Post No. 1,976 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 as of 12/31/12 and recent Dow 30 components' SEC filings as of 12/31/12.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed Monday at 13,104.14 up 166.03 or 1.28% from Friday's close of 12,938.11. For the year the Dow was up 7.3%. Of the Dow components all 30 gained. The biggest gainer dollar-wise was Caterpillar up $2.64 and percentage-wise was Hewlett-Packard up 3.87%.
As of the open of the market on Monday the current divisor for the Dow Jones Industrial Average found at page C4 of Monday's Wall St. Journal is 0.130216081. Monday trailing P/E ratio is 14.38 down from Friday's trailing P/E ratio of 14.55 (year ago it was 13.29); Monday's P/E estimate is 12.57 down from Friday' s P/E estimate of 12.65 (year ago it was 12.49) and Monday's dividend yield is 2.71 up from Friday's dividend yield of 2.68 (last year it was 2.59). 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.
Monday's Dow Jones Industrial Average closing numerator was 1,706.37 up 21.62 from Friday's closing numerator of 1,684.75. 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 Monday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $56.88 up 72 cents from Friday's average of $56.16. The median closing price of Monday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $51.97 (DIS/UNH) up 46 cents from Friday's median closing price of $51.51. The lowest volume was Travelers and the highest volume again was Bank of America.
If Monday 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 $2,162 ($170,637 - $168,475).
Monday 12/31/12 MarketWatch 4:44 pm by Kate Gibson says U.S. stocks rallied on Monday, cementing yearly gains as Wall Street embraced emerging details of a budget deal that reportedly will have tax cuts extended for most households. “Despite Washington, D.C.’s best effort to derail the economy, at this point it looks like the economy will continue in this subpar growth trajectory that we’re in,” said Ron Florance, managing director of investment strategy at Wells Fargo Private Bank.
“A deal stopping the tax increase does reduce meaningfully the prospect of recession in the beginning of 2013,” he added. At a Monday afternoon news conference, President Barack Obama said an accord to avoid the cliff was within sight, but not yet complete. Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell later said an agreement had been reached on the tax issues of the deal. Up 7.3% on the year, the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA +1.28% on Monday climbed 166 points, or 1.3%, to 13,104.14. The S&P 500 index SPX +1.69% added 23.76 points, or 1.7%, to 1,426.19, positioning it for a 13% yearly rise. The Nasdaq Composite COMP +2.00% climbed 59.20 points, or 2%, to 3,019.51, up almost 16% from the end of 2011. Shares of Facebook Inc. FB +2.73% rose 2.7% after the Bank of Montreal hiked its rating on the social-networking company to outperform from underperform. For every stock falling six gained on the New York Stock Exchange, where almost 732 million shares traded. Composite volume neared 3.2 billion.
Monday'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 Monday morning's Blog.
A read of the print editions of Monday's Barron's, Investor's Business Daily, Wall St. Journal, Financial Times, New York Times, USA Today, Atlanta Journal Constitution and 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 12,938.11 down 158.20 or 1.21% from Thursday's close of 13,096.31. For the week the Dow is down 252.73 or 1.92% from last Friday's close of 13,190.84. Of the Dow components all 30 declined. The biggest decliner dollar-wise was IBM down $2.88 and percentage-wise was 2.56 %.
IBD pB6 "Stocks dive, trade withers as fiscal fix eludes US" by Paul Whitfield says stocks bought more time for a wobbly uptrend as timid volume allowed the bulls to absorb the day's losses as Friday's action was down in weak volume and the current outlook is still uptrend under pressure.
Sat. WSJ pB1 "Dow practices its cliff dive" by Jonathan Cheng says investors coming to blieve the fiscal cliff will happen, dumped stocks Fri in a selloff that put the Dow into the red for the month.
Sat. AJC pA12 "Stocks extend losing streak" by AP says stocks fell for a fith day due to concerns about the fiscal cliff.
Friday's Dow Jones Industrial Average closing numerator was 1,684.75 down 20.60 from Thursday's closing numerator of 1,705.35. 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 Friday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $56.16 down 68 cents from Thursday's average of $56.84. The median closing price of Friday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $51.51 (DIS/UNH) down 48 cents from Thursday's median closing price of $51.99. 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 lost $2,060 ($170,535 - $168,475).
