Wednesday, February 13, 2013

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Post No. 2,044 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 and recent Dow 30 components' SEC filings.


A read of the print editions of Tuesday'sWall  St. Journal, Financial Times,   Investor's Business Daily,  New York Times, 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 Tuesday's stock prices and related data in alphabetical order.

Dow Jones Industrial Average:   The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed Tuesday at 14,018.7 up 47.46 or 0.34%  from Monday's close of 13,971.24. For the year the Dow is up 6.98%. Of the Dow components 14  gained, Walmart was unchanged and 5 declined. The biggest gainer dollar-wise was Home Depot up 94  cents and percentage-wise was Bank of America up 3.25%. The biggest decliner dollar-wise  and percentage-wise was Coca-Cola  down $1.05 or 2.72%.

WSJ pC4 "Financial shaers provide a boost" by matt Jarzemsky says fin'l shares lead major US stock indexes to 5 yer highs puting the Dow 1% away from its record close, amid upbeat ernings reports.  Coke is charted under Bad News due to 4Q rev falling short of analysts' expectations.

NYT pB8 "Dow ends above 14,000 for year'shighest close" says the Dow gained after 2 big consumer brands, Avon and Michael Kors, posted strong results.  Bank of America was the Dow's biggest gainer up 38 cents.  Coke fell $1.05 after results fell short of analysts' forecasts.

IBD pB4 "S&P 500 hits fresh high, while Nasdaq pulls back" by victor Reklaitis says the S&P edged up to a 5 year high Tues but stocks finished narrowly mixed after a session with no dominant news as Tuesday's action was mixed performance as volume increases & the current outlook is still a confirmed uptrend.

FT  p36 "Michael Kors racks up big gains after revenues beat expectations" by Anora Mahmudova says US equity markets moved slightly higher, aiming to reach new 5 year highs as investors digested a mixed batch of earnings.  Bank of America was up 3.4% while Coke fell 2.7% after its profits were stronger than expected but sales volumes were weaker than expected.


As of the open of the market on Wednesay 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 15.31 up  from  yesterday's opening trailing P/E ratio of 15.26 (year ago it was 14.37); today's P/E estimate is 12.54 unchanged from Tuesday' s P/E estimate of 12.54 (year ago it was 12.26) and today's opening dividend yield is 2.47 down from yesterday's opening dividend yield of 2.48 (last year it was 2.50). 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 1,825.46 up 6.18    from Monday's closing numerator of 1,819.28. 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 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 Tuesday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $60.85 up 21 cents from yesterday's average of $60.64. The median closing price of Tuesday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $55.98 (DIS/UNH) up 4 cents from yesterday's median closing price of $55.94. The lowest volume was Travelers and the highest volume again was Bank of America.

If Tuesay 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 $618 ($182,546 - $181,928 ).

