Friday, November 2, 2012

11/2/12 Fri. am Exxon's & Pfizer's 3Q Results Fall

http://www.dowjonesmonitor.com/

Post No. 1,882 The following is brought to you by Intellivest Securities Research, Inc. Toward the end of this Blog is a list of the Dow 30 current CEOs, and a recent ranking of the Dow 30 components by market capitalization and recent Dow 30 components' SEC filings.

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

Dow Jones Average: The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed Thurs. at 13,232.62 up 136.16 or 1.04% from Wednesday's close of 13,096.46. For the year the Dow is up 8.31%. Of the Dow components 26 gained, McDonald's was unchanged and 3 declined. The biggest gainer dollar-wise was Caterpillar up $2.83 and percentage-wise was Bank of America up 4.51%. The biggest decliner dollar-wise and percentage-wise was Walmart down $1.57 or 2.09%.

WSJ pC1 "Dow leads off in rally mode" by Jonathan Cheng et al says a series of strong economic data helped the Dow to its strongest start to a month sisnce Jan combined with a pickup in US trading volume as roads and transport systems in the NE opened allowing more traders back to work after Sandy.  Home Depot rose 88 cents.  Exxon gained 43 cents after is earnings & rev exceeded analyst expectations.  Pfizer fell 32 cents after its 3Q earnings and rev fell below analyst expectations.

Fin Times p22 "Ind'ls make the running on back of positive output data" by Arash massoudi says ind'l firms were up as positive mfg'g data & freshs timulus measures from China boosted US equities.  Caterpillar rose 2.4%.

NYT pB5 "market lifted by reprots on jobs & cosnuemrs" by Reuters says the stock market moved high Thurs with the S&P scoring its best day in 7 weeks as bullish reports on consumer confidence & private sector jobs encouraged investors.  ADP data said US firms added 158,000 workers in Oct, the fastest pace in 8 months and consumer confidence jumped in Oct to its highest level in mroe than 4 years per the Conference Board.  Pfizer fell 32 cents aftter its rev didn'[t meet expecations.  Exxon gained 43 cents.

IBD pB2 "Stocks notch solid gains in vol; leaders busy" by Paul Whitfield says stocks jumped in heavier vol with leaders attracting fast action on the up & downside Thurs as the market is still in a correction. 

As of the open of the market on Friday the current divisor for the Dow Jones Industrial Average found at page C6 of Friday's Wall St. Journal is 0.130216081. Friday's trailing P/E ratio is 14.30 up from Wednesday's trailing P/E ratio of 14.15 (year ago it was 12.95); today's P/E estimate is 12.35 unchanged from Thursday's P/E estimate of 12.35 (year ago it was 12.59) and today's dividend yield is 2.596 down from Thursday's dividend yield of 2.59 (last year it was 2.62). The Dow's all-time high was 14,164.53 on Oct. 9, 2007. The 12 year low close for the Dow was on March 9, 2009 when it fell to 6,547.05.

Thursday's Dow Jones Industrial Average closing numerator was 1,723.10 up 17.73 from Wednesday's closing numerator of 1,705.37. 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 Thursday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $57.44 up 69 cents from Wednesday's average of $56.85. The median closing price of Thursday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $53.37 (DIS/UNH) up 80 cents from Wednesday's median closing price of 52.57. The lowest volume was 3M and the highest volume again was Bank of America.

If Thursday morning before the market opened you had purchased 100 shares of each of the Dow Jones Industrial Average 30 shares (assuming you could buy fractional shares and assuming no transaction costs or dividends) and sold at the close you would have made $1,773 ($172,310 - $170,537).

