Friday, July 20, 2012

7/20/12 Fri am Microsoft has Loss; IBM, Amex, & Verizon Report Good Results


Post No. 1,735 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 Dow 30 components' SEC filings.


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

Dow Jones Average The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed Thursday at 12,943.36  up 34.66 or 0.3% from Wednesday's close of 12,908.7. For the year the Dow is up 5.94%. Of the 30 Dow components 15 gained, 2 -Exxon and Merck were unchanged and 13 declined. The biggest gainer dollar-wise and percentage-wise was  IBM up $7.09 or 3.77%. The biggest decliner dollar-wise was  American Express down $2.06 and percentage-wise was Bank of America 3.59 %.

 WSJ pC4 "tech firms' rally on profits lifts stocks" by Matt jarzemsky says tech shares rallied on better thane xpected earnings reports from IBM, overshadowing a disappointing round of economic data to push US stocks higher.  IBM is charted under Good News.  American Express slipped $2.06 as its earnings topped expectations but rev was a bit shy.  Verizon sank after its 2Q earnings were in line with expectations.

NYT pB8 "Markets advance on positive earnings" by Reuters says stocks rose on Thurs for a 3rd consecutive day as the S&P climbed to a 2 1/2 month high after earnings from tech firms & expectations for more stimulus outwieghed weak economic data.  IBM raised its full year outlook.

USA today p4B "Investros focus on earnings, shake off economic reports" by Bloomberg says US stocks rose lfiting the S&P to a 2 month high amid better thane stimated earnings & bets that disappointinge conomic data will promt the Fed to add stimulus.  IBM gained $7.09  as profits beat expectations.

Inv. Bus. Daily pB2 "Stocks shrug off bad nes, rise 3rd session in row" by Paul Whitfield says stocks posted gains for a 3rd session in a row Thurs shwoing accumulation in at least one Index each of the days.  Thurs' action was up in mixed volume.  Current outlook is confirmed uptrend.

Fin Times p20 "Pharmacy deal is right medicine for Walgreens as shares rise 10%" by Kandy Wong says the S&P traded in negative territory.  Verizon lost 2.3% despite its higher margin helping to boosts its 2q profit.  AT&T also fell 1.6%.  IBM and other tech firms said their earnings were stronger than estimated after the market closed on Wed.  Bank of america dropped 0.5% and JPMOrgan was up 0.3%.  American Express declined 3.1% although its results beat estimates.


 As of the open of the market on Friday the current divisor for the Dow Jones Industrial Average found at page C5 of Friday's Wall St. Journal is 0.132129493. Friday's trailing P/E ratio is 14.19 down from yesterday's trailing P/E ratio of 14.54 (year ago it was 14.21); today's P/E estimate is 12.23 unchanged from Thursday's P/E estimate of 12.23 (year ago it was 12.60) and today's dividend yield is 2.63 up from yesterday's dividend yield of 2.60 (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.


Thursday's Dow Jones Industrial Average closing numerator was 1,710.20 up 5:18 from Wednesday's closing numerator of 1,705.62. 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 Thursday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $57.01 up 0.16 from Wednesday's average closing price of $56.85. The median closing price of  Thursday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $50.08 (HD/DIS) down $0.03 from  Wednesday's median closing price of $50.11 (HD/DD. The lowest volume was United Technologies and the highest volume again was Bank of America.

If Thursday 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 $518 ($171,020 - $170,562).

MarketWatch Thurs. 4:10 MarketWatch.com by and Laura Mandaro: U.S. stocks 
extended gains into a third session Thursday, led by tech stocks, as investors bought on relief earnings were largely beating expectations and helped by the latest round of results from blue-chip International Business Machines IBM +3.77% and S&P 500-component eBay Inc. EBAY +8.63% The Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA +0.27% rose 34.66 points, or 0.3%, to 12,943.66. The S&P 500 SPX +0.27% gained 3.73 points, or 0.3%, to 1,376.51. The Nasdaq Composite COMP +0.79% rose 23.30 points, or 0.8%, to 2,965.90.

Friday's Dow News followed by Thursday's Closing Dow Numbers:

AT&T:  NYT pB2 "verizon's profit rises as subscribers grow more slowly" by Brian Chen says Verizon said its 2Q profit rose 13.4% to $1.8 bil or 64 cents a sahre from a year ago.  Rev climbed 3.7% to $28.6 bil.  Follwing Verizon, AT&T introduced it shared data plans on Wed with nearly identical pricing.

Alcoa:  No mentions found.