Friday 12/28/12 MarketWatch 4:33 pm by Kate Gibson says U.S. stocks fell hard on a report that President Barack Obama did not have a new offer to avert the so-called fiscal cliff in talks with congressional leaders Friday afternoon. “There might be some last-minute Hail Mary resolution or a chance there is some tax agreement, but I don’t think there will be any spending agreement” before the end of the year, said Chip Cobb, portfolio manager at BMT Asset Management. Equities extended a losing streak into a fifth session. The Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA-1.21% shed 158.20 points, or 1.2%, at 12,938.11, off 1.9% from the week-ago close. DJIA 12,938.11, -158.20, -1.21% SPX 1,402.43, -15.67, -1.10% COMP 2,960.31, -25.59, -0.86%
The S&P 500 Index SPX-1.10% shed 15.67 points, or 1.1%, at 1,402.43, leaving it with a weekly decline of 1.9%. The Nasdaq Composite IndexCOMP-0.86% lost 25.59 points, or 0.9%, at 2,960.31, down 2% for the week. For every stock rising, more than two fell on the New York Stock Exchange, where 535 million shares traded. Composite volume topped 2.4 billion. Republican and Democratic leaders met with President Barack Obama at the White House Friday afternoon, as talks continued to reach a deal to avert steep spending cuts and tax hikes. The gathering included House Speaker John Boehner and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, both Republicans, as well as Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, both Democrats. The market, for the most part, is prepared for the budget drama to continue to play out into the first two to three weeks of 2013, according to Cobb. “What it’s not prepared for is if it’s Feb. 15 and we’re still talking about this,” he said. Equities had cut their losses after Bloomberg News reported Obama would propose a scaled-back offer in another effort at reaching a deal. “Headlines coming across the tape are giving details of the president’s proposal. … We sure hope somebody has something up their sleeve,” Elliot Spar, a market strategist at Stifel, Nicolaus & Co., wrote in emailed comments. The market continued its recent trend of offering little (if any) reaction to economic reports, as investors fixated on efforts to reach a budget agreement. The National Association of Realtors reported pending home sales climbed for a third month in November, with its index up 1.7% to 106.4, the highest level since April 2010. “All of these reports are totally overshadowed by this, and will continue to be until it’s done,” Cobb commented of efforts to avoid roughly $600 billion in tax increases and spending reductions, widely seen as enough to push the economy into recession.
Monday's Dow News followed by Friday's Closing Dow Numbers:
AT&T: FT p18 "Sprint Nextel" say Sprint was a good performer re: its shares in 2012 and it did a series of bold strategic moves that will allow it to compete better vs. Verizon Wireless and AT&T.
Alcoa: No mentions found.
American Express: Barron's p18 and cover story "The end of cash?" by Alexander Eule says American Express and discoer benefit fromt he shift away from cash. AmEx provides financing to their customers so it has risks more typically associated with fin'l services while Visa and MasterCard are just networks with no credit risk.
Bank of America: WSJ pC3 "BofA settelement hits snags" by Brent Kendall says the DoJ's settlement with Bank of America for $335 mil re: discrimination at its Countrywide unit has been delayed due to problems of finding all the victims.
WSJ pC1 "Can bank stocks do it aain?" by Jonathan Cheng says Bank of America shares were up 104% this year while JPMorgan's was up 23%.
WSJ pC8 "Overheard" says JPMorgan's CEO James Dimon in July bought 500,000 JPM shares for $17 mil and made $4.6 mil while Buffets purchase of BofA shares in '11 brought him warrants now worth $3bil.
Boeing: IBD pA2 "Woodward buys GE component" says Woodward, which makes engine components, paid $200 mil in cash for GE's thrust reverser actuation systems biz. The compnents are used on Boeing's planes.
Caterpillar: Barron's p7 "Thd odd couple of indexes" says The Dow was up 6% this year vs. the S&P up 12% since Apple is in the S&P and Dow had Hewlett-Packard which fell 47%. bank of America rose 104% in '12 but because it is a low price stock and the Dow's uses a price-weighting constructions, stocks with high prices have a higher incfluence than lower priced stocks. The Dow has a lot of tech stocks such as Microsoft which rose 2% and Intel which fell 17% and of course Hewlett-Packard. An industrial stock such as Caterpillar shold rise if there are signs the global economy is picking up.