11/1/12 Thurs. 4:25 MarketWatch by Deborah Levine & Polya Lesova says U.S. stocks started Nov. strong due to good news from US & China that the global economic recovery remains on track.The Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA+1.04% advanced 136.16 points, or 1%, to end at 13,232.62, with only three of its 30 components losing ground. It rose as high as 13,273.71 intraday.
Glimpses of Sandy's impact on business emerge as airlines and hotels report lost revenue while builders of infrastructure like power lines say repair work could boost their bottom lines. This is the blue-chip index’s largest point gain since Sept. 13. The S&P 500 index SPX+1.09% gained 15.43 points, or 1.1%, to 1,427.59, with industrials and information technology the top gainers among its 10 major industry groups. The Nasdaq Composite COMP+1.44% climbed 42.83 points, or 1.4%, to 3,020. Advancers outnumbered decliners by a three-to-one ratio on the New York Stock Exchange.
“The data still tells me we’re in a modest growth and modest inflation economy going into next year,”said Scott Wren, senior equity strategist at Wells Fargo Advisors. Still, he said some caution is warranted as the day’s outsized moves come after a pullback in recent weeks, with Friday bringing the government’s monthly employment report. Also, the presidential election on Tuesday will be key in how the U.S. will tackle a package of expiring tax breaks and spending measures that threaten to push the economy into a recession. “I don’t think you can read too much into this particular bounce but we want clients positioned for a continuation of the recovery,” Wren said. “I don’t want to read too much into the day’s move because tomorrow could erase it with one fell swoop or build on it.”
The economic data was mostly positive on Thursday. Shortly after the market opened, the Conference Board said its consumer-confidence index increased to 72.2 in October from a downwardly revised 68.4 in September. The Institute for Supply Management’s index of purchasing managers edged up to in October, with the data exceeding Wall Street expectations.“We have improving U.S. economic data across the board, juxtaposed against worries about the fiscal cliff,” said Art Hogan, market strategist at Lazard Capital Markets, of reports illustrating improved confidence and “mildly better” manufacturing data. The day began on a higher note after better-than-expected economic data from China, which was “followed up with better reports from ADP and jobless claims,” Hogan said. Employment-related data released before markets opened also pointed in a good direction. Payroll-processing firm ADP said 158,000 private-sector jobs were created in October. Separately, the government said that weekly applications for unemployment benefits fell by 9,000 to a seasonally adjusted 363,000. “Nothing we heard today would suggest we’re going to see a real significant acceleration in the economy or significant acceleration in hiring,” Wren said.
The labor report Friday will probably be viewed more for how it will affect the election, with particular attention to any rise or fall in the unemployment rate, since the general public tends to focus more on that, he said. In Asia, two Chinese manufacturing surveys showed signs of economic recovery. Shares of Exxon Mobil Corp. XOM+0.47% , a Dow component, gained 0.5% even after it reported a 7% decline in third-quarter earnings due to lower production.
Top gainers in the Dow included Bank of America Corp. BAC+0.41% , Caterpillar Inc.CAT+3.35% and Microsoft Corp.MSFT+3.42% The stock market reopened on Wednesday after a two-day shutdown due to Hurricane Sandy; the major U.S. stock indexes declined in October, posting their first monthly loss since May. The S&P 500 fell 2% in October.

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

AT&T:  WSJ pB1 "Outages expose carriers' backup plans" by Anton Troianovski, USA Today p6B "Wireless service improves in post-Sandy spots" by Roger Yu say AT&T's network was hard to find in parts of NYC  on Thursday while Verizon's network did a bit better.

Alcoa: No mentions found.

American Express: No mentions found.

Bank of America:  No mentions found.

Boeing:  No mentions found.

Caterpillar:  WSJ pB1 "Dewatering New York" by james R. Hagerty says Caterpillar's pumps and others can slurp 16,500 gallons a minute.

 Fin Times p22 "Ind'ls make the running on back of positive output data" by Arash massoudi says ind'l firms were up as positive mfg'g data & freshs timulus measures from China boosted US equities.  Caterpillar rose 2.4%.

Chevron:  No mentions found.

Cisco:  No mentions found.

Coke:  AJC pA10 "Home Depot donates to Sandy relief" says it is a $1mil donation and Coca-Cola Foudnation aklso doanted the same amount.

Disney:  WSJ pC10 "Disney welcomes strong characters" by Miriam Gottfried says licesning its characters to firms like Mattel & Hallmart is big biz for Disney accounting for $3 bil in consumer product sales in '11 or 7.5% of overall rev.

DuPont:  No mentions found.

Exxon: NYT pb6 "Exxon and Shell earnings, hurt by natural gas, are helped by refining" by Clifford Krauss, WSJ pB7 "Exxon profit slips as production falls" by Angel Gonzalez et al, Fin times p10 "Exxon helped by refining margins" by Ed Crooks, AJC pA10 "Exxon's 3Q profit falls with production, prices" say Exxon's 3Q profit fell 7% due to lower production of oil and gas which also fetched lower prices.  Net income was $9.97 bil down from $10.33 bil a year ago.  That is $2.09 per share above analyst expectations of $1.95.  Rev fell 8% to $115.71 beating analysts' forecast of $112.40.