American Express: WSJ pC4 "tech firms' rally on profits lifts stocks" by Matt jarzemsky says tech shares rallied on better thane xpected earnings reports from IBM, overshadowing a disappointing round of economic data to push US stocks higher.  IBM is charted under Good News.  American Express slipped $2.06 as its earnings topped expectations but rev was a bit shy.  Verizon sank after its 2Q earnings were in line with expectations.

 Fin Times p20 "Pharmacy deal is right medicine for Walgreens as shares rise 10%" by Kandy Wong says the S&P traded in negative territory.  Verizon lost 2.3% despite its higher margin helping to boosts its 2q profit.  AT&T also fell 1.6%.  IBM and other tech firms said their earnings were stronger than estimated after the market closed on Wed.  Bank of america dropped 0.5% and JPMOrgan was up 0.3%.  American Express declined 3.1% although its results beat estimates.

Bank of America: Fin Times p20 "Pharmacy deal is right medicine for Walgreens as shares rise 10%" by Kandy Wong says the S&P traded in negative territory.  Verizon lost 2.3% despite its higher margin helping to boosts its 2q profit.  AT&T also fell 1.6%.  IBM and other tech firms said their earnings were stronger than estimated after the market closed on Wed.  Bank of america dropped 0.5% and JPMOrgan was up 0.3%.  American Express declined 3.1% although its results beat estimates.

Boeing: No mentions found.

Caterpillar: No mentions found.

Chevron:  NYT pB6 "Chevron makes exploration deal in Iraqi Kurdistan" by Stanley Reed says Chevron, the 2nd largest US oil firm after Exxon, said it was entering the Kurdistan region of Iraq by buying a majority stake in 2 exploration blocks.

Cisco: No mentions found.

Coke: No mentions found.

Disney: No mentions found.

DuPont: No mentions found.

Xom:   NYT pB6 "Chevron makes exploration deal in Iraqi Kurdistan" by Stanley Reed says Chevron, the 2nd largest US oil firm after Exxon, said it was entering the Kurdistan region of Iraq by buying a majority stake in 2 exploration blocks.

GE: No mentions found.

Hewlett-Packard: No mentions found.

Home Depot: No mentions found.

Intel: No mentions found.

IBM:  WSJ pC4 "tech firms' rally on profits lifts stocks" by Matt Jarzemsky, IBD pA2 "IBM shines in a dull market"  say tech shares rallied on better thane xpected earnings reports from IBM, overshadowing a disappointing round of economic data to push US stocks higher.  IBM is charted under Good News.  American Express slipped $2.06 as its earnings topped expectations but rev was a bit shy.  Verizon sank after its 2Q earnings were in line with expectations.

 NYT pB8 "Markets advance on positive earnings" by Reuters says stocks rose on Thurs for a 3rd consecutive day as the S&P climbed to a 2 1/2 month high after earnings from tech firms & expectations for more stimulus outwieghed weak economic data.  IBM raised its full year outlook.

 USA today p4B "Investros focus on earnings, shake off economic reports" by Bloomberg says US stocks rose lfiting the S&P to a 2 month high amid better thane stimated earnings & bets that disappointinge conomic data will promt the Fed to add stimulus.  IBM gained $7.09  as profits beat expectations.

 Fin Times p20 "Pharmacy deal is right medicine for Walgreens as shares rise 10%" by Kandy Wong says the S&P traded in negative territory.  Verizon lost 2.3% despite its higher margin helping to boosts its 2q profit.  AT&T also fell 1.6%.  IBM and other tech firms said their earnings were stronger than estimated after the market closed on Wed.  Bank of america dropped 0.5% and JPMOrgan was up 0.3%.  American Express declined 3.1% although its results beat estimates.

JPMorgan:  WSJ pC1 "Downgrade costly to Morgan Stanley" by Brett Philbin says  Morgan Stanley, the 6th biggest US bank by assets has lost market share to JPMorgan and other banks due to the lowring of its rating.

 Fin Times p20 "Pharmacy deal is right medicine for Walgreens as shares rise 10%" by Kandy Wong says the S&P traded in negative territory.  Verizon lost 2.3% despite its higher margin helping to boosts its 2q profit.  AT&T also fell 1.6%.  IBM and other tech firms said their earnings were stronger than estimated after the market closed on Wed.  Bank of america dropped 0.5% and JPMOrgan was up 0.3%.  American Express declined 3.1% although its results beat estimates.

Johnson & Johnson:  WSJ pB3 "J&J penalty may total $2.2 bil" by Jon rockoff says Johnson & Johnson and fed prosecutors have reached a deal that would include $2.2 bil payments,  including a $400 mill crim fine due to J&J wrongly promoting rispedal for unapproved uses.  In '09 Pfizer paids a $2.3 bil fine due to its drug Bextra.