MarketWatch Tuesday 2/12/13 5:01  by Wallace Witkowski & Polya Lesova says U.S. stocks
pushed against resistance levels Tuesday as blue chips, led by the financial sector, closed at levels not seen in more than five years. The Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA +0.34%  rose 47.46 points, or 0.3%, to close at 14,018.70, with 23 of 30 components finishing in positive territory. Tuesday’s close is the best since Oct. 12, 2007, and 1% off its record close of 14,164.53, set on Oct. 9, 2007. The index hit an intraday high of 14,038.97 on Tuesday. Wall Street Journal’s Paul Vigna reports traders have a wary eye on President Obama's agenda he'll lay out in his State of the Union address.
Financial stocks boosted blue chips with Bank of America Corp. BAC +0.20%   leading the way with a 3.3% gain. Shares of J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. JPM +0.99%  rose 1%, Travelers Cos. TRV +0.87%  advanced 0.9%, and American Express Co. AXP +0.35%   closed 0.4% higher. Coca-Cola Co. KO -2.72%  was the worst performer on the Dow industrials, declining 2.7%, after the beverage giant’s quarterly revenue growth came in below analyst estimates. The S&P 500 index SPX +0.16%  advanced 2.42 points, or 0.2%, to 1,519.43, with technology the biggest decliner and financials the top gainer among the 10 major industry groups. The Nasdaq Composite Index COMP -0.17% , after a brief swing into positive territory, closed down 5.51 points, or 0.2%, at 3,186.49. Apple Inc. AAPL -2.51%  shares ended near their lows of the session, down 2.5% at $467.90. The iPhone maker presented at a Goldman Sachs investment conference in San Francisco. Apple CEO Tim Cook told investors at the conference that the company did not plan to wage a proxy battle against hedge-fund manager David Einhorn over a proposal to issue preferred stock. Also in the tech sector, shares of Facebook Inc. FB -3.15%  fell 3.2%.The stock market is undergoing an epic struggle right now, having been in a secular bear market for the past 13 years, said Marty Leclerc, principal at Barrack Yard Advisors. With the stock market at multiyear highs, and multiyear resistance levels, we would need another 30% rally over the next year to break out of the bear market, he said. “We do think it’s a dangerous tipping point,” Leclerc said. “Either the market will go up 30% in the next year or we’ll have a 20% to 25% decline from these levels.” Advancers outnumbered decliners about 2 to 1 on the NYSE, and 14 to 9 on the Nasdaq. Composite volume was 3.31 billion shares on the NYSE and 1.77 billion for Nasdaq-listed stocks. Volume was well above that of Friday and Monday, when trading levels were their lightest of the year to date. It was a busy day for Fed officials. Federal Reserve voting member Esther George, the lone “no” vote at the central bank’s meeting last month, said the U.S. economy is being put at risk when the Fed begins to sell the very securities it is buying. Also, Atlanta Fed’s Dennis Lockhart said in Madrid that 2013 will not be a breakout year for the U.S. economy. After the market close on Tuesday evening, President Barack Obama will deliver the State of the Union address. “The markets want to see if there is anything new for the direction of the country and the economy,” said Adam Sarhan, chief executive of New York-based Sarhan Capital.
“The pullbacks we’ve seen so far have been very, very mild and that in and of itself is healthy because it shows that sellers are nowhere to be seen. And it shows buyers are still clearly in control of this market,” Sarhan said. On the corporate front, shares of Michael Kors Holdings Ltd.   jumped nearly 9% as the company reported a surge in fiscal third-quarter earnings helped by sharply higher same-store sales.

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

AT&T:  No mentions found.

Alcoa: No mentions found.

American Express: No mentions found.

Bank of America: NYT pB8 "Dow ends above 14,000 for year'shighest close" says the Dow gained after 2 big consumer brands, Avon and Michael Kors, posted strong results. Bank of America was the Dow's biggest gainer up 38 cents. Coke fell $1.05 after results fell short of analysts' forecasts.

FT p36 "Michael Kors racks up big gains after revenues beat expectations" by Anora Mahmudova says US equity markets moved slightly higher, aiming to reach new 5 year highs as investors digested a mixed batch of earnings. Bank of America was up 3.4% while Coke fell 2.7% after its profits were stronger than expected but sales volumes were weaker than expected.

Boeing: No mentions found.

Caterpillar: No mentions found.

Chevron: No mentions found.

Cisco: No mentions found.

Coke: WSJ pB7 "Coke feels squeeze in Europe, China and US" by Paul Ziobro, NYT pB3 "Coca-Cola lifts profit, but shares close down" by Stephanie Strom, IBD  pA1 "Coke falls on weak europe", FT p26 "Coca-Cola profits buoyed by Africa and LatAm sales" by Alan Rappeport, AJC pA13 "Coca-Cola earnings up 13% in 4Q" by Leon Stafford say 4Q income was $1.87 bil or 41 cents a share in 4Q '12 up from $1.66 bil or 36 cents a share a year ago.  Rev climbed to $11.46 bil in 4Q.   Carbonated beverage vol fell 2% in N. America, Coke's biggest market but that was offset by higher prices & increased variety of drink sales.  Worldwide vol was up 4% for the year, with Coke sales rising 3% in '12 but Europe vol declined 5% in the quarter and 1% for the year.

WSJ pC4 "Financial shaers provide a boost" by matt Jarzemsky says fin'l shares lead major US stock indexes to 5 yer highs puting the Dow 1% away from its record close, amid upbeat ernings reports. Coke is charted under Bad News due to 4Q rev falling short of analysts' expectations.

