The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed Wed at 13,096.46 down 10.75 or 0.08% from Friday's close of 13,107.21. The US stock market was closed Mon. and Tues. due to Hurricane Sandy. Of the Dow components 11 gained, AT&T was unchanged and 18 declined. The biggest gainer dollar-wise was Home Depot up $1.38 and percentage-wise was Bank of America up 2.36%. The biggest decliner dollar-wise and percentage-wise was Disney down 97 cents or 1.94%.
As of the open of the market on Wednesday the current divisor for the Dow Jones Industrial Average found at page C6 of yesterday's Wall St. Journal is 0.130216081. Today's trailing P/E ratio is 13.95 up from Friday's trailing P/E ratio of 13.94 (year ago it was 13.20); today's P/E estimate is 12.35 down from Friday's P/E estimate of 12.59 (year ago it was 12.59) and today's dividend yield is 2.59 unchanged from Friday's dividend yield of 2.59 (last year it was 2.53). 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 1,705.37 down 1.40 from Friday's closing numerator of 1,706.77. 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 (0.130216081) you get the decrease in today's Dow. A dollar increase or decrease in a Dow stock results in a $7.68 change in the Dow Index.
The average closing price (the closing numerator divided by 30) of Wednesday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $56.85 down 4 cents from Friday's average of $56.89. The median closing price of Wednesday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $52.57 (DIS/UNH) down 36 cents from Friday's median closing price of 52.93. The lowest volume was 3M 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 or dividends) and sold at the close you would have lost $140 ($170,677 - $170,537).
10/31/12 Wed. 3:37 MarketWatch by Myra P. Saefong says U.S. stocks wavered Wednesday, with benchmark indexes teasing the flatline ahead of the close, as a post-Hurricane Sandy jump in Home Depot Inc.’s stock provided some support for the Dow industrials, but Facebook Inc. shares weighing down the Nasdaq Composite Index. The markets are “smashing together three days of trading into one as it digests both good and bad earnings announcements,” said Keith Springer, president of Springer Financial Advisors in Sacramento, Calif. President Barack Obama and Congress have put the U.S. on course to go over a so-called fiscal cliff. David Wessel tells you everything you need to know but were afraid to ask. Sandy had prompted a two-day shutdown of the New York Stock Exchange, with New York City and the East Coast hit hard by the storm on Monday evening. The Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA -0.08% added 3 points at 13,110.63, after trading as high as 13,189.08. It’s around 2.4% lower for the month. Trading had started on a “positive note with equities headed higher, likely due to the positive news out of Europe and the reaction to some recent earnings reports out of the likes of Ford, GM and BP,” said Ryan Wibberley, president and founder of CIC Wealth Management Group. Home Depot HD +2.23% shares climbed 2.5% — ranked as the top gainer in the blue-chip benchmark. Insurance firm Travelers Cos. TRV -0.87% shares fell 0.8%. “Stocks in the housing/construction/industrial sectors, like Home Depot, Lowe’s Cos. LOW +3.25% , [and] Owens Corning OC +6.84% are on the rise because these companies will likely benefit from the rebuilding that will follow in the Northeast after Hurricane Sandy,” added Wibberley. But insurance companies saw pressure “as market participants try to sort out how much of an earnings hit these companies will take in the fourth quarter, due to the massive destruction in the New York/New Jersey area,” he wrote in emailed comments. General Motors Co.GM +9.54% shares rose 10% after the company posted third-quarter earnings per share of 93 cents that were better than expected, excluding one-time items. Ford Motor Co.’s F +8.24% stock added 8%. The company reported healthy third-quarter profit margins Tuesday, when the stock market was closed. Down about 1.9% for the month, the S&P 500 Index SPX +0.02% rose 1.1 point, or 0.1%, at 1,413.20, with health-care and information technology falling the most and utilities the best performing among its 10 sectors. The Nasdaq COMP -0.36% fell 10.25 points, or 0.3%, at 2,977.70, trading 4.5% lower for the month to date. Shares of Facebook FB -3.79% fell 4.2% as the post-IPO lockup on about 229 million shares expired, making them available to the open market. /AAPL 594.80, -0.52, -0.09%
A
S
O
Wednesday'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 | |||
| MCD | | NYSE | |||
| MRK | | NYSE | |||
| MSFT | | NASDAQ-GS | |||
| PFE | | NYSE | |||
| PG | | NYSE |
| MMM | | NYSE | |||
| TRV | | NYSE | |||
| UNH | | NYSE | |||
| UTX | | NYSE | |||
| VZ | | DualListed | |||
| WMT | | NYSE |
**************************
The following are excerpts from Wednesday 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 Friday's stock prices and related data in alphabetical order.
