Tuesday, June 19, 2012

6/19/12 Tues am Microsoft Unveils Tablet



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Post No. 1,684 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 recent ranking of the Dow 30 components by market capitalization and recent Dow 30 components' SEC filings.

A read of the print editions of Tuesday's Wall St. Journal, Financial Times,  Investor's Business Daily, New York Times, USA Today, Atlanta Journal Constitution &amp Daily Report (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 Monday's stock prices and related data in alphabetical order.

Dow Jones Average The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed Monday at 12,741.82 down 25.35 or 0.2% from Friday's close of 12,767.13. Of the 30 Dow components 11 gained and 19 declined. For the year the Dow is up 4.29%. The biggest gainer dollar-wise was and percentage-wise was Home Depot up 52 cents or 1%. The biggest decliner dollar-wise was Chevron down 84 cents and percentage-wise was Hewlett-Packard down 2.89%.

WSJ pC4 "Europe stymies stocks" by Matt Jarzemsky says the S&P inched forward after Spanish borrowing costs rose to a record high and Greek political leaders sought to form a pro-bailout coalition following Sunday's jelection.  Hewlett-Packard led decliners, falling 59 cents.  Home Depot rose 45 cents as a reading on home builder confidence rose to a 5 year high.

Fin Times p24 "energy sector is S&P's weak link as crude prices sink further" by Kandy Wong says energy stocks were under pressure.  Microsoft lost 0.6% as it eas poised to introduce its own tablet.  Telecom index was up 0.2% but AT&T lost 0.2% and Verizon gained 0.6%.  US exporters were hit by European uncertainty as GE lost 1.3% and Hewlett-Packard lost 2.7%.  Fin'l were down as Bank of America lost 1.8% and JPMorgan was down 1.2%.

NYT pB1 "Investors in search of bigger fix to Euro crisis" by Nathaniel Popper says the market had a tepid response to Greece's supposedly momentous election of a pro bailout party.

Inv. Bus. Daily pB2 "Several leaders break out as market closes mixed" by Vincent Mao says stocks bounced back from ixed news in the eurozone to score a plit finish Mon.

USA Today p6B "Market mixed as investors continue to fret about Europe" by AP says crisis weary traders scoffed Mon at what appeared to a be hopeful turn: a victory for pro-Europe parties in a Greek election.  US stocks were flat and borrowing costs for Spain surged to alarming levels.

As of the open of the market on Tuesday the current divisor for the Dow Jones Industrial Average found at page C5 of  Tuesday's Wall St. Journal is 0.132129493. Tuesday's trailing P/E ratio is 14.04 down from yesterday's trailing P/E ratio of 14.07 (year ago it was 13.66); today's P/E estimate is 12.05 unchanged from Monday's P/E estimate of 12.05 (year ago it was 12.15) and today's dividend yield is 2.62 unchanged from  yesterday's dividend yield of 2.62 (last year it was 2.50). 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 1,683.57 down 3.34 from Friday's closing numerator of 1,686.91. 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 thedencrease 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 $56.12 down $0.11 from Friday's average closing price of $56.23. The median closing price of Monday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $53.42 (HD/DD) up 0.59 from Friday's median closing price of $52.83. The lowest volume was Travelers and the highest volume again was Bank of America.

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 lost $334 ($168,691 - $168,357).

MarketWatch Mon. 4:12 pm by Laura Mandaro says U.S. stocks ended a low-volume session Monday with a loss for blue-chips and the third day of gains for the Nasdaq Composite and S&P 500, as some better sentiment on Greece and U.S. housing data countered rising fears about Spain. The Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA-0.20% ended down 25.35 points, or 0.2%, at 12,741.82. Chevron Corp. CVX-0.83%contributed the most to the index's point loss. The S&P 500 SPX+0.14% rose 1.94 points, or 0.1%, to 1,344.78, led by homebuilder and tech stocks. The Nasdaq Composite COMP+0.78% added 22.53 points, or 0.8%, to 2,895.33. Volume was thin; 3.1 billion New York Stock Exchange-listed shares traded, or about 80% of the past month's average.

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

AT&T:   WSJ pB5 "Verizon raises FiOS prices, speed" by thomas Fryta says Verizon Comm raised prices and increased speeds for its home Internet service, making data a bigger part of a omthly bill for phone, tv & broad band.  The new choices offer high speed options that exceed competitors' including At&T and the cable firms.