NYT pB8 "Dow ends above 14,000 for year'shighest close" says the Dow gained after 2 big consumer brands, Avon and Michael Kors, posted strong results. Bank of America was the Dow's biggest gainer up 38 cents. Coke fell $1.05 after results fell short of analysts' forecasts.

USAT p4 "S&P's bigggest losers" include Coke saying it "Loses fizz on wak revenue."

FT p36 "Michael Kors racks up big gains after revenues beat expectations" by Anora Mahmudova says US equity markets moved slightly higher, aiming to reach new 5 year highs as investors digested a mixed batch of earnings. Bank of America was up 3.4% while Coke fell 2.7% after its profits were stronger than expected but sales volumes were weaker than expected.

FT Lex p24 "coa-Cola" says at 18 times forward earnings Coke is not cheap and the first step to asssessing Coke's value is to ignore its great reputation.

Disney:  No mentions found.

DuPont: No mentions found.

GE:  WSJ pA1 "Comcast buys rest of NBC's parent" by Martin Peers, John Jannarone, Kate Linebaugh, NYT pB1 "Comcast buys rest of NBC in early sale" by Amy Chozick, Brian Stelter, USAT p1B GE to sell stake in NBCUniversal" by Roger Yu, IBD pA1 "Comcast buys out GE's NBCU" & "Comcast buys out GE's NBCU for $16.7 bil, hikes dividend" by Reinhardt Krause, AJC pA13 "Comcast moves up NBCUniversal buy" by Ryan Nakashima, AP says Comcast is buying GE's 49% stake in the NBCUniversal jv for $16.7 bil several years early due to low borrowing rates and its also buying GE assets such as NBC's headquarters at 30 Rockefeller Plaza in NYC and CNBC's headquarters in Engelwood Cliffs, NJ for $1.4 bil

Hewlett-Packard: No mentions found.

Home Depot:  AJC pA13 "Home Depot switches" by Christopher Seard says Home Depot is switching from BlackBerrys to iPHones for upper level managers.

Intel:  WSJ pB4 "Intel to launch web tv service, set-top box this year" by Don Clark says Intel will offer a paid Internet video service & accompanying set tob box, an unusual gamble for a chip maker that has rarely marketed directly to consumers.  Include joins an array of firms trying to transform the tv watching experience including Microsoft. 

IBM: No mentions found.

JPMorgan: No mentions found.

Johnson & Johnson: No mentions found.

McDonald's:  WSJ pB7 "Burger King steps up its coffee offerings" by Annie Gasparro says Burger King is adding lattes & flavored coffee to its menu in another attempt to catch up to McDonald's.

Merck: No mentions found.

Microsoft:  WSJ pB4 "Intel to launch web tv service, set-top box this year" by Don Clark says Intel will offer a paid Internet video service & accompanying set tob box, an unusual gamble for a chip maker that has rarely marketed directly to consumers. Include joins an array of firms trying to transform the tv watching experience including Microsoft.

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.

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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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 Frazier (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 2/1/13 ranked in order of market capitalization in billions:

1. Exxon Mobil XOM $410.52
2. WalMart WMT 235.81
3. GE 236.31
4. IBM 229.80
5. Chevron CVX 228.01
6. Microsoft MSFT 223.95
7. Procter & Gamble PG 207.39
8. Johnson & Johnson JNJ 205.57
9. Pfizer PFE 203.43
10. AT&T T 198.18
11. JPMorgan Chase JPM 182.15
12. Coke KO 168.37
13. Verizon VZ 127.53
14. Merck MRK 127.17
15. Bank of America BAC 126.21
16. Cisco CSCO 110.59
17. Intel INTC 106.09
18. Home Depot HD 100.63
19. Disney DIS 96.74
20. McDonald's MCD 96.33
21. United Technologies UTX 80.77
22. 3M MMM 69.78
23. American Express AXP 66.20
24. Caterpillar CAT 65.11
25. UnitedHealth UNH 57.83
26. Boeing BA 56.57
27. DuPont DD 44.77
28. Hewlett-Packard HPQ 32.07
29. Travelers TRV 30.15
30. Alcoa AA 9.60

