 -0.92%  dropped 1.3% to $1,551 an ounce. Should investors receive some degree of calm about Greece, they could shift focus to U.S. data, which include nonfarm payrolls and the Institute for Supply Management’s manufacturing survey on Friday, Raymond James’s Gibbs said.
The string of lower-tier releases Tuesday were mixed. The Chicago Fed Midwest Manufacturing Index rose 2.4% in April, to a seasonally adjusted level of 94.2. However, U.S. home prices were unchanged in March, according to the S&P/Case-Shiller 20-city composite index.
Also, a measure of consumer confidence unexpectedly dropped in May to the lowest level since January, the Conference Board reported.  The pan-European Stoxx 600 index XX:SXXP +0.75%  rose 0.8%, but Spain’s IBEX 35 index slumped 2.3% on concerns about the country’s banking sector.  The Dow fell 0.6% on Friday, but it rose 0.7% last week, snapping a three-week losing streak.“The market has put in a technical bottom,” said Peter Cardillo, chief market economist at Rockwell Global Capital. “We will probably see a slightly better tone to the market this week, but the bias will remain defensive.

Wednesday's Dow News followed by Tuesday's Closing Dow Numbers:

AT&T: No mentions found.

Alcoa: No mentions found.

American Express: No mentions found.

Bank of America:  WSJ pC4 "Stocks move up: Facebook, down" by Chris Dieterich says stocks marched higher amid optimism about Greece's prospects to remain in the euro zone offsetting a disappointing reading on US consumer confidence.  Bank of America was up 29 cents  and was the Dow's biggest gainer.

Boeing:  No mentions found.

Caterpillar:  WSJ pB2 "Union urges Caterpillar rebuff" by James Hagerty says union members at a Caterpillar plant in Joliet may strike.  Union is the IAM and affects 780 workers.

Inv. Bus. Daily pA2 "China spending boosts CAT" says Caterpillar shares rose due to news that Beijing is preparing new infrastructure spending.

Chevron: No mentions found.

Cisco:  Inv. Bus. Daily pA4 "Extending the reach of wireless networks" by Ted Needleman says Cisco System, D-Lin and others make gear that can boost wireless range.  This article rates them.

IBD pA4 "Data center software apps growing business" by Reinhardt Krause says selling security tech that protects data centers from computer hackers has been a big business for Cisco and other networking gear makers. 

Coke: No mentions found.

Disney:  WSJ pC14 "Finding magic in Disney's kingdom" by David Reilly says Disney's investment of billions of dollars into its businesses during the recession is paying off as it trades at a premium to other media firms but still only 13.6 times forward earnings below its historic average of 15 times.

DuPont: No mentions found.

Exxon: No mentions found.

GE: No mentions found.

Hewlett-Packard:   Inv. Bus. Daily pA4 "Facebook's mobiel strateg cold include its own phone" by Brian Deagon says companies that have tried and failed to make inroads against Apple and Google in smartphones include Microsoft, BlackBerry maker Research in Motion, Hewlett-Packard and Dell.

Home Depot: No mentions found.

Intel: No mentions found.

IBM: No mentions found.

JPMorgan:  Inv. Bus. Daily pA2 "JPMorgan boosts auto lending" syas  JPMorgan moved to No. 3 for US car lending with 4.85% market share.

Johnson & Johnson:  WSJ pB6 "Johnson & Johnson FDA warns McNeil Unit on Vaginal Moisturizer" by Jennifer Dooren says the US FDA said a Johnson & Johnson unit didn't properly investigate consumer complaints related to a vaginal moisturizer.  McNeil PPC Inc. received more than 200  complaints about K-Y liquibeads vaginal moisturizer in 2011 dealing with the product not dissolving.  The unit did not adequately investigate the complaints.

Kraft:  WSJ pB6 ":Kraft craves more of China's snacks market" by Laure Burkitt says Kraft, the world's No. 2 food company by rev after Nestle is tring to reverse its trailing position in the China snack market.

McDonald's: No mentions found.

Merck: No mentions found.

Microsoft:  Inv. Bus. Daily pA4 "Facebook's mobiel strateg cold include its own phone" by Brian Deagon says companies that have tried and failed to make inroads against Apple and Google in smartphones include Microsoft, BlackBerry maker Research in Motion, Hewlett-Packard and Dell.

Pfizer: No mentions found.

Procter & Gamble:  WSJ pC3 "Trader testifies about tip" by Chad Bray says a former Galleon trader said a tip about a 2008 asset sale by Procter & Gamble came from someone inside the firm in the trial of Rajat Gupta on insider trading charges.

3M: No mentions found.

Travelers: No mentions found.

United Technologies: No mentions found.