 WSJ pC1 "Dow leads off in rally mode" by Jonathan Cheng et al says a series of strong economic data helped the Dow to its strongest start to a month sisnce Jan combined with a pickup in US trading volume as roads and transport systems in the NE opened allowing more traders back to work after Sandy.  Home Depot rose 88 cents.  Exxon gained 43 cents after is earnings & rev exceeded analyst expectations.  Pfizer fell 32 cents after its 3Q earnings and rev fell below analyst expectations.

 NYT pB5 "market lifted by reprots on jobs & cosnuemrs" by Reuters says the stock market moved high Thurs with the S&P scoring its best day in 7 weeks as bullish reports on consumer confidence & private sector jobs encouraged investors.  ADP data said US firms added 158,000 workers in Oct, the fastest pace in 8 months and consumer confidence jumped in Oct to its highest level in mroe than 4 years per the Conference Board.  Pfizer fell 32 cents aftter its rev didn'[t meet expecations.  Exxon gained 43 cents.

GE:  No mentions found.

Hewlett-Packard:  No mentions found.

Home Depot:  AJC pA10 "Home Depot donates to Sandy relief" says it is a $1mil donation and Coca-Cola Foudnation aklso doanted the same amount.

 WSJ pC1 "Dow leads off in rally mode" by Jonathan Cheng et al says a series of strong economic data helped the Dow to its strongest start to a month sisnce Jan combined with a pickup in US trading volume as roads and transport systems in the NE opened allowing more traders back to work after Sandy.  Home Depot rose 88 cents.  Exxon gained 43 cents after is earnings & rev exceeded analyst expectations.  Pfizer fell 32 cents after its 3Q earnings and rev fell below analyst expectations.

Intel:  No mentions found.

IBM:  No mentions found.

JPMorgan:  No mentions found.

Johnson & Johnson:  No mentions found.

McDonald's:  No mentions found.

Merck:   No mentions found.

Microsoft:  No mentions found.

Pfizer:  WSJ pB4 "Pfizer" by Peter Loftus, Fin times p15 "Pfizer promises a further $10 bn in share buybacks" by Andrew Jack, IBD pA2 "Pfizer sees generic competition", AJC pA10 "Generic Lipitor sales hurt Pfizer in quarter" say Pfizer's 3Q profit fell 14% as sales plunged due to US generic competition to Lipitor but it beat expectations & raised its '12 profit forecast.   Pfizer's profit was $3.21 bil or 43 cents a share down from $3.74 bil or 48 cents a share a year earlier.  Rev fell 16% to $14 bil.

 WSJ pC1 "Dow leads off in rally mode" by Jonathan Cheng et al says a series of strong economic data helped the Dow to its strongest start to a month sisnce Jan combined with a pickup in US trading volume as roads and transport systems in the NE opened allowing more traders back to work after Sandy.  Home Depot rose 88 cents.  Exxon gained 43 cents after is earnings & rev exceeded analyst expectations.  Pfizer fell 32 cents after its 3Q earnings and rev fell below analyst expectations.

 NYT pB5 "market lifted by reprots on jobs & cosnuemrs" by Reuters says the stock market moved high Thurs with the S&P scoring its best day in 7 weeks as bullish reports on consumer confidence & private sector jobs encouraged investors.  ADP data said US firms added 158,000 workers in Oct, the fastest pace in 8 months and consumer confidence jumped in Oct to its highest level in mroe than 4 years per the Conference Board.  Pfizer fell 32 cents aftter its rev didn'[t meet expecations.  Exxon gained 43 cents.

Procter & Gamble:  No mentions found.

3M:   No mentions found.

Travelers:    No mentions found.

UnitedHealth:    No mentions found.

United Technologies:    No mentions found.

Verizon:  WSJ pB1 "Outages expose carriers' backup plans" by Anton Troianovski says AT&T's network was hard to find in parts of NYC  on Thursday while Verizon's network did a bit better.

Walmart:    No mentions found.

Thursday's Closing Dow Numbers:

TNYSE
AANYSE
AXPNYSE
BACNYSE
BANYSE
CATNYSE
CVXNYSE
CSCONASDAQ-GS
KONYSE
DISNYSE
DDNYSE
XOMNYSE
GENYSE
HPQNYSE
HDNYSE
INTCNASDAQ-GS
IBMNYSE
JPMNYSE
JNJNYSE
MCDNYSE
MRKNYSE
MSFTNASDAQ-GS
PFENYSE
PGNYSE
MMMNYSE
TRVNYSE
UNHNYSE
UTXNYSE
VZDualListed
WMTNYSE

********************

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

No comments: