Wednesday, August 22, 2012

8/22/12 Wed pm Dow Closes at 13,172.76 down 30.82 or 0.23%

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Post No. 1,776 The following is brought to you by Intellivest Securities Research, Inc. Toward the end of this Blog is a list of the Dow 30 current CEOs, and a ranking of the Dow 30 components by market capitalization and recent Dow 30 components' SEC filings in both cases as of 8/17/12.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed Wednesday at 13,172.76 down 30.82 or 0.23% from Tuesday's close of 13,203.58. Of the 30 Dow components 15 gained and 15 declined. The biggest gainer dollar-wise were DuPont and United Technologies each up 39 cents and percentage-wise was DuPont up 0.77%. The biggest decliner dollar-wise was  Caterpillar down $1.57 and percentage-wise was Hewlett-Packard down 3.66%.

As of the open of the market on Wednesday the current divisor for the Dow Jones Industrial Average found at page C5 of Wednesday's Wall St. Journal is 0.12914682. Wednesday's trailing P/E ratio is 13.98 down from yesterday's trailing P/E ratio of 14.05 (year ago it was 12.47); today's P/E estimate is 12.64 unchanged from Tuesday's P/E estimate of 12.64 (year ago it was 11.11) and today's dividend yield is 2.54 up from yesterday's dividend yield of 2.53 (last year it was 2.81). 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 1,701.22 down 3.98 from Tuesday's closing numerator of 1,705.20. 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 decrease for today by the divisor (0.12914682) you get the decrease in today's Dow .Each dollar increase in the Dow increases the Dow Jones Industrial Averageby 7.74.

The average closing price (the closing numerator divided by 30) of Wednesday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $56.71 down 13 cents from Tuesday's average closing price of $56.84. The median closing price of  Wednesday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $53.72 (HD/DD) up 36 cents from Tuesday's median closing price of $53.36 (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 lost $398 ($170,520 - $170,122).

MarketWatch.com Wed. 4: 13 pm by Kate Gibson says US stocks ended lower on Wednesday, with the S&P 500 extending its longest down streak since May 18, after the Federal Reserve failed to offer a more decisive signal of further stimulus. "All monetary policy is Band-Aids while the patient gets sicker and sicker," said Gary Flam, portfolio manager at Bel Air Investment Advisors. The Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA -0.23% declined 48.59 points, or 0.4%, to 12,604.53. The S&P 500 SPX +0.02% edged fractionally lower to 1,341.45. Both the Dow and the S&P 500 ended in the red for a fifth session. Off for a fourth session, the Nasdaq Composite COMP +0.21% slid 14.35 points, or 0.5%, to 2,887.98.

Wednesday's Closing Dow Numbers:


Symbol Last Sale Change % Change Share Volume Market
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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The following are excerpts from Wed. morning's Blog.


A read of the print editions of Wednesday's Wall St. Journal, Financial Times, Investor's Business Daily, New York Times, USA Today, Atlanta Journal Constitution & Daily Report (Ga. - carries Bloomberg) yielded the following stories about Dow Jones Industrial Average 30 component companies and the Dow with stories about the Dow aggregated first and then items about Dow Jones Industrial Average 30 companies presented alphabetically, followed by a separate table of Dow component's symbol and Tuesday's stock prices and related data in alphabetical order.

Dow Jones Average:  The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed Tuesday at 13,203.58 down 68.06 or 0.51% from Monday's close of 13,271.64. For the year the Dow is p 8.07%. Of the 30 Dow components 9 gained and 21 declined. The biggest gainer dollar-wise and percentage-wise was JPMorgan up 67 cents or 1.79%. The biggest decliner dollar-wise was IBM down $1.85 and percentage-wise were Merck and Verizon each down 1.85 %.

WSJ pC4 "Blue Chips slip for a 2nd day" by Chris Dieterick says the Dow finished with its biggest decline in almost 3 weeks, falling for the 2nd session in a row after knocking on the door of multiyear hights.    Stocks turned lower even as the euro rose to a 6 week high vs. the dollar & the yen bolstered by optimism that the European Central Bank will take more steps to address the Continent's debt problem.  Fin'ls weer the only S&P Sector go gain.  JPMorgan was up 67 cents.

Fin Times p20 "First Soloar shines bright as energy sector looks to improved demand" by Kandy Wong says Exxon the most heavily weighted stock in the energy sector shed 0.6% while Chevron fell 0.5%.  Bank of America gained 0.5% and JPMorgan was up 1.8%.  Alcoa, hit by the slowing global growth, was up 0.2%.  DuPont lost 0.3%.

USA Today p4B "Europe news pushes markets up, but they end day with losses" by AP says the S&P and Dow touched their highest points in more than 4 years Tues, helped by more talk that the European Central Bank may buy struggling nations' bonds.  But a morning rally faded, & stocks ended lower.  JPMorgan and other firms with ties to Europe rose more than the overall market.

IBD pB4 "Market sees distributiona s stocks reverse lower" by Vic Reklaitis says stocks gave up moderate early gains Tues to close lower for the 2nd day in a row.  Tuesday's action was negative reversal in higher volume and the current outlook is a confirmed uptrend.

NYT pB7 "Strong start on Wall St. turns lower" by Reuters says stocks fell on Tues after the S&P touched a 4 year high but retreated in late trading.



Tuesday's Dow Jones Industrial Average closing numerator was 1,705.20 down 8.78 from Monday's closing numerator of 1,713.98. 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 (0.12914682) you get the decrease in today's Dow .Each dollar increase in the Dow increases the Dow Jones Industrial Averageby 7.74.

The average closing price (the closing numerator divided by 30) of Tuesday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $56.84 down 29 cents from Monday's average closing price of $57.13. The median closing price of Tuesday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $53.36 (HD/DD) down 17 cents from Monday's median closing price of $53.53 (HD/DD). The lowest volume was 3M Travelers and the highest volume again was Bank of America.

If Tuesday morning before the market opened you had purchased 100 shares of each of the Dow Jones Industrial Average 30 shares (assuming you could buy fractional shares and assuming no transaction costs) and sold at the close you would havelost $878 ($171,398 - 170,520).

MarketWatch.com Tues. 4: 09 pm by Kate Gibson says US stocks declined Tuesday, with the S&P 500 index SPX-0.35% retreating from a four-year high as Apple Inc.AAPL-1.37% shares turned lower, overtaking optimism about Europe. "When Apple started to give back too much of its intraday gains, the Nasdaq futures gave it all back and Apple turned from a 10-point gain to a 9-point loss before stabilizing," said Elliot Spar, market strategist at Stifel Nicolaus. The Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA-0.51% dropped 68.06 points, or 0.5%, to 13,203.58. The S&P 500 index lost 4.96 points, or 0.4%, to 1,413.17. The Nasdaq Composite COMP-0.29% fell 8.95 points, or 0.3%, to 3,067.26.


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

AT&T:  WSJ pB1 "Yellow Pages' last lifeline: clinging to each other" by John Jannarone says after Dex One and SueprMedia merge, they are the last two big players in the lcoal directories biz, just 2 large players will remain including a directories biz jointly owned by AT&t & a private equity firm.

USA Today p3B "T-Mobile to luanch unlimited data plan" by Roger Yu  says unlike AT&T or Verizon, T-Mobile doesn't charge overage fees for customers who go over data plan limits but their speeds are slowed to the point that browsing videos or transmitting large files becomes difficult.

Alcoa: Fin Times p20 "First Soloar shines bright as energy sector looks to improved demand" by Kandy Wong says Exxon the most heavily weighted stock in the energy sector shed 0.6% while Chevron fell 0.5%.  Bank of America gained 0.5% and JPMorgan was up 1.8%.  Alcoa, hit by the slowing global growth, was up 0.2%.  DuPont lost 0.3%.

American Express:   WSJ pC2 "BofA exits credit protection" by Andrew Johnson says theis move comes as debt cancellation services have drawn consumer advocates' ire.   JPMorgan stopped offering payment protection to new customers in Oct. '11.   A report taht looked at 9 credit card issuers, including American Express and BofA said a relatively small proportion of the fees paid for debt protection products is returned to consumers.

Bank of America:  WSJ pC2 "BofA exits credit protection" by Andrew Johnson says theis move comes as debt cancellation services have drawn consumer advocates' ire.   JPMorgan stopped offering payment protection to new customers in Oct. '11.   A report taht looked at 9 credit card issuers, including American Express and BofA said a relatively small proportion of the fees paid for debt protection products is returned to consumers.

Fin Times p20 "First Soloar shines bright as energy sector looks to improved demand" by Kandy Wong says Exxon the most heavily weighted stock in the energy sector shed 0.6% while Chevron fell 0.5%.  Bank of America gained 0.5% and JPMorgan was up 1.8%.  Alcoa, hit by the slowing global growth, was up 0.2%.  DuPont lost 0.3%.

Boeing:  No mentions found.

Caterpillar:  No mentions found.

Chevron:  No mentions found.

Cisco:  No mentions found.

Coke:  No mentions found.

Disney:  WSJ pB1 "Kimmel stirs late night fight" by Christopher Stewart says Disney's ABC is moving Kimmel Live to 11:35 to compete with Leno on NBC and Letterman on CBS.

IBD pB10 "Disney, Scripps elad in No. 1 media group" by David Saito-Chung says Disney, famous for its ESPN and ABC, continues to make its amusements parks a rev generator.

DuPont: Fin Times p20 "First Soloar shines bright as energy sector looks to improved demand" by Kandy Wong says Exxon the most heavily weighted stock in the energy sector shed 0.6% while Chevron fell 0.5%.  Bank of America gained 0.5% and JPMorgan was up 1.8%.  Alcoa, hit by the slowing global growth, was up 0.2%.  DuPont lost 0.3%.