Kraft: No mentions found.

McDonald's: No mentions found.

Merck: No mentions found.

Microsoft:  WSJ pB3 "MIcrosoft posts rare loss" by Shira Ovide, NYT pB3 "Microsoft reports loss after a write-down" by Nick Wingfield, USA Today p1B "MIcrosoft reports first loss: Google profit gains 11%", "IBD pA4 "Microsoft's Q4 eps beats ahead of product rollouts" by Pat Seitz  say  Microsoft's 4Q had a net loss of $492 mil or 6 cents a share vs net income of $5.87 bil or 69 cents a sahre a year ago.  Its rev was $18.06 bil up from $17.37 bil a year ago.

WSJ pC10 "Handsets on a RIM and a prayer" by Rolfe Winkler, USA Today pb6 "Nokia's red ink worsens" by Gsutav Sandstrom say Nokia plans to replace its own smartphone op system with Microsoft's.

Pfizer:   WSJ pB3 "J&J penalty may total $2.2 bil" by Jon rockoff says Johnson & Johnson and fed prosecutors have reached a deal that would include $2.2 bil payments,  including a $400 mill crim fine due to J&J wrongly promoting rispedal for unapproved uses.  In '09 Pfizer paids a $2.3 bil fine due to its drug Bextra.

WSJ pB4 "How fake cancer drugs entered US" by Chris Weaver says Canada sells everything from Pfizer's Lipitor to Advair at cheaper prices.

Procter & Gamble:

3M: No mentions found.

Travelers: No mentions found.

United Technologies: No mentions found.

Verizon: NYT pB2 "verizon's profit rises as subscribers grow more slowly" by Brian Chen, IBD pA4 "verizon's Q2 meets views; eps up 12%" by Brian Deagon say Verizon said its 2Q profit rose 13.4% to $1.8 bil or 64 cents a sahre from a year ago.  Rev climbed 3.7% to $28.6 bil.  Follwing Verizon, AT&T introduced it shared data plans on Wed with nearly identical pricing.

WSJ pC4 "tech firms' rally on profits lifts stocks" by Matt jarzemsky says tech shares rallied on better thane xpected earnings reports from IBM, overshadowing a disappointing round of economic data to push US stocks higher.  IBM is charted under Good News.  American Express slipped $2.06 as its earnings topped expectations but rev was a bit shy.  Verizon sank after its 2Q earnings were in line with expectations.

 Fin Times p20 "Pharmacy deal is right medicine for Walgreens as shares rise 10%" by Kandy Wong says the S&P traded in negative territory.  Verizon lost 2.3% despite its higher margin helping to boosts its 2q profit.  AT&T also fell 1.6%.  IBM and other tech firms said their earnings were stronger than estimated after the market closed on Wed.  Bank of america dropped 0.5% and JPMOrgan was up 0.3%.  American Express declined 3.1% although its results beat estimates.

Walmart: No mentions found.


Thursday'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
KFTNASDAQ-GS
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 6/20/12 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 $397.5 [4.5]
2. Microsoft MSFT 260 [8.5]
3. IBM 229.5 [1]
4. WalMart WMT 233 [3.5]
5. Chevron CVX 204.5 [2]
6. AT&T T 207.5 [6]
7. GE 213 [10.5]
8.Procter & Gamble PG 165.5 [3]
9. Johnson & Johnson JNJ 184 [3]
10. Coke KO 170.5 [2.5]
11. Pfizer PFE 169.5 [7.5]
12. JPMorgan Chase JPM 138.5 [4]
13. Intel INTC 139 [5]
14. Verizon VZ 123 [3]
15. Merck MRK 119 [3]
16. McDonald's MCD 90 [1]
17. Cisco CSCO 94 [5.5]
18. Disney DIS 85.5 [2]
19. Bank of America BAC 87.5 [10.5]
20. Home Depot HD 81 [1.5]
21. United Technologies UTX 69 [1]
22. Kraft KFT 69 [2]
23. American Express AXP 66 [1]
24. Caterpillar CAT 57 [.5]
25. 3M MMM 60.5 [.5]
26. Boeing BA 54.5 [1]
27. DuPont DD 47.5 [1]
28. Hewlett-Packard HPQ 42 [2]
29. Travelers TRV 25 [.5]
30. Alcoa AA 9.5 [1]

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Here are the latest 8K, 10Q & 10K & Proxy & certain other SEC filings as of 6/20/12:

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

AT&T T: 6/14/12 8K re: sale of approx. $2 bil of notes
6/7/12 8K re completion of sale of AT&T Advertising Solutions to Cerebrus
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

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: 6/15/12 8K re: delinq. & write-off stats 3/31, 4/30 & 5/31/12
6/13/12 8K re: fin'l presentation of Vice-Chair Edward Gilligan
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

Bank of Am BAC: 5/25/12 8K re: repurchase of notes
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


Boeing BA: 5/3/12 8K re: amendment to bylaws reducing number of directors from 12 to 114/25/12 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: 6/20/12 8K re: 3 month dealer stats thru 5/12
6/18/12 8K re: amended by-laws re: date of annual stockholders meeting
6/14/12 8K re: election of Jon M. Huntsman, Jr. to Bd. of Dirs.
6/13/12 8K re: increase of quarterly div to 52 cents payable 8/20 to 7/20 record holders
5/17/12 8K re: 3 month dealer stats thru 4/12
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

Chevron CVX: 6/4/12 8K re: voting results from annual stockholders meeting
5/27/12 proxy re: recommendation to vote against all stockholder proposals
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 of 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 : 6/13/12 8K re: director's pre-arranged stock trading plan
5/23/12 10Q for quarter ended 4/28/12
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: 5/25/12 Proxy material re: 7/10 Special stockholders meeting
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


Disney DIS:6/11/12 8K re: $2.25 bil 5 year credit agreement
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: 6/1/12 8K re: voting results from annual shareholders meeting
5/16/12 proxy re: exec compensation
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: 6/12/12 8K re: election of Manjin Dekkers to Board of Dirs.
5/23/12 10Q/A amend 10Q for quarter ended 3/31/12
5/16/12 8K re: dividend of $475 mil from GECC to GE & increase of stock buyback program
5/9/12 10Q/A & 5/4/12 10Q for Qtr ended 3/31
4/30/12 8K amending employee 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: 6/8/12 10Q re: quarter ended 4/30/12
5/23/12 8K re: 2nd Qtr results
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: 5/24/12 10Q for quarter ended 4/29/12
5/22/12 8K re: voting results of 5/17 annual shareholders meeting
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: 5/22/12 8K re: voting results of annual stockholders meeting
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 stockholders meeting 5/17/12 8:30 am HQ, Santa Clara, CA


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


JPMorganChase JPM: 6/13/12 8K re: CEO Jamie Dimon's testimony before US Senate Comm on Banking
6/12/12 8K re: redemption of $9 bil in Trust Preferred Capital Securities
5/18/12 8K re: Annual Meeting of Shareholders' results
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


Johnson & Johnson JNJ : 6/14/12 8K re: completion of Synthes purchase for $19.7 cash/stock
6/12/12 8K re: repurchase of shares from Goldman Sachs & JPMorgan
6/8/12 8K re: special charge of $600 mil related to legal charges related to Risperdal, Invega & Naterecor
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


Kraft KFT: 6/18/12 8K re: Exchange Offer
6/8/12 8K re: on 6/26 KFT to trade on NASDAQ not NYSE
5/31/12 8K re: issuance of $6 bil of notes
5/24/12 8K re: amendment of bylaws to do away with share certificates as of 6/15
5/22/12 8K re: 5 year revolving credit contract
5/18/12 8K re: favorable IRS ruling on tax-free nature of spin-off
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.

McDonald's MCD: 6/18/12 8K re: stocks options to Donald Thompson CEO as of 7/1
6/11/12 8K re: May '12 sales
5/29/12 8K re: issuance of approx. $1 bil of notes
5/29/12 8K re: approval of officers' stock plan
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
Merck MRK: 5/25/12 8K re: voting results of 5/22 Annual meeting of shareholders
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: 6/18/12 8K re: Amendment to By-laws re: timing of Annual Meeting of Shareholders
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: 5/23/12 8K re: exec promotions
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 Independent Director
3/21/12 Proxy materials re: annual meeting of stockhodlers 5/8/12 10 am River Centre, St. Paul, Minn

Travelers TRV: 5/25/12 8K re: voting results of 5/23 Annual Meeting of Shareholders
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: 6/18/12 8K re: issuance of equity unites
6/1/12 8K re: issuance of $9.8 bil of notes
4/30/12 10Q for quarter ended 3/31
4/24/12 8K re: 1 qtr results
4/13/12 8K re: retirement 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: 6/4/12 8K re: voting results of Annual Meeting of Shareholders
6/1/12 10Q for quarter ended 4/30/12
5/17/12 8K re: operating results & guidance
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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