Thursday, December 13, 2012

12/13/12 Thurs. pm Dow Closes at 13,170.72 down 74.73 or 0.56%

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Post No. 1,947 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 Thursday at 13,170.72 down 74.73 or 0.56% from Wednesday's close of 13,245.45. Of the Dow components 5 gained and 25 declined. The biggest gainer dollar-wise  and percentage-wise was Caterpillar up 41 cents or 0.47%. The biggest decliner dollar-wise and percentage-wise was Merck down $1.31 or 2.89%.


.As of the open of the market on Thursday the current divisor for the Dow Jones Industrial Average found at page C5 of Wednesday's Wall St. Journal is 0.130216081. Thursday's trailing P/E ratio is 14.76 up from yesterday's trailing P/E ratio of 14.74 (year ago it was 12.79); today's P/E estimate is 12.52 unchanged from Wednesday's P/E estimate of 12.52 (year ago it was 12.33) and today's dividend yield is 2.66 unchanged from yesterday's dividend yield of 2.66 (last year it was 2.69). 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 1,715.04 down 9.73 from Wednesday's closing numerator of 1,724.77. 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 Thursday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $57.17 down 32 cents from Wednesday's average of $57.49. The median closing price of Thursday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $51.75 (DIS/UNH) down 67 cents from Wednesday's median closing price of $52.42. The lowest volume was Travelers 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 lost $973 ($172,477 - $171,504).

Thursday's 12/13/12 MarketWatch 4:31 pm by Kate Gibson says U.S. stocksfell on Thursday as politicians bickered in public over their difficulties in reaching a deal to avert recession-inducing spending cuts and tax hikes in the new year.House Speaker John Boehner called a news conference to air his views on what is blocking negotiations to avoid the fiscal cliff, with the Ohio Republican blasting President Barack Obama and Democrats for looking to “punish small businesses” with higher tax rates.House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi calls on legislators to pass a fiscal-cliff deal and agree to middle-income tax cuts.At a separate news conference, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, a Nevada Democrat, countered that Americans shouldn’t have their taxes “held hostage” to Boehner and his press events.The White House also entered the fray, with spokesman Jay Carney calling Republican opposition to higher taxes on the wealthiest 2% the single obstacle holding up a deal.“Rates on top earners have to go up as part of the revenue equation. When that happens, we believe we can reach a deal fairly quickly,” Carney said.Obama and Boehner are due to meet at the White House at 5 p.m. Eastern to discuss the fiscal cliff. The two men last met on Sunday.The Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA -0.56%  fell 74.73 points, or 0.6%, to end at 13,170.72. The top decliners in the Dow were from the health-care sector, with Merck & Co. MRK -1.96%  down 2% and UnitedHealth Group Inc. UNH -1.57% The Nasdaq Composite Index COMP -0.72%  declined 21.65 points, or 0.7%, to end at 2,992.16.Around 663 million shares traded on the New York Stock Exchange. Composite volume exceeded 3.3 billion.Scott Brown, chief economist at Raymond James,” said that “Democrats are in a much better bargaining position” on the fiscal-cliff issue. Noting that both parties want tax rates for the middle class to remain low, Brown added this alone would be basis for an agreement.“The market is pricing in a deal happening to avert the fiscal cliff before the end of the year,” according to Art Hogan, market strategist at Lazard Capital Markets.But Brown noted: “A lot of people are starting to second-guess the likelihood of a deal by the end of the year. My view is that it seems more likely in January than December.”Wall Street offered only brief reaction to moves by global central banks and a number of U.S. economic reports.
“We certainly care what central banks are doing — that’s going to be important to the global economy,” said Hogan. “But all of that is the backdrop” to budget talks on Capitol Hill.In economic news, the Labor Department reported initial claims for jobless benefits fell by 29,000 to 343,000 last week, with the data exceeding expectations.The Fed refashions its bond-buying programs, extending its far-reaching effort to revitalize the job market and boost the economy into 2013.Other reports had wholesale prices falling and retail sales bouncing back in November.The drop in prices paid by U.S. producers was lower than expected, with declining energy costs a large part of the decline.On Thursday, the cost of crude fell, with oil futures CLF3 -0.77%  pricing a barrel below $86.“Our energy team is pretty optimistic that oil prices are going to come down next year” as the U.S. continues to ramp up production, said Brown at Raymond James.Falling energy and gasoline prices could help offset any sort of tax hike on U.S. consumers, he added.
U.S. stocks posted a flat performance Wednesday after Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke warned that the central bank doesn’t have the ability to shield the economy from the full impact of the fiscal cliff. Many economists fear that failure to avoid the cliff would trigger a recession.Euro-zone finance ministers approved the next round of rescue funds to Greece on Thursday, with the money expected to be in the pipeline next week. European Union leaders also reached a deal to bring the region’s biggest lenders under a single supervisory body, which Lazard’s Hogan called an especially positive development.“It’s a critical step needed in the path toward fiscal unity,” he said.Shares of Google Inc. GOOG +0.74%  gained 0.7% after the search giant released a version of its Maps app for Apple Inc.’s AAPL -1.73% iPhone, which appeared on Apple’s App Store late Wednesday. The Google Maps app had been kicked off the iPhone in favor of Apple’s own software in September, prompting numerous complaints about inaccuracies and other problems.Shares of Apple fell 1.7%. Read: Apple ‘map-gate’ gives Google an edge.
Best Buy Co. BBY +15.93%  jumped nearly 16% after the Minneapolis Star Tribune reported that founder Richard Schulze was expected to make an offer for the electronics retailer by the middle of next month.
Thursday's Closing Dow Numbers:

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

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The following are excerpts from Thursday morning's Blog:

A read of the print editions of Thursday'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 Wednesday's stock prices and related data in alphabetical order.

Dow Jones Average: The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed Wednesday at 13,245.45 down 2.99 or 0.02% from Tuesday's close of 13,248.44. For the year the Dow is up 8.41%. Of the Dow components 16 gained and 1 4 declined. The biggest gainer dollar-wise was Caterpillar up 60 cents and percentage-wise was Hewlett-Packard up 1.96%. The biggest decliner dollar-wise and percentage-wise was Walmart down $1.90 or 2.68 %.

WSJ pC4 "Dow gets thrown for a loop by Fed" by Jonathan Cheng says the Fed's new stimulus program failed to excite investors who bid stocks higher for several hours before erasing those gains to end the gain largely unchanged. DuPont is charted under good news as it authorized $1 bil repurchse of its shares. Walmart led the Dow declines falling $1.95. Hewlett-Packard was up 27 cents and DuPont was up 61 cents to lead the Dow gainers.

FT p26 "Citi leads fin'ls higher while flight from risk bolsters telecoms" by Arash Massoudi says Wall St stocks pared gians in a late afternoon sell off as investors turning negative following statements from Benranke on the impact of the fiscal cliff on the US economy. Walmart lost 2.8% after India said it would launch an inquiry into its lobbying practices.

NYT pB1 "Investors stay calm, if cautious" by Nathaniel Popper says the current rally has been fuled by consensus that Congress & the White House have narrowed thier differences.

AJC pA19 "Early Dow gains erased late" by AP says stocks finished little changed after a rally prompted by the Fed's latest economic stimulus program fizzled out.

IBD pB2 "Stocks forfeit early gains; S&P 500 gets stalling day" by David Saito-Chung says stocks took a hairpin turn to a mixed finish Wed as investors reacted soberly to a historic Fed Res' decision to explicitly link a policy of cheap money with specific economic targets. The current outlook is still a confirmed uptrend.

Wednesday's Dow Jones Industrial Average closing numerator was 1,724.77 down 0.39 from Tuesday's closing numerator of 1,725.16. 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 Wednesay's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $57.49 down 2 cents from Tuesday's average of $57.51. The median closing price of Wednesday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $52.42 (DIS/UNH) up 30 cents from Tuesday's median closing price of $51.12. The lowest volume was Travelers and the highest volume again was Bank of America.

If Wednesday morning before the market opened you had purchased 100 shares of each of the Dow Jones Industrial Average 30 shares (assuming you could buy fractional shares and assuming no transaction costs or dividends) and sold at the close you would have lost $39 ($172,516 - $172,477).