Chevron: No mentions found.
Cisco: No mentions found.
Coke: No mentions found.
Disney: WSJ pB2 "Networks examine what isn't working" by Christoher S. Stewart sasy tv execs gather in Cal later this week for the semiannual grilling by tv critics. ABC is owned by Disney.
DuPont: No mentions found.
Exxon: No mentions found.
GE: IBD pA2 "Woodward buys GE component" says Woodward, which makes engine components, paid $200 mil in cash for GE's thrust reverser actuation systems biz. The compnents are used on Boeing's planes.
Hewlett-Packard: Barron's p7 "Thd odd couple of indexes" says The Dow was up 6% this year vs. the S&P up 12% since Apple is in the S&P and Dow had Hewlett-Packard which fell 47%. bank of America rose 104% in '12 but because it is a low price stock and the Dow's uses a price-weighting constructions, stocks with high prices have a higher incfluence than lower priced stocks. The Dow has a lot of tech stocks such as Microsoft which rose 2% and Intel which fell 17% and of course Hewlett-Packard. An industrial stock such as Caterpillar shold rise if there are signs the global economy is picking up.
WSJ pB1 "2012, a year of corner office twiests" by Joann S. Lublin, Lauren weber discusses the Hewlett-Packard acuqisition of Autonomy and the anslyst anger toward Procter & Gamble CEO Robert McDonald.
Barron's pM2 "Charting the market" charts Hewlett-Packard saying the gov. is investigating alleged accounting problems at the Authomy unit which HP bought for $11 bil in '11 and has written off $8.8 bil.
Home Depot: No mentions found.
Intel: WSJ pB4 "More CEOs stayped put in '12 but exits could pick up" by Joann S. Lublin says Intel probably will pick an insider to succeed Paul Otellini who retires in May.
Barron's p7 "Thd odd couple of indexes" says The Dow was up 6% this year vs. the S&P up 12% since Apple is in the S&P and Dow had Hewlett-Packard which fell 47%. bank of America rose 104% in '12 but because it is a low price stock and the Dow's uses a price-weighting constructions, stocks with high prices have a higher incfluence than lower priced stocks. The Dow has a lot of tech stocks such as Microsoft which rose 2% and Intel which fell 17% and of course Hewlett-Packard. An industrial stock such as Caterpillar shold rise if there are signs the global economy is picking up.
IBM: No mentions found.
JPMorgan: WSJ pC8 "Overheard" says JPMorgan's CEO James Dimon in July bought 500,000 JPM shares for $17 mil and made $4.6 mil while Buffets purchase of BofA shares in '11 brought him warrants now worth $3bil.
WSJ pC1 "Facebook analysts stick to script" by Aaron Lucchetti, Joe Light, Alexandra Scaggs says JPMorgan and the other 2 underwriters of Facebook have issued 40 reports on Facebook and everyone is a buy even though the ipo got a thumbs down from investors.
WSJ pC1 "Can bank stocks do it aain?" by Jonathan Cheng says Bank of America shares were up 104% this year while JPMorgan's was up 23%.
Johnson & Johnson: WSJ pA8 "Rembrances 2012" says as JNJ CEO, James Bruke deftly handled the Tylenol poisoning situation.
McDonald's: No mentions found.
Merck: FTp10 "View from the top" is an interview by Martin dickson with Kenneth Frazier Merck CEO who says the core of Merck still is r&d.
Microsoft: WSJ pC1 "Mobiles path to glory" by Rolfe Winkler says the war over mobile maps is who can answer the questions uses ask of their mobile devices and will drive the price of shares of Apple, Microsoft, Google and Facebook and determine who has the best mobile platform.
Barron's p7 "The odd couple of indexes" says The Dow was up 6% this year vs. the S&P up 12% since Apple is in the S&P and Dow had Hewlett-Packard which fell 47%. bank of America rose 104% in '12 but because it is a low price stock and the Dow's uses a price-weighting constructions, stocks with high prices have a higher incfluence than lower priced stocks. The Dow has a lot of tech stocks such as Microsoft which rose 2% and Intel which fell 17% and of course Hewlett-Packard. An industrial stock such as Caterpillar shold rise if there are signs the global economy is picking up.
