Post No. 2,004 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.
A read of the print editions of Thursday'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 Wednesday's stock prices and related data in alphabetical order.
Dow Jones Industrial Average: The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed Wednesday at 13,511.23 down 23.66 or 0.17% from Tuesday's close of 13,534.89. For the year the Dow is up 3.11%. Of the Dow components 12 gained and 18 declined. The biggest gainer dollar-wise and percentage-wise was Hewlett-Packard up 67 cents or $4.05 %. The biggest decliner dollar-wise and percentage-wise was Boeing down $2.70 or 3.51%.
WSJ pC4 "Boeing fall defaltes Blue Chips" by Jonathan Cheng says a rebound in Apple buoyed stocks though weakness in Boeing gave the Dow its first decline in 6 days a Japan's All Nippon Airways grounded its fleet of 787s after an emergency landing in Japan. Fin'l shares rose after a spate of bank erning led by JPMorgan which rose 47 cents after 4Q earnings surged on strong rev. Hewlett-packard rose 68 cents due to expressions of interest from potential buyers for its Autonomy and EDS businesses. Boeing is charted under Bad News.
FT p24 "Fin'ls soften despite strong Goldman and JPMorgan results" by Anora Mahmudova, Arash Massoudi says US equity market wre mixed yesterday as ivnestros greeted a batch of strong earnings results from US leading banks. Boeing dragged the Dow lower.
IBD pB2 "NYSE has mild distribution, yet uptrend stays intact" by David Saito-Chung says the major stocks averages closed mixed Wed for a second striaght day in mixed volume asa the current outlook is a confirmed uptrend.
NYT pB10 "Problems at Boeing lead Dow lower" by AP & AJC pA17 "Boeing drags Dow lower" by AP says Boeing's 787 grounding dragged the Dow lower as Boeing was down $2.60.
As of the open of the market on Wednesday the current divisor for the Dow Jones Industrial Average found at page C5 of Wednesday's Wall St. Journal is 0.130216081. Wednesday's trailing P/E ratio is 14.95 down from yesterday's opening trailing P/E ratio of 14.94 (year ago it was 13.67); today's P/E estimate is 12.21 unchanged from Tuesday' s opening P/E estimate of 12.21 (year ago it was 11.92) and today's dividend yield is 2.60 unchanged from yesaterday's opening dividend yield of 2.61 (last year it was 2.55). 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.
Wednesday's Dow Jones Industrial Average closing numerator was 1,759.38 down 3.08 from Tuesay's closing numerator of 1,762.46. 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 $58.65 down 10 cents from Tuesday's average of $58.75. The median closing price of Wednesday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $52.60 (DIS/UNH) up 24 cents from Tuesday's median closing price of $52.36. 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 $308 ($176,246 - $175,938).
Wednesday 1/16/13 MarketWatch 4:28 pm by Kate Gibson says Apple Inc. buoyed the technology sector on Wednesday, while Wall Street adopted a generally wary stance in considering results from several banks including J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. and Goldman Sachs Group Inc. “We’re meandering along on relatively low volume, digesting some of the gains and waiting to see what’s next,” said Brad Sorensen, director of market and sector research at Charles Schwab. Airbus to report strong orders, but its super jumbo struggles and Boeing has moved ahead for the first time in years.
With fourth-quarter earnings reported by just 29 of the S&P 500 companies, it’s too soon to make broad generalizations about how the season will fare overall. Yet “every early earnings comparison appears more favorable, on balance, than during the third quarter of 2012,” Stuart Freeman, chief equity strategist, and Scott Wren, senior equity strategist, at Wells Fargo Advisors, wrote in an emailed note. “Energy, utilities and telecom services earnings could show stronger year-to-year earnings growth rates versus negative ones in third quarter 2012,” wrote Freeman and Wren, who added they were sticking with their $103 estimate for the 2012 calendar year, adding that it’s possible “the quarter could come in a little softer than our estimate.” For 2013, the Wells Fargo analysts said they continued to carry a $108 operating earnings estimate. The Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA-0.17% fell 23.66 points, or 0.2%, to 13,511.23, with 16 of its 30 components losing ground. Boeing Co. BA -3.38% led the blue-chip slide, its shares down 3.4%, after Japan’s two largest airlines grounded all their 787 Dreamliner planes as a safety precaution after one made an emergency landing. Wednesday’s incident is the latest in a series of mishaps plaguing the airliner in recent weeks. The S&P 500 index SPX+0.02% added less than half a point to 1,472.63, with elecommunications hit the hardest and the recently beaten-up technology sector the best performer of its 10 major industry groups. Apple’s AAPL+4.15% recent drop helped pull the tech sector down, giving investors the opportunity to buy into one of what Charles Schwab’s Sorensen considers the better investment ideas for 2013. Sorensen expects corporations to increase expenditure on technology to increase production. “Rather than add to payrolls, corporations would rather invest in technology, and companies have been hoarding cash for the past few years, plus there is plenty of cash and financing available,” he reasons. The Nasdaq Composite Index COMP+0.22% rose 6.77 points, or 0.2%, to 3,117.54. For every seven shares rising more than eight fell on the New York Stock Exchange, where nearly 560 million shares traded. Composite volume approached 3.2 billion.
Investors are “back to the sidelines waiting to get a decent read on fourth-quarter earnings and, more important, first-quarter 2013 revenue and earnings guidance,” said Fred Dickson, chief investment strategist at Davidson Cos. Shares of J.P. Morgan ChaseJPM+1.01% rose 1% after the bank reported fourth-quarter profit that exceeded estimates and 2012 revenue down from the prior year. Goldman Sachs GS -0.14% climbed 4.1% as the investment bank’s quarterly profit nearly tripled. “Financials have outperformed recently, and earnings have not dissuaded that. Balance sheets are improving, especially among the big banks, which can continue to grow revenues and meet estimates,” said Sorensen at Charles Schwab. In economic news, the Federal Reserve reported Wednesday that U.S. industrial production rose for a second month in December on increased demand for business equipment. In a separate release Wednesday afternoon, the Fed’s Beige Book survey from its 12 districts found increased economic activity in December, with rising home and car sales cited as factors. And the Labor Department found consumer prices for U.S. goods and services held flat in December, with prices rising 1.7% for all of 2012. On Tuesday, the World Bank sharply curtailed its forecast for global growth in 2013, warning of the negative impact of the political battle in the U.S. over spending cuts and raising the nation's debt limit.
Thursday's Dow News followed by Wednesday's Closing Dow Numbers:
AT&T: WSJ pB1 "AT&T stalking Europe for mergers" by Anton Troianovski, Anupreeta Das, Dana Cimilluca says AT&T is trying to escape constraints at home by getting into a new wireless market in Europe where it can upgrade technology and roll out more lucrative pricing strategies. AT&T has $11 bil in profit for the first 9 months of '12.
WSJ pC1 "Dimon takes a whale of a pay cut" by Dan Fitzpatrick, WSJ pC10 "JPMorgan tunes up its business" by David Reilly says JPMorgan had record '12 income of $21.3 bil AT&Ta nd Procter & Gamble had their CEO's pay cut between 6% and 22% in recent years.
Alcoa: No mentions found.
American Express: No mentions found.
Bank of America: No mentions found.
Boeing: WSJ pA1 "Fire fears spur FAA to ground Dreamlienr" by by Andy Pasztor, Jon Ostrower, Yoree Koh, FT p13 "Boeing shares hit as 787s grounded" by Andrew Parker, Robert Wright, Michiyo Nakamoto, FT p12 "Boeing", FT p15 "Boeing fears a Dreamliner backlast" by Andrew Parker, Robert Wright, NYT pB1 "FAA grounds US operated 787s" by Christopher Drew, Jad Mouawad, Mathew L. Wald, AJC pA15 "2 Japanese airlines, FAA ground 787s" by Elaine Kurtenbach, Yuri Kageyama, AP, USA Today pA1 "United Airlines grounds its Dreamliners after FAA order" by Bart Jansen, USAT to1B "Fliers losing faith in Dreamliner" by Bart Jansen, IBD pA1 "FAA halts Dreamliner flights", say the FDAA grounded flights of Boeing's 787 Dreamliner an unprecedented rebuke to Boeing after 2 major battey malfunctions on its flagship jets. It is the first time in 4 decades US regulators have grounded a major airliner. The FAA required Boeing and airlines to develop a corrective action plan before flights can resume. Boeing has delivered 50 787s around the world .
