Thursday, July 26, 2012

7/26/12 Thurs. am Boeing & Caterpillar Profits Up


Post No. 1,745 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 as of July 23, 2012 and Dow 30 components' SEC filings also as of July 23, 2012.

A read of the print editions of Thursday'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 MWednesday's stock prices and related data in alphabetical order.

Dow Jones Average  The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed Wednesday at 12,676.05 up 58.73 or 0.47% from Tuesday's close of 12,617.32. For the year the Dow is up 3.75%. Of the 30 Dow components 18 gained, two - Alcoa and Procter & Gamble were unchanged and 10 declined. The biggest gainer dollar-wise was Caterpillar up 41.17 and percentage-wise was Boeing up 2.78%. The biggest decliner dollar-wise was Microsoft down 32 cents and percentage-wise wasHewlett-Packard down 1.14% .

WSJ pC4 "Dow up for first time in 4 days" by matt Jarzemsky says upbeat earnings from Boeing and Caterpillar helped the Dow rise ofr the 1st time in 4 sessions.  Boeing is cahrted under Good News as its shares rose $2.00.  Caterpillar was up $1.17 after its boosted its profit forecast despite fears the global economy could worsen.  Boeing raised ints fin'l projections for the year on higher int'l defense and jet sales.

USA Today p4B "Dow gains as S&P, nasdaq take a dip thanks to Apple" by Bloomberg says the S&P erased gains in the final hour of trading on Wed as disappointing results at Apple & an unexpected decline in new home sales overshadowed a rally in banks & ind'l shares.

NYT pB10 "Market lacks direction as earnings are mixed" by AP says whipsawed by strong earnings from some firms and weaks ones from others like Apple, the stock market lacked direction Wed.  Helping the Dow were big gains from Boeing and Caterpillar, together contributing 24 points.  Boeing rose 2.8% after reporting surprisngly strong earnings.  Caterpillar rose 1.4% after its earnings beat analysts' estimates.  

Fin Times p22 "Apple shareholders unimpressed after earnings msis forecasts" by Kandy Wong, Martha Poon says US equities were mixed yesterday after trading in a negative territory for the prior 3 sessions.  Caterpillar rose 1.4% but lowered its full year sales outlook as it forecast weaker economic growth ahead.  Boeing added 2.8% as its raised its earnings per share guidance for this year by 6%.  Bank of America was up 0.4%.  AT&T, the largest US telecom firm by rev rose 2%.  Verizon was down 0.1%.

Inv. Bus. Daily pB2 "A few blue chips, techs outperform in mixed day" by David Saito-Chung says the major marrket indexes delivered a mixed performance Wed amid a maelstrong of earnings reports as investors favored fast growign midcap firms and some mega cap blue chips.  Boeing with an annualized dividend yield of 2.4% and Caterpillar with a 2.6% yield di the heavy lifting, each rising more than 1  point.  IBM also had a good day.  IBM is just 9% off its 52 week peak.  Wednesday's action was mixed  in mixed turnover as the current outlook is the market is in a correction.


As of the open of the market on Thursday the current divisor for the Dow Jones Industrial Average found at page C6 of Thursday's Wall St. Journal is 0.132129493. Thursday's trailing P/E ratio is 14.12 up from yesterday's trailing P/E ratio of 14.06 (year ago it was 14.08); today's P/E estimate is 12.35 unchanged from Wednesday's P/E estimate of 12.35 (year ago it was 12.75) and today's dividend yield is 2.65 down from yesterday's dividend yield of 2.66 (last year it was 2.46). 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.


Wednesday's Dow Jones Industrial Average closing numerator was 1,674.88 up 7.76 from Tuesday's closing numerator of 1,667.12. 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 Wednesday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $55.83 down 026 from Tuesday's average closing price of $55.57. The median closing price of Wednesday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $52.46 (HD/DIS) down $0.22 from Tuesday's median closing price of $52.68 (HD/DD. The lowest volume was Travelers and the highest volume again was Bank of America.

If Wednesday 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 $776 ($167,488 - $166,712).

MarketWatch Wed. 4:43 MarketWatch.com byKaren Gibson say US stocks closed mostly lower Wednesday as an earnings miss from Apple Inc. dented cheer in the technology sector.
“Earnings are a mixed bag and we’re getting a mixed reaction,” said Art Hogan, a strategist at Lazard Capital Markets. “Positive results from industrial-related companies are being partially offset by weakness in technology and the consumer space,” said Lawrence Creatura, portfolio manager at Federated Investors in Rochester, N.Y. “Apple AAPL-4.32% is the dominant contributor to the weakness in technology.” Upbeat outlooks from construction-equipment maker Caterpillar Inc. CAT+1.44% and aerospace company Boeing Co. BA +2.78% helped the Dow Jones Industrial Average avoid a fourth down session. ‘Housing is the only good thing in the economic-data stream right now, and anyone who says it is bad is not looking at the whole picture.’ Art Hogan, Lazard Capital Markets LLC. Rising as much as 115 points during the session, the Dow industrials DJIA+0.47% rose 58.73 points, or 0.5%, to 12,676.05. The S&P 500 indexSPX-0.03% fell nearly half a point to 1,337.89, with technology the weakest and telecommunications the strongest performer among its 10 industry groups. The Nasdaq CompositeCOMP-0.31% declined 8.75 points, or 0.3%, to 2,854.24. Without Apple’s impact, the index would have finished the session with a slight gain. “Seventy-one percent of companies that have reported so far have beat estimates, which is a little higher than average, and 40% have beaten revenue estimates, and that number is usually about 60%, so that’s lower than normal,” said Lazard Capital’s Hogan. “It’s the better-than-expected earnings that are catching us by surprise when they shouldn’t because we lowered the bar so much,” he added. Shares of Apple fell 4.3% after the consumer-technology company reported late Tuesday that fiscal third-quarter earnings and revenue came in below expectations. Chip maker Altera Corp. ALTR+12.19% rallied 12% a day after it reported a decline in second-quarter income, with the results surpassing Wall Street’s estimates. Companies missing estimates and guiding lower largely involve those with 25% or more revenue exposure to Europe, according to Hogan, who noted that group includes about a third of the S&P 500. “That’s the new line in the sand,” he said. “The outcomes are very company-specific in nature, and often linked to the proportion of revenue which come from overseas. In former reporting periods, high levels of international exposure was a good thing, and in this reporting period that is not always the case,” Federated’s Creatura said. Apple's stock fell after its earnings report, but whether it missed depends on whose forecasts you look at. For every seven shares falling, eight gained on the New York Stock Exchange, where nearly 584 million shares traded. Composite volume neared 3.7 billion. On the New York Mercantile Exchange, crude futures CLU2+0.53% ended at $88.97 a barrel, up 47 cents, or 0.5%. The commodity spent much of the session in the red before rising to close higher for a second day. “There is a lot of energy volatility, which is linked in the near term to the instability in Syria and other neighbor states,” commented Creatura. The Commerce Department said new-home sales fell 8.4% in June, coming in well under expectations. “While a housing recovery is under way, it is most certainly not all good. Fits and starts are to be expected and clearly this summer is one of the fits,” emailed Dan Greenhaus, chief global strategist at BTIG LLC. The overall trend in housing is positive, said Hogan, who pointed out the three-month moving average is at 363,000, versus starting the year at 298,000. “Housing is the only good thing in the economic-data stream right now, and anyone who says it is bad is not looking at the whole picture.”

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

AT&T: Fin Times p22 "Apple shareholders unimpressed after earnings msis forecasts" by Kandy Wong, Martha Poon says US equities were mixed yesterday after trading in a negative territory for the prior 3 sessions.  Caterpillar rose 1.4% but lowered its full year sales outlook as it forecast weaker economic growth ahead.  Boeing added 2.8% as its raised its earnings per share guidance for this year by 6%.  Bank of America was up 0.4%.  AT&T, the largest US telecom firm by rev rose 2%.  Verizon was down 0.1%.

Alcoa: No mentions found.

American Express: No mentions found.

Bank of America:  WSJ pC12 "Sandy Weill regrest breaking bglass" by David Reilly says the three big US banks, JPMorgan, Citi and Bank of America trade at a substantial discount to many, far smaller peers.  Citi and Bofa trade at half their tangible book value while JPMorgan trades at tangible.

 Fin Times p22 "Apple shareholders unimpressed after earnings msis forecasts" by Kandy Wong, Martha Poon says US equities were mixed yesterday after trading in a negative territory for the prior 3 sessions.  Caterpillar rose 1.4% but lowered its full year sales outlook as it forecast weaker economic growth ahead.  Boeing added 2.8% as its raised its earnings per share guidance for this year by 6%.  Bank of America was up 0.4%.  AT&T, the largest US telecom firm by rev rose 2%.  Verizon was down 0.1%.

Boeing:  WSJ pB6 "Boeing forecast climbs amid global gains" by  Jon Ostrower, NYT pB3 "Deliveries up, Boeing beats forecasts of analysts" by Christopher Drew, Fin Times p14 "Boeing buoyant on outlook following strong quarter" by Andrew Parker, AJC pA16 "Boeing beats forecast with 3% profit" say Boeing posted a surprise improvement in 2Q net income as demand for jets thrived and its defense biz held its own.  Boeing had net income of $967 mil or $1.27 per share vs. $941 mil or $1.25 a year ago.  Rev was up 21% to $20 bil from $16.54 bil a year ago.  The 3% profit easily beat forecasts from Wall St. analysts.

 WSJ pC4 "Dow up for first time in 4 days" by matt Jarzemsky says upbeat earnings from Boeing and Caterpillar helped the Dow rise ofr the 1st time in 4 sessions.  Boeing is cahrted under Good News as its shares rose $2.00.  Caterpillar was up $1.17 after its boosted its profit forecast despite fears the global economy could worsen.  Boeing raised ints fin'l projections for the year on higher int'l defense and jet sales.

 NYT pB10 "Market lacks direction as earnings are mixed" by AP says whipsawed by strong earnings from some firms and weaks ones from others like Apple, the stock market lacked direction Wed.  Helping the Dow were big gains from Boeing and Caterpillar, together contributing 24 points.  Boeing rose 2.8% after reporting surprisngly strong earnings.  Caterpillar rose 1.4% after its earnings beat analysts' estimates.

 Inv. Bus. Daily pB2 "A few blue chips, techs outperform in mixed day" by David Saito-Chung says the major marrket indexes delivered a mixed performance Wed amid a maelstrong of earnings reports as investors favored fast growign midcap firms and some mega cap blue chips.  Boeing with an annualized dividend yield of 2.4% and Caterpillar with a 2.6% yield di the heavy lifting, each rising more than 1  point.  IBM also had a good day.  IBM is just 9% off its 52 week peak.  Wednesday's action was mixed  in mixed turnover as the current outlook is the market is in a correction.

 Fin Times p22 "Apple shareholders unimpressed after earnings msis forecasts" by Kandy Wong, Martha Poon says US equities were mixed yesterday after trading in a negative territory for the prior 3 sessions.  Caterpillar rose 1.4% but lowered its full year sales outlook as it forecast weaker economic growth ahead.  Boeing added 2.8% as its raised its earnings per share guidance for this year by 6%.  Bank of America was up 0.4%.  AT&T, the largest US telecom firm by rev rose 2%.  Verizon was down 0.1%.

Caterpillar:  WSJ pB7 "Caterpillar" by James Hagerty & Bob Tita, NYT pB6 "Posting profits, Caerpillar raises outlook" by Reuters, Fin Times p13 "Caterpillar cuts sales forecast & warns on ind'l sector growth" by Hal Weitzman, AJC pA16 "Caterpillar profit soars 67% in quarter" say Caterpillars 2Q profit jumped at $1.7 bil i net income or $2.54 a share on rev of  $17.37 bil up from $1.02 bil or $1.52 per share on $14.23 bil a year ago, beating Wall St. expectations and causing Caterpillar to boost its outlook for the year to $9.60 eps up from $9.50.

 WSJ pC4 "Dow up for first time in 4 days" by matt Jarzemsky says upbeat earnings from Boeing and Caterpillar helped the Dow rise ofr the 1st time in 4 sessions.  Boeing is cahrted under Good News as its shares rose $2.00.  Caterpillar was up $1.17 after its boosted its profit forecast despite fears the global economy could worsen.  Boeing raised ints fin'l projections for the year on higher int'l defense and jet sales.

 NYT pB10 "Market lacks direction as earnings are mixed" by AP says whipsawed by strong earnings from some firms and weaks ones from others like Apple, the stock market lacked direction Wed.  Helping the Dow were big gains from Boeing and Caterpillar, together contributing 24 points.  Boeing rose 2.8% after reporting surprisngly strong earnings.  Caterpillar rose 1.4% after its earnings beat analysts' estimates.

 Inv. Bus. Daily pB2 "A few blue chips, techs outperform in mixed day" by David Saito-Chung says the major marrket indexes delivered a mixed performance Wed amid a maelstrong of earnings reports as investors favored fast growign midcap firms and some mega cap blue chips.  Boeing with an annualized dividend yield of 2.4% and Caterpillar with a 2.6% yield di the heavy lifting, each rising more than 1  point.  IBM also had a good day.  IBM is just 9% off its 52 week peak.  Wednesday's action was mixed  in mixed turnover as the current outlook is the market is in a correction.

 Fin Times p22 "Apple shareholders unimpressed after earnings msis forecasts" by Kandy Wong, Martha Poon says US equities were mixed yesterday after trading in a negative territory for the prior 3 sessions.  Caterpillar rose 1.4% but lowered its full year sales outlook as it forecast weaker economic growth ahead.  Boeing added 2.8% as its raised its earnings per share guidance for this year by 6%.  Bank of America was up 0.4%.  AT&T, the largest US telecom firm by rev rose 2%.  Verizon was down 0.1%.

Chevron: No mentions found.

Cisco: No mentions found.

Coke:  NYT pB10 "PepsiCo, revamping in China takes a loss" by AP says PepsiCo has tried to strengthen its flagging US soda biz which has lost market share to Coke in recent years.

Disney: No mentions found.

DuPont: No mentions found.

Exxon: No mentions found.

GE: No mentions found.

Hewlett-Packard: No mentions found.

Home Depot: No mentions found.

Intel: No mentions found.

IBM: Inv. Bus. Daily pB2 "A few blue chips, techs outperform in mixed day" by David Saito-Chung says the major marrket indexes delivered a mixed performance Wed amid a maelstrong of earnings reports as investors favored fast growign midcap firms and some mega cap blue chips.  Boeing with an annualized dividend yield of 2.4% and Caterpillar with a 2.6% yield di the heavy lifting, each rising more than 1  point.  IBM also had a good day.  IBM is just 9% off its 52 week peak.  Wednesday's action was mixed  in mixed turnover as the current outlook is the market is in a correction.

JPMorgan: No mentions found.

Johnson & Johnson:  NYT pB2 "Pay for delay drug case moves forward" by Edward Wyatt says  the European Commission is conducting investigations into several US drug firms including Johnson & Johnson for possible violations of copetition rules.  This story is about antitrust regulators in the European Union moving against payf or delay drug cases in which a maker of name brand drug pays makers of generic ones to keep competing products off the market.

Kraft: No mentions found.

McDonald's: No mentions found.

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: Fin Times p22 "Apple shareholders unimpressed after earnings msis forecasts" by Kandy Wong, Martha Poon says US equities were mixed yesterday after trading in a negative territory for the prior 3 sessions.  Caterpillar rose 1.4% but lowered its full year sales outlook as it forecast weaker economic growth ahead.  Boeing added 2.8% as its raised its earnings per share guidance for this year by 6%.  Bank of America was up 0.4%.  AT&T, the largest US telecom firm by rev rose 2%.  Verizon was down 0.1%.

Walmart: WSJ pC1 "A tougher review ins tore for Amazon" by Spencer Jakab says analysts expects amazon's operating margins to mroe than double to the same level as Walmart by 2016.

USA Today p1B "Disability advocates sue Walmart" says they are claiming Walmart refuses to make payment machines accessible to wheelchair users.



Wednesday'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 Donald 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 7/23/12 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 245.5 [8.5]
3.WalMart WMT 244 [3.5]
4. IBM 220 [1]
5. Chevron CVX 212.5 [2]
6. GE 212 [10.5]
7. AT&T T 206.5 [6]
8. Johnson & Johnson JNJ 186.5 [3]
9. Pfizer PFE 176.5 [7.5]
10. Procter & Gamble PG 176 [3]
11. Coke KO 173 [2.5]
12. Merck MRK 131.5 [3]
13. JPMorgan Chase JPM 130.5 [4]
14. Intel INTC 126.5 [5]
15. Verizon VZ 126 [3]
16. McDonald's MCD 91 [1]
17. Cisco CSCO 86 [5.5]
18. Disney DIS 85.5 [2]
19. Home Depot HD 78 [1.5]
20. Bank of America BAC 76 [10.5]
21. Kraft KFT 69.5 [2]
22. United Technologies UTX 67 [1]
23. American Express AXP 64 [1]
24. 3M MMM 62 [.5]
25. Boeing BA 54.5 [1]
26. Caterpillar CAT 53 [.5]
27. DuPont DD 45.5 [1]
28. Hewlett-Packard HPQ 36 [2]
29. Travelers TRV 24 [.5]
30. Alcoa AA 8.5 [1]

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Here are the latest 8K, 10Q & 10K & Proxy & certain other SEC filings as of 7/23/12:

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

AT&T T: 6/29/12 8K re: election of Scott F. Ford as Director
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

Alcoa AA: 7/13/12 8K re: Transcript of 2Q earnings call
7/10/12 8K re: 2Q results
5/10/12 8K re: Results of Annual Shareholders Meeting
5/8/12 8K re: Sustainability Highlights Report


American Express AXP: 7/20/12 8K re: election of David L. Vasella (Chairman of Bd. of Novartis) as Director
7/18/12 8K re: 2Q results
7/16/12 8K re: cedt stats through 6/30/12
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


Bank of Am BAC: 7/18/12 8K re: 2Q results
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



Boeing BA: 6/26/12 8K re: selection of Raymond L. Conner to replace Jim Albaugh as Pres/CEO of Boeing Comm'l Airplanes
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


Caterpillar CAT: 6/26/12 8K re: safety problems at Wyoming mine
6/25/12 8K re: underwriting agreement re: issuance of $1.5 bil of debt
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


Chevron CVX: 7/11/12 8K re: guidance for 2Q
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


Cisco CSCO : 6/27/12 8K re; execs' pre-arranged stock trading plan
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


Coke KO: 7/17/12 8K re; 2Q results
7/10/12 8K re: approval of shareholders for stock split
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


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

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


GE: 7/20/12 8K re: 2Q results
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


Hewlett-Packard HPQ: 6/8/12 10Q re: quarter ended 4/30/12
5/23/12 8K re: 2nd Qtr results


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: 7/18/12 2 8Ks re: 2Q results
7/9/12 8K re; purchase of 10% of ASML for $2.1 bil
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



IBM: 7/19/12 & 7/18/12 8Ks re: 2Q results
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



JPMorganChase JPM: 7/13/12 8K re: 2Q results
7/13/12 8K re: restatement of 1Q results
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



Johnson & Johnson JNJ : 7/20/12 8K re: settlement of shareholder deriv case in US Dist CT NJ
7/17/12 8K re: 2Q results
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



Kraft KFT: 7/18/12 & 7/17/12 & 7/2/12 8Ks re: successful exchange of notes
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.


McDonald's MCD: 7/23/12 8K re; 2Q results
7/20/12 8K re: various amendments to By-laws
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.



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


Microsoft MSFT: 7/19/12 8K re: 4Q & full year results
7/2/12 8K re: write-down to Online Services Div
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: sale of Nutrition business to Nestle for $11.85 bil



Procter & Gamble PG: 7/18/12 8K re: Board proclaims support for CEO Bob McDonald
7/10/12 8K re: quarterly dividend of 0.562 cents per share
6/20/12 8K re: Deutsche Bank Conference Reg. FD disclosures
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


3M MMM: 6/26/12 8K re: issuance of $1.25 bil of notes
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


Travelers TRV: 7/19/12 10Q & 7/19/12 8K re: results of quarter ender 6/30/12
5/25/12 8K re: voting results of 5/23 Annual Meeting of Shareholders


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: 7/19/12 Form S-3 re: registration of 29,750,000 shares
7/19/12 & 7/18/12 8Ks re: 2Q results
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. END

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