Pfizer: IBD pA2 "Pfizer" says Pfizer's and Squibb's Eliquis was approved by the FDA for the prevention of blood clots that develop in patients with the heart rhythm disorder artrial fibrillation.
Procter & Gamble: WSJ pB1 "2012, a year of corner office twiests" by Joann S. Lublin, Lauren weber discusses the Hewlett-Packard acuqisition of Autonomy and the anslyst anger toward Procter & Gamble CEO Robert McDonald.
3M: No mentions found.
Travelers: No mentions found.
UnitedHealth: No mentions found.
United Technologies: No mentions found.
Verizon: FT p18 "Sprint Nextel" say Sprint was a good performer re: its shares in 2012 and it did a series of bold strategic moves that will allow it to compete better vs. Verizon Wireless and AT&T.
Walmart: WSJ pB3 "Regulators fine Walmart's warehouse oeprators" by Shelly Banjo says Cal fined warehouse operators for safety violations.
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) (has announced retirement in May '13)
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)
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Here are the Dow Jones Industrial Average 30 as of 12/31/12 ranked in order of market capitalization in billions:
1. Exxon Mobil XOM $394.61
2. WalMart WMT 228.25
3. Microsoft MSFT 224.80
4. GE 220.11
5. IBM 216.44
6. Chevron CVX 211.65
7. AT&T T 194.47
8. Johnson & Johnson JNJ 194.27
9. Procter & Gamble PG 185.63
10. Pfizer PFE 184.65
11. JPMorgan Chase JPM 167.14
12. Coke KO 162.59
13. Bank of America BAC 125.13
14. Merck MRK 124.46
15. Verizon VZ 123.49
16. Cisco CSCO 104.32
17. Intel INTC 102.61
18. Home Depot HD 92.48
19. McDonald's MCD 88.56
20. Disney DIS 88.23
21. United Technologies UTX 75.17
22. American Express AXP 64.32
23. 3M MMM 64.25
24. Caterpillar CAT 58.60
25. Boeing BA 56.83
26. UnitedHealth UNH 55.41
27. DuPont DD 41.94
28. Travelers TRV 27.40
29. Hewlett-Packard HPQ 27.76
30. Alcoa AA 9.26
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Here are the latest 8K, 10Q & 10K & Proxy & certain other SEC filings as of 12/31/12:
Symbol & Co. Name/Date of Filing/Form Filed/ Comments
AT&T T: 12/18/12 8K re: issuance of long term Global Notes
12/17/12 8K re: sales of 1 bil in Euros of 3.5% of Global Notes due 2032
12/12/12 8K re: extension of $5 bil revolving credit agreement
12/11/12 8K re: closing of sale of $4bil of Global Notes
12/4/12 8K re: underwriting agreement Global Notes due '20
11/20/12 8K re: Announcemnt of reference yield of notes & results of exchange offer
11/2/12 10Q for 3Q ended 9/30/12
10/24/12 2 8Ks (10/24) re: 3Q results
10/19/12 8K re: in-kind contrib. to pension plans
Alcoa AA: 10/25/12 re: 3Q ended 9/30/12
10/15/12 8K re: transcript of 3Q earnings call
10/10/12 8K re: 3Q results
10/3/12 8K re: EPA remedial plan for Grasse River
American Express AXP: 12/17/12 8K re: delinq. & write-of stats for 3 months ended 11/30/12
12/12/12 8K re: results of notes exchange offer
11/28/12 8K results of private exchange offer
11/27/12 8K re: terms of privte exchange offer
11/15/12 8K re: write-off credit stats Aug., Sept., Oct
11/13/12 8K re: announcement of private offer
10/31/12 10Q re: 3Q ended 9/30
10/17/12 8K re: 3Q results
10/15/12 8K re: delinq. & write-off stats for 3 mos. ended 9/30
10/1/12 8K re: settlement re: U.S. card practices with regulators
Bank of Am BAC: 11/5/12 8K re: redemption of sub debentures
11/2/12 10Q 3Q ended 9/30
10/17/12 8K re: 3Q results
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 Chair Charles H. Noski as of 9/1
8/2/12 10Q for quarter ended 6/30/12
Boeing BA: 12/19/12 8K re: award of stock options to execs
12/17/12 8K re: increase of quarterly div. & resumption of share buyback program
10/24/12 10Q re: 3Q ended 9/30
10/24/12 8K re: 3Q rsults
10/17/12 8K re: two $2.3 bil credit agreements
Caterpillar CAT: 12/20/12 8K re: supplemental info re: sales of machines & power systems
12/17/12 8K re: retirement from Bd. of Eugene V. Fife due to mandatory retirement age
11/20/12 8K re: 3 months dealer stats
11/6/12 8K re: executive compensation for Group Pres.
