Thursday, December 20, 2012

12/20/12 Thurs pm Dow Closes at 13,311.72 up 59.75 or 0.45%

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Post No. 1,959 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 13,311.72 up 59.75 or 0.45% from Wednesday's close of 13,251.97. Of the Dow components 25 gained and 5 declined. The biggest gainer dollar-wise and percentage-wise was %. The biggest decliner dollar-wise was   and percentage-wise was %.

As of the open of the market on Thursday the current divisor for the Dow Jones Industrial Average found at page C6 of Thursday's Wall St. Journal is 0.130216081. Thursday's trailing P/E ratio is 14.72 down from yesterday's trailing P/E ratio of 14.84 (year ago it was 13.10); today's P/E estimate is 12.59 unchanged from Wednesday' s P/E estimate of 12.59 (year ago it was 12.20) and today's dividend yield is 2.62 up from yesterday's dividend yield of 2.60 (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 1,733.40 up 7.78 from Wednesday's closing numerator of 1,725.62. 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 $57.78 up 26 cents from Wednesday's average of $57.52. The median closing price of Thursday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $53.20 (DIS/UNH) up 98 cents from Wednesday's median closing price of $52.22. 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 made $778 ($173,340 - $173,851).

Thursday's 12/20/12 MarketWatch 4:25  pm by Kate Gibson says U.S. stocks rose on Thursday as Republican House Speaker John Boehner expressed optimism about reaching a budget deal with President Barack Obama.Boehner told an afternoon news conference that he planned to continue working with Obama, even as the Ohio Republican pushed a vote on his plan to limit prospective tax hikes to incomes of more than $1 million.“Maybe the conciliatory aspect is what the market is biting on, perhaps there is more openness to this being a negotiating tool rather than a final step,” said Mark Luschini, chief investment strategist at Janney Montgomery Scott.The White House made a key concession this week in 'Fiscal Cliff' negotiations: proposing to allow the payroll tax cut to expire on Jan. 1, potentially driving up payroll taxes by 2%.“I still think there is a good chance that we have something that is agreed to by the 31st of December, maybe absent some detail, but one where we can in fact go into the beginning of the year with a framework for discussion,” Luschini added. The Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA +0.45%  rose 59.75 points, or 0.5%, to end at 13,311.72, with Bank of America Corp. BAC +2.95%  up 3% and J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. JPM +2.30%  up 2.3%.The S&P 500 index SPX +0.55%  rose 7.88 points, or 0.6%, to 1,443.69, with financials leading gains among its 10 major industry groups. IntercontinentalExchange Inc. ICE +1.40%  said it would acquire NYSE Euronext Inc. NYX +34.10% for $8.2 billion in stock and cash. Shares of NYSE Euronext rallied 34%, making the company the top gainer in the S&P 500. 
The technology-heavy Nasdaq Composite index COMP +0.20%  added 6.02 points, or 0.2%, to 3,050.39. Around 682 million shares traded on the New York Stock Exchange. Composite volume topped 3.6 billion.Eric Cantor, the No. 2 GOP leader in the House, told reporters Republicans have the votes to pass what Boehner dubbed his “Plan B,” a proposal to extend Bush-era tax cuts for most Americans and replace automatic spending cuts for the military with reduced spending on food stamps and other domestic programs. “Absent a balanced offer from the president, this is our nation’s best offer,” House Majority Leader Cantor of Virginia said of the proposal, with the House waiting until Thursday evening for a vote on the plan.“If he [Boehner] had the votes, it would [have been] this afternoon. I’m not saying it won’t pass, but he needs extra time to whip things up,” said Dan Greenhaus, chief global strategist at BTIG LLC.
“It’s a symbolic thing,” Greenhaus added of the proposal, which Obama has said he would veto should it pass. Congressional Democrats have labeled it a waste of time, saying it would not accomplish anything other than to make a political statement as the fiscal cliff draws closer.Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said the Senate would not take up the GOP plan, with the Nevada Democrat calling Republican proposals “nonstarters” in the Senate.On Wednesday, stocks fell sharply, halting a two-day rally, as the rhetoric between the White House and Republican leaders grew more heated.“Clearly the odds of a deal have gone down, at least based on public statements, but the bias is still for a deal to be done,” Greenhaus said of efforts to avert steep spending cuts and tax hikes slated to start in January that economists generally agree would push the economy into recession.Positive economic reports out Thursday held little interest for Wall Street.“We do care, but we don’t care. It doesn’t matter at the moment in the context of what is going on with the fiscal cliff. We know the story on the economic side, and we know the story on the stock-market side. It’s the Washington side we’re waiting to hear from,” said Greenhaus.In economic news, existing-home sales rose 5.9% in November to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 5.04 million, reaching the highest rate since November 2009.The Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia’s index of manufacturing activity climbed to an eight-month high in December. “Everything is shrouded in this fiscal-cliff issue, but the fact of the matter is today’s data was actually pretty good. The Philly Fed was positive and the housing data looks good, and is really building into being a green shoot for 2013,” Janney Montgomery Scott’s Luschini said.Ahead of the opening bell, data showed that weekly jobless claims rose 17,000 to 361,000 and growth in third-quarter gross domestic product was revised up to 3.1%. Noting that the four-week average of initial claims was back near lows not seen since the spring of 2008, Miller Tabak equity strategist Peter Boockvar said the data point to a labor market that “continues to improve but at a still lackluster pace.”“Certainly the fiscal negotiations in D.C. and the cloudy visibility that comes with them, have impacted business decision-making,” he added.

