Thursday, January 31, 2013

1/31/13 Thurs. pm Dow Closes at 13,860.58 down 49.84 or 0.36%

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Post No. 2,024 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 1/1/13 and recent Dow 30 components' SEC filings as of 1/1/13.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed Thursday at 13,860.58 down 49.84 or 0.36% from Wednesday's close of 13,910.42. Of the Dow components 11   gained and 19 declined. The biggest gainer dollar-wise and percentage-wise was Travelers up 89 cents or 1.15%. The biggest decliner dollar-wise was United Technologies down $1.16 and percentage-wise was Intel down 1.54%.

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 opening trailing P/E ratio is 15.29 down from yesterday's trailing P/E ratio of 15.34 (year ago it was 14.09); today's P/E estimate was 12.28 unchanged from Wednesday' s P/E estimate of 12.28 (year ago it was 12.15) and today's dividend yield is 2.51 up from yesterday's opening dividend yield of 2.50 (last year it was 2.52). 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 1,804.87 down 6.49   from Wednesday's closing numerator of 1,811.36. 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 Monday by the divisor (0.130216081) you get the decrease in Moniday'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 $60.16 down 22 cents from Wednesday's average of $60.38. The median closing price of Thursday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $54.59 (DIS/UNH) down 55 cents from Wednesday's median closing price of $55.14. 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 $649 ($181,136 - $180,487).

MarketWatch Thursday 1/31/13 4:13  by Kate Gibson says U.S. stock fell Thursday, reducing what still proved to be a strikingly strong start to the year. The Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA -0.36% fell 49.84 points, or 0.4%, to 13,860.58, leaving it with a 5.8% gain for January, its best monthly rise since October 2011 and its strongest monthly start to a year since 1994. The S&P 500 index SPX -0.26% lost 3.85 points, or 0.3%, to 1,498.11, leaving it up 5% for the month. The Nasdaq Composite  COMP -0.01% retreated fractionally to 3,142.13, giving it a 4% January rise.

Thursday's Closing Dow Numbers:

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

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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, 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 Wednesday's stock prices and related data in alphabetical order.

Dow Jones Industrial Average: The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed Wednuesday at 13,910.42 down 44 or 0.32% from Tuesday's close of 13,954.42. For the year the Dow is up 6.15%. Of the Dow components 8 gained and 22 declined. The biggest gainer dollar-wise and percentage-wise was Boeing up 94 cents or 1.28%. The biggest decliner dollar-wise and percentage-wise was ExxonMobil down $1.09 or 1.2%.

WSJ pC4 Stocks sound the retreat" byJonathan Cheng says stocks pulled back after the Fed Reserve kept its bond buying program steady but offered a mixed review of the economy. Boeing rose 94 cents after its earnings beat expectations and provided a '13 outlook that was above forecasts.

NYT pB5 "Weak economic report sends markets lower" by AP says a report on growth served as a reminder Wed that the US economy remained a long way from being healed & it put the brakes on a Jan rally that pushed stocks close to record levels.

IBD pB2 "Stocks suffer mild losses, but cut distribution count" by Paul Whitfield says stocks suffered modest losses Wed but the market's technical picture improved. Wednesday's action was down in lower volume while the current outlook is a confirmed uptrend.

AJC pA19 "Economy stalls stock rally" says stocks started the law lower after a report showed that the US economy contracted in 4Q.

Wednesday's Dow Jones Industrial Average closing numerator was 1,811.36 down 5.73 from Tuesday's closing numerator of 1,817.09. 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 dencrease for Monday by the divisor (0.130216081) you get the decrease in Moniday'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 $60.38 down 19 cents from Tuesday's average of $60.57. The median closing price of Wednesday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $54.94 (DIS/UNH) down 20 cents from Tuesday's median closing price of $55.14. 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 $573 ($181,709 - $181,136).

MarketWatch Wednesday 1/30/13 4:30 by Kate Gibson says U.S. stock dropped on Wednesday, retreating from five-year highs after the Federal Reserve said growth in economic activity paused in recent months, and as fourth-quarter data showed a surprise contraction in gross domestic product.
The Federal Open Market Committee kept interest rates near zero and maintained its aggressive bond-buying program. Central bankers noted weak growth in the final three months of last year, saying that pause in activity was due to weather and other transitory factors. Many had expected the FOMC to upgrade its assessment of the economy, yet the Fed “did not sound any more optimistic about the economic backdrop,” said Dan Greenhaus, chief global strategist at BTIG LLC. Jim Russell, senior equity strategist and regional investment director at U.S. Bank Wealth Management, said the central bank could have given “a nod to the slight improvement in the labor market nationwide.”
“A lot of the market’s rise is due to global central banks being more accommodative,” added Russell, who also noted the FOMC has four new members, collectively viewed as “slightly more hawkish” — a reference to those more concerned with curbing inflation than keeping interest rates down.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 44 points, or 0.3%, at 13,910.42, with General Electric Co. and Exxon Mobil Corp. both falling 1.2% and leading decliners in the blue-chip index. The Dow has gained 6.2% for the month to date, putting it on track for its best January in 24 years.
Boeing Co. was among blue-chip gainers Wednesday after the aircraft maker reported quarterly earnings and revenue that beat Wall Street’s estimates. The S&P 500 Index dropped 5.88 points, or 0.4%, at 1,501.96, with the industrial sector the worst performer and utilities the best of its 10 major industry groups. U.S.-listed shares of BlackBerry maker Research In Motion Ltd. fell 12% after the Canadian company unveiled two new smartphones and said it would change its name to BlackBerry. See: BlackBerry 10 event fuels reversal in RIM shares. The Nasdaq Composite Index fell 11.35 points, or 0.4%, at 3,142.31, finding some support by a nearly 5% rise in shares of Amazon.com Inc. a day after the online retailer reported better-than-expected fourth-quarter profit margins. Social-networking company Facebook Inc. climbed 1.5% ahead of its quarterly earnings report, expected after Wednesday’s close. More than 700 million shares traded on the New York Stock Exchange. Composite volume exceeded 3.7 billion. Data on Wednesday showed the U.S. economy contracted in the final quarter of 2012, but payroll growth in January was better than anticipated. “That’s probably the most favorable contraction in GDP that you could have hoped for,” said Russell at U.S. Bank of the 0.1% annual rate decline in gross domestic product, which largely was due to a sharp drop in military spending and a smaller gain in stockpiles. The Commerce Department reported fourth-quarter gross domestic product dropped at a 0.1% annual rate, the worst performance since the second quarter of 2009, when the economy remained in recession. A separate report from a payrolls processor said private companies added 192,000 workers in January, with the better-than-expected rise coming ahead of Friday’s nonfarm-payrolls report for January. Treasury prices were mixed, with the benchmark 10-year yield holding steady at 2%. The U.S. dollar fell against other global currencies, including the euro.

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

AT&T: WSJ pB6 "Boeing's new measure: profit before pensions" by Joseph B. white says Boeing is using a measure called core oepating earnings to draw attention away form its pension obligations. Verizon and AT&T are doing similar accounting measures to isolate their pension obligations.

Aloca: No mentions found.

American Express: No mentions found.

Bank of America: No mentions found.

Boeing: WSJ pB3 "Boeing plays down 787 woes; net falls 30%" by Jon Ostrower, Andy Pasztor, AJC pA18 "Boeing to increase 787 production" by Joshua Freed, NYT pB1 "boeing says no change in batteries is planned" by Christopher Drew, IBD pA1 "Boeing beats, upbeat on '13", USAT p6B "Story stocks", AP say Boeing earned $3.9 bil or $5.11 a share for the full year a 3% decline from '11. Rev rose 19% to $81.7 bil. It predicted '13 earnings of $5 to $5.20 per share with rev of $82 bil to $85 bil. 4Q profit was $978 mil or $1.28 a share vs $1.39 bil or $1.84 a year ago. Rev increased 14% to $22.3 bil.

IBD pA2 "NTSB investigates 787 battery" says the NTSB asked for a history of the lithium-ion batteries used in the 787.

WSJ pB6 "Boeing's new measure: profit before pensions" by Joseph B. white says Boeing is using a measure called core oepating earnings to draw attention away form its pension obligations. Verizon and AT&T are doing similar accounting measures to isolate their pension obligations.

WSJ pC4 Stocks sound the retreat" byJonathan Cheng says stocks pulled back after the Fed Reserve kept its bond buying program steady but offered a mixed review of the economy. Boeing rose 94 cents after its earnings beat expectations and provided a '13 outlook that was above forecasts.

Caterpillar: No mentions found.

Chevron: USAT pB2 "Chevron fined $1 mil over fire at refinery" says the fire was 8/6/12 in San Fran.

Cisco: No mentions found.

Coke: No mentions found.

Disney: No mentions found.

DuPont: No mentions found.

Exxon: No mentions found.

GE:No mentions found.

Hewlett-Packard: No mentions found.

Home Depot: No mentions found.

Intel: No mentions found.

JPMorgan: No mentions found.

Johnson & Johnson: NYT pB2 "As trial starts, new detaisl emerge about hip maker" by Barry Meier says the trial on the hip replacement made by DePuy started Wed in Los Angeles Superior Court. More than 10,000 lawsuits have been filed over the device.

IBM: AJC pA18 "IBM supercomputer given to university" says a version of Watson will be given to Rensselaer Polytechnic Inst.

McDonald's: No mentions found.

Merck: No mentions found.

Microsoft: No mentions found.

Pfizer: WSJ pB1 "The big business of orphan drugs" by Jonathan D. Rockoff says Pfizer and GlaxoSmith are among firms studying treatments for Duchennse muscular dystrophy and other orphan drug diseases.

Procter & Gamble: No mentions found.

3M: No mentions found.

Travelers: No mentions found.

UnitedHealth: No mentions found.

United Technologies: No mentions found.

Verizon: WSJ pB6 "Boeing's new measure: profit before pensions" by Joseph B. white says Boeing is using a measure called core oepating earnings to draw attention away form its pension obligations. Verizon and AT&T are doing similar accounting measures to isolate their pension obligations.

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 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 1/1/13 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 1/1/13:

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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