 Fin Times p24 "energy sector is S&P's weak link as crude prices sink further" by Kandy Wong says energy stocks were under pressure.  Microsoft lost 0.6% as it eas poised to introduce its own tablet.  Telecom index was up 0.2% but AT&T lost 0.2% and Verizon gained 0.6%.  US exporters were hit by European uncertainty as GE lost 1.3% and Hewlett-Packard lost 2.7%.  Fin'l were down as Bank of America lost 1.8% and JPMorgan was down 1.2%.

Alcoa: No mentions found.

American Express: No mentions found.

Bank of America: Fin Times p24 "energy sector is S&P's weak link as crude prices sink further" by Kandy Wong says energy stocks were under pressure.  Microsoft lost 0.6% as it eas poised to introduce its own tablet.  Telecom index was up 0.2% but AT&T lost 0.2% and Verizon gained 0.6%.  US exporters were hit by European uncertainty as GE lost 1.3% and Hewlett-Packard lost 2.7%.  Fin'l were down as Bank of America lost 1.8% and JPMorgan was down 1.2%.

Boeing: No mentions found.

Caterpillar: No mentions found.

Chevron: WSJ pB2 "Exxon ends drilling for Poland shale gas" by Isabel Ordonez says this will deal a blow to Poland.  Chevron and others flocked to Poland due to incentives.

Cisco: No mentions found.

Coke:  WSJ pB8 "Coke ready to share cash, not blame" by Mike Esterl says Coke is trading at its highest since the 90's as rev and profits rise.  This is an interview with Muhtar Kent, Coke CEO.

Disney: No mentions found.

DuPont: No mentions found.

Exxon:  Fin Times p19  "Exxon move hits Poland shale hopes" by Jan Cienski, WSJ pB2 "Exxon ends drilling for Poland shale gas" by Isabel Ordonez says this will deal a blow to Poland.  Chevron and others flocked to Poland due to incentives.

GE: No mentions found.

Hewlett-Packard:   WSJ pB1 "Microsoft unveils its surface tablet" by Shira Ovide, AJC pA7 "Microsoft debuts tablet" by Ryan Nakashim say Microsoft unviled Surface, a table coputer to compete with Apple's iPad. It won't go on sale until the fall.  It is 9.3 milimeters thick and works on the Windows RT op system, weights less than 1.5 pounds and will cost the same as other tablets.  It has a kickstand to hold it upright and a touch keyboard cover that snaps on using magnets.  It is both a PC and tablet.  Microsoft usually leave the making of computers such as Dell, Hewlett-Packard and Lenovo.  The device will be powered by Intel chips.

WSJ pB3 "Senior exec quits at Oracle" by Ben Worthen says Keith Block, head of N. America sales left.  His emails were part of a lawsuit filed against Oracle by Hewlett-Packard and his emails were used by HP and IBM sales rep.

 WSJ pC4 "Europe stymies stocks" by Matt Jarzemsky says the S&P inched forward after Spanish borrowing costs rose to a record high and Greek political leaders sought to form a pro-bailout coalition following Sunday's jelection.  Hewlett-Packard led decliners, falling 59 cents.  Home Depot rose 45 cents as a reading on home builder confidence rose to a 5 year high.

 Fin Times p24 "energy sector is S&P's weak link as crude prices sink further" by Kandy Wong says energy stocks were under pressure.  Microsoft lost 0.6% as it eas poised to introduce its own tablet.  Telecom index was up 0.2% but AT&T lost 0.2% and Verizon gained 0.6%.  US exporters were hit by European uncertainty as GE lost 1.3% and Hewlett-Packard lost 2.7%.  Fin'l were down as Bank of America lost 1.8% and JPMorgan was down 1.2%.

Home Depot: WSJ pC4 "Europe stymies stocks" by Matt Jarzemsky says the S&P inched forward after Spanish borrowing costs rose to a record high and Greek political leaders sought to form a pro-bailout coalition following Sunday's jelection.  Hewlett-Packard led decliners, falling 59 cents.  Home Depot rose 45 cents as a reading on home builder confidence rose to a 5 year high.