11/6/12 Prospetus for exchange offer of debentures
11/2/12 10Q 3Q eneded 9/30
10/22/12 8K re: 3Q results
10/19/12 8K re: Sept. dealer stats
10/12/12 8K re: officer changes
Chevron CVX: 12/5/12 8K re: issuance of $2 bil of notes
11/6/12 10Q Qtr. ended 9/30/12
11/2/12 8K re: 3Q results
10/9/12 8K re: 3Q interim results
10/3/12 8K re: election of Dr. Alice P. Gast to Board
Cisco CSCO: 12/21/12 & 12/19/12 8Ks re: execs' pre-arranged stock trading plan
11/20/12 10Q & 11/13/12 8K re: Qtr. ended 10/27
11/16/12 8K re: amdmt to exec. comp. plan
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
Coke KO: 10/25/12 10Q re: 3Q ended 9/28
10/16/12 8K re: 3Q results
9/14/12 8K re: exec changes
Disney DIS: 11/29/12 8K re: issuance of $2 bil Global Notes
11/21/12 10K & 11/8/12 8K re: results year ended 9/29
10/30/12 8K re: Disney to acquire Lucasfilm
DuPont DD: 10/23/12 10Q & 8K & 10/9 8K all re: 9/30 Q results
9/4/12 8K re: sale of Performance Coatings Div to Carlyle Group for $4.9 bil
ExxonMobil XOM: 12/4/12 8K re: grant of bonus to CEO tillerson of $4.5 mil
11/30/12 8K re: retirement of SVP D.D. Humphreys
11/6/12 10Q for Qtr ended 9/30
11/2/12 8K re: elecgtion of CEO of Xerox, Ursula M. Burns to Bd
11/1/12 8K re: 3Q results
GE: 12/13/12 8K re: revised segment fin'l info for prior 2 qtrs.
11/7/12 10Q for Qtr ended 9/30
10/19/12 8K re: 3Q results
10/9/12 8K re: Offering of $7 bil of notes (closing)
Hewlett-Packard HPQ: 12/27/12 10K for year ended 10/31/12
11/20/12 8K re: results year ended 10/31
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
Home Depot HD: 11/21/12 10Q & 11/13/12 8K re: 4Q ended 10/28
11/16/12 8K re: resignation of Ron L. Sargent from BOD
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: 12/14/12 8K re: issuance of $175 mil of 4.2% due 2042
12/11/12 8K re: issuance of $6 bil of notes
12/6/12 & 12/4/12 8Ks re: issuance of $6 bil of Notes
12/4/12 8K re: adoption of FASB standard
11/19/12 8K re: retirement of Paul S. Otellini at May Annual Mtg. of Shareholders
10/31/12 10Q & 10/17 8K & 10/16 8K all re: 9/29 Q results
9/12/12 8K re: closed pruchase of ASWML Holding for $3.1 bil
9/7/12 8K re: lowering 3Q rev outlook
IBM: 11/16/12 8K re: sale of 1.375% Notes
11/5/12 8K re: bae salary of $1.5 mil for CEO Virginia Rometty
10/30/12 & 10/17 8K & 10/16 8K all re: 3Q results ended 9/30
10/12/12 8K reL election of Virginia M. Rometty to Chrmn of Bd.
9/25/12 8K re: election of Virginia M. Rometty as Chair of Board
JPMorganChase JPM: 12/5/12 8K re: Mark W. O'Donovan is now Controller
12/4/12 8K re: slides from U.S. fin'l services inv. conf.