Wednesday's 12/12/12 MarketWatch 3:50 pm by Kate Gibson says U.S. stocks gains dissipated on Wednesday as Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke warned the Fed does not have the ability to shield the economy from the fiscal cliff. “We cannot offset the full impact of the fiscal cliff — it’s just too big,” Bernanke said at an afternoon news conference. Stocks had jumped to session highs after the central bank said it would add further stimulus, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average rising as much as 81 points. The Dow industrials DJIA-0.02% declined 12.69 points at 13,236.29.
Dow gainers included DuPont DD +1.40% , up 1.7% after the chemicals company said it would repurchase as much as $1 billion of its shares in 2013 and that 2012 profit would come in at the high end of its outlooks. The S&P 500 Index SPX+0.04% hung on higher by a point to 1,428.97. Aetna Inc.’s AET+3.21% shares rallied 3.9%, a day after the health insurer projected earnings growth of about 6% next year. The Nasdaq Composite Index COMP-0.28% fell 12 points, or 0.4%, to 3,013.18. Advancers remained just ahead of decliners on the New York Stock Exchange, where 462 million shares traded as of 3:30 p.m. Eastern. Composite volume neared 3 billion. The U.S. dollar DXY-0.21% and Treasury notes fell, with the yield on the 10-year note 10_YEAR +2.77% rising to 1.701%. Bernanke took questions after the U.S. central bank said it would add $45 billion in Treasury-note purchases to its $40 billion-a-month purchases of mortgage-backed bonds, and would keep official rates near zero so long as the jobless rate remains above 6.5% and inflation is not forecast to rise above 2.5%. World's major central banks are embarking on an aggressive new phase of policy activism, a course fraught with economic and political risks. “I’m not surprised by the lack of a change in interest rates, and I’m not surprised by the continued buyback, but I am extremely surprised by the tying it [interest-rate policy] to the unemployment rate, as I don’t know how you even put those two together,” said Chip Cobb, portfolio manager at BMT Asset Management in Bryn Mawr, Pa. “Investors are trying to shake out what it really means, but I don’t think the market understands it for one, and two, [the market] is still clearly focused on Jan. 1 and what that means,” added Cobb of the automatic spending cuts and tax increases scheduled to start if budget negotiations in Washington do not succeed. A day after conferring by phone with President Barack Obama, House Speaker John Boehner on Wednesday said the president’s revenue demand would not pass Congress.
Later Wednesday, White House spokesman Jay Carney said the president continues to believe a deal to avert the fiscal cliff is possible by the end of the year. But Carney said Republican leaders have given “no indication” that they would agree to higher taxes for the wealthiest 2%. “You see a lot of gamesmanship, but it looks on the surface like we’re going to see some increases in taxes,” said Bruce Bittles, chief investment strategist at Robert W. Baird & Co., who believes a budget deal will be reached by the end of the year. “Everything is so politicized now, it’s hard to get your arms around what is real and not real, but the market is assuming nothing much is going to happen here.” Obama has cut his demand for $1.6 trillion in additional revenue from taxing wealthy Americans to $1.4 trillion over a decade. The president’s figure remains $600 billion above the Republican’s stance. The CBOE Volatility Index VIX+2.51% fell 3% at 15.570. “Based on continued views of the VIX, it still looks like the market expects a deal, and you keep hearing mildly positive comments, if not from Washington, then certainly from a lot of the business leaders and money managers, who feel there is a chance of a mild resolution before the year is done,” according to Cobb.

Thursday's Dow News followed by Wednesday'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: No mentions found.

Caterpillar: WSJ pB3 "Caepillar joins crowd moving up dividends" by Bob tita says Caterpillar is joining Walmart and other firms in accelerating dividends for Dec and will pay 52 cents a share div for 1Q '13 on 12/31.

FT p24 "Caterpillar digs into Russia with launch of double bond" by Alexandra Stevenson says Caterpillar is set to become one of the first foreign lsited firms to issue a rouble denominated bond as Russia moves to pen its capital markets.

Chevron: No mentions found.

Cisco: No mentions found.

Coke: No mentions found.

Disney: No mentions found.

DuPont: WSJ pC4 "Dow gets thrown for a loop by Fed" by Jonathan Cheng says the Fed's new stimulus program failed to excite investors who bid stocks higher for several hours before erasing those gains to end the gain largely unchanged. DuPont is charted under good news as it authorized $1 bil repurchse of its shares. Walmart led the Dow declines falling $1.95. Hewlett-Packard was up 27 cents and DuPont was up 61 cents to lead the Dow gainers.

Exxon: WSJ pC10 "Oveheard" says Exxon's latest outllok shows how world energy use has shifted since the early 19th century.

GE: No mentions found.

Hewlett-Packard: AJC pA19 "Print slows, hurts HP" by Steve Johnson, San Jose Mercury News says Hewlett-Packard's main rev sources are shrivveling since people aren't printing as much as they used to and this hurts HP's main products of printers, ink & related products.

WSJ pC4 "Dow gets thrown for a loop by Fed" by Jonathan Cheng says the Fed's new stimulus program failed to excite investors who bid stocks higher for several hours before erasing those gains to end the gain largely unchanged. DuPont is charted under good news as it authorized $1 bil repurchse of its shares. Walmart led the Dow declines falling $1.95. Hewlett-Packard was up 27 cents and DuPont was up 61 cents to lead the Dow gainers.

Home Depot: No mentions found.

Intel: No mentions found.

IBM: No mentions found.

JPMorgan: No mentions found.

Johnson & Johnson: No mentions found.

McDonald's: No mentions found.

Merck: Fin Times p2 "merck warns on drugs price cut as way out of budget fix" by Alan Rappeport et al says the drug industry's ability to find new drugs could be hurt if DC uses it bargaining power to control the prices of drugs in an effort to alleviate the US deficit said Kenneth Frazier, Merck CEO.

Microsoft: IBD pA4 "Mic4rosoft's next Sbox might include Skype" by Reinhardt Krause says analysts think the VoIP service will be added as a result of Microsoft having bought Skype for $8l5 bil in '11.

IBD pA4 "video console game makers hit reset button vs. mobile" by Patrick Seitz says casual gamers are switching to soclia games and those played ont ablets & phones. Mcrisoft';s Xbox has video, social media and communications apps.

Pfizer: USA Today p4B "Story stocks" says Prizer will pay $55 mil to settle claims its Wyeth unit touted a drug for unapproved uses.

Procter & Gamble: No mentions found.

3M: WSJ pB5 "3M estimates profit slightly below forecasts" by james R. Hagerty says 3M forecast growth in eps of 6 to 10% in '13, slightly slower than analysts had expected and said it would increase cap investments and research spending. 3M forecast eps in '13 2will be $6.70 to $6.95 below the Wall St. average of $6.86 forecast before 3M's guidance.

Travelers: No mentions found.

UnitedHealth: No mentions found.

United Technologies: No mentions found.

Verizon: WSJ pB7 "Verizon-Redbox venture advances" by Joan Solsman says Verizon Comm and Redbox will launch a beta version of their online video jv next week with a combination streaming content & DVD rental package priced at $8 per month.

Walmart: Daily Report p3 "Judge to Walmartt: hold your horses on appeal of gender discrim suit" by Cynthia Foster says Walmart's efforts to kill the long running Dukes gender discrimination suit was rebuffed Mon as San Fran fed court will not allow an early review.

FT p26 "Citi leads fin'ls higher while flight from risk bolsters telecoms" by Arash Massoudi says Wall St stocks pared gians in a late afternoon sell off as investors turning negative following statements from Benranke on the impact of the fiscal cliff on the US economy. Walmart lost 2.8% after India said it would launch an inquiry into its lobbying practices.

AJC pA18 "Factory safety crucial, Walmart CEO says" says Walmart says it sees no conflict between paying low prices to suppliers overseas & being able to maintain safe conditions at garment factories.

WSJ pC4 "Dow gets thrown for a loop by Fed" by Jonathan Cheng says the Fed's new stimulus program failed to excite investors who bid stocks higher for several hours before erasing those gains to end the gain largely unchanged. DuPont is charted under good news as it authorized $1 bil repurchse of its shares. Walmart led the Dow declines falling $1.95. Hewlett-Packard was up 27 cents and DuPont was up 61 cents to lead the Dow gainers.

WSJ pB3 "Caepillar joins crowd moving up dividends" by Bob tita says Caterpillar is joining Walmart and other firms in accelerating dividends for Dec and will pay 52 cents a share div for 1Q '13 on 12/31.

Wednesday'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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