Tuesday, December 11, 2012

12/11/12 Tues pm Dow Closes at 13,248.44 up 78.56 or 0.6%

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Post No. 1,943 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 12/7/12 and recent Dow 30 components' SEC filings as of 12/7/12.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed Tuesday at 13,248.44 up 78.56 or 0.6% from Monday's close of 13,169.88. Of the Dow components 26  gained and  4 declined. The biggest gainer dollar-wise was  IBM up $1.81 and percentage-wise was Intel up 2.84%. The biggest decliner dollar-wise and percentage-wise was  Walmart down $1.26 or 1.75%.

.As of the open of the market on Tuesday the current divisor for the Dow Jones Industrial Average found at page C6 of Tuesday's Wall St. Journal is 0.130216081. Tuesday's trailing P/E ratio is 14.67 up from yesterday's trailing P/E ratio of 14.62 (year ago it was 13.00); today's P/E estimate is 12.52 up from Monday's P/E estimate of 12.52 (year ago it was 12.33) and today's dividend yield is 2.67 up from yesterday's dividend yield of 2.71 (last year it was 2.63). 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.

Tuesday's Dow Jones Industrial Average closing numerator was 1,725.16 up 10.23  from Monday's closing numerator of 1,714.93. 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 Tuesay's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $57.51 up 35 cents from Monday's average of $57.16. The median closing price of Tuesday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $52.12   (DIS/UNH) up 37 cents from Monday's median closing price of $51.75. The lowest volume was 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 or dividends) and sold at the close you would have made $1,023  ($172,516 - $171,493).

Tuesday's 12/11/12 MarketWatch 4:30  pm by Polya Lesova & Kate Gibson says U.S. stocks rose on Tuesday, with the S&P 500 Index gaining for a fifth consecutive session, buoyed by optimism that Republicans and Democrats will eventually reach a deal to prevent the automatic spending cuts and tax hikes set to go into effect early next year. The technology sector led the market higher, with Apple Inc.AAPL +2.18% and Texas Instruments Inc. TXN +3.99% posting particularly strong gains.
The S&P 500 SPX +0.65% advanced 9.29 points, or 0.7%, to 1,427.84 — its highest closing value since Nov. 6, the day of the U.S. presidential election. The technology sector was the biggest gainer Tuesday among the S&P 500’s 10 major sectors. The mood was buoyed by a report in The Wall Street Journal late Monday that budget negotiations between the White House and House Speaker John Boehner have made steady progress in recent days. Addressing the House of Representatives Tuesday, Boehner said he was “hopeful” an accord would be reached. The Ohio Republican also said his party was waiting for President Barack Obama to outline specific spending cuts. Negotiations between White House and House Speaker John Boehner are progressing steadily. Stocks pared gains after Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid said Tuesday afternoon that a deal to avoid the fiscal cliff will be difficult to reach before Christmas. “The markets are holding out hope this is all a big bluff,” Ethan Harris, co-head of global economics research at Bank of America, said of the back-and-forth on Capitol Hill that has not yet resulted in an agreement. Common sense would dictate that the White House and Republicans would reach a compromise to avoid going over the fiscal cliff, but allowing the battle to linger on raises the risk that a deal won’t be reached, according to Harris, speaking at a BofA Merrill Lynch conference in New York Tuesday. “It’ll probably go to the last second, and there’s a decent chance we go over the cliff and it will be spring before this is resolved. There is a high risk Obama and Boehner agree in principle to a deal and Congress doesn’t approve it,” he added.
After surging as much as 136 points, the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA +0.60% closed up 78.56 points, or 0.6%, to 13,248.44, its highest closing level since Oct. 22. The Dow rose for a fifth consecutive trading session, marking its longest win streak since mid-March. Chip manufacturer Intel Corp. INTC +2.84% was the top gainer in the Dow, rising 2.8%. The Nasdaq Composite Index COMP +1.49% climbed 35.34 points, or 1.2%, to end at 3,022.30. More than 690 million shares traded on the New York Stock Exchange; composite volume topped 3.6 billion. Shares of TripAdvisor Inc. TRIP +6.56% rallied after Liberty Interactive Corp. LINTA -0.99% said it acquired voting control of the hotel-reviews site. Apple’s shares rose 2.2%. ISI Group cited China Unicom’s announcement of more than 300,000 preorders for the iPhone 5 set to go on sale Friday. China Unicom is China’s second-largest wireless carrier. Shares of Delta Air Lines Inc. DAL +5.13% rose 5.1% after it agreed to acquire a 49% stake in Virgin Atlantic Airways Ltd. from Singapore Airlines.
American International Group Inc.  AIG +5.70% climbed nearly 6% after the Treasury Department said it would sell its remaining shares of the insurance company, nearly closing out its largest rescue that came with the 2008 financial crisis.Federal Reserve officials started a two-day policy-setting meeting on Tuesday, with Wall Street expecting central bankers to opt for more bond purchases when Operation Twist expires this year. Stock-index futures drew an early lift from an unexpectedly upbeat gauge of German investor sentiment, which rose sharply in December.