Verizon:  Inv. Bus. Daily pB10 "Big cap 20's Verizon sports a large yield" by Vincent Mao says Verizon Communications is a big cap that pays dividends and has respectable growth as it has steadily increased its dividend each year since '07, the most recently in Sept when it boosted it to 50 cents a share.

Walmart:  No mentions found.
Tuesday's Closing Dow Numbers:

Symbol Last Sale Change % Change Share Volume Market
TNYSE
AANYSE
AXPNYSE
BACNYSE
BANYSE
CATNYSE
CVXNYSE
CSCONASDAQ-GS
KONYSE
DISNYSE
DDNYSE
XOMNYSE
GENYSE
HPQNYSE
HDNYSE
INTCNASDAQ-GS
IBMNYSE
JPMNYSE
JNJNYSE
KFTNYSE
MCDNYSE
MRKNYSE
MSFTNASDAQ-GS
PFENYSE

PGNYSE
MMMNYSE
TRVNYSE
UTXNYSE
VZDualListed
WMTNYSE
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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 Alex Gorsky (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 5/16/12 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 $382.5 [4.5]

2. Microsoft MSFT 253.5 [8.5]

3. IBM 229.5 [1]

4. WalMart WMT 202 [3.5]

5. Chevron CVX 200 [2]

6. AT&T T 195.5 [6]

7. GE 195 [10.5]

8.Procter & Gamble PG 174.5 [3]


9. Johnson & Johnson JNJ 174.5 [3]

10. Coke KO 173 [2]

11. Pfizer PFE 167 [7.5]

12. JPMorgan Chase JPM 138 [4]

13. Intel INTC 134 [5]

14. Verizon VZ 116.5 [3]

15. Merck MRK 115 [3]

16. McDonald's MCD 92.5 [1]

17. Cisco CSCO 89 [5.5]

18. Disney DIS 80.5 [2]

19. Bank of America BAC 78.5 [10.5]

20. Home Depot HD 74 [1.5]

21. United Technologies UTX 69.5 [1]

22. Kraft KFT 69 [2]

23. American Express AXP 67 [1]

24. Caterpillar CAT 60.5 [.5]

25. 3M MMM 59.5 [.5]

26. Boeing BA 54.5 [1]

27. DuPont DD 47 [1]

28. Hewlett-Packard HPQ 44 [2]

29. Travelers TRV 25 [.5]

30. Alcoa AA 9 [1]


Here are the latest 8K, 10Q & 10K & Proxy & certain other SEC filings as of 5/16/12:



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



AT&T T: 5/4/12 10Q for Qtr ended 3/31

5/2/12 8K re: Results of Annual Stockholders Meeting

4/24/12 2 8Ks re: 1 Qtr results

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

Alcoa AA: 5/10/12 8K re: Results of Annual Shareholders Meeting

5/8/12 8K re: Sustainability Highlights Report

4/16/12 8K re: 1Q Earnings call transcript

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


American Express AXP: 5/15/12 8K re: delinquency & write-off stats thru 4/30

5/3/12 8K re: Annual Meeting of Shareholders results

5/1/12 10Q for Qtr ended 3/31

4/18/12 8K re: 1 Qtr results

4/16/12 8K re: delinq. & write-off stats thru 3/31

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




Bank of Am BAC: 5/9/12 8K re: results of Annual Shareholders meeting

5/4/12 8K re: change of presentation of fin'l info

5/3/12 10Q for Qtr ended 3/31

4/23/12 Proxy material for 5/9 Annual Meeting

4/19/12 8K 1Q results

4/11/12 8K re: reclassification of business segments

3/16/12 8K re: sale of preferred stock




Boeing BA: 5/3/12 8K re: amendment to bylaws reducing number of directors from 12 to 11

4/25/12 10Q for quarter ended 3/31

4/25/12 8K re: 1 Qtr results

3/16/12 Proxy materials re: Annual Meeting of Shareholders 4/30/12 10 am Field Museum, Chicago




Caterpillar CAT: 5/7/12 10Q for 1 Qtr ended 3/31

4/25 8K re: 3/12 dealer stats

4/25/12 8K re: 1 Qtr results

4/23/12 Proxy re: 6/13/12 Annual Stockholders Meeting at San Antonio, Tx

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




Chevron CVX: 5/3/12 10Q for quarter ended 3/31

5/3/12 Proxy material re: voting recommendations

4/27/12 8K re: 1 Qtr results

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.



Cisco CSCO : 5/9/12 8K re: 3 Qtr results

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




Coke KO: 5/15/12 Proxy re: special meeting of stockholders to approve stock split to be held at Atlanta on 7/10/12 to get invited email: shareownerservices@na.ko.com by 5/21

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



Disney DIS: 5/8/12 10Q for quarter ended 3/31

5/8/12 8K re: 1 Qtr results

3/16/12 8K re: amendment to 2011 Stock Incentive Plan




DuPont DD: 5/1/12 8K re: Annual meeting of stockholders results

4/24/12 10Q re: quarter ended 3/31

4/19/12 8K re: 1 Qtr results

4/17/12 Proxy re: voting recommendations

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.