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 Thurs. morning's Blog:

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

Dow Jones Average: The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed Wednesday at 13,251.97 down 98.99 or 0.74% from Tuesday's close of 13,350.96. For the year the Dow is up 8.47%. Of the Dow components 3 gained and 27 declined. The biggest gainer dollar-wise and percentage-wise was United Technologies up 80 cents or 0.97%. The biggest decliner dollar-wise was lHome Depot down $1.23 and percentage-wise was GE down 3.14%.

WSJ pC4 "Stocks peter out after 2 big days" by Jonathan Cheng says US stocks pulled back after 2 days of strong gains due to the latest smoke singnals from the fiscal talks in DC. GE, Home Depot and American Express fell 3.1%, 2% & 1.8% respectively.

Fin Times p24 "Better thane xpected results help FedEx buck muted trend" by Arash Massoudi says the S&P was muted for much of the morning trading sessions but fell as renewed investors optimism fiminished over a possible deal re: fiscal cliff.

NYT pB12 "Shares fall as deadline for tax increases nears" by AP says stocks fell Wed as Obama and Republicans criticized each other and a deadline to avoid tax increases & gov spending cuts drew closer.

Wednesday's Dow Jones Industrial Average closing numerator was 1,725.62 down 12.89 from Tuesday's closing numerator of 1,738.51. This is the sum of all 30 closing prices. A short cut to the Dow numerator is to multiply the closing Dow by the Divisor. Now, if you divide the Dow numerator decrease for today by the divisor (0.130216081) you get the decrease in today's Dow. A dollar increase or decrease in a Dow stock results in a $7.68 change in the Dow Index.

The average closing price (the closing numerator divided by 30) of Wednesday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $57.52 down 43 cents from Tuesday's average of $57.95. The median closing price of Wednesday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $52.22 (DIS/UNH) down 37 cents from Tuesday's median closing price of $52.59. 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 $1,289 ($173,851 - $$172,562).

Wednesday's 12/19/12 MarketWatch 4:22 pm by Kate Gibson says U.S. stocks on Wednesday fell sharply after a two-session rally as negotiations to avoid deep spending cuts and tax hikes seemed to hit an especially rocky spot. President Barack Obama told a news conference that Republicans find it “very hard” to say yes to him, while a spokesman for House Speaker John Boehner, the top Republican in Congress, called the White House “irrational.” But Tim Leach, chief investment officer at U.S. Bank Wealth Management, said such heated back-and-forth is to be expected. “The tension is going to rise, and we’re probably going to experience some of those uncomfortable silences from both parties. That is going to raise anxiety in the marketplace,” said Leach. Retreating from a two-month high, the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA-0.74% fell 98.99 points, or 0.7%, to 13,251.97. The S&P 500 IndexSPX-0.76% shed 10.98 points, or 0.8%, to 1,435.81, with telecommunications hardest hit among its 10 industry sectors. General Motors Co. GM +6.63% jumped 6.6% after the auto maker said it would buy 200 million shares of its stock from the U.S. Treasury, part of the government’s plan to sell all of its stake in the firm. Oracle Corp.ORCL+3.68% climbed 3.7% a day after the software company reported profit and sales that surpassed Wall Street’s expectations. The Nasdaq Composite Index COMP-0.33% shed 10.17 points, or 0.3%, to 3,044.36.
Decliners outran advancers on the New York Stock Exchange, where nearly 751 million shares traded. Composite volume exceeded 3.8 billion. The price of oil rose for a fourth session, with crude futures CLF3+1.67% up $1.58, or 1.8%, to settle at $89.51 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange. Dan Pfeiffer, the White House communications director, said President Obama would veto a tax and spending plan offered by Speaker Boehner. “The proposal from the Ohio Republican would give millionaires a tax break of $50,000, while eliminating tax cuts that 25 million students and families struggling to make ends meet depend on,” Pfeiffer said in a statement. Equities furthered their fall after Boehner said the House would vote Thursday on his plan B, which would hike tax rates on income over $1 million, instead of the $400,000 threshold proposed in Obama’s latest offer.
“Everything is vulnerable in the face of the fiscal cliff. With all aspects of the economy, any momentum we see today would be gone tomorrow if we go over the cliff,” said Elizabeth Ptacek, senior credit real-estate analyst at KeyBank. Ahead of the market open, the government reported construction on new homes fell 3% while building permits climbed 3.6% in November. “Most were expecting a slight decline, and this was more than we expected. But I don’t think it changes the story, reflected in the permit data, that bodes well for construction in coming months,” Ptacek said.

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

AT&T: No mentions found.

Alcoa: USA Today p5B lists GE as one of the S&P's biggest losers due to downgrade fears and GE as a losser saying its hyped Avio buyout excludes the space div.

American Express: WSJ pC4 "Stocks peter out after 2 big days" by Jonathan Cheng says US stocks pulled back after 2 days of strong gains due to the latest smoke singnals from the fiscal talks in DC. GE, Home Depot and American Express fell 3.1%, 2% & 1.8% respectively.

Bank of America: No mentions found.

Boeing: No mentions found.

Caterpillar: No mentions found.

Chevron: No mentions found.

Cisco: No mentions found.

Coke: No mentions found.

Disney: No mentions found.

DuPont: No mentions found.

Exxon: No mentions found.

GE: WSJ pC4 "Stocks peter out after 2 big days" by Jonathan Cheng says US stocks pulled back after 2 days of strong gains due to the latest smoke singnals from the fiscal talks in DC. GE, Home Depot and American Express fell 3.1%, 2% & 1.8% respectively.

USA Today p5B lists GE as one of the S&P's biggest losers due to downgrade fears and GE as a losser saying its hyped Avio buyout excludes the space div.

Hewlett-Packard: No mentions found.

Home Depot: WSJ pC4 "Stocks peter out after 2 big days" by Jonathan Cheng says US stocks pulled back after 2 days of strong gains due to the latest smoke singnals from the fiscal talks in DC. GE, Home Depot and American Express fell 3.1%, 2% & 1.8% respectively.

Intel: No mentions found.

IBM: No mentions found.

JPMorgan: WSJ pC3 "4 banks convicted of fraud in Italy in swaps case" by Giovanni Legorano, Fin times p15 "4 banks found guilty of misselling derivatives" by Rachel Sanderson say JPMorgan and several other big banks were convicted in Milan of fraud re: sale of deriviative in the mid 2000's.

Johnson & Johnson: No mentions found.

McDonald's: No mentions found.

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: No mentions found.

United Technologies: No mentions found.

Verizon: No mentions found.

Walmart: No mentions found.

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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