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
MCDNYSE
MRKNYSE
MSFTNASDAQ-GS
PFENYSE
PGNYSE
MMMNYSE
TRVNYSE
UNHNYSE
UTXNYSE
VZDualListed
WMTNYSE

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The following are excerpts from Tues. morning's Blog:

A read of the print editions of Tuesday's Wall St. Journal, Financial Times, Investor's Business Daily, New York Times, USA Today, Atlanta Journal and Constituion & 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 Monday's stock prices and related data in alphabetical order.

Dow Jones Average: The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed Monday at 13,169.88 up 14.75 or 0.11% from Friday's close of 13,155.13. For the year the Dow is up 7.79%. Of the Dow components 15 gained and 15 declined. The biggest gainer dollar-wise was McDonald's up 93 cents and percentage-wise was Cisco up 2.35%. The biggest decliner dollar-wise and percentage-wise was Home Depot down $1.41 or 2.19%.

WSJ pC4 "Stocks ease into new week" by Chris Dieterich says stocks notched modest gains to start the week as the Dow enjoyed its quietest market session in months in a wait and see mode. McDonald's was up 93 cents accounting for the largest piece of the Dow's price weighted advance as its same store sales ticked up more than expected and rebounded from an Oct. decline.

NYT pB7 "Mcdonald's sales help shares inch higher" by AP , AJC pA13 "McDonald's, HP spur gains" says stocks eked out a small gain ion Mon after a strong sales report from McDonald's helped push the Dow higher. Hewlett-Packard also advanced. That offset the news that Italiam PM Monti has resigned.

Fin Times p22 "Appetitie for McDonald's grows after solid rise in same store sales" by Arash Massoudi says stocks saw muted trading gains Mon as fiscal cliff negotiations in DC to prevent a possible recession continued to hang over equities. McDonald's was up 1.1% as it reported a stronger than expected increase in same store sales for Nov.

IBD pB2 "Stocks muster small gains as market seeks direction" by Vincent Mao says stocks wavered to a modestly higher finish Mon extending a recent trend of uncertain action as MOnday's action was slightly higher in lower trade and the current outlook is still a confirmed uptrend.


Monday's Dow Jones Industrial Average closing numerator was 1,714.93 up 1.92 from Friday's closing numerator of 1,713.01. 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 Monay's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $57.16 up 6 cents from Friday's average of $57.10. The median closing price of Monday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $51.75 (DIS/UNH) up 19 cents from Friday's median closing price of $51.56. 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 $192 ($171,493 - ($171,301).

Monday's 12/10/12 MarketWatch 4:11 pm by Kate Gibson says U.S. stocks finished higher on Monday, lifting the Dow Jones Industrial Average and the S&P 500 index to their highest perches since Election Day, as Wall Street held out hope for a deal to avert the fiscal cliff. "Our investors are prepared for higher tax rates for 2013 and beyond," said Ron Florance, managing director at Wells Fargo, of President Barack Obama's proposal to increase taxes on the wealthiest 2%. If adopted, the president proposals are not "catastrophic," said Florance. "It's annoying, but these are not levels that are economically dangerous," he added. Extending gains into a fourth session, the Dow industrials DJIA+0.11%climbed 14.75 points, or 0.1%, to 13,169.88. Also up for a fourth session, the S&P 500 SPX+0.03% added half a point to 1,418.55. The Nasdaq Composite COMP+0.30%climbed 8.92 points, or 0.3%, to 2,986.96.

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

AT&T: No mentions found.

Alcoa: No mentions found.

American Express: No mentions found.

Bank of America: No mentions found.

Boeing: NYT pB1 "New problems with Boeing 787 revive Concerns" by jad Mouawad et al says a pair of problems lasT week revived concerns about the 787's reliability. A United Airlines flight was diverted due to a failed electric generator.

Caterpillar:No mentions found.

Chevron: No mentions found.

Cisco: WSJ pC1 "Analysts get gloomy, right on schedule" by Spencer jakab says the 4Q is starting to look dire as 92 S&P firms including Hewlett-Packard and Walmart have lowered earnings guidance for the period. Only 25 including Cisco have raised guidance.

Coke: No mentions found.

Disney: WSJ pC10 "Netflix is doing it for the kids" by Miriam Gottfired says Netflix deal with Disney is solidifying its place as a go to network for kids.

DuPont:No mentions found.

Exxon: No mentions found.

GE: No mentions found.

Hewlett-Packard: AJC pA13 "McDonald's, HP spur gains" says stocks eked out a small gain ion Mon after a strong sales report from McDonald's helped push the Dow higher. Hewlett-Packard also advanced. That offset the news that Italiam PM Monti has resigned.

WSJ pC1 "Analysts get gloomy, right on schedule" by Spencer jakab says the 4Q is starting to look dire as 92 S&P firms including Hewlett-Packard and Walmart have lowered earnings guidance for the period. Only 25 including Cisco have raised guidance.

Home Depot: No mentions found.

Intel: WSJ pB6 "Intel tailors 3D chip process to build cell, tablet devices" by Don Clark says on Mon Intel disclosed details of a new recipe for making chips for mobile devices.

IBM: No mentions found.

JPMorgan: No mentions found.

Johnson & Johnson:

McDonald's: IBD pA1 "McDonald's Nov. sales sizzle", NYT pB7 "Mcdonald's is resurgent after slump in Oct" by Reuters, WSJ pB2 "McDonald's delivers" by Julie Jargon et al, AJC pA12 "McDonald's Nov. slaes figure rises" by AP, AJC pA13 "McDonald's, HP spur gains" by AP say stocks eked out a small gain ion Mon after a strong sales report from McDonald's helped push the Dow higher. Hewlett-Packard also advanced. That offset the news that Italiam PM Monti has resigned. McDonald's global sales at stroes open at least 13 mnths rose 2.4% for Nov and in US it rose 2.5% boosted by popularity of breakfast options, value menu and Cheddar Bacon Onion sandwiches. It rose 1.4% in Europe.

WSJ pC4 "Stocks ease into new week" by Chris Dieterich says stocks notched modest gains to start the week as the Dow enjoyed its quietest market session in months in a wait and see mode. McDonald's was up 93 cents accounting for the largest piece of the Dow's price weighted advance as its same store sales ticked up more than expected and rebounded from an Oct. decline.

Fin Times p22 "Appetitie for McDonald's grows after solid rise in same store sales" by Arash Massoudi says stocks saw muted trading gains Mon as fiscal cliff negotiations in DC to prevent a possible recession continued to hang over equities. McDonald's was up 1.1% as it reported a stronger than expected increase in same store sales for Nov.

Merck:No mentions found.

Microsoft: No mentions found.

Pfizer: No mentions found.

Procter & Gamble: No mentions found.

3M: No mentions found.

Travelers: No mentions found.

UnitedHealth Group:No mentions found.

United Technologies: No mentions found.

Verizon: No mentions found.

Walmart:WSJ pC1 "Analysts get gloomy, right on schedule" by Spencer jakab says the 4Q is starting to look dire as 92 S&P firms including Hewlett-Packard and Walmart have lowered earnings guidance for the period. Only 25 including Cisco have raised guidance.

Monday'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
MCDNYSE
MRKNYSE
MSFTNASDAQ-GS
PFENYSE
PGNYSE
MMMNYSE
TRVNYSE
UNHNYSE
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) (has announced early retirement)

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 12/7/12 ranked in order of market capitalization:

1. Exxon Mobil XOM $404
2. WalMart WMT 241.8
3. GE 225
4. Microsoft MSFT 222.6
5. IBM 216.9
6. Chevron CVX 209.4
7. Johnson & Johnson JNJ 195.2
8. AT&T T 191.6
9. Procter & Gamble PG 192.2
10. Pfizer PFE 188.2
11. Coke KO 169.1
12. JPMorgan Chase JPM 161.8
13. Merck MRK 135.7
14. Verizon VZ 126.7
15. Bank of America BAC 114.6
16. Intel INTC 100.3
17. Cisco CSCO 102.7
18. Home Depot HD 96.4
19. McDonald's MCD 88.8
20. Disney DIS 87.3
21. United Technologies UTX 74.2
22. American Express AXP 63.3
23. 3M MMM 63.3
24. Caterpillar CAT 56.9
25. Boeing BA 56.3
26. UnitedHealth UNH 55
27. DuPont DD 40.3
28. Travelers TRV 28
29. Hewlett-Packard HPQ 27.4
30. Alcoa AA 9

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Here are the latest 8K, 10Q & 10K & Proxy & certain other SEC filings as of 12/7/12:

Symbol & Co. Name/Date of Filing/Form Filed/ Comments

AT&T T: 12/4/12 8K underwriting agreement Global Notes due '20
11/20/12 - 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: 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
9/17/12 8K re: delinq & write-off stats for June, July & Aug


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: 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
8/29/12 8K re: bylaw amendments


Caterpillar CAT: 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
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


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: 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
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


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
8/23/12 8K re: shareholder approval of stock split

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
8/7/12 10Q & 8/7/12 8K results for 3rd quarter ended 6/30/12


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
8/2/12 10Q & 7/26/12 8K re: 2Q results ended 6/30/12


GE: 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: 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
8/8/12 8K re: write-down due to impairment of goodwill


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: 12/6/12 & 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
8/1/12 10Q for quarter ended 6/30/12


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
8/1/12 8K re: closing of sale of IBM's Retail Store Solutions biz to Toshiba Tec



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
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



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
8/16/12 8K re: discontinuance of bapineuzumbab trials
8/2/12 10Q for quarter ended 7/1/12


McDonald's MCD: 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.
8/9/12 8K re: July '12 sales
8/6/12 10Q for quarter ended 6/30/12



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: 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: 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: 12/8/12 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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