Wednesday, January 2, 2013

1/2/13 Wed pm Dow Closes at 13,412.55 up 308.41 or 2.35%

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Post No. 1,979 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 Wednesday at 13,412.55 up 308.41 or 2.35% from Monday's close of 13,104.14. Of the Dow components all 30 gained. The biggest gainer dollar-wise was IBM up $4.26 and percentage-wise was Hewlett-Packard up 5.33 %.

As of the open of the market on Wednesday the current divisor for the Dow Jones Industrial Average found at page C4 of Wednesday's Wall St. Journal is 0.130216081. Wednesday's trailing P/E ratio is 14.55 up from Monday's trailing P/E ratio of 14.38 (year ago it was 13.21); Wednesday's P/E estimate is 12.57 unchanged from Monday' s P/E estimate of 12.57 (year ago it was 12.49) and Wednesday's dividend yield is 2.68 down from Monday's dividend yield of 2.71 (last year it was 2.60). 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 1,746.53 up 40.16 from Monday's closing numerator of 1,706.37. 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   Wednesday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $58.22 up $1.34 from Monday's average of $56.88. The median closing price of Wednesday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $52.52 (DIS/UNH) up 55 cents from Monday's median closing price of $51.97. The lowest volume was 3M 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 made $4,016 ($174,660 - $170,637).

Wednesday 1/2/12 MarketWatch 4:18 pm by Kate Gibson says U.S. stocks blasted higher on Wednesday, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average scoring its biggest first-session-of-the-year-point gain ever, as Wall Street welcomed an 11th-hour deal to avoid steep spending cuts and tax increases. "We are happy that we are halfway home to fixing the fiscal cliff," said Art Hogan, market strategist at Lazard Capital Markets. The Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA +2.35% rose 308.41 points, or 2.4%, to 13,412.55. The S&P 500 index SPX +2.54% advanced 36.06 points, or 2.5%, to 1,462.25. The Nasdaq Composite COMP +3.07% rallied 92.75 points, or 3.1%, to 3,112.26.

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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The following are excerpts from Wednesday morning's Blog.

A read of the print editions of Wednesday's Wall St. Journal, Investor's Business Dailly, 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 Monday's stock prices and related data in alphabetical order.

Dow Jones Average: The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed Monday at 13,104.14 up 166.03 or 1.28% from Friday's close of 12,938.11. For the year 2012 the Dow was up 7.26%. Of the Dow components all 30 gained. The biggest gainer dollar-wise was Caterpillar up $2.64 and percentage-wise was Hewlett-Packard up 3.87%.

IBD pB4 "Stocks jump in solid trade, market outlook brightens" by Vincent Mao says stocks snapped back from recent losses to gain Mon ending the year sharply higher due the signs the fiscal cliff is averted.

Monday's Dow Jones Industrial Average closing numerator was 1,706.37 up 21.62 from Friday's closing numerator of 1,684.75. 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 $56.88 up 72 cents from Friday's average of $56.16. The median closing price of Monday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $51.97 (DIS/UNH) up 46 cents from Friday's median closing price of $51.51. 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 $2,162 ($170,637 - $168,475).

Monday 12/31/12 MarketWatch 4:44 pm by Kate Gibson says U.S. stocks rallied on Monday, cementing yearly gains as Wall Street embraced emerging details of a budget deal that reportedly will have tax cuts extended for most households. “Despite Washington, D.C.’s best effort to derail the economy, at this point it looks like the economy will continue in this subpar growth trajectory that we’re in,” said Ron Florance, managing director of investment strategy at Wells Fargo Private Bank.
“A deal stopping the tax increase does reduce meaningfully the prospect of recession in the beginning of 2013,” he added. At a Monday afternoon news conference, President Barack Obama said an accord to avoid the cliff was within sight, but not yet complete. Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell later said an agreement had been reached on the tax issues of the deal. Up 7.3% on the year, the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA+1.28% on Monday climbed 166 points, or 1.3%, to 13,104.14. The S&P 500 index SPX+1.69% added 23.76 points, or 1.7%, to 1,426.19, positioning it for a 13% yearly rise. The Nasdaq Composite COMP+2.00% climbed 59.20 points, or 2%, to 3,019.51, up almost 16% from the end of 2011. Shares of Facebook Inc. FB +2.73% rose 2.7% after the Bank of Montreal hiked its rating on the social-networking company to outperform from underperform. For every stock falling six gained on the New York Stock Exchange, where almost 732 million shares traded. Composite volume neared 3.2 billion.

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

AT&T: IBD pA4 "Agenda for some giants: quest for tech relevancy" by patrick Seitz says HP, Dell and others are battling for the living room and emerging mobile payments. Netflix has a deal with Disney to get movies. Microsoft and Hewlett-Packard are tryuing to shift to mobile and cloud and slowing PC sales. By end of '13, AT&T and Sprint will ahve 4G across the US.

SJ pR20 "Dow's dogs get muzzled" by Steven Russolillio says GE was the best perfroming Dow Dog stock last year up 17%. Dos are the 10 highest yielding components of the Dow at the start of the year. Pfizer and AT&T were dogs and were up 16% and 13% respectively. Bank of America and Home Depot were non-dogs but topped the Dow performers up 107% and 47% respectively. Hewlett-Packard and McDonald's are 2 new Dogs replaced Kraft which isn't on the Dow any more and Procter & Gamble.

Alcoa: No mentions found.

American Express: No mentions found.

Bank of America: WSJ pC12 "Time for BofA to bid Warren Buffett adieu?" by David Reilly says Bank of America shold retire Buffett's preferred shares because the preferred shares doesn't qualif for the bank's Tier 1 ratio under the new Basel rules.

Boeing: USA Today p3A "FAA orders 737 inspectiosn to prevent holes" by Bart Jansen says the FAA is ordering $5 mil in new inspections in response to the tearing of a hole in the roof of a Southwest Airlines plane in July '09.

Caterpillar: No mentions found.

Chevron: No mentions found.

Cisco: No mentions found.

Coke: No mentions found.

Disney: IBD pA2 "Disney, Charter ecpand deal" says the deal is a carriage one that provides digital access across a variety of platforms.

IBD pA4 "Agenda for some giants: quest for tech relevancy" by patrick Seitz says HP, Dell and others are battling for the living room and emerging mobile payments. Netflix has a deal with Disney to get movies. Microsoft and Hewlett-Packard are tryuing to shift to mobile and cloud and slowing PC sales. By end of '13, AT&T and Sprint will ahve 4G across the US.

DuPont: No mentions found.

Exxon: No mentions found.

GE: WSJ pB3 "Company agrees to sell renewable energy unit" by Christopher Bjork says Iberdola SA will sell its renewable energy unit to GE and a group of ivnestors for $528.7 mil.

WSJ pR20 "Dow's dogs get muzzled" by Steven Russolillio says GE was the best perfroming Dow Dog stock last year up 17%. Dos are the 10 highest yielding components of the Dow at the start of the year. Pfizer and AT&T were dogs and were up 16% and 13% respectively. Bank of America and Home Depot were non-dogs but topped the Dow performers up 107% and 47% respectively. Hewlett-Packard and McDonald's are 2 new Dogs replaced Kraft which isn't on the Dow any more and Procter & Gamble.

Hewlett-Packard: IBD pA4 "Agenda for some giants: quest for tech relevancy" by patrick Seitz says HP, Dell and others are battling for the living room and emerging mobile payments. Netflix has a deal with Disney to get movies. Microsoft and Hewlett-Packard are tryuing to shift to mobile and cloud and slowing PC sales. By end of '13, AT&T and Sprint will ahve 4G across the US.

WSJ pR20 "Dow's dogs get muzzled" by Steven Russolillio says GE was the best perfroming Dow Dog stock last year up 17%. Dos are the 10 highest yielding components of the Dow at the start of the year. Pfizer and AT&T were dogs and were up 16% and 13% respectively. Bank of America and Home Depot were non-dogs but topped the Dow performers up 107% and 47% respectively. Hewlett-Packard and McDonald's are 2 new Dogs replaced Kraft which isn't on the Dow any more and Procter & Gamble.

Home Depot: WSJ pR20 "Dow's dogs get muzzled" by Steven Russolillio says GE was the best perfroming Dow Dog stock last year up 17%. Dos are the 10 highest yielding components of the Dow at the start of the year. Pfizer and AT&T were dogs and were up 16% and 13% respectively. Bank of America and Home Depot were non-dogs but topped the Dow performers up 107% and 47% respectively. Hewlett-Packard and McDonald's are 2 new Dogs replaced Kraft which isn't on the Dow any more and Procter & Gamble.

Intel: WSJ pB4 "Intel hits delays on Web TV" by Don Clark, Christopher S. Stewart says Intel's effort to develop Internet based TV service and associated hardware is taking longer than expected due to delays in reaching content congtracts with media firms.

IBM: USA Today p2B "As sales heat up, IBZM servers stay cool" by Craig Wolf discusses how cooling the 33 mil computer servers in the world uses 25% of data centers' total energy.

JPMorgan: No mentions found.

Johnson & Johnson: WSJ pB2 "J&J Tuberculosis drug gains FDA approval" by Joseph Walker,Nnathalie Tadena IBD pA2 "Bristol Myers, Pfizer drug OK'd" say Elquis a drug to prevent stroke was approved by the FDA which will compete with Xarelto by Johnson & Johnson & Bayer.

McDonald's: WSJ pR20 "Dow's dogs get muzzled" by Steven Russolillio says GE was the best perfroming Dow Dog stock last year up 17%. Dos are the 10 highest yielding components of the Dow at the start of the year. Pfizer and AT&T were dogs and were up 16% and 13% respectively. Bank of America and Home Depot were non-dogs but topped the Dow performers up 107% and 47% respectively. Hewlett-Packard and McDonald's are 2 new Dogs replaced Kraft which isn't on the Dow any more and Procter & Gamble.

Merck: No mentions found.

Microsoft: IBD pA4 "Agenda for some giants: quest for tech relevancy" by patrick Seitz says HP, Dell and others are battling for the living room and emerging mobile payments. Netflix has a deal with Disney to get movies. Microsoft and Hewlett-Packard are tryuing to shift to mobile and cloud and slowing PC sales. By end of '13, AT&T and Sprint will ahve 4G across the US.

Pfizer: IBD pA2 "Bristol Myers, Pfizer drug OK'd" says Elquis a drug to prevent stroke was approved by the FDA which will compete with Xarelto by Johnson & Johnson & Bayer.

WSJ pR20 "Dow's dogs get muzzled" by Steven Russolillio says GE was the best perfroming Dow Dog stock last year up 17%. Dos are the 10 highest yielding components of the Dow at the start of the year. Pfizer and AT&T were dogs and were up 16% and 13% respectively. Bank of America and Home Depot were non-dogs but topped the Dow performers up 107% and 47% respectively. Hewlett-Packard and McDonald's are 2 new Dogs replaced Kraft which isn't on the Dow any more and Procter & Gamble.

Procter & Gamble: WSJ pR20 "Dow's dogs get muzzled" by Steven Russolillio says GE was the best perfroming Dow Dog stock last year up 17%. Dos are the 10 highest yielding components of the Dow at the start of the year. Pfizer and AT&T were dogs and were up 16% and 13% respectively. Bank of America and Home Depot were non-dogs but topped the Dow performers up 107% and 47% respectively. Hewlett-Packard and McDonald's are 2 new Dogs replaced Kraft which isn't on the Dow any more and Procter & Gamble.

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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