Wednesday, May 9, 2012

5/9/12 Wed am Disney Beats Expectations, McDonald's Doesn't



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Post No. 1,615 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 and Dow 30 components' SEC filings as of April 15, 2012.


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 Industrial Average The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed Tuesday at 12,932.09 down 76.44 or 0.59% from Monday's close of 13,008.53.  For the year the Dow is up 5.85%. Of the 30 Dow components  5  gained and 25 declined. The biggest gainer dollar-wise and percentage-wise was Disney.  The biggest decliner dollar-wise was  IBM and percentage-wise was Hewlett-Packard.

 WSJ pC4 "Blue chips sink a 5th day in row" by Matt Jarzemsky says worries over Greece weigh on shares in US &Europe as crude oil slides.  McDonald's dropped $1.96 after saying April sales slowed in April.  Disney was up 48 cents after it beat expectations.

NYT pB12 "Worries about the Euro crisis & Greece weigh on Wall St" by Christine hauser says stocks in the US & Europe declined Tues and the euro fell after the leading party in the Greek Parliament was unable to form a gov adding to fears that an outcry vs austerity measures  is leading the Continent back into turmoil.

Inv. Bus. Daily pB4 "Stocks give up ground, but erase most of losses" by Vincent mao says stocks stumbled but shaved a big chunk of their losses to close modestly lower Tues.  At their sessions low the 3 broad indexes were off 1.6% to 2% amid political turmoil in debt stricken Greece.  The markets big comeback appeared to coincide with a pullback in the dollar & technical support.

USA Today p4B "Ongong political turmoil in Europe sends stocks down" by AP says political uncertainty in debt hobbled Europe spread to fin'l markets Tues & pushed stocks lower.

As of the open of the market on Tuesday the current divisor for the Dow Jones Industrial Average found at page C6 of  Tuesday's Wall St. Journal is 0.132129493. Wednesday's trailing P/E ratio is 14.39 down from Tuesday's trailing P/E ratio of 14.46 (year ago it was 14.47);  Wednesday's P/E estimate is 12.46 unchanged from yesterday's P/E estimate of 12.46 (year ago it was 12.75) and today's dividend yield is 2.49 down from Tuesday's dividend yield of 2.52 (last year it was 2.34). 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 1,708.70 down 10.11 from Monday's closing numerator of 1,718.81. 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 Tuesday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $56.96 down $0.33 from Monday's average closing price of $57.29. The median closing price of  Tuesday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $51.65 (DD/HD) down $0.42 from Monday's median closing price of $52.07. 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 lost $1,011 ($171,881- $170,870 ).

MarketWatch Tues. 5:10 by Kate Gibson says US stocks recouped most of Tuesday’s losses, limiting the damage that came with concern about Greece’s struggle to form a government.


“This has been a pattern: sell until Europe closes. Once we stop getting pelted by the continual syncopation of bad news, there is more opportunity to focus on the U.S. market and the U.S. economy,” said Jack Ablin, chief investment officer at Harris Private Bank in Chicago.  After a 198-point drop, the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA -0.59%  closed down 76.44 points, or 0.6%, at 12,932.09, with 25 of its 30 components down, including fast-food chain McDonald’s Corp. MCD -2.05% after its April sales missed estimates. The S&P 500 Index SPX -0.43%  retreated 5.86 points, or 0.4%, at 1,363.72, with the consumer-discretionary sector down the most and health care and utilities faring the best among its 10 sectors.  

New Greek election likely

Political tumult in Greece stokes new worries about the fragility of Europe's monetary union as talks to form a new government after the weekend elections quickly fell apart. Costas Paris reports from Athens. (Photo: Reuters)

Falling to 1,250 on the S&P 500 would “take you back to levels where you get good solid support. It’s not an indication the sky is falling, but that the market is coming to terms with the fact that we thought that we were breaking into a much stronger phase, but the reality is we’re still stuck in the lethargic, slow growth we’ve been in since July of 2009,” said Bruce McCain, chief investment strategist at Key Private Bank.

Shares of Electronic Arts Inc. EA -4.30% lost 4.3% after the videogame publisher’s outlook came in below expectations. Watch maker Fossil Inc. FOSL -37.57%  shares sank nearly 38% after it cut its 2012 earnings forecast. 

The Nasdaq Composite Index COMP -0.39%  shed 11.49 points, or 0.4%, at 2,946.27. For every two stocks on the rise, three fell on the New York Stock Exchange, where 879 million shares traded. Composite volume topped 4.1 billion.  Gold futures shed nearly $35 an ounce as political uncertainty in Europe bolstered the U.S. dollar DXY +0.40% , which gained for a seventh day — its longest such stretch since September 2008. Gold for June delivery GCM2 -2.07%  fell 2.1% to end at $1,604.50 an ounce. Crude slid for a fifth session, with the June contract CLM2 -0.54%  losing 93 cents, or 1%, to settle at $97.01 a barrel. Treasury prices rose, with the yield on the 10-year note 10_YEAR 0.00%  sliding to 1.848%. In Greece, political leaders met for a second day in an effort to create a government after New Democracy’s Antonis Samaras was unable to reach a consensus, with the task now falling to Alexis Tsipras, head of Syriza, the party that received the second-most votes in Sunday’s election.  “More and more investors have resisted allowing this market to correct, but when you’re fighting the market, the market always wins. We had a little bit of a letup in worry about Europe, but now have decided that chaos is not a good thing,” said McCain at Key Private Bank.