Intel:   WSJ pB1 "Microsoft unveils its surface tablet" by Shira Ovide, AJC pA7 "Microsoft debuts tablet" by Ryan Nakashim say Microsoft unviled Surface, a table coputer to compete with Apple's iPad. It won't go on sale until the fall.  It is 9.3 milimeters thick and works on the Windows RT op system, weights less than 1.5 pounds and will cost the same as other tablets.  It has a kickstand to hold it upright and a touch keyboard cover that snaps on using magnets.  It is both a PC and tablet.  Microsoft usually leave the making of computers such as Dell, Hewlett-Packard and Lenovo.  The device will be powered by Intel chips.

IBM: WSJ pB3 "Senior exec quits at Oracle" by Ben Worthen says Keith Block, head of N. America sales left.  His emails were part of a lawsuit filed against Oracle by Hewlett-Packard and his emails were used by HP and IBM sales rep.

Inv. Bus. Daily pA2 "IBM" says, as reported yesterdy, IBM regained the lead for the fastest supercomputer with its Sequoia.

JPMorgan:  WSJ pC1 "Whale swam in choppy waters" by Greg Zuckerman discussed Bruno Iksil the London Whale at the center of billions of trading losses.

WSJ pC8 "Banks roll out the green carpet to attract high income earners" by AnnMaria Andriotis says JPMorgan and oterh banks are ramping up efforts in the wealth management units.

Fin Times p24 "energy sector is S&P's weak link as crude prices sink further" by Kandy Wong says energy stocks were under pressure.  Microsoft lost 0.6% as it eas poised to introduce its own tablet.  Telecom index was up 0.2% but AT&T lost 0.2% and Verizon gained 0.6%.  US exporters were hit by European uncertainty as GE lost 1.3% and Hewlett-Packard lost 2.7%.  Fin'l were down as Bank of America lost 1.8% and JPMorgan was down 1.2%.

NYT pB7 "Regulators join Dimon at House panel hearing" by Jessical Sivler Greenberg says Dimon will continue to testify before Congress.

Johnson & Johnson:  WSJ pB4 "No overtime for drug reps" by Brent Kendall says in a 5-4 Supreme Ct. decision, drug firms don't have to pay sales reps for working overtime.

Kraft: No mentions found.

McDonald's: No mentions found.

Merck: No mentions found.

Microsoft:  WSJ pB1 "Microsoft unveils its surface tablet" by Shira Ovide,  USA Today p1B "Microsoft unveils Surface" by Scott Martin, NYT pB1 "Microsoft introduces a challenger to the iPad" by Nick Wingfield, AJC pA7 "Microsoft debuts tablet" by Ryan Nakashim say Microsoft unveiled Surface, a table coputer to compete with Apple's iPad. It won't go on sale until the fall.  It is 9.3 milimeters thick and works on the Windows RT op system, weights less than 1.5 pounds and will cost the same as other tablets.  It has a kickstand to hold it upright and a touch keyboard cover that snaps on using magnets.  It is both a PC and tablet.  Microsoft usually leave the making of computers such as Dell, Hewlett-Packard and Lenovo.  The device will be powered by Intel chips.

 Fin Times p24 "energy sector is S&P's weak link as crude prices sink further" by Kandy Wong says energy stocks were under pressure.  Microsoft lost 0.6% as it eas poised to introduce its own tablet.  Telecom index was up 0.2% but AT&T lost 0.2% and Verizon gained 0.6%.  US exporters were hit by European uncertainty as GE lost 1.3% and Hewlett-Packard lost 2.7%.  Fin'l were down as Bank of America lost 1.8% and JPMorgan was down 1.2%.

Pfizer:  WSJ pB3 "Roche boosts investment in new Alzheimer's drugs" by Jeanne Whalen says currently marketed drugs for this disease include Aricept from Pfizer.

Procter & Gamble:  NYT pB1 "Insider legal bills $30 mil, mostly Goldman cash" by Peter Lattman says Procter & Goldman paid a portion of Rajat K. Gupta's legal bills.

3M: No mentions found.

Travelers: No mentions found.

United Technologies: No mentions found.

Verizon:  WSJ pB5 "Verizon raises FiOS prices, speed" by thomas Fryta says Verizon Comm raised prices and increased speeds for its home Internet service, making data a bigger part of a omthly bill for phone, tv & broad band.  The new choices offer high speed options that exceed competitors' including At&T and the cable firms.

Walmart: No mentions found.

Monday's Closing Dow Numbers:

SymbolLast SaleChange% ChangeShare VolumeMarket
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



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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