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Here are the latest 8K, 10Q & 10K & Proxy & certain other SEC filings as of 2/1/13:

Symbol & Co. Name/Date of Filing/Form Filed/ Comments

AT&T T: 1/25/13 8K re: agreement to buy spectrum from Verizon for $1.9 bil
1/24/13 2 8Ks & 1/17/13 8K re: 4Q results
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


Alcoa AA: 1/14/13 8K & 1/9/13 8K re: 4Q results
1/9/13 8K re: William F. Oplinger becoming CFO effective 4/1/13
10/25/12 8K 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: 1/17/13 8K & 1/10/13 8K re: 4Q results
1/15/13 8K re: delingq. 7 write-of stats 3 mos. ended 12/31/12
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


Bank of Am BAC: 1/31/13 8K re: Robert W. Scully retiring from Bd. of Dirs.
1/23/13 8K re: stocks options to certain directors
1/17/13 & 1/7/13 8K re: 4Q results
11/5/12 8K re: redemption of sub debentures
11/2/12 10Q 3Q ended 9/30
10/17/12 8K re: 3Q results

Boeing BA: 1/30/13 8K re: 4Q results
1/23/13 8K re: suspension of SEC reporting for Boeing Capital Corp. sub.
1/17/13 8K re: FAA grounding of 787s
1/11/13 8K re: review of safety of 787
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: 1/28/13 8K re: 4Q results
1/25/13 8K re: 3 month dealer stats
1/18/13 8K re: goodwill impairment of Chinese acquisition
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


Chevron CVX: 2/1/13 8K re: 4Q and 2012 full year results (& 1/10/13 8K)
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: 2/1/13 8K re: election of Gregory Q. Brown, CEO of Motorola to Bd. of Dirs.
1/8/13 8K re: contract with Wim Elfrink, EVP
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


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: 1/18/13 Proxy re: annual shareholders meeting 3/6/13 in Phoeniz, Arizona
1/11/13 8K re: stock plan for directors
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: 1/28/13 8K re: comp. for CEO Ellen J. Kullman
1/22/13 8K re: 4Q results
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: 2/1/13 8K re: 4Q estimated results
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: 1/18/13 8K re: 4Q results
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: 1/31/13 Proxy re: annual stockholders meeting 3/20/13, Mt. View, CA
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

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: 1/18/13 & 1/17/13 8Ks re: 4Q and 2012 results
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

IBM: 21/13 8K re: exec comp for officers
1/23/13 8K re: 4Q earnings call transcript
1/22/13 8K re: 4Q results
1/4/13 8K re: retirement of Michael E. Daniels, SVP
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.


JPMorganChase JPM: 1/25/13 8K re: closing of sale of notes
1/16/13 2 8Ks re: 4Q results
1/16/13 8K re: internal report re: trading loss
1/9/13 8K re: leaving of James E. Staley, Chrm. of Corporate & Inv. Banking Unit
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


Johnson & Johnson JNJ: 1/22/13 2 8Ks re: 4Q & 2012 results and earnings call
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: 1/31/13 8K re: quarterly cash dividend
1/23/13 8K re: 4Q & 2012 results
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


Merck MRK: 2/1/13 8K re: 4Q & 2012 results
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


Microsoft MSFT: 1/24/13 10Q & 8K re: quarter ended 12/31/12
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


Pfizer PFE: 1/29/13 8K re: 4Q & 2012 results
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: 1/25/13 10Q & 2 8Ks re: quarter ended 12/31/12
1/8/13 8K re: quarterly dividend of 0.562 cents a share
1/8/13 8K re: election of Terry Lundgren, CEO of Macy's to BoD replacing Jon Rodgers
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



3M MMM: 1/24/13 8K re: 4Q & 2012 results
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


Travelers TRV: 1/23/13 &1/22/13 8Ks re: 4Q results
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: 1/17/13 8K re: 4Q & 2012 results
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


United Technologies UTX: 1/23/13 8K re: 4Q & 2012 results
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: 1/25/13 8K re: sale of spectrum to AT&T
1/22/13 8K re: 4Q results (& 1/18/13 & 1/7/13 4Q updates)
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


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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