Dow Jones Average: The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed Friday at 13,107.21 up 3.53 or 0.03% from Thursday's close of 13,103.68. For the week the Dow was down 236.3 or 1.77% from last Friday's close of 13,343.51. Of the Dow components 13 gained and 17 declined. The biggest gainer dollar-wise was IBM up $1.67 and percentage-wise was Intel up 1.2%. The biggest decliner dollar-wise was Procter & Gamble down 63 cents and percentage-wise was Bank of America down 1.3%.
WSJ pC4 "European stocks gain behindbanks and BP" by Andrea Tryphonides says trading volumes remained low as Sandy kept US stock markets closed. Futures ont he Dow rebounded from Monday. European stocks closed with solid gains Tues, buoyed by well received corp news from banks and a strong 3rd qtr from BP.
IBD pB6 "Stock market set to open after rare 2 day shutdown" by Victor Reklaitis says as the shortened trading week gets under way Wed, investors will react to delayed earnings reports and Sandy's damaging effects. Home Depot could see a boost from Sandy.
NYT pB9 "Investors await reopening of US markets" by Reuters says world shares rose modestly in subdued trading on Tues as investors and traders prepared for markets in the US to reopen.
Friday's Dow Jones Industrial Average closing numerator was 1,706.77 up 0.07 from Thursday's closing numerator of 1,706.70. 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 (0.130216081) you get the increase in today's Dow. A dollar increase or decrease in a Dow stock results in a $7.68 change in the Dow Index.
The average closing price (the closing numerator divided by 30) of Friday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $56.89 unchanged up from Thursday's average of $56.89. The median closing price of Friday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $52.93 (DIS/UNH) down 27 cents from yesterday's median closing price of 53.20. The lowest volume was 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 or dividends) and sold at the close you would have made $70 ($170,677 - $170,670).
Wednesday's Dow News:
AT&T: AJC pA10 "Nokia begins shipping Windows 8 phones" says the Lumia 920 & Lumia 820 will use Microsoft's Windows 8 software, launched last week. In N. America AT&T will sell the new models while Verizon Wireless will be the only operator to sell the Lumia 822.
Alcoa: No mentions found.
American Express: No mentions found.
Bank of America: No mentions found.
Boeing: AJC pA10 "Boeing to sell 35 new 737 airplanes to Russia" say the sale is to a state run leasing company. The planes are worth $3 bil.
Caterpillar: No mentions found.
Chevron: No mentions found.
Cisco: WSJ pB8B "Cisco faces threat to core businesses" by Drew Fitzgerald, IBD pA5 "Trends challenge Cisco's conferencing" by Pete Barlas say new technology that helps direct the flow of information around data centers is becoming more common in gear made by Cisco's competitors, challenging Cisco's dominance in its core router and switch market. Hewlett-Packard, IBM and others are moving into the software-defined networking products market to compete with Cisco. The IBD article says PC video meetings are taking away buisness from videoconferencing systems as is cloud computing.
Coke: No mentions found.
Disney: WSJ pB1 "Mickey, Darth Vader to join forces" by Ethan Smith, Erica Orden, NYT pB1 "Disney is buying LucasfilM & AJC pA9 "disney buying Lucasfilm for $4 bil" by Michael Cieply, NYTimes say Disney will pay $4.05 bil in cash & stock for Lucasfilm Ltd., the firm that made Star Wars and its sequels and said that 3 new films will jjoin the franchise in '15. Lucasfilm is wholly owned by George Lucas who started it in '71.
DuPont: No mentions found.
Exxon: No mentions found.
GE: No mentions found.