12/4/12 8K re: reorganization
11/21/12 8K re: Marianne Lake is now CFO, other appointments
11/8/12 10Q for Qtr ended 9/30
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
Johnson & Johnson JNJ: 12/3/12 8K re: CEO Alex Gorsky replaces Bill Weldon as Chiar of BOD eff. 12/28
11/9/12 8K re: Eugene Washington is on BOD
11/9/12 10Q for Qtr ended 9/30
10/16/12 8K re: 3Q ended 9/30
McDonald's MCD: 12/13/12 8KA & 12/11/12 re global sales
12/4/12 8K & 11/15/12 8K re: Jeff Stratton succeeds Janice Fields as Pres. of McDonald's USA
11/9/12 8K re: global sales decreased 1.8% in Oct.
11/1/12 10Q & 10/19 8K re: 3Q ended 9/30
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.
Merck MRK: 11/29/12 8K re: Amendment to Control seperation Benefits Plan
11/9/12 10Q re: Qtr ended 9/30
10/26/12 8K re: 3Q results
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
Microsoft MSFT: 11/29/12 8K re: results of annual shareholders mtg.
11/16/12 8K re: resignation of Steven Sinofsky as Pres. of Windows Div.
11/7/12 8K re: issuance of $2.25 bil of notes
11/2/12 8K & 10/18 10Q & 10/18 8K re: 1Q results
10/17 & 10/10 & 10/9 Proxy materials re: 11/28 Annual Meeting of Shareholders at Bellevue, Wash
10/9/12 8K re: retirement of Reed Hastings from Bd & other Bd. changes
9/18/12 8K re: increase in quarterly div & retirement of Raymond Gilmartin from Board
Pfizer PFE: 11/9/12 10Q re: Qtr ended 9/30
11/1/12 8K re: 3Q results
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
Procter & Gamble PG: 10/25/12 10Q & two 8Ks 10/25 re 1Q results ended 9/30
10/12/12 re: '12 Annual Shareholder Mtg results
10/9/12 8K re: dividend of 0.562 cents per share payable on 11/15 to 10/19 record holders
10/9/12 re: CEO's speech at Shareholder Mtg
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
3M MMM: 12/12/12 8K re: fin'l outlook for 2013 and eps estimate
11/1/12 10Q &
10/23 8K re: 3Q ended 9/30
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
Travelers TRV: 12/5/12 8K re: estimate of losses due to Hurricane Sandy
10/18/12 10Q &
10/18 8K re: 3Q ended 9/30/12
UnitedHealth Group UNH: 12/6/12 & 11/19/12 8Ks re: purchase of over 60% of shares of Amil
11/26/12 8K re: annual inv. conf.
11/2/112 Bd. & officer changes
10/30/12 10Q for quarter ended 9/30
10/2212 8K re: underwriting agreement to sell over $3.4 bil of notes
10/16/12 8K re: 3Q results
10/9/12 8K re: purchase of 90% of Brazil firm Amil Participacoas for $4.9 bil in cash
9/10/12 re: FD disclosure re: Morgan Stanley Healthcare Conference
8/7/12 10Q re: quarter ended 6/30/12
United Technologies UTX: 12/17/12 8K re: completion of sale of ind'l products biz for $3.46 to finance purchase of Goodrich which closed earlier in the year
10/26/12 & 10/23/12 8K re: 3Q ended 9/30
10/11 8K/A re: Goodrich purchase
9/12/12 8K re: election of Marshall Larsen to Board
Verizon Communications Inc. VZ: 12/10/12 8K re: purchase of single premium annuity contract
from Prud'l to settle $7.5 bil of pension liabilities
12/8/12 8K re: election of EVP Merchandizing
11/13/12 8K re: Cellco Partnership d/b/a Verizon Wireless disgtri buted $18.5 bil to the two owners, Verizon Communications & Vodaphone
11/8/12 8K re: disclsoure of Wells Fargo Tech, Media & telecom Conf.
11/2/12 8K re: tenderoffer for $1.25 bil of its notes
11/2/12 8K re: Agreements ith CWA & IBEW for new 3 year congtracts covering 43,000 workers
10/25 10Q & 10/18 8K & 10/5/ 8K re: 3Q ended 9/30
10/17 8K re: transfer $7.5 bil of pension plan obligations to Prudential
WalMart WMT: 12/4/12 10Q & 11/15/12 8K re: results of Qtr ended 10/31
9/6/12 10Q for quarter ended 7/31/12
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