USA Today p6A "Augusta takes a step forward", NYT pB10 "Augusta rarely bends, even for a President" by Bill Pennington discusses Augusta Golf Club's recent decision to admit women and says as of lasat month 20 Fortune 500 firms, including DuPont and IBM were headed by females. 

Exxon:  No mentions found.

GE:  No mentions found.

Hewlett-Packard:  IBD pA4 "Dell's Q2 sales, Q3 rev outlook, full year earnings guidance all short" by Pat Seitz says Dell competes with IBM and Hewlett-Packard in servers, networking and storage systems.

Home Depot:  No mentions found.

Intel:  NYT pB14 "Victor Poor, 79; helped Intel create early computer chip" by John Markoff says Victor Poor died.  In '69 he proposed to Intel to build a processor for a programmable terminal which eventually led to the 8088 family of microprocesors which was adopted in '81 by IBM and which helped Intel dominate the microprocessor biz.

IBM:   IBD pA4 "Dell's Q2 sales, Q3 rev outlook, full year earnings guidance all short" by Pat Seitz says Dell competes with IBM and Hewlett-Packard in servers, networking and storage systems.

NYT pB14 "Victor Poor, 79; helped Intel create early computer chip" by John Markoff says Victor Poor died.  In '69 he proposed to Intel to build a processor for a programmable terminal which eventually led to the 8088 family of microprocesors which was adopted in '81 by IBM and which helped Intel dominate the microprocessor biz.

USA Today p6A "Augusta takes a step forward", NYT pB10 "Augusta rarely bends, even for a President" by Bill Pennington discusses Augusta Golf Club's recent decision to admit women and says as of lasat month 20 Fortune 500 firms, including DuPont and IBM were headed by females.

JPMorgan: Fin Times p20 "First Soloar shines bright as energy sector looks to improved demand" by Kandy Wong says Exxon the most heavily weighted stock in the energy sector shed 0.6% while Chevron fell 0.5%.  Bank of America gained 0.5% and JPMorgan was up 1.8%.  Alcoa, hit by the slowing global growth, was up 0.2%.  DuPont lost 0.3%.

 WSJ pC4 "Blue Chips slip for a 2nd day" by Chris Dieterick says the Dow finished with its biggest decline in almost 3 weeks, falling for the 2nd session in a row after knocking on the door of multiyear hights.    Stocks turned lower even as the euro rose to a 6 week high vs. the dollar & the yen bolstered by optimism that the European Central Bank will take more steps to address the Continent's debt problem.  Fin'ls weer the only S&P Sector go gain.  JPMorgan was up 67 cents.

 USA Today p4B "Europe news pushes markets up, but they end day with losses" by AP says the S&P and Dow touched their highest points in more than 4 years Tues, helped by more talk that the European Central Bank may buy struggling nations' bonds.  But a morning rally faded, & stocks ended lower.  JPMorgan and other firms with ties to Europe rose more than the overall market.

Johnson & Johnson:  No mentions found.

Kraft:  WSJ pB8 "Kraft to sell part of Nature Brand" by Paul Ziobro says Kraft will sell a majoity stake in its Back to Nature Line of natural food products to Brynwood Partners, a private equity firm that focuses on buying smaller, overlooked brands from big firms.

Fin Times p12 "View from the top" is an interview by Alan Rappeport with Kraft CEO Irene Rosnebeld who will become CEO of Kraft spin off Modelez Int'l.

McDonald's:  No mentions found.

Merck:  No mentions found.

Microsoft:  WSJ pB7 "Dell battered by slumping PC sales" by Ben Worthen  says the releae of Microsoft's new Windows 8 op systme in Oct. could hurt current quarter PC sales as customers hold off on purchases.

WSJ pB3 "Fifty Shades of books" by Jeffrrey Trachtenberg says in April Microsoft agreed to invest $605 mil in exchange for a minority stake in the Nook biz and Barnes & Noble's college bookstore group in this story that says erotic novles lift B&N's retail store traffic while losses on Nook widen.

USA Today p1B "Microsfot takes orders for Windows 8" says orders will be accepted this week for the op system to be delivered 10/26.

Pfizer:  IBD pA2 "Pfizer arthritis drug delayed" says the FDA delayped approval of Pfizer's potential blockuser arthritis drug, tofacitinib by 3 months.

Procter & Gamble:  No mentions found.

3M:  No mentions found.

Travelers:  No mentions found.

United Technologies:  No mentions found.

Verizon: USA Today p3B "T-Mobile to luanch unlimited data plan" by Roger Yu  says unlike AT&T or Verizon, T-Mobile doesn't charge overage fees for customers who go over data plan limits but their speeds are slowed to the point that browsing videos or transmitting large files becomes difficult.

Walmart:  No mentions found.


Tuesday'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 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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