ExxonMobil XOM: 5/11/12 proxy re: voting recommendations

5/3/12 10Q ended 3/31

4/26/12 8K re: 1 Qtr results

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




GE: 5/16/12 8K re: dividend of $475 mil & increase of stock buyback program

5/9/12 10Q/A & 5/4/12 10Q for Qtr ended 3/31

4/30/12 8K amending emmployee incentive plan

4/20/12 8K re: 1 Qtr results


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




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




Home Depot HD: 5/15/12 8K re: 1 Qtr results

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



Intel INTC: 5/11/12 8K re: Reg FD disclosure of webcast

5/7/12 8K re: 90 cents a share dividend

5/4/12 10Q for quarter ended 3/31

4/18/12 & 4/17/12 8Ks re: 1 Qtr results

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




IBM: 5/10/12 8K re: underwriting of notes

5/9/12 8K re: investor briefing materials

4/26/12 8K re: Annual stockholders meeting results

4/24/12 10Q re: Qtr ended 3/31

4/18/12 8K re: sale of IBM's Retail Store Solutions Business to Toshiba TEC

4/18/12 & 4/17/12 8Ks re: 1 Qtr results

3/22/12 & 3/12/12 Proxy material re: Annual meeting of stockholders on 4/24/12 10 am Charleston Convention Center, S.C.





JPMorganChase JPM: 5/15/12 8K re: retirement of Chief Inv. Office Ina Drew succeeded by Matthew E. Zames

5/10/12 10Q re: qtr ende 3/31

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




Johnson & Johnson JNJ : 5/8/12 8K re: sale of DePuy Orthopaedics to Biomet

5/7/12 10Q re: qtr ended 4/1

4/27/12 8K re: results of annual meeting of stockholders

4/20/12 add'l proxy material
4/19/12 8K re: amendment to bylaws splitting the offices of Chairman & CEO

4/17/12 8K re: 1 Qtr results

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





Kraft KFT: 5/14/12 proxy material re Annual meeting

5/4/12 10Q for qtr ended 3/31

5/3/12 8K re: 1 Qtr results

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




McDonald's MCD: 5/8/12 8K re: April sales

5/8/12 10Q for quarter ended 3/31

4/20/12 8K re: 1 Qtr results

4/16/12 8K re: election of Tim Fenton as COO

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.




Merck MRK: 4/27/12 10Q re Qr ended 3/31

4/27/12 8K re: 1 Qtr results

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




Microsoft MSFT: 5/3/12 8K re: election of Steve Luczo to Board, he is CEO of Seagate Tech

4/19/12 10Q for qtr ended 3/31

4/19/12 8K re 1 Qtr results



Pfizer PFE: 5/10/12 10Q for quarter ended 4/1

5/1/12 8K re: 1 qtr results

4/27/12 8K re: results of annual meeting of shareholders

4/23/12 8K re: ale of Nutrition business to Nestle for $11.85 bil

44/16/12 add't'l proxy material

3/15/12 Proxy materials re: Annual meeting of shareholders 4/26/12 8:30 am Westin Governor Morris, Morristown, NJ




Procter & Gamble PG: 5/4/12 8K e: resentation of info re: Snack Business as a discontinued operation

4/27/12 10Q for qtr ended 3/31

4/27/12 2 8Ks re: 3 qtr results

4/13/12 8K re: dividend of 0.562 cents payable 5/15/12 to record holders at 4/27




3M MMM: 5/10/12 & 5/412 8Ks re: adoption of exec pre-arranged stock trading plans

5/9/12 2 8Ks re: approval of amendments to employee stock purchase plan

5/3/12 10Q for quarter ended 3/31

4/24/12 8K re: 1 qtr results

4/17/12 8K re: duties of Lead Inependent Director


3/21/12 Proxy materials re: annual meeting of stockhodlers 5/8/12 10 am River Centre, St. Paul, Minn




Travelers TRV: 4/19/12 10Q for quarter ended 3/31

4/19/12 8K re: results of quarter ended 3/31

4/10/12 Proxy materials re: Annual meeting of shareholders on 5/23/12 11 am Hartford, Marriott


United Technologies UTX: 4/30/12 10Q for quarter ended 3/31

4/24/12 8K re: 1 qtr results

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




Verizon Communications Inc. VZ: 5/9/12 8K re: results of annual shareholders meeting

4/26/12 10Q for quarter ended 3/31

4/19/12 8K re: 1 qtr results

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.




WalMart WMT: 4/16/12 proxy material re: Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be held 6/1 at 7 am at U. of Arkansas in Fayetteville, Ark.

3/27/12 10K for year ended 1/31/12 END

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