Hewlett-Packard: WSJ pB8B "Cisco faces threat to core businesses" by Drew Fitzgerald says new technology that helps direct the flow of information around data centers is becoming more common in gear made by Cisco's competitors, challenging Cisco's dominance in its core router and switch market. Hewlett-Packard, IBM and others are moving into the software-defined networking products market to compete with Cisco.
Home Depot: IBD pB6 "Stock market set to open after rare 2 day shutdown" by Victor Reklaitis says as the shortened trading week gets under way Wed, investors will react to delayed earnings reports and Sandy's damaging effects. Home Depot could see a boost from Sandy.
Intel: No mentions found.
IBM: WSJ pB8B "Cisco faces threat to core businesses" by Drew Fitzgerald says new technology that helps direct the flow of information around data centers is becoming more common in gear made by Cisco's competitors, challenging Cisco's dominance in its core router and switch market. Hewlett-Packard, IBM and others are moving into the software-defined networking products market to compete with Cisco.
AJC pA10 "IBM adds $5 bil to buyback program", IBD pA2 "IBM OKs $5 billion buyback" say IBM will bring the total buyback atuhorization for its stock to $11.7 bil.
JPMorgan: No mentions found.
Johnson & Johnson: No mentions found.
McDonald's: No mentions found.
Merck: No mentions found.
Microsoft: AJC pA10 "Nokia begins shipping Windows 8 phones" says the Lumia 920 & Lumia 820 will use Microsoft's Windows 8 software, launched last week. In N. America AT&T will sell the new models while Verizon Wireless will be the only operator to sell the Lumia 822.
Pfizer: No mentions found.
Procter & Gamble: No mentions found.
3M: No mentions found.
Travelers: No mentions found.
UnitedHealth: No mentions found.
United Technologies:
Verizon: AJC pA10 "Nokia begins shipping Windows 8 phones" says the Lumia 920 & Lumia 820 will use Microsoft's Windows 8 software, launched last week. In N. America AT&T will sell the new models while Verizon Wireless will be the only operator to sell the Lumia 822.
Walmart: WSJ pB7 "Sam's Club CEO launches charge on rivals" by Shelly Banjo is an inerview with Rosalind Brewer, CEO of Sam's Club who wants to turn it into a $100 bil business. It has 611 stores, 47 million club members and net sales in fiscal year '12 of $47.6 bil.
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 | |||
| MCD | | NYSE | |||
| MRK | | NYSE | |||
| MSFT | | NASDAQ-GS | |||
| PFE | | NYSE | |||
| PG | | NYSE |
| MMM | | NYSE | |||
| TRV | | NYSE | |||
| UNH | | NYSE | |||
| UTX | | NYSE | |||
| VZ | | DualListed | |||
| WMT | | NYSE |
********************
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)
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)
UnitedHealthUNC Stephen Hemsley (Minnetonka, MN)
United Technologies UTX Louis Chenevert (Hartford, CT)
Verizon VZ Lowell McAdam (NY, NY)
Wal-Mart WMT Mike Duke (Bentonville, ARK)
***************************
Here are the Dow Jones Industrial Average 30 as of 10,4/12 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 $426.5 [4.5]
2. Microsoft MSFT 252 [8.5]
3.WalMart WMT 251 [3.5]
4. GE 242.5 [10.5]
5. IBM 240.5 [1]6. Chevron CVX 230 [2]
7. AT&T T 221 [6]
8. Procter & Gamble PG 191.5 [3]
9. Johnson & Johnson JNJ 191 [3]
10. Pfizer PFE 189.5 [7.5]
11. Coke KO 172.5 [4.5]
12. JPMorgan Chase JPM 159 [4]
13. Merck MRK 140.5 [3]
14. Verizon VZ 134.5 [3]
15. Intel INTC 112.5 [5]16. Cisco CSCO 100 [5.5]
17. Disney DIS 94.5 [2]
18. Home Depot HD 93 [1.5] 19. McDonald's MCD 92 [1]
20. Bank of America BAC 101.5 [10.5]
21. United Technologies UTX 71.5 [1]
22. American Express AXP 66 [1]
23. 3M MMM 65 [.5]
24. UnitedHealth UNH 60 [1]
25. Caterpillar CAT 56 [.5]
26. Boeing BA 52.5 [1]
27. DuPont DD 46.5 [1]
28. Hewlett-Packard HPQ 29.5 [2]
29. Travelers TRV 26.5 [.5]
30. Alcoa AA 9.5 [1]
****************************************
Here are the latest 8K, 10Q & 10K & Proxy & certain other SEC filings as of 10/4/12:
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
Alcoa AA: 10/3/12 8K re: EPA remedial plan for Grasse River
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
American Express AXP: 10/1/12 8K re: settlement re: U.S. card practices with regulators
9/17/12 8K re: delinq & write-off stats for June, July & Aug
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
Bank of Am BAC: 9/28/12 8K re: settlement re: $1.6 bil regarding Merrill Lynch purchase
8/23/12 8K re: 4 new directors: Sharon Allen, Jack Bovender, Linda Hudson & David Yost
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
Boeing BA: 8/29/12 8K re: bylaw amendments
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: 9/28/12 8K re: price increases
9/21/12 8K re: Aug. dealer stats
9/17/12 8K re: credit agreement for $100 mil
9/7/12 S-4; 8/28/12 8K & 8/20/12 8K all re: exchange offer for debentures
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: 10/3/12 8K re: election of Dr. Alice P. Gast to Board
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 : 10/4/12 8K re: appointment of Gary B. Moore as Pres & other exec appointments
9/26/12 14A Proxy re: Annual Shareholders Meeting on 11/15/12 at Santa Clara,CA
9/19/12 8K re: departure of Jerry Yang from Board
9/12/12 10K for year ended July 28 '12
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: 9/14/12 8K re: exec changes
8/23/12 8K re: shareholder approval of stock split
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
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: 9/4/12 8K re: sale of Performance Coatings Div to Carlyle Group for $4.9 bil
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
Hewlett-Packard HPQ: 10/3/12 8K e: earnings outlook for '13 fiscal year
9/10/12 10Q & 8/22/12 8K re: quarter ended 7/31/12
8/8/12 8K re: write-down due to impairment of goodwill
6/8/12 10Q re: quarter ended 4/30/12
Home Depot HD: 9/21/12 8K re: election of mark Vadon to Board
8/22/12 10Q for qtr ended 7/29/12
8/14/12 8K re: quarter ended 7/29
8/7/12 8K re: purchase of U.S. Home systems and related Proxy statement
Intel INTC: 9/12/12 8K re: closed pruchase of ASWML Holding for $3.1 bil
9/7/12 8K re: lowering 3Q rev outlook
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
IBM: 9/25/12 8K re: election of Virginia M. Rometty as Chair of Board
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
JPMorganChase JPM: 9/24/12 8K re: offering of $3 bil of 3.25% Note due '22
9/19/12 8K re: clsoing of 2.9% Notes due '17
8/27/12 8K re: isswuance of 5.5% non-cumulative Pref shares, Series O
8/20/12 8K re: closing of $2.5 bil 2% Notes due '17
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
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
McDonald's MCD: 9/28/12 8K re: adoption of accoutning standard
9/24/12 8K re: quarterly cash div
9/12/12 8K re: sales increase of 3.7% in Aug.
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
Merck MRK: 9/13/12 8K re: closing of sale of notes
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: 9/18/12 8K re: increase in quarterly div & retirement of Raymond Gilmartin from Board
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: 9/21/12 14A proxy re: candidate for Board
9/6/12 8K re: FD disclosure re: Barcaly's Back to School consumer conf.
8/24/12 14A Proxy re: Annual Meeting of Shareholders on 10/9/12 in Cincinnati
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: 10/3/12 8K re: $1.5 bil revolving credit agreement
10/1/12 8K re: contract to purchase Ceradyne Inc. for $35 per share
8/29/12 K re: $150 mil credit agreement
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
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.
UnitedHealth Group UNH: 9/10/12 re: FD disclosure re: Morgan Stanley Healthcare Conference
8/7/12 10Q re: quarter ended 6/30/12
United Technologies UTX: 9/12/12 8K re: election of Marshall Larsen to Board
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
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: 9/6/12 10Q for quarter ended 7/31/12
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
. END