WSJ pC4 "Boeing fall defaltes Blue Chips" by Jonathan Cheng, USA Today S&P's biggest lowers, say a rebound in Apple buoyed stocks though weakness in Boeing gave the Dow its first decline in 6 days a Japan's All Nippon Airways grounded its fleet of 787s after an emergency landing in Japan. Fin'l shares rose after a spate of bank erning led by JPMorgan which rose 47 cents after 4Q earnings surged on strong rev. Hewlett-packard rose 68 cents due to expressions of interest from potential buyers for its Autonomy and EDS businesses. Boeing is charted under Bad News.
AJC pA17 "Boeing drags Dow lower" by AP says Boeing's 787 grounding dragged the Dow lower as Boeing was down $2.60.
FT p24 "Fin'ls soften despite strong Goldman and JPMorgan results" by Anora Mahmudova, Arash Massoudi says US equity market wre mixed yesterday as ivnestros greeted a batch of strong earnings results from US leading banks. Boeing dragged the Dow lower.
Caterpillar: No mentions found.
Chevron: WSJ pB5 "Chevron oil giant, Cnoc reach deal for more exploration" by Ben Lefebvre says Chevron and China Nat'l Offshore Oil Corp. agreed to explore for oil and gas in 2 blocks off the China shore. Chevron is 2nd largest US oil firm by market cap after Exxon.
Cisco: No mentions found.
Coke: No mentions found.
Disney: WSJ pD3 "Come for the rides, stay for the hotels, perks" by Kelli B. Grant profiles in its Style & Travel section dsiney's Polynesion Resort and other Disney Hotels which will use smart wristbands.
DuPont: No mentions found.
Exxon: WSJ pB5 "Chevron oil giant, Cnoc reach deal for more exploration" by Ben Lefebvre says Chevron and China Nat'l Offshore Oil Corp. agreed to explore for oil and gas in 2 blocks off the China shore. Chevron is 2nd largest US oil firm by market cap after Exxon.
GE: No mentions found.
Hewlett-Packard: WSJ pB1 "HP lures interest in Autonomy" by Anupreeta Das, Ben Worthen, Sharon Terlep, WSJ pB5 "HP Chief Meg Whitman defends Autonomy deal" by Clint Boulton, WSJ pC4 "Boeing fall defaltes Blue Chips" by Jonathan Cheng say a rebound in Apple buoyed stocks though weakness in Boeing gave the Dow its first decline in 6 days a Japan's All Nippon Airways grounded its fleet of 787s after an emergency landing in Japan. Fin'l shares rose after a spate of bank erning led by JPMorgan which rose 47 cents after 4Q earnings surged on strong rev. Hewlett-packard rose 68 cents due to expressions of interest from potential buyers for its Autonomy and EDS businesses. Boeing is charted under Bad News.
Home Depot: No mentions found.
Intel: No mentions found.
IBM: No mentions found.
JPMorgan: FT p1 "Goldman and JPMorgan profits soar above forecasts" by Tracy Alloway, Tom Braithwaite,WSJ pC1 "Dimon takes a whale of a pay cut" by Dan Fitzpatrick, WSJ pC10 "JPMorgan tunes up its business" by David Reilly, USA Today p2B "JPMorgan, Goldman hit profit homers" by AP, NYT pB1 "Report details missteps in trading at JPMorgan" by Ben Protess, Peter Eavis, IBD pA1 "JPMorgan cuts Dimon's pay", say JPMorgan had record '12 income of $21.3 bil AT&Ta nd Procter & Gamble had their CEO's pay cut between 6% and 22% in recent years. JPMorgan had net income of $5.7 bil for the quarter up from $3.7 bil a year ago.
WSJ pC4 "Boeing fall defaltes Blue Chips" by Jonathan Cheng says a rebound in Apple buoyed stocks though weakness in Boeing gave the Dow its first decline in 6 days a Japan's All Nippon Airways grounded its fleet of 787s after an emergency landing in Japan. Fin'l shares rose after a spate of bank erning led by JPMorgan which rose 47 cents after 4Q earnings surged on strong rev. Hewlett-packard rose 68 cents due to expressions of interest from potential buyers for its Autonomy and EDS businesses. Boeing is charted under Bad News.
FT p24 "Fin'ls soften despite strong Goldman and JPMorgan results" by Anora Mahmudova, Arash Massoudi says US equity market wre mixed yesterday as ivnestros greeted a batch of strong earnings results from US leading banks. Boeing dragged the Dow lower.
Johnson & Johnson: NYT pB1 "FDA seeks to tighten regulation of all meal hip implants" by Barry Meier says device makers like Johnson & Johnson were able to start selling a new generation of all metal hips a decade ago without running clinical tests because the FDA never implemented procedurees to classify and regulate implants.
McDonald's: No mentions found.
Merck: No mentions found.
Microsoft: No mentions found.
Pfizer: No mentions found.
Procter & Gamble: WSJ pC1 "Dimon takes a whale of a pay cut" by Dan Fitzpatrick, WSJ pC10 "JPMorgan tunes up its business" by David Reilly says JPMorgan had record '12 income of $21.3 bil AT&Ta nd Procter & Gamble had their CEO's pay cut between 6% and 22% in recent years.
3M: No mentions found.
Travelers: No mentions found.
UnitedHealth: No mentions found.
United Technologies: No mentions found.
Verizon: No mentions found.
Walmart: AJC pA15 "Tiny Walmart to pen on Georgia Tech campus" by David Marklewicz says it will be Walmart's smallest store in the US with 2,500 square feet.
Wednesday's Closing Dow Numbers:
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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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With fourth-quarter earnings reported by just 29 of the S&P 500 companies, it’s too soon to make broad generalizations about how the season will fare overall. Yet “every early earnings comparison appears more favorable, on balance, than during the third quarter of 2012,” Stuart Freeman, chief equity strategist, and Scott Wren, senior equity strategist, at Wells Fargo Advisors, wrote in an emailed note. “Energy, utilities and telecom services earnings could show stronger year-to-year earnings growth rates versus negative ones in third quarter 2012,” wrote Freeman and Wren, who added they were sticking with their $103 estimate for the 2012 calendar year, adding that it’s possible “the quarter could come in a little softer than our estimate.” For 2013, the Wells Fargo analysts said they continued to carry a $108 operating earnings estimate. The Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA-0.17% fell 23.66 points, or 0.2%, to 13,511.23, with 16 of its 30 components losing ground. Boeing Co. BA -3.38% led the blue-chip slide, its shares down 3.4%, after Japan’s two largest airlines grounded all their 787 Dreamliner planes as a safety precaution after one made an emergency landing. Wednesday’s incident is the latest in a series of mishaps plaguing the airliner in recent weeks. The S&P 500 index SPX+0.02% added less than half a point to 1,472.63, with elecommunications hit the hardest and the recently beaten-up technology sector the best performer of its 10 major industry groups. Apple’s AAPL+4.15% recent drop helped pull the tech sector down, giving investors the opportunity to buy into one of what Charles Schwab’s Sorensen considers the better investment ideas for 2013. Sorensen expects corporations to increase expenditure on technology to increase production. “Rather than add to payrolls, corporations would rather invest in technology, and companies have been hoarding cash for the past few years, plus there is plenty of cash and financing available,” he reasons. The Nasdaq Composite Index COMP+0.22% rose 6.77 points, or 0.2%, to 3,117.54. For every seven shares rising more than eight fell on the New York Stock Exchange, where nearly 560 million shares traded. Composite volume approached 3.2 billion.
Investors are “back to the sidelines waiting to get a decent read on fourth-quarter earnings and, more important, first-quarter 2013 revenue and earnings guidance,” said Fred Dickson, chief investment strategist at Davidson Cos. Shares of J.P. Morgan ChaseJPM+1.01% rose 1% after the bank reported fourth-quarter profit that exceeded estimates and 2012 revenue down from the prior year. Goldman Sachs GS -0.14% climbed 4.1% as the investment bank’s quarterly profit nearly tripled. “Financials have outperformed recently, and earnings have not dissuaded that. Balance sheets are improving, especially among the big banks, which can continue to grow revenues and meet estimates,” said Sorensen at Charles Schwab. In economic news, the Federal Reserve reported Wednesday that U.S. industrial production rose for a second month in December on increased demand for business equipment. In a separate release Wednesday afternoon, the Fed’s Beige Book survey from its 12 districts found increased economic activity in December, with rising home and car sales cited as factors. And the Labor Department found consumer prices for U.S. goods and services held flat in December, with prices rising 1.7% for all of 2012. On Tuesday, the World Bank sharply curtailed its forecast for global growth in 2013, warning of the negative impact of the political battle in the U.S. over spending cuts and raising the nation's debt limit.
Thursday's Dow News followed by Wednesday's Closing Dow Numbers:
AT&T: WSJ pB1 "AT&T stalking Europe for mergers" by Anton Troianovski, Anupreeta Das, Dana Cimilluca says AT&T is trying to escape constraints at home by getting into a new wireless market in Europe where it can upgrade technology and roll out more lucrative pricing strategies. AT&T has $11 bil in profit for the first 9 months of '12.
WSJ pC1 "Dimon takes a whale of a pay cut" by Dan Fitzpatrick, WSJ pC10 "JPMorgan tunes up its business" by David Reilly says JPMorgan had record '12 income of $21.3 bil AT&Ta nd Procter & Gamble had their CEO's pay cut between 6% and 22% in recent years.
Alcoa: No mentions found.
American Express: No mentions found.
Bank of America: No mentions found.
Boeing: WSJ pA1 "Fire fears spur FAA to ground Dreamlienr" by by Andy Pasztor, Jon Ostrower, Yoree Koh, FT p13 "Boeing shares hit as 787s grounded" by Andrew Parker, Robert Wright, Michiyo Nakamoto, FT p12 "Boeing", FT p15 "Boeing fears a Dreamliner backlast" by Andrew Parker, Robert Wright, NYT pB1 "FAA grounds US operated 787s" by Christopher Drew, Jad Mouawad, Mathew L. Wald, AJC pA15 "2 Japanese airlines, FAA ground 787s" by Elaine Kurtenbach, Yuri Kageyama, AP, USA Today pA1 "United Airlines grounds its Dreamliners after FAA order" by Bart Jansen, USAT to1B "Fliers losing faith in Dreamliner" by Bart Jansen, IBD pA1 "FAA halts Dreamliner flights", say the FDAA grounded flights of Boeing's 787 Dreamliner an unprecedented rebuke to Boeing after 2 major battey malfunctions on its flagship jets. It is the first time in 4 decades US regulators have grounded a major airliner. The FAA required Boeing and airlines to develop a corrective action plan before flights can resume. Boeing has delivered 50 787s around the world .
WSJ pC4 "Boeing fall defaltes Blue Chips" by Jonathan Cheng, USA Today S&P's biggest lowers, say a rebound in Apple buoyed stocks though weakness in Boeing gave the Dow its first decline in 6 days a Japan's All Nippon Airways grounded its fleet of 787s after an emergency landing in Japan. Fin'l shares rose after a spate of bank erning led by JPMorgan which rose 47 cents after 4Q earnings surged on strong rev. Hewlett-packard rose 68 cents due to expressions of interest from potential buyers for its Autonomy and EDS businesses. Boeing is charted under Bad News.
AJC pA17 "Boeing drags Dow lower" by AP says Boeing's 787 grounding dragged the Dow lower as Boeing was down $2.60.
FT p24 "Fin'ls soften despite strong Goldman and JPMorgan results" by Anora Mahmudova, Arash Massoudi says US equity market wre mixed yesterday as ivnestros greeted a batch of strong earnings results from US leading banks. Boeing dragged the Dow lower.
Caterpillar: No mentions found.
Chevron: WSJ pB5 "Chevron oil giant, Cnoc reach deal for more exploration" by Ben Lefebvre says Chevron and China Nat'l Offshore Oil Corp. agreed to explore for oil and gas in 2 blocks off the China shore. Chevron is 2nd largest US oil firm by market cap after Exxon.
Cisco: No mentions found.
Coke: No mentions found.
Disney: WSJ pD3 "Come for the rides, stay for the hotels, perks" by Kelli B. Grant profiles in its Style & Travel section dsiney's Polynesion Resort and other Disney Hotels which will use smart wristbands.
DuPont: No mentions found.
Exxon: WSJ pB5 "Chevron oil giant, Cnoc reach deal for more exploration" by Ben Lefebvre says Chevron and China Nat'l Offshore Oil Corp. agreed to explore for oil and gas in 2 blocks off the China shore. Chevron is 2nd largest US oil firm by market cap after Exxon.
GE: No mentions found.
Hewlett-Packard: WSJ pB1 "HP lures interest in Autonomy" by Anupreeta Das, Ben Worthen, Sharon Terlep, WSJ pB5 "HP Chief Meg Whitman defends Autonomy deal" by Clint Boulton, WSJ pC4 "Boeing fall defaltes Blue Chips" by Jonathan Cheng say a rebound in Apple buoyed stocks though weakness in Boeing gave the Dow its first decline in 6 days a Japan's All Nippon Airways grounded its fleet of 787s after an emergency landing in Japan. Fin'l shares rose after a spate of bank erning led by JPMorgan which rose 47 cents after 4Q earnings surged on strong rev. Hewlett-packard rose 68 cents due to expressions of interest from potential buyers for its Autonomy and EDS businesses. Boeing is charted under Bad News.
Home Depot: No mentions found.
Intel: No mentions found.
IBM: No mentions found.
JPMorgan: FT p1 "Goldman and JPMorgan profits soar above forecasts" by Tracy Alloway, Tom Braithwaite,WSJ pC1 "Dimon takes a whale of a pay cut" by Dan Fitzpatrick, WSJ pC10 "JPMorgan tunes up its business" by David Reilly, USA Today p2B "JPMorgan, Goldman hit profit homers" by AP, NYT pB1 "Report details missteps in trading at JPMorgan" by Ben Protess, Peter Eavis, IBD pA1 "JPMorgan cuts Dimon's pay", say JPMorgan had record '12 income of $21.3 bil AT&Ta nd Procter & Gamble had their CEO's pay cut between 6% and 22% in recent years. JPMorgan had net income of $5.7 bil for the quarter up from $3.7 bil a year ago.
WSJ pC4 "Boeing fall defaltes Blue Chips" by Jonathan Cheng says a rebound in Apple buoyed stocks though weakness in Boeing gave the Dow its first decline in 6 days a Japan's All Nippon Airways grounded its fleet of 787s after an emergency landing in Japan. Fin'l shares rose after a spate of bank erning led by JPMorgan which rose 47 cents after 4Q earnings surged on strong rev. Hewlett-packard rose 68 cents due to expressions of interest from potential buyers for its Autonomy and EDS businesses. Boeing is charted under Bad News.
FT p24 "Fin'ls soften despite strong Goldman and JPMorgan results" by Anora Mahmudova, Arash Massoudi says US equity market wre mixed yesterday as ivnestros greeted a batch of strong earnings results from US leading banks. Boeing dragged the Dow lower.
Johnson & Johnson: NYT pB1 "FDA seeks to tighten regulation of all meal hip implants" by Barry Meier says device makers like Johnson & Johnson were able to start selling a new generation of all metal hips a decade ago without running clinical tests because the FDA never implemented procedurees to classify and regulate implants.
McDonald's: No mentions found.
Merck: No mentions found.
Microsoft: No mentions found.
Pfizer: No mentions found.
Procter & Gamble: WSJ pC1 "Dimon takes a whale of a pay cut" by Dan Fitzpatrick, WSJ pC10 "JPMorgan tunes up its business" by David Reilly says JPMorgan had record '12 income of $21.3 bil AT&Ta nd Procter & Gamble had their CEO's pay cut between 6% and 22% in recent years.
3M: No mentions found.
Travelers: No mentions found.
UnitedHealth: No mentions found.
United Technologies: No mentions found.
Verizon: No mentions found.
Walmart: AJC pA15 "Tiny Walmart to pen on Georgia Tech campus" by David Marklewicz says it will be Walmart's smallest store in the US with 2,500 square feet.
Wednesday's Closing Dow Numbers:
| Symbol | Last Sale | Change | % Change | Share Volume | Market |
| T |  | NYSE | |||
| AA | | NYSE | |||
| AXP | | NYSE | |||
| BAC |  | NYSE | |||
| BA | | NYSE | |||
| CAT | | NYSE | |||
| CVX | | NYSE | |||
| CSCO | | NASDAQ-GS | |||
| KO | | NYSE | |||
| DIS | | NYSE | |||
| DD | | NYSE | |||
| XOM | | NYSE | |||
| GE | | NYSE | |||
| HPQ | | NYSE | |||
| HD | | NYSE | |||
| INTC | | NASDAQ-GS | |||
| IBM | | NYSE | |||
| JPM | | NYSE | |||
| JNJ | | NYSE | |||
| MCD | | NYSE | |||
| MRK | | NYSE | |||
| MSFT | | NASDAQ-GS | |||
| PFE | | NYSE | |||
| PG | | NYSE | |||
| MMM | | NYSE |
| TRV | | NYSE | |||
| UNH | | NYSE | |||
| UTX | | NYSE | |||
| VZ | | DualListed | |||
| WMT | | NYSE |
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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