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


AT&T:  NYT pB1 "Keeping the Internet neutral" by Eduardo Porter says  companies offering broadband access should not be allowed to discriminate among services online so that the best service provider will get the most customers not the firm who can make a deal with AT&T, Verizon, Comcast or Time Warner.

WSJ pB4 "T-Mobile rethinks pricing" by Anon Troianovski says it may allow video content that wouldn't count vs. data plan.  AT&T & Verizon are considering similar plans as they are under pressure to make more money on video, games and other content.


Alcoa:  No mentions found.


American ExpressWSJ pC1 "Chase pitches new plastic" by Andrew Johnson says JPMorgan will start selling prepaid debit cards in its 5,541 branches this summer.  American Express rolled out a prepaid card last summer.


Bank of America:  Inv. Bus. Daily pA2 "BofA cuts mortgage principal", AJC pA21 "Banks moves to redo loans" by AP,  WSJ pA1 "Borrowers face bid delays in refinancing mortgages" by Nick Timiraos,  USA Today p1B "Briefly", say BofA say more than 200,000 of their customers could get their loans reduces per the multistate settlement over foreclosure abuses.


Boeing:  Inv. Bus. Daily pB10 "Airline trends, earnigns lift aerospace" by Alan Elliott says the largest stocks in the aerospace & defense industry by rev and market cap are Boeing and Airbus parent EADS.  Boeing said on Mon it expects a 5% increase in passenger traffic this year & is amping up production to deliver 585 to 600 aircraft and expects new orders to  outpace deliveries.


Caterpillar:  No mentions found.


Chevron:  No mentions found.


Cisco:  No mentions found.


Coke:  No mentions found.


Disney:  Inv. Bus. Daily pA1 "Disney", WSJ pB7 "Disney gets boost from cable" by Erica Orden, NYT pB3 "Profit grows 21% at Disney on cable TV gains and a surge in resorts business" by Brooks Barnes, AJC pA12 "Theme aprks, ESPN help Disney in quarter" says Disney's 2Q net income was up 21% as net income rose to $1.14 bil or 63 cents a share from $942 mil or 49 cents a share a year ago.  Rev rose 6% to $9.63 bil from $9.08 bil beating $9.57 expected.


 WSJ pC4 "Blue chips sink a 5th day in row" by Matt Jarzemsky says worries over Greece weigh on shares in US &Europe as crude oil slides.  McDonald's dropped $1.96 after saying April sales slowed in April.  Disney was up 48 cents after it beat expectations.


DuPont:  No mentions found.


Exxon:  No mentions found.


GE:  No mentions found.


Hewlett-Packard: WSJ pB4 "Dell, Intel push new energy efficient servers" by Shara Tibken says Dell is introduce a micro server that is twice as powerful thanks to a more energy efficient chip from Inte.  Start up Calxeda has joined with Hewlett-Packard to develop low power servers using its chips.


Home Depot:  No mentions found.


Intel:  WSJ pB4 "Dell, Intel push new energy efficient servers" by Shara Tibken says Dell is introduce a micro server that is twice as powerful thanks to a more energy efficient chip from Inte.  Start up Calxeda has joined with Hewlett-Packard to develop low power servers using its chips.


IBM:  No mentions found.


JPMorgan: WSJ pC1 "Chase pitches new plastic" by Andrew Johnson says JPMorgan will start selling prepaid debit cards in its 5,541 branches this summer.  American Express rolled out a prepaid card last summer.


Johnson & Johnson:  No mentions found.


Kraft:  No mentions found.


McDonald's:  Inv. bus. Daily pA2"McDonald's April sales weak", WSJ pB6 "McDonald's April sales fall short of expectations" by Melodie Warner, AJC pA12 "McDonald's rev falls shy of projections" say McDonald's global sales rose 3.3% at stores open at least 13 months in April short of 4.1% expected.


 WSJ pC4 "Blue chips sink a 5th day in row" by Matt Jarzemsky says worries over Greece weigh on shares in US &Europe as crude oil slides.  McDonald's dropped $1.96 after saying April sales slowed in April.  Disney was up 48 cents after it beat expectations.


Merck:  No mentions found.


Microsoft:  No mentions found.


Pfizer:  No mentions found.


Procter & Gamble:  No mentions found.


3M:  No mentions found.


Travelers:  No mentions found.


United Technologies:  No mentions found.


Verizon NYT pB1 "Keeping the Internet neutral" by Eduardo Porter says  companies offering broadband access should not be allowed to discriminate among services online so that the best service provider will get the most customers not the firm who can make a deal with AT&T, Verizon, Comcast or Time Warner.

 WSJ pB4 "T-Mobile rethinks pricing" by Anon Troianovski says it may allow video content that wouldn't count vs. data plan.  AT&T & Verizon are considering similar plans as they are under pressure to make more money on video, games and other content.


Walmart:  No mentions found.


Tuesday's Closing Dow Numbers:

Symbol
Last Sale
Change
% Change
Share Volume
Market
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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 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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