Tuesday, January 15, 2013

1/15/13 Tues pm Dow Closes at 13,534.89 up 27.57 or 0.2%

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Post No. 2,001 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 Tuesday at 13,534.89 up 27.57 or 0.2% from Monday's close of 13,507.31. Of the Dow components 17 gained, Alcoa was unchanged and 12 declined. The biggest gainer dollar-wise was Caterpillar up $1.04 and percentage-wise was Microsoft up 1.19%. The biggest decliner dollar-wise was  Verizon down 62 cents and percentage-wise was Hewlett-Packard down 2.48%.

As of the open of the market on Tuesday the current divisor for the Dow Jones Industrial Average found at page C5 of Tuesday's Wall St. Journal is 0.130216081. Tuesday's trailing P/E ratio is 14.94 up from yesterday's opening trailing P/E ratio of 14.92 (year ago it was 13.50); today's P/E estimate is 12.21 unchanged from Monday' s opening P/E estimate of 12.21 (year ago it was 11.92) and today's dividend yield is 2.61 unchanged from yesaterday's opening dividend yield of 2.61 (last year it was 2.58). 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 1,762.46 up 3.59 from Monday's closing numerator of 1,758.87. 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 Tuesday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $58.75 up 9 cents from Monday's average of $58.64. The median closing price of Tuesday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $52.36 (DIS/UNH) up 38 cents from Monday's median closing price of $51.98. 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 $359 ($176,246 - $175,886).

Tuesday 1/15/13 MarketWatch 4:08 pm by Polya Lesova says U.S. stocks finished mostly higher on Tuesday, but further losses for Apple Inc. AAPL -0.15% weighed on the technology sector and the Nasdaq Composite index. The Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA +0.20% rose 27.57 points, or 0.2%, to end at 13,534.89. The S&P 500 index SPX +0.11% gained 1.66 points, or 0.1%, to 1,472.34, with consumer discretionary the top gainer and telecommunications the biggest decliner among its 10 major industry groups. Bucking the positive trend, the Nasdaq Composite COMP -0.22% slipped 6.72 points, or 0.2%, to end at 3,110.78, with shares of Apple ending down 3.2%

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 Monday morning's Blog:

A read of the print editions of Tuesday's Wall St. Journal, Financial Times, New York Times, Investor's Business Daily, USA Today, Atlanta Journal Constitution & & 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 Industrial Average: The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed Monday at 13,507.31 up 18.89 or 0.1% from Friday's close of 13,488.43. For theyear the Dow is up 3.08%. Of the Dow components 16 gained and 14 declined. The biggest gainer dollar-wise was Boeing up $1.39 and percentage-wise was Hewlett-Packard up 4.89%. The biggest decliner dollar-wise was IBM down $1.83 and percentage-wise was Verizon down 1.64%.

WSJ pC4 "Tech stocks buoy Dow; Apple sinks" by Alexandra Scaggs says blue chip tech firms had the biggest gains in the Dow but Apple weighed on other incexes. Hewlett-Packard gained 79 cents and Cisco was up 49 cents.

NYT pB2 "Concerns about Apple weigh on S&P and Nasdaq" by Reuters says the S&P and Nasdaq ended lower Mon as worries over demand for Apple products drove down its shares & investors baced for earnings disappointments from Bank of America, Intel and GE. JPMorgan upgraded its rating on Hewlett-Packard.

IBD pB2 "Nasdaq sees selling, hurt by Apple; NYSe edges up" by Victor Reklaitis says stocks closed mixed Mon as Apple's 4% slide weighed on the Nasdaq. Mon's action was mixed performance in mixed volume as the current outlook is still a confirmed uptrend.

Fin Times p20 "Apple takes a knock on concerns over demand for the iPhone 5" by Anora Mahmudova says the rest of the US equity markets edged lower as investors focused their attention on 4Q earnings set for release this week as well as a batch of economic data. Bank of America slid 1.4% while JPMorgan was 0.6% lower. Hwelett-Packard was up 4.9% after a research group said it recaptured the top PC manufacturer title from Lenova.

As of the open of the market on Tuesday the current divisor for the Dow Jones Industrial Average found at page C5 of Tuesday's Wall St. Journal is 0.130216081. Tuesday's trailing P/E ratio is 14.94 up from yesterday's opening trailing P/E ratio of 14.92 (year ago it was 13.50); today's P/E estimate is 12.21 unchanged from Monday' s opening P/E estimate of 12.21 (year ago it was 11.92) and today's dividend yield is 2.61 unchanged from yesaterday's opening dividend yield of 2.61 (last year it was 2.58). The Dow's all-time high was 14,164.53 on Oct. 9, 2007. The 12 year low close for the Dow was on March 9, 2009 when it fell to 6,547.05.

Monday's Dow Jones Industrial Average closing numerator was 1,758.87 up 2.46 from Friday's closing numerator of 1,756.41. This is the sum of all 30 closing prices. A short cut to the Dow numerator is to multiply the closing Dow by the Divisor. Now, if you divide the Dow numerator increase for today by the divisor (0.130216081) you get the increase in today's Dow. A dollar increase or decrease in a Dow stock results in a $7.68 change in the Dow Index.

The average closing price (the closing numerator divided by 30) of Monday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $58.64 up 8 cents from Friday's average of $58.55. The median closing price of Monday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $51.98 (DIS/UNH) up 28 cents from Friday's median closing price of $51.70. 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 $246 ($175,886 - $175,650).

Monday 1/14/13 MarketWatch 4:19 pm says Apple Inc.’s near 4% drop wiped out $17 billion from the U.S. stock market on Monday, pushing two of the three benchmark indexes into negative territory. The S&P 500 index finished down 1.37 point, or less than 0.1%, to 1,470.68. “It would be positive without them,” Howard Silverblatt, senior index analyst at the S&P Indices, said of the company’s impact on the index of 500 public companies. The Nasdaq Composite shed 8.13 points, or 0.3%, to 3,117.50. The Dow Jones Industrial Average added 18.89 points, or 0.1%, to 13,507.32.

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

AT&T: IBD pA4 "FCC Spectrum issues multiply amid views chairman will exit" by Reinhardt Krause" says AT&T and Verizon Wireless have sought mroe spectrum to deliver Internet servcies to mobile devices.

Alcoa: No mentions found.

American Express: No mentions found.

Bank of America: NYT pB2 "Concerns about Apple weigh on S&P and Nasdaq" by Reuters says the S&P and Nasdaq ended lower Mon as worries over demand for Apple products drove down its shares & investors baced for earnings disappointments from Bank of America, Intel and GE. JPMorgan upgraded its rating on Hewlett-Packard.

Fin Times p20 "Apple takes a knock on concerns over demand for the iPhone 5" by Anora Mahmudova says the rest of the US equity markets edged lower as investors focused their attention on 4Q earnings set for release this week as well as a batch of economic data. Bank of America slid 1.4% while JPMorgan was 0.6% lower. Hwelett-Packard was up 4.9% after a research group said it recaptured the top PC manufacturer title from Lenova.

Boeing: IBD pA2 "Boeing" says Boeing and AMR asked US Bankruptcy Corut to restructure AMR's debt to Boeing for purchase of its jets.

IBD pA2 "Boeing" says the 787 that leaked in Boston owned by Japan Airlines did so again during a test Sun.

Caterpillar: No mentions found.

Chevron: No mentions found.

Cisco: WSJ pC4 "Tech stocks buoy Dow; Apple sinks" by Alexandra Scaggs says blue chip tech firms had the biggest gains in the Dow but Apple weighed on other incexes. Hewlett-Packard gained 79 cents and Cisco was up 49 cents.

USA Today p4B "S&P biggest gainers" says Cisco got dual analyst upgrades.

Coke: NYT pB7 "In ads, coke confronts soda's link to obesity" by Stephanie Strom says Coke started a new tv ad campaign Mon aimed at getting on the healthy side of the nat'l debate over obesity.

Disney: No mentions found.

DuPont: No mentions found.

Exxon: No mentions found.

GE: WSJ pC3 "MetLife exits banking with sale to GE" by Erik Holm, AJC pA6 "MetLife gets out of banking business" says GE Capital Retail Bank bought MetLife Bank's $6.4 bil in deposits & its online banking opeations.

NYT pB2 "Concerns about Apple weigh on S&P and Nasdaq" by Reuters says the S&P and Nasdaq ended lower Mon as worries over demand for Apple products drove down its shares & investors baced for earnings disappointments from Bank of America, Intel and GE. JPMorgan upgraded its rating on Hewlett-Packard.

Hewlett-Packard: WSJ pC4 "Tech stocks buoy Dow; Apple sinks" by Alexandra Scaggs says blue chip tech firms had the biggest gains in the Dow but Apple weighed on other incexes. Hewlett-Packard gained 79 cents and Cisco was up 49 cents.

USAT p4B "Story stocks" says Hewlett-Packard took the number one spot back from Lenovo.

USA Today p1B "Dell consides going private" by Roger Yu says Dell is the 34rd largest compuer maker in the world after Hewlett-Packard and Lenovo.

NYT pB2 "Concerns about Apple weigh on S&P and Nasdaq" by Reuters says the S&P and Nasdaq ended lower Mon as worries over demand for Apple products drove down its shares & investors baced for earnings disappointments from Bank of America, Intel and GE. JPMorgan upgraded its rating on Hewlett-Packard.

Fin Times p20 "Apple takes a knock on concerns over demand for the iPhone 5" by Anora Mahmudova says the rest of the US equity markets edged lower as investors focused their attention on 4Q earnings set for release this week as well as a batch of economic data. Bank of America slid 1.4% while JPMorgan was 0.6% lower. Hwelett-Packard was up 4.9% after a research group said it recaptured the top PC manufacturer title from Lenova.

Home Depot: No mentions found.

Intel: NYT pB2 "Concerns about Apple weigh on S&P and Nasdaq" by Reuters says the S&P and Nasdaq ended lower Mon as worries over demand for Apple products drove down its shares & investors baced for earnings disappointments from Bank of America, Intel and GE. JPMorgan upgraded its rating on Hewlett-Packard.

IBM: No mentions found.

JPMorgan: WSJ pC1 "JPMorgan ordered to fix lapses" by Dan Fitzpatrick, Victoria McGrane, Scott Patterson, NYT pB3 "Agencies push JPMorgan to improve risk controls" by Jessica Silver-Greenberg, AJC pA6 "JPMorgan told to fix oversight after loss", USAT p2B "JPMorgan cited in loss of more than $6 bil" say Fed regulators ordred JPMorgan to fix poor risk management that led to the whale loss of $6 bil.

NYT pB2 "Concerns about Apple weigh on S&P and Nasdaq" by Reuters says the S&P and Nasdaq ended lower Mon as worries over demand for Apple products drove down its shares & investors baced for earnings disappointments from Bank of America, Intel and GE. JPMorgan upgraded its rating on Hewlett-Packard.

IBD pA2 "JPmorgan may cut CEO bonus' says this is due to the Whale loss.

Fin Times p20 "Apple takes a knock on concerns over demand for the iPhone 5" by Anora Mahmudova says the rest of the US equity markets edged lower as investors focused their attention on 4Q earnings set for release this week as well as a batch of economic data. Bank of America slid 1.4% while JPMorgan was 0.6% lower. Hwelett-Packard was up 4.9% after a research group said it recaptured the top PC manufacturer title from Lenova.

Johnson & Johnson: No mentions found.

McDonald's: No mentions found.

Merck: No mentions found.

Microsoft: IBD pA2 "Tables balmed for PC decline" says low cost tablets from Apple, Google & Amazon is fueling the change in the pc market and Miscrosoft's Windows 8 didn't slow the drop in PC sales over the holidays.

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.

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 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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