A read of the print editions of Monday's Barron's & Investor's Business Daily, the Sat/Sun combined issues of Wall St. Journal & Financial Times, & Sunday's & Saturday's New York Times & Atlanta Journal Constitution 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 Friday's stock prices and related data in alphabetical order.
Dow Jones Average The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed Friday at 13,275.2 up 25.09 or 0.19% from Thursday's close of 13,13250.11. For the year the Dow is up %. For the week the Dow was 0.5%. Of the 30 Dow components 13 gained, Procter & Gamble was unchanged and 169 declined. The biggest gainer dollar-wise and percentage-wise was United Technologies up $1.60 or 2.03%. The biggest decliner dollar-wise was and percentage-wise was Merck down 65 cents or 1.48%.
Inv. Bus. Daily pB6 "More leaders break out in good sign for uptrend" by Paul Whitfield says stocks finished the week on a postive note as more top rated stocks broke out Fri. Friday's action saw indexes rise, close near week's highs. The current outlook is a confirmed uptrend.
Inv. Bus. Daily pB2 "More leaders stage breakouts as market conditons improve" by Vincent mao says the market showed improvement last week by climbing out of a short trrading range and on to 3 month highs.
Sat. WSJ pB4 "Blue chips near a five-year high" by Matt Jarzemsky says stocks ended a nail-biting trading day just points away from a near 5 year year high. It closed about 4 points from its highest level since Dec. '07.
Sat. NYT pB1 "In the calm of summer, stocks clumb gingerly" by Nathaniel Popper says stocks approahed their highest levels of the year on Fri int he wake of some encouraign economic dta, clsoing ot their 6th striaght psoitive week.
Fin. Times p11 "Apple shows good health ahead of product launches" by Martha Poonsays on Fri the broader amrekts saw a rally in tech stocks.
As of the close of the market on Friday the current divisor for the Dow Jones Industrial Average found at page B5 of Saturday's Wall St. Journal is 0.12914682. Saturday's trailing P/E ratio is 14.31 up from Friday's trailing P/E ratio of 14.28 (year ago it was 12.07); Saturday's P/E estimate is 12.64 up from Friday's P/E estimate of 12.62 (year ago it was 11.11) and Saturday's dividend yield is 2.64 up from Friday's dividend yield of 2.6 (last year it was 2.82). 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.
Friday's Dow Jones Industrial Average closing numerator was 1,714.44 up 3.24 from Thursday's closing numerator of 1,711.20. 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 (0.12914682) you get the increase in today's Dow.Each dollar increase in the Dow increases the Dow Jones Industrial Average up 7.74.
The average closing price (the closing numerator divided by 30) of Friday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $57.15 up113 cents from Thursday's average closing price of $57.04. The median closing price of Friday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $59.76 (HD/DD). The lowest volume was 3M Travelers and the highest volume again was Bank of America.
If Friday 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 $330 ($171,450 - $171,120 ).
MarketWatch.com Fri. 4: 21 pm by Wallace Witkowsi says US stocks closed higher Friday, capping another low-volume week where all three major indexes logged weekly gains. The Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA +0.19% closed up 25.09 points, or 0.2%, at 13,275.20, and the S&P 500 Index SPX +0.19% rose 2.65 points, or 0.2%, to 1,418.16. The Nasdaq Composite Index finished up 14.20 points, or 0.5%, at 3,076.59. Both the Dow and the S&P have logged gains for the sixth consecutive week, the longest weekly winning streak since January 2011. The Nasdaq was up for its fifth week in a row. Stocks traded in a narrow range Friday on below-average volume following the release of data showing a rise in consumer sentiment and economic indicators.
Sunday's & Saturday's Dow News followed by Friday's Closing Dow Numbers:
AT&T: WSJ pB14 "The sprint is on for new wireless bids" by Miriam Gottfried says the Justice Dept. approved thurs a $3.9 bil bid by Verizon Wireless to buy blocks of spectrum from a cosnortium of cable providers. Sprint needs more capacityt o compete with Verizon and AT&T and may buy MetroPCS.
Alcoa: No mentions found.
American Express: No mentions found.
Bank of America: No mentions found.
Boeing: No mentions found.
Caterpillar: Sat. NYT pB1 "Caterpillar wokers ratify deal they dislike" by Steven Greenhouse says on Fri. workers who had been striking at a Caterpilalr hydraulic parts factory in Joliet, Ill. voted to accept a 6 year contract.
Inv. Bus. Daily pA1 "Caterpillar's US sales surge" says Cterpllar's sales jumped 14% int he last quarter, fraster than the 11% in the prior 2 periods.
Chevron: No mentions found.
Cisco: Barron's pM2 "Charting the market" charts Cisco saying it had a 64% jump in EPS to 36 cents for the quarter ended July and it will raise its quarterly dividend 75% to 14 cents per share.
Barron's pM3 "Apple and Cisco lead the market higher" by Vito J. Racanelli says strong results from Cisco Systems and Apple led the charge for a 6th consecutive week of gains.
Barron's p28 "Goodbye, growth. Hello, divdiends. Cisco hikes payout 75%. by Tiernan Ray says Cisco's journey of recovery has made good progress. Cisco had double digit sales growth among its top 29 clobal customers and is doing a lot better than its network competitor Juniper which saw sales fall 4.2% in June. A few weeks ago Intel & Mircrosoft reported good results desptie a weak PC market. Intel had a 3.6% growth rate for June and Microsoft reported 4% growth for that quarter.
WSJ pB14 "Switched rotue for Cisco earnings growth" by Rolfe Winkler says Cisco has bought back an average $7.4 bil worth of stock every year since '03. Almost 90% of cisco's cash is held abroad and can't be repatriated to pay dividends or buy back shares without getting hit with taxes.
WSj pB7 ":where for find the next crop fo dvidend paying stars" by Jack Hough says compared with teh S&P yeild of 2.1%, Cisco's yield looks good. Disney announced a 50% dividend increase last Nov.
Coke: AJC pD1 "Pepsi challenges Big Red at home" by Leon Stafford says Pepsi is stepping out of the shadows more thee days in metro Atlanta and can be found at more places than before such as the airport.
Disney: Sun NYT pBu 4 "An undercurrent of darkness, even at Disney" by Alex Hirsch says Disney has hired some daring young managers and is tring to improve its cartoons on Disney Channel.
Sun NYT pSR 12 "Why waiting is troture" by Alex Stone describes some of Disney's secrets for making their lines seem shorter.
WSJ pB7 ":where for find the next crop fo dvidend paying stars" by Jack Hough says compared with teh S&P yield of 2.1%, Cisco's yield looks good. Disney announced a 50% dividend increase last Nov.
DuPont: No mentions found.
Exxon: WSJ pB3 "Exxon seeks to export gas" by Angel Gonzalez says a jv between Exxon and Qatar Petroleum is asking fed authorities for consent to export liquefied natrual gas amde in the US from an existing terminal in La.
GE: Barron's p29 "In it for the duration" by Sarah max is an interview with Mary Stanek, Pres. of Baird Funds who says its Core Fund has 585 securities, its largest crdit holding is GE which accounts for just 0.99% of the portfolio.
Hewlett-Packard: Inv. Bus. Daily pB5 "bu turnaround stories on proven results, not faith" by alan R. Elliott says in '93 Lou Gerstner joined a stalled IBM. BP, Yahoo, Hewlett-Packard and GM are in the midst of turnaround attempts.
Home Depot: AJC pD1 "Home Depot linking job, pros" by Arielle Kass says Home Depot has a new website that matches homeonwers' needs with private experts.
Barron's p13 "Week preview" says Lowe's reports on Mon. after Home Depot had better than expected quarterly results on 8/14.
Inv. Bus. Daily pA8 "Parceling out the grocery trade" by Kevin harlin says Walmart is opening a smaller box in Los Angeles under the name Neighborhood market which will be a small supermarket. Home Depot is even doing a food display or snack display.
Intel: Sun. NYT pBU 3 "Finding dvidends in unusual places" by Pul Lim says Microsoft has a healthy yield of 2.6% and has grown at a market beating annual rate of 15% over the past 5 years, yet Microsoft shares trades at a P/E of just 10.1 based on projected earnings. Other dividend paying stocks held by the William Blair large Cap Value fund are IBM, Microsoft & Intel. Intel has a dividend yield of 3.2% and a projected P/E ratio of 10.2. Intel yields twice what 10 year Treasuries do but trades at 2/3 of utility stocks.
Barron's p28 "Goodbye, growth. Hello, divdiends. Cisco hikes payout 75%. by Tiernan Ray says Cisco's journey of recovery has made good progress. Cisco had double digit sales growth among its top 29 clobal customers and is doing a lot better than its network competitor Juniper which saw sales fall 4.2% in June. A few weeks ago Intel & Mircrosoft reported good results desptie a weak PC market. Intel had a 3.6% growth rate for June and Microsoft reported 4% growth for that quarter.
IBM: Inv. Bus. Daily pB5 "bu turnaround stories on proven results, not faith" by alan R. Elliott says in '93 Lou Gerstner joined a stalled IBM. BP, Yahoo, Hewlett-Packard and GM are in the midst of turnaround attempts.
Sun. NYT pBU 3 "Finding dvidends in unusual places" by Pul Lim says Microsoft has a healthy yield of 2.6% and has grown at a market beating annual rate of 15% over the past 5 years, yet Microsoft shares trades at a P/E of just 10.1 based on projected earnings. Other dividend paying stocks held by the William Blair large Cap Value fund are IBM, Microsoft & Intel. Intel has a dividend yield of 3.2% and a projected P/E ratio of 10.2. Intel yields twice what 10 year Treasuries do but trades at 2/3 of utility stocks.
JPMorgan: Barron's pM6 "Where to buy better banks" by Reshma Kapadia says John Paulson is reducing his posing in JPMorgan Chase.
Johnson & Johnson: No mentions found.
Kraft: No mentions found.
McDonald's: No mentions found.
Merck: No mentions found.
Microsoft: Barron's p28 "Goodbye, growth. Hello, divdiends. Cisco hikes payout 75%. by Tiernan Ray says Cisco's journey of recovery has made good progress. Cisco had double digit sales growth among its top 29 clobal customers and is doing a lot better than its network competitor Juniper which saw sales fall 4.2% in June. A few weeks ago Intel & Mircrosoft reported good results desptie a weak PC market. Intel had a 3.6% growth rate for June and Microsoft reported 4% growth for that quarter.
Sun. NYT pBU 3 "Finding dvidends in unusual places" by Pul Lim says Microsoft has a healthy yield of 2.6% and has grown at a market beating annual rate of 15% over the past 5 years, yet Microsoft shares trades at a P/E of just 10.1 based on projected earnings. Other dividend paying stocks held by the William Blair large Cap Value fund are IBM, Microsoft & Intel. Intel has a dividend yield of 3.2% and a projected P/E ratio of 10.2. Intel yields twice what 10 year Treasuries do but trades at 2/3 of utility stocks.
Pfizer: No mentions found.
Procter & Gamble: No mentions found.
3M: No mentions found.
Travelers: No mentions found.
United Technologies: No mentions found.
Verizon: WSJ pB14 "The sprint is on for new wireless bids" by Miriam Gottfried says the Justice Dept. approved thurs a $3.9 bil bid by Verizon Wireless to buy blocks of spectrum from a cosnortium of cable providers. Sprint needs more capacityt o compete with Verizon and AT&T and may buy MetroPCS.
Walmart: Barron's p12 "Week review" says Walmart Stores raised earnings outlook for the year. Walamrt, Target & 7-11 are developing a mobile payment network, Merchants Customer Exchange, to compete with Google.
Inv. Bus. Daily pA8 "Parceling out the grocery trade" by Kevin harlin says Walmart is opening a smaller box in Los Angeles udner the nname Neighborhoold market which will be a small supermarket. Home Depot is even doing a food display or snack display.
Fin. Times p9 "Walmart faces up to the problems of going global" by Barney Jopson says Walmart, the world's biggest retailer with more than $440 bil in annual sales in slowing expansion in China, Brazil and Mexico.
Friday's Closing Dow Numbers:
| Symbol | Last Sale | Change | % Change | Share Volume | Market |
| T |  | NYSE | |||
| AA | | NYSE | |||
| AXP |  | NYSE | |||
| BAC | | NYSE | |||
| BA | | NYSE | |||
| CAT | | NYSE | |||
| CVX | | NYSE | |||
| CSCO | | NASDAQ-GS | |||
| KO | | NYSE | |||
| DIS | | NYSE | |||
| DD | | NYSE | |||
| XOM | | NYSE | |||
| GE | | NYSE | |||
| HPQ | | NYSE | |||
| HD | | NYSE | |||
| INTC | | NASDAQ-GS | |||
| IBM | | NYSE | |||
| JPM | | NYSE | |||
| JNJ | | NYSE | |||
| KFT | | NASDAQ-GS | |||
| MCD | | NYSE | |||
| MRK | | NYSE | |||
| MSFT | | NASDAQ-GS | |||
| PFE | | NYSE |
| PG |  | NYSE | |||
| MMM | | NYSE | |||
| TRV | | NYSE | |||
| UTX | | NYSE | |||
| VZ | | DualListed | |||
| WMT | | NYSE |
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The following are excerpts from Fri. morning's Blog.
No blog this morning.
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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 8/17/12 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 $408 [4.5]
2. Microsoft MSFT 259.5 [8.5]
3.WalMart WMT 245 [3.5]
4. IBM 230 [1]
5. GE 222 [10.5]
6. Chevron CVX 221 [2]
7. AT&T T 214.5 [6]
8. Johnson & Johnson JNJ 187 [3]
9. Procter & Gamble PG 184.5 [3]
10. Coke KO 178.5 [4.5]11. Pfizer PFE 177.5 [7.5]
12. JPMorgan Chase JPM 140.5 [4]
13. Intel INTC 132.5 [5]
14. Merck MRK 132 [3]15. Verizon VZ 125.5 [3]
16. Cisco CSCO 102 [5.5]
17. Disney DIS 90.5 [2]18. McDonald's MCD 88 [1]
19. Home Depot HD 87 [1.5]
20. Bank of America BAC 86 [10.5]
21. United Technologies UTX 73.5 [1]
22. Kraft KFT 72 [2]23. American Express AXP 65.5 [1]
24. 3M MMM 65 [.5]
25. Caterpillar CAT 59 [.5]
26. Boeing BA 55.5 [1]27. DuPont DD 47 [1]
28. Hewlett-Packard HPQ 38.5 [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 8/17/12:
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: 7/26/12 10Q for quarter ended 6/30/12
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: 8/15/12 8K re: dlinq. & write0off stats for months of May, June, and July
8/8/12 8K re: presentation from semi-annual Fin'l Community Meeting
8/2/12 10Q for quarter ended 6/30/12
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: credt 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: 8/10/12 8K re: retirement of Vice Chiar Charles H. Noski as of 9/1
8/2/12 10Q for quarter ended 6/30/12
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
Boeing BA: 7/25/12 10Q and 8K re: 2nd quarter results ended 6/30/12
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
Caterpillar CAT: 8/17/12 8K re: 3 mos. dealer stats
8/10/12 8K re: debenture exchange
8/6/12 10Q re: quarter ended 6/30/12
7/27 8K re: debenture exchange
7/24/12 8K re: 3 mos. dealer states
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
Chevron CVX: 8/2/12 10Q & 7/27/12 8K re: 2 Qtr. results ended 6/30/12
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 : 8/15/12 8K re: 4Q and FY '12 earnings
8/2/12 8K re: appointment to Bd. of CEO of salesforce.com Marc Benioff and Kristina M. Johnson, CEO of enduring Hydro, LLC
6/27/12 8K re; execs' pre-arranged stock trading plan
6/13/12 8K re: director's pre-arranged stock trading plan
Coke KO: 7/1 8K re: new operating structure
7/27/12 8K re: Amendment to Articles of Incorp. to increase auth. shares & 2 for 1 stock split
'7/26/12 10Q for quarter ended 6/29/12
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
Disney DIS: 8/7/12 10Q & 8/7/12 8K results for 3rd quarter ended 6/30/12
6/11/12 8K re: $2.25 bil 5 year credit agreement
DuPont DD: 7/24/12 8K and 7/24/12 10Q for quarter ended 6/30/12
5/1/12 8K re: Annual meeting of stockholders results
ExxonMobil XOM: 8/2/12 10Q & 7/26/12 8K re: 2Q results ended 6/30/12
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
GE: 7/30/12 10Q re: quarter ended 6/30/12
7/30/12 8K re: election of John J. Brennan to Bd., he is Chairman Emeritus of Vanguard
7/23/12 8K re: resignation of John Krenicki as Vice Chair & exec officer at year end
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
Hewlett-Packard HPQ: 8/8/12 8K re: write-down due to impairment of goodwill
6/8/12 10Q re: quarter ended 4/30/12
5/23/12 8K re: 2nd Qtr results
Home Depot HD: 8/14/12 8K re: quarter ended 7/29
8/7/12 8K re: purchase of U.S. Home systems and related Proxy statement
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
Intel INTC: 8/1/12 10Q for quarter ended 6/30/12
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
IBM: 8/1/12 8K re: closing of sale of IBM's Retail Store Solutions biz to Toshiba Tec
7/31/12 10Q for period ended 6/30/12
7/27/12 8K re: underwriting agreement for 1.875% notes due '22
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
JPMorganChase JPM: 8/9/12 10Q for period ended 6/30/12
7/27/12 8K re: exec changes
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
Johnson & Johnson JNJ : 8/16/12 8K re: discontinuance of bapineuzumbab trials
8/2/12 10Q for quarter ended 7/1/12
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
Kraft KFT: 8/17/12 8K & 8/14 8K & 8/2/12 8K re: spin-off
8/3/12 10Q & 8/2/12 8K re: results of second quarter ended 6/30/12
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
McDonald's MCD: 8/9/12 8K re: July '12 sales
8/6/12 10Q for quarter ended 6/30/12
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
Merck MRK: 8/7/12 10Q & 7/27/12 8K re: results of second quarter ended 6/30/12
5/25/12 8K re: voting results of 5/22 Annual meeting of shareholders
Microsoft MSFT: 7/26/12 10K for year ended 6/30/12
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
Pfizer PFE: 8/14/12 8K re: purchase of marketing rights to OTC Nexium from AstraZeneca
8/9/12 10Q & 7/31/12 8K re: results of 2 Qtr ended 7/1/12
5/23/12 8K re: exec promotions
5/10/12 10Q for quarter ended 4/1
5/1/12 8K re: 1 qtr results
Procter & Gamble PG: 8/16/12 Form 8-A & 8/16 & 8/14/12 8Ks re sales of notes
8/8/12 10K and 8/3/12 2 8Ks all re: fourth quarter results for year ended 6/30/12
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
3M MMM: 8/2/12 & 7/26/12 8K re: 2nd quarter results for quarter ended 6/30/12
7/26/12 8K re: sale of notes
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
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: 7/31/12 8K re: purchase of Silver II for $3.46 bil
7/26/12 10Q & 7/26/12 8K re: results of 2nd qtr ended 6/30/12 & closing of Goodrich purchase and board and exec changer
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.
Verizon Communications Inc. VZ: 7/30/12 10Q for quarter ended 6/30/12
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
WalMart WMT: 8/16/12 8K re: 2 Qtr results
7/30/12 8K re: election to Board of Tim Flynn, former Chairman